Mini-Biography:
John H. Collins was born under the given name John Hancock Collins on Dezember 31, 1889 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an American Режиссер, Сценарист, Stage Manager, known for Hard Cash (1913), The Southerners (1914), A Wife by proxy (1917), John H. Collins's first movie on record is from 1913. He was married to Viola Dana (1915-1918). John H. Collins died on October 23, 1918 in New York City, New York, USA. His last motion picture on file dates from 1919.
биография (на немецком языке): In New York geboren, kam John Hancock Collins um 1909 zu Edison, anfänglich wohl als Office Runner und Assistent, profilierte sich dann aber rasch als Ausstatter und schliesslich als Stage Manager. Zu seinen spezialiellen Fähigkeiten zählte der Modellbau für filmische Effekte, wie etwa bei den Aufnahmen des Wracks der Maine in dem Film "Hard Cash" aus dem Jahre 1913 dokumentiert. Als Stage Manager war Collins massgeblich für die Einrichtung des Fundus für Filmdekorationen und Kostüme verantwortlich. Zeitgenössichen Quellen zufolge verfasste er mehr als 100 Drehbücher, davon einen grossen Teil für zZ noch nicht identifizierte Filme für Edison.
Erste Filme von John Collins als Regisseur bei Edison sind aus dem Jahr 1914 nachgewiesen, etwa die Regie der Studioaufnahmen zu "The Southerners" - Die Aussenaufnahmen hatte John Ridgely in South Carolina und Florida gedreht.- Collins drehte anfänglich Einakter, unter anderem auch mit dem Edison-Star Viola Dana, die er wohl 1915 heiratete, - Viola Dana, die eigentlich Virginia Flugrath hiess, war damals (angeblich) achtzehn Jahre alt. Mitte des Jahre 1915 warb die neugegründete Metro Pictures Corporation um Viola Dana, und mit ihr kamen auch Regisseur-Ehemann John Collins, Schauspieler Robert Walker sowie Kameraman John Arnold zur Metro.
Nachdem Collins bereits bei Edison drei- bis fünf-Akter inszeniert hatte, drehte er dann bei der Metro - Rolfe - Columbia ausschliesslich abendfüllende Spielfilme, mit der Ausnahme von einem - "A Wife by Proxy" 1916/17 mit Mabel Taliaferro - ausschliesslich mit Viola Dana in der Hauptrolle.
Collins starb bei der grassierenden Spanischen Grippe in New York im Oktober 1918. Er war nicht einmal 29 Jahre alt geworden. (lhg 2016)
John H. Collins Фильмография
1919: [03.03] Satan Junior (Сценарист), Режиссер Herbert Blaché, with Viola Dana, Milton Sills, Lila Leslie,
1919: [01.06] The Gold Cure (Режиссер), with Viola Dana, Jack McGowan, Elsie MacLeod,
1918: [08.12] Flower of the Dusk (Режиссер), with Viola Dana, Guy Coombs, Howard Hall,
1918: [07.01] Opportunity (Режиссер), with Viola Dana, Hale Hamilton, Frank Currier,
1918: [04.29] Riders of the Night (Режиссер), with Viola Dana, George Chesebro, Clifford Bruce,
1918: [02.18] A Weaver of Dreams (Режиссер), with Viola Dana, Clifford Bruce, Mildred Davis,
1918: [01.14] The Winding Trail (Режиссер), with Viola Dana, Clifford Bruce, Hayward Mack,
1917: [12.10] Blue Jeans (Режиссер), with Viola Dana, Robert Walker, Sally Crute,
1917: [08.13] The Girl Without a Soul (Режиссер), with Viola Dana, Robert Walker, Fred C. Jones,
1917: [06.25] Aladdin's other lamp (Режиссер), with Viola Dana, Robert Walker, Augustus Phillips,
1917: [06.04] Lady Barnacle (Режиссер), with Viola Dana, Robert Walker, Augustus Phillips,
1917: [04.23] God's Law and Man's (Режиссер), with Viola Dana, Robert Walker, Augustus Phillips,
1917: [03.12] The Mortal Sin (Режиссер: (AKA John T. Collins)), with Viola Dana, Robert Walker, Augustus Phillips,
1917: [01.06] A Wife by proxy (Режиссер), with Mabel Taliaferro, Robert Walker, Sally Crute,
1916: [11.13] The Cossack Whip (Режиссер), with Viola Dana, Grace Williams, Robert Walker,
1916: [10.30] The Gates of Eden (Режиссер), with Viola Dana, Augustus Phillips, Robert Walker,
1916: [09.04] The Light of Happiness (Режиссер), with Viola Dana, George D. Melville, Lorraine Frost,
1916: [06.26] The Flower of No Man's Land (Режиссер), with Viola Dana, Duncan McRae, Harry C. Browne,
1916: [02.01] Rosie O'Grady (Режиссер), with Viola Dana, Tom Blake, James Harris,
