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James Cruze

January 15, 2023

James Cruze (born James Cruze Bosen;[1][2] March 27, 1884[citation needed] – August 3, 1942) was a silent film actor and film director.

James Cruze
Cruze in 1923
Born
James Cruze Bosen

(1884-03-27)March 27, 1884
Ogden, Utah, U.S.
DiedAugust 3, 1942(1942-08-03) (aged 58)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting placeHollywood Forever Cemetery
Occupation(s)Actor, film director
Years active1910–1938
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1913; div. 1923)​

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(m. 1924; div. 1930)​

Alberta Beatrice McCoy
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(m. 1941)​
Children1

Early years

Cruze's middle name came from the battle of Vera Cruz. He was raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but did not practice the religion after his teenage years. Very little is certain about his childhood and teen years because he told a different story at every interview he granted.

Career

Cruze acted in, directed and or produced over 100 films mainly during the silent film era. His first known acting job was at Lubin Manufacturing Company in 1910. He started at Thanhouser Company in 1911 with She (1911) which is where the majority of his body of work was produced, much of it as the leading man.

After leaving Thanhouser in 1916, he worked for several other companies as director and producer, primarily for Paramount Pictures, from 1918 to 1938.

Cruze struggled to regain his successes of the silent era when sound came to film. His career declined as he descended further into alcoholism and he ended his directing career at Republic Pictures. He spent the last four years of his life unemployed before he killed himself in 1942.[3]

Personal life

Cruze was first married to actress Marguerite Snow, and they had a daughter, Julie Jane.They divorced in 1923.[2] He married actress Betty Compson on October 14, 1924.[4]

Filmography

 
Cruze in The Web of Life (1917)
 
Cruze in The Million Dollar Mystery (1914)

