Mini-Biography:
John Emerson was born on May 28, 1871 in Sandusky, OH, USA. He was an American Regisseur, Autor, known for The girl from Missouri (1934), His picture in the Papers (1916), The Americano (1916), John Emerson's first movie on record is from 1912. John Emerson died on May 7, 1956 in Pasadena, CA, USA. His last motion picture on file dates from 1936.
FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1936: San Francisco (Drehbuch), Directed by W. S. Van Dyke, with Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy,
1934: The girl from Missouri (Ich bin nicht zu haben!, Millionäre bevorzugt) (Drehbuch), Directed by Jack Conway, with Lionel Barrymore, Clara Blandick, Jean Harlow,
1931: The Struggle (Der Kampf) (Drehbuch), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Evelyn Baldwyn, Claude Cooper, Edna Hagan,
1926: Gentlemen prefer Blondes (Drehbuch), Directed by Malcolm St. Clair, with Ford Sterling,
1922: Polly of the Follies (Regisseur), with Constance Talmadge, , Thomas Carr,
1920: In Search of a Sinner (Regisseur), with Constance Talmadge,
1920: Mister Fix-It (Regisseur), with Douglas Fairbanks,
1920: The Love Expert (Drehbuch), Directed by David Kirkland, with Constance Talmadge, John Halliday, Arnold Lucy,
1920: Two Weeks (Drehbuch), Directed by Sidney Franklin, with Constance Talmadge, Conway Tearle, Reginald Mason,
1919: A Virtuous Vamp (Drehbuch), Directed by David Kirkland, with Constance Talmadge, Belle Daube, Jack Kane,
1919: The Isle of Conquest (Drehbuch), Directed by Edward José, with Norma Talmadge, Wyndham Standing, Charles K. Gerrard,
1919: A Temperamental Wife (Drehbuch), Directed by David Kirkland, with Constance Talmadge, Wyndham Standing, ,
1919: Come on in (Regisseur), with Shirley Mason, ,
1919: Good bye Bill (Regisseur), with Shirley Mason, ,
1919: Oh you, women! (Regisseur), with Louise Huff, Shirley Mason, ,
1919: Red hot Romance (Regisseur), with Shirley Mason, ,
1919: Getting Mary Married (Drehbuch), Directed by Allan Dwan, with Marion Davies, Norman Kerry, Matt Moore,
1919: Under the Top (Story ), Directed by Donald Crisp, with , Ella Hall, ,
1918: Hit-the-Trail Holliday (Drehbuch), Directed by Marshall Neilan, with George M. Cohan, Marguerite Clayton, Robert Broderick,
1918: Let's Get a Divorce (Drehbuch), Directed by Charles Giblyn, with Billie Burke, John Miltern, Pinna Nesbit,
1917: Down to Earth (Regisseur), with Douglas Fairbanks, Eileen Percy, Gustav von Seyffertitz,
1917: Reaching for Moon (Regisseur), with Frank Campeau, Douglas Fairbanks, Eugene Ormonde,
1917: In again, out again (Regisseur), with Douglas Fairbanks, Arline Pretty, Walter Walker,
1917: Wild and woolly (Der wilde Westen) (Regisseur), with Douglas Fairbanks, Eileen Percy, Calvert Carter,
1916: The Americano (El americano) (Regisseur), with Douglas Fairbanks, Alma Rubens, Spottiswoode Aitken,
1916: The social secretary (Regisseur), with Norma Talmadge, Kate Lester, Helen Weir,
1916: His picture in the Papers (Regisseur), with Loretta Blake, Douglas Fairbanks, Clarence Handyside,
1916: Less than the Dust (Regisseur), with Thomas Holding, David Powell, Forrest Robinson,
1916: The Mystery of the leaping fish (Regisseur), with Douglas Fairbanks, Bessie Love, Alma Rubens,
1916: Macbeth (Regisseur), with Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Constance Collier, Wilfred Lucas,
1916: The Flying Torpedo (Darsteller: Winthrop Clavering ), Directed by Jack O'Brien, Christy Cabanne, with Spottiswoode Aitken, William Lawrence,
1915: Old Heidelberg (Regisseur), with Wallace Reid, Dorothy Gish, Karl Formes,
1915: Ghosts (Gespenster) (Regisseur), Directed by George Nichols, with Henry B. Walthall, Mary Alden, Loretta Blake,
1915: The Failure (Darsteller: Tom Warder), Directed by Christy Cabanne, with Juanita Hansen, Allan Sears,
1915: The Bachelor's Romance (Darsteller: David Holmes ), Directed by N. N., with Lorraine Huling, ,
1914: The Conspiracy (Darsteller: Winthrop Clavering ), Directed by Allan Dwan, with Lois Meredith, Harold Lockwood,
1913: Their Masterpiece (Drehbuch: (--??--)), Directed by Allan Dwan, with J. Warren Kerrigan, Pauline Bush, Wallace Reid,
1913: In another nest (Drehbuch), Directed by Allan Dwan, with J. Warren Kerrigan, , Jack Richardson,
1913: Marine Law (Drehbuch: (--??--)), Directed by Allan Dwan, Gilbert P. Hamilton, Lorimer Johnston, with George Periolat, , Jack Richardson,
1913: The Grey Sentinel (Darsteller), Directed by Burton L. King, with Charles Ray, J. Barney Sherry,
1913: Cupid throws a brick (Drehbuch), Directed by Allan Dwan, with J. Warren Kerrigan, , Jack Richardson,
1913: Cupid never ages (Drehbuch), Directed by Allan Dwan, with J. Warren Kerrigan, , George Periolat,
1913: Women left alone (Drehbuch: (--??--)), Directed by Allan Dwan, with J. Warren Kerrigan, Pauline Bush, Jack Richardson,
1913: The Fraud that failed (Drehbuch), Directed by Allan Dwan, with J. Warren Kerrigan, Pauline Bush, Jack Richardson,
1912: Blackened Hills (Drehbuch), Directed by Allan Dwan, Gilbert P. Hