William P.S. Earle
American film director (1882-1972) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 89
William Pitt Striker Earle was an American director of the silent film era. He attended Columbia University and worked for a time as a photographer before breaking into the movie business by sneaking onto the lot of Vitagraph Company of America to observe how directors worked.
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Milagros de la GuadalupanaFilm, Director1923
The Dancer of the NileFilm, Director1922
Love's MasqueradeFilm, Director1921
Gilded LiesFilm, Director
The Way of a MaidFilm, 1921Director1920
The Dangerous ParadiseFilm, Director1919
The Better WifeFilm, Director
The Lone Wolf's DaughterFilm, 1919Director1918
Little Miss No-AccountFilm, Director1917
I Will RepayFilm, Director
Womanhood, the Glory of the NationFilm, 1917Director1916
The Law DecidesFilm, DirectorThe Nuremberg WatchFilm, 1916Director1915
For the Honor of the CrewFilm, Director, Writer1882Born28 December 1882People around William
Alice Joyce William directed Whom the Gods Destroy (1916)
Harry T. Morey William directed Whom the Gods Destroy (1916)
Elaine Hammerstein William directed Whispers and The Way of a Maid
Charles Kent William directed The Scarlet Runner (1916)
Gladys Leslie William directed His Own People (1917)
Bertram Grassby William directed The Lone Wolf's Daughter (1919)
James W. Morrison William directed Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation (1917)
Earle Williams William directed The Scarlet Runner (1916)
Eugene O'Brien William directed The Last Door (1921)
Eulalie Jensen William directed Mary Jane's Pa (1917)
Louise Huff William directed The Dangerous Paradise (1920)
Wally Van William directed The Scarlet Runner (1916)
Ida Darling Also in T'Other Dear Charmer (1918)
Adolphe Menjou William directed The Scarlet Runner (1916)
Corinne Griffith William directed Who Goes There? (1917)
Betty Blythe William directed His Own People (1917)
Clara Kimball Young William directed The Better Wife (1919)
Billy Bletcher William directed Who Goes There? (1917)
Carmel Myers William directed The Dancer of the Nile (1923)
Kathlyn Williams William directed The Better Wife (1919)
Edith Storey William directed The Scarlet Runner (1916)
Edwin Stevens William directed The Lone Wolf's Daughter (1919)
Zena Keefe William directed The Scarlet Runner (1916)
Helen Lindroth Also in Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby (1921)
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After a few days of this, Earle approached the studio president and was given his first movie to direct, For the Honor of the Crew, a short about a crew race at Columbia University. He subsequently directed a number of features and shorts for Vitagraph. Later he worked with producer David O. Selznick. Earle founded his own, short-lived production company called Amex Production Corporation with J. S. Joffe, and shot the final two films of his career in Mexico.