As director

Partial list

As actor

 
newspaper advertisement for Rivalry (1914)
  • The Last of the Mohicans (1911)
  • The Covered Wagon (1923) (scenes deleted) .... Indian (Cruze was also director)
  • The Slave Market (1921)
  • Johnny Get Your Gun (1919) .... The Duke of Bullconia
  • Under the Top (1919) .... 'Foxy' Stillmore
  • The Source (1918) .... Langlois
  • Less Than Kin (1918) .... Jinx
  • The City of Dim Faces (1918) .... Wing Lung
  • Believe Me, Xantippe (1918) .... Simp Calloway
  • Wild Youth (1918) .... Li Choo
  • The Hidden Pearls (1918) .... Koro Leon
  • Nan of Music Mountain (1917) .... Gale Morgan
  • The Call of the East (1917) .... Janzo
  • On the Level (1917) .... Ozmun
  • What Money Can't Buy (1917) .... Ferdinand Vaslof
  • The Web of Life (1917) .... Tom Wilson
  • Her Temptation (1917) .... Walton Maynard
  • The Snowbird (1916) .... Bruce Mitchell
  • Armstrong's Wife (1915) .... Harvey Arnold
  • His Guardian Auto (1915)
  • The Patriot and the Spy (1915) .... Pietro
  • The Heart of the Princess Marsari (1915)
  • Zudora (1914) .... Hassam Ali/Jim Baird, Reporter (film was retitled The Twenty Million Dollar Mystery)
  • From Wash to Washington (1914)
  • The Million Dollar Mystery (1914) .... Jim Norton
  • Rivalry (1914)
  • A Dog of Flanders (1914)
  • A Debut in the Secret Service (1914)
  • The Cat's Paw (1914)
  • The Desert Tribesman (1914)
  • Cardinal Richelieu's Ward (1914) .... Richelieu
  • A Leak in the Foreign Office (1914)
  • Joseph in the Land of Egypt (1914) .... Joseph
  • Why Reginald Reformed (1914)
  • The Woman Pays (1914)
  • The Adventures of a Diplomatic Freelance (1914)
  • Frou Frou (1914) .... Comte Paul de Valreas
  • The Legend of Provence (1913) .... Sir Henry
  • The Silver-Tongued Orator (1913)
  • The Plot Against the Governor (1913)
  • A Daughter Worth While (1913)
  • Moths (1913) .... Undetermined Name, villain
  • Robin Hood (1913) (uncredited)
  • The Message to Headquarters (1913)
  • The Ward of the King (1913)
  • An Unromantic Maiden (1913)
  • Tannhäuser (1913)
  • The Lost Combination (1913)
  • The Snare of Fate (1913)
  • Marble Heart (1913) .... Raphael
  • Her Sister's Secret (1913)
  • Rosie's Revenge (1913)
  • The Woman Who Did Not Care (1913)
  • Cymbeline (1913) .... Leonatus
  • For Her Boy's Sake (1913)
  • Her Gallant Knights (1913)
  • The Idol of the Hour (1913)
  • Good Morning, Judge (1913)
  • The Dove in the Eagle's Nest (1913) .... The Eagle
  • The Tiniest of Stars (1913) .... The Musician
  • A Poor Relation (1913)
  • When Ghost Meets Ghost (1913)
  • A Militant Suffragette (1912) .... John Strong, Mary's Fiancé
  • The Star of Bethlehem (1912) .... Micah, Joseph
  • The Other Half (1912) .... The Father
  • The Forest Rose (1912) .... Albert as an Older Man, Rose's Lover
  • The Thunderbolt (1912) .... The Dishonest Broker
  • Cross Your Heart (1912) .... The Little Boy Grown Up
  • The Ladder of Life (1912)
  • Put Yourself in His Place (1912) .... Edith's Husband
  • In a Garden (1912) .... Jack, as an Adult
  • The Woman in White (1912) .... Sir Percival
  • When Mercy Tempers Justice (1912) .... The Impoverished Father
  • Miss Robinson Crusoe (1912) .... Miss Crusoe's Rescuer and Lover
  • Letters of a Lifetime (1912) .... A Dying Bachelor
  • But the Greatest of These Is Charity (1912) .... The Rich Father
  • Undine (1912) .... Huldbrand, the Knight
  • Lucile (1912) .... Lord Alfred
  • Baby Hands (1912) .... The Husband
  • The Finger of Scorn (1912) .... The Minister
  • Nursie and the Knight (1912) .... The Father
  • Pa's Medicine (1912) .... The Doctor
  • Under Two Flags (1912)
  • Called Back (1912) .... Gilbert Vaughn
  • Whom God Hath Joined (1912) .... The Husband
  • The Ring of a Spanish Grandee (1912)
  • Jess (1912) .... Captain John Neil
  • Love's Miracle (1912) .... The Convict/Lover
  • Miss Arabella Snaith (1912) .... Harry Hargreaves, Novelist
  • The Cry of the Children (1912) .... The working father
  • Rejuvenation (1912) .... The Millionaire
  • Into the Desert (1912) .... The Arab
  • A Love of Long Ago (1912)
  • The Girl of the Grove (1912)
  • For Sale—A Life (1912) .... The Wealthy Young Clubman
  • he Golf Caddie's Dog (1912) .... The Lover
  • Flying to Fortune (1912) .... The Daughter's Sweetheart
  • The Arab's Bride (1912) .... The Wealthy Moor
  • On Probation (1912)
  • East Lynne (1912) .... Archibald Carlyle
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912) .... Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
  • She (1911) .... Leo Vincey / Kallikrates
  • Brother Bob's Baby (1911) .... Bob's Brother
  • Beneath the Veil (1911) .... The Artist
  • A Mother's Faith (1911) .... The Errant Son
  • The Last of the Mohicans (1911) .... Uncas
  • The Higher Law (1911)
  • A Boy of the Revolution (1911)
  • Back to Nature (1911)
  • The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1911)

References

  1. ^ "Wife sues James Cruze". The New York Times. Associated Press. April 20, 1930. p. 26. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "James Cruze, 58, Screen Director". The New York Times. August 5, 1942. p. 19. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  3. ^ Eyman, Scott. The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution 1926-1930. Simon and Schuster, New York: 1997.
  4. ^ "James Cruze Weds Betty Compson". The New York Times. October 15, 1924. p. 27. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  5. ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
  6. ^ Article at PopMatters about rediscovered silent movies including Cruze's You're Fired! (November 5, 2010)

Bibliography

  • Ray Starman, "James Cruze: Cinema's Forgotten Director", Films In Review (October 1985), p. 460-465

External links

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to James Cruze.

