John H. Collins
American screenwriter · United States · On the map · Writers · Lived 1889 to 1918 · aged 28
John H. Collins was an American writer and director of the silent film era. He married film actress Viola Dana. His career was cut short when he died at the age of 28 due to the 1918 influenza epidemic.
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Augustus Phillips Also in The Gates of Eden (1916)
Robert D. Walker Also in Children of Eve and The Cossack Whip
Sally Crute Also in The Cossack Whip and A Wife by Proxy
Ricca Allen Also in Aladdin's Other Lamp and A Wife by ProxyRobert Brower Also in The Cossack Whip (1916)
Maxwell Karger Produced Flower of the Dusk (1918)
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During his career which began in 1914, he directed more than 40 features and film shorts, and wrote the scenario for over a dozen more features. His 1917 film The Girl Without a Soul was selected by the National Film Registry to be preserved by the Library of Congress. His final works were shown posthumously in 1919.
