Charles Urban
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Charles Urban was a German-American film producer and distributor, and one of the most significant figures in British cinema before the First World War.
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Filmography 32
The Coronation of Edward VII
The Birth of a Flower
A Day in the Life of a Coal Miner
The Aerial SubmarineCheese Mites
Banks of the Nile
Cervino 1901The Aerial Anarchists
The Arlberg Railway
The Four SeasonsFording the River
Venice and the Grand CanalThe Harvest
Varieties of Sweet PeasTrilby and Svengali
Hackenschmidt-Rogers [The Great Wrestling Match]
Britain Prepared
The World, the Flesh and the DevilBuilding a British Railway: Constructing the Locomotive
Fight for the Dardanelles
Armenia, Cradle of Humanity
Lake Garda, ItalyThe Pageant Procession
Hunting the Red Deer, With the Devon and Somerset Staghounds
Torpedo Attack on H.M.S. Dreadnought
A Dash to the North PoleFeeding Poultry at Prowse Jones Farm
A Run with the Exmoor Staghounds
Coronation Drill at Reedham Orphanage
Living LondonOxford and Cambridge Boat Race
Glasgow and the Clyde Coast38 credits on file
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About this person
Charles Urban was a German-American film producer and distributor, and one of the most significant figures in British cinema before the First World War. He was a pioneer of the documentary, educational, propaganda and scientific film, as well as being the producer of the world's first successful motion picture colour system.
Country
United StatesCategory
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1867 to 1942 · aged 75
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