January 15, 2023
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James Cruze born James Cruze Bosen 1 2 March 27 1884 citation needed August 3 1942 was a silent film actor and film director James CruzeCruze in 1923BornJames Cruze Bosen 1884 03 27 March 27 1884Ogden Utah U S DiedAugust 3 1942 1942 08 03 aged 58 Los Angeles California U S Resting placeHollywood Forever CemeteryOccupation s Actor film directorYears active1910 1938Spouse s Marguerite Snow m 1913 div 1923 wbr Betty Compson m 1924 div 1930 wbr Alberta Beatrice McCoy m 1941 wbr Children1 Contents 1 Early years 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4 1 As director 4 2 As actor 5 References 6 Bibliography 7 External linksEarly years EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed March 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Cruze s middle name came from the battle of Vera Cruz He was raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints but did not practice the religion after his teenage years Very little is certain about his childhood and teen years because he told a different story at every interview he granted Career EditCruze acted in directed and or produced over 100 films mainly during the silent film era His first known acting job was at Lubin Manufacturing Company in 1910 He started at Thanhouser Company in 1911 with She 1911 which is where the majority of his body of work was produced much of it as the leading man After leaving Thanhouser in 1916 he worked for several other companies as director and producer primarily for Paramount Pictures from 1918 to 1938 Cruze struggled to regain his successes of the silent era when sound came to film His career declined as he descended further into alcoholism and he ended his directing career at Republic Pictures He spent the last four years of his life unemployed before he killed himself in 1942 3 Personal life EditCruze was first married to actress Marguerite Snow and they had a daughter Julie Jane They divorced in 1923 2 He married actress Betty Compson on October 14 1924 4 Filmography Edit Cruze in The Web of Life 1917 Cruze in The Million Dollar Mystery 1914 As director Edit Partial listThe Wrong Road 1937 Sutter s Gold 1936 Two Fisted 1935 David Harum 1934 Helldorado 1934 Mr Skitch 1933 with Will Rogers I Cover the Waterfront 1933 with Claudette Colbert Washington Merry Go Round 1932 with Lee Tracy If I Had a Million 1932 8 directors Cruze directed segment with Gene Raymond and Frances Dee Salvation Nell 1931 based on the play by Edward Sheldon Once a Gentleman 1930 The Great Gabbo 1929 with Erich von Stroheim and Betty Compson A Man s Man 1929 with William Haines The Duke Steps Out 1929 The Mating Call 1928 produced by Howard Hughes starring Thomas Meighan Evelyn Brent and Renee Adoree Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in conjunction with UNLV in 2016 5 The City Gone Wild 1927 with Louise Brooks lost film Old Ironsides 1926 partly filmed in experimental widescreen process Magnascope Mannequin 1926 with Alice Joyce Warner Baxter Dolores Costello The Pony Express 1925 Beggar on Horseback 1925 based on the play by George S Kaufman and Marc Connelly Welcome Home 1925 with Lois Wilson Merton of the Movies 1924 based on the novel by Harry Leon Wilson and the play by Kaufman and Connelly The Enemy Sex 1924 The Fighting Coward 1924 with Cullen Landis Mary Astor The Covered Wagon 1923 Hollywood 1923 lost film To the Ladies 1923 One Glorious Day 1922 with Will Rogers The Dictator 1922 with Wallace Reid Lila Lee Leap Year 1921 with Fatty Arbuckle Crazy to Marry 1921 with Arbuckle Gasoline Gus 1921 with Arbuckle The Dollar a Year Man 1921 with Arbuckle The Fast Freight 1921 with Arbuckle The Charm School 1921 with Wallace Reid Thirty Days 1922 with Reid and Hawley Food for Scandal 1920 An Adventure in Hearts 1919 with Robert Warwick Hawthorne of the U S A 1919 with Reid The Valley of the Giants 1919 with Reid You re Fired 1919 with Reid and Wanda Hawley 6 The Roaring Road 1919 with Reid The Dub 1919 As actor Edit newspaper advertisement for Rivalry 1914 The Last of the Mohicans 1911 The Covered Wagon 1923 scenes deleted Indian Cruze was also director The Slave Market 1921 Johnny Get Your Gun 1919 The Duke of Bullconia Under the Top 1919 Foxy Stillmore The Source 1918 Langlois Less Than Kin 1918 Jinx The City of Dim Faces 1918 Wing Lung Believe Me Xantippe 1918 Simp Calloway Wild Youth 1918 