David Belasco
American theatrical producer, impresario, director and playwright (1853-1931) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 77
David Belasco was an American theatrical producer, impresario, director, and playwright. He was the first writer to adapt the short story Madame Butterfly for the stage. He launched the theatrical career of many actors, including James O'Neill, Mary Pickford, Lenore Ulric, and Barbara Stanwyck.
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KikiFilm, 1931Writer1930
Du Barry, Woman of PassionFilm, Writer1927
The Heart of MarylandFilm, Writer1926
The Return of Peter GrimmFilm, Writer1925
Forty WinksFilm, Writer1923
The Gold DiggersFilm, Producer1919
HarakiriFilm, Writer1915
May BlossomFilm, Writer1914
A Good Little DevilFilm, Himself1853Born25 July 1853People around David
Blanche Sweet David produced The Warrens of Virginia (1915)
Raymond Hatton David produced The Warrens of Virginia (1915)
Mabel Van Buren David produced The Warrens of Virginia (1915)
Mary Pickford David produced A Good Little Devil (1914)
Buster Keaton Directed Seven Chances (1925)
Fritz Lang Directed Harakiri (1919)
Irving Thalberg Produced Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)
Mildred Harris David produced The Warrens of Virginia (1915)
Edwin Stanton Porter Directed A Good Little Devil (1914)
Adolph Zukor Produced A Good Little Devil (1914)
Herbert Brenon Directed Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)
Anita Stewart David produced The Prince of Pilsen (1926)
Erich Pommer Produced Harakiri (1919)
Theodore Roberts David produced The Woman (1915)
Ernest Truex David produced A Good Little Devil (1914)
Ernest Joy David produced The Woman (1915)
Lucien Littlefield David produced The Warrens of Virginia (1915)
Helen Freeman David produced The Man Inside
Hope Hampton David produced The Gold Diggers (1923)
Wyndham Standing David produced The Gold Diggers (1923)
DeWitt Clarke Jennings David produced The Warrens of Virginia (1915)
Johnnie Walker David wrote Ladies of Leisure (1930)- Frank Urson Directed Forty Winks (1925)
Cissy Fitzgerald Also in Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)
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Belasco pioneered many innovative new forms of stage lighting and special effects in order to create realism and naturalism.