1916: [01.26] The Innocence of Ruth (Режиссер), with Viola Dana, Edward Earle, Augustus Phillips,
1915: [11.10] Дети Евы (Children of Eve) (Режиссер), with Viola Dana, Robert Conness, Tom Blake,
1915: [10.15] Gladiola (Режиссер), with Viola Dana, Charles Sutton, ,
1915: [10.01] The Ploughshare (Режиссер), with William West, Robert Conness, Richard Peer,
1915: [08.27] The Slavey Student (Режиссер), with Pat O'Malley, Viola Dana, Henry Leone,
1915: [07.23] On Dangerous Paths (Режиссер), with Viola Dana, Helen Strickland, William West,
1915: [06.11] Cohen's Luck (Режиссер), with William Wadsworth, Lillian Devere, Viola Dana,
1915: [05.26] The Man Who Could Not Sleep (Режиссер), with Marc McDermott, Charles Sutton, William West,
1915: [04.26] Greater Than Art (Режиссер), with Gertrude McCoy, Bigelow Cooper, Helen Strickland,
1915: [03.27] The Phantom Thief (Режиссер), with William Carleton sr., Helen Strickland, Gertrude McCoy,
1915: [03.12] On the Stroke of Twelve (Режиссер), with Gertrude McCoy, Mrs. William Bechtel, Richard Tucker,
1915: [03.08] The Mission of Mr. Foo (Режиссер), with Carlton S. King, Bigelow Cooper, Mrs. William Bechtel,
1915: [03.06] The Portrait in the Attic (Режиссер), with Viola Dana, Margaret Prussing, Robert Conness,
1915: [03.05] A Tragedy of the Rails (Режиссер), with Gertrude McCoy, Augustus Phillips, Carlton S. King,
1915: [02.23] From a Life of Crime (Режиссер), with Jean Dumar, Nellie Grant, Augustus Phillips,
1915: [02.06] The Stone Heart (Режиссер), with Augustus Phillips, Viola Dana, Helen Strickland,
1915: [02.05] Oh, Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight? (Режиссер), with Marc McDermott, Helen Strickland, William West,
1914: [12.23] 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (Сценарист), Режиссер Ashley Miller, with Harry B. Eytinge, Andy Clark, Eldean Steuart,
1914: [12.16] On Christmas Eve (Режиссер), with William West, Bliss Milford, Bigelow Cooper,
1914: [11.28] The Last of the Hargroves (Режиссер), with Gertrude McCoy, Robert Conness, Morgan Thorpe,
1914: [11.20] What Could She do? (Режиссер), with Gertrude McCoy, Bigelow Cooper, Robert Brower,
1914: [11.14] The Everlasting Triangle (Режиссер), with Frank McGlynn, Mabel Trunnelle, Robert Kegerreis,
1914: [10.20] The Man in the Dark (Режиссер), with Frank McGlynn, Mabel Dwight, Yale Benner,
1914: [09.19] Jim's Vindication (Режиссер), with Frank McGlynn, Sally Crute, Margery Bonney Erskine,
1914: [09.15] Making a Convert (Режиссер), with Elsie MacLeod, Cora Williams, Andy Clark,
1914: [08.18] By the Aid of a Film (Актеры: John Collins - Film Director), Режиссер Charles Brabin, with Marc McDermott, Miriam Nesbitt, Barry O'Moore,
1914: [05.16] The Southerners (Режиссер: (Interiors)), Режиссер Richard Ridgely, with Mabel Trunnelle, , Bigelow Cooper,
1914: [05.01] Frederick the Great (Художник-постановщик: (/xx/)), Режиссер Walter Edwin, with Charles Sutton, Mrs. William Bechtel, Barry O'Moore,
1914: [02.10] The Story of the Willow Pattern (Художник-постановщик: (stage manager)), Режиссер George Lessey, with Robert Brower, Bessie Learn, Barry O'Moore,
1913: [11.14] The Phantom Signal (Сценарист), Режиссер George Lessey, with Charles Ogle, May Abbey, Bessie Learn,
1913: [09.26] Hard Cash (Художник-постановщик: Stage manager), Режиссер Richard Ridgely, Charles M. Seay, with Charles Ogle, May Abbey, Gertrude McCoy,
1913: [08.20] Bobbie's long trousers (Сценарист: (AKA J. Hancock Collins) ), Режиссер Charles M. Seay, with Yale Boss, Edna Flugrath, Marion Weeks,
1913: [08.02] The Robbers (Художник-постановщик: (/xx/)), Режиссер Walter Edwin, with Robert Brower, , Barry O'Moore,
1913: [06.07] While John Bolt Slept (Режиссер: (AKA Hancock Collins) (--??--)), Режиссер Charles Brabin, Bannister Merwin, with Marc McDermott, Charles Ogle, Robert Brower,
1913: [02.19] After the Welsh Rabbit (Художник-постановщик), Режиссер C. Jay Williams, with William Wadsworth, Ida Williams, Kathleen Coughlin,
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