Li Choo The Hidden Pearls 1918 Koro Leon Nan of Music Mountain 1917 Gale Morgan The Call of the East 1917 Janzo On the Level 1917 Ozmun What Money Can t Buy 1917 Ferdinand Vaslof The Web of Life 1917 Tom Wilson Her Temptation 1917 Walton Maynard The Snowbird 1916 Bruce Mitchell Armstrong s Wife 1915 Harvey Arnold His Guardian Auto 1915 The Patriot and the Spy 1915 Pietro The Heart of the Princess Marsari 1915 Zudora 1914 Hassam Ali Jim Baird Reporter film was retitled The Twenty Million Dollar Mystery From Wash to Washington 1914 The Million Dollar Mystery 1914 Jim Norton Rivalry 1914 A Dog of Flanders 1914 A Debut in the Secret Service 1914 The Cat s Paw 1914 The Desert Tribesman 1914 Cardinal Richelieu s Ward 1914 Richelieu A Leak in the Foreign Office 1914 Joseph in the Land of Egypt 1914 Joseph Why Reginald Reformed 1914 The Woman Pays 1914 The Adventures of a Diplomatic Freelance 1914 Frou Frou 1914 Comte Paul de Valreas The Legend of Provence 1913 Sir Henry The Silver Tongued Orator 1913 The Plot Against the Governor 1913 A Daughter Worth While 1913 Moths 1913 Undetermined Name villain Robin Hood 1913 uncredited The Message to Headquarters 1913 The Ward of the King 1913 An Unromantic Maiden 1913 Tannhauser 1913 The Lost Combination 1913 The Snare of Fate 1913 Marble Heart 1913 Raphael Her Sister s Secret 1913 Rosie s Revenge 1913 The Woman Who Did Not Care 1913 Cymbeline 1913 Leonatus For Her Boy s Sake 1913 Her Gallant Knights 1913 The Idol of the Hour 1913 Good Morning Judge 1913 The Dove in the Eagle s Nest 1913 The Eagle The Tiniest of Stars 1913 The Musician A Poor Relation 1913 When Ghost Meets Ghost 1913 A Militant Suffragette 1912 John Strong Mary s Fiance The Star of Bethlehem 1912 Micah Joseph The Other Half 1912 The Father The Forest Rose 1912 Albert as an Older Man Rose s Lover The Thunderbolt 1912 The Dishonest Broker Cross Your Heart 1912 The Little Boy Grown Up The Ladder of Life 1912 Put Yourself in His Place 1912 Edith s Husband In a Garden 1912 Jack as an Adult The Woman in White 1912 Sir Percival When Mercy Tempers Justice 1912 The Impoverished Father Miss Robinson Crusoe 1912 Miss Crusoe s Rescuer and Lover Letters of a Lifetime 1912 A Dying Bachelor But the Greatest of These Is Charity 1912 The Rich Father Undine 1912 Huldbrand the Knight Lucile 1912 Lord Alfred Baby Hands 1912 The Husband The Finger of Scorn 1912 The Minister Nursie and the Knight 1912 The Father Pa s Medicine 1912 The Doctor Under Two Flags 1912 Called Back 1912 Gilbert Vaughn Whom God Hath Joined 1912 The Husband The Ring of a Spanish Grandee 1912 Jess 1912 Captain John Neil Love s Miracle 1912 The Convict Lover Miss Arabella Snaith 1912 Harry Hargreaves Novelist The Cry of the Children 1912 The working father Rejuvenation 1912 The Millionaire Into the Desert 1912 The Arab A Love of Long Ago 1912 The Girl of the Grove 1912 For Sale A Life 1912 The Wealthy Young Clubman he Golf Caddie s Dog 1912 The Lover Flying to Fortune 1912 The Daughter s Sweetheart The Arab s Bride 1912 The Wealthy Moor On Probation 1912 East Lynne 1912 Archibald Carlyle Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 1912 Dr Jekyll Mr Hyde She 1911 Leo Vincey Kallikrates Brother Bob s Baby 1911 Bob s Brother Beneath the Veil 1911 The Artist A Mother s Faith 1911 The Errant Son The Last of the Mohicans 1911 Uncas The Higher Law 1911 A Boy of the Revolution 1911 Back to Nature 1911 The Pied Piper of Hamelin 1911 References Edit Wife sues James Cruze The New York Times Associated Press April 20 1930 p 26 Retrieved October 14 2021 a b James Cruze 58 Screen Director The New York Times August 5 1942 p 19 Retrieved October 14 2021 Eyman Scott The Speed of Sound Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution 1926 1930 Simon and Schuster New York 1997 James Cruze Weds Betty Compson The New York Times October 15 1924 p 27 Retrieved October 14 2021 Preserved Projects Academy Film Archive Article at PopMatters about rediscovered silent movies including Cruze s You re Fired November 5 2010 Bibliography EditRay Starman James Cruze Cinema s Forgotten Director Films In Review October 1985 p 460 465External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to James Cruze James Cruze at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James Cruze amp oldid 1125632295 Filmography, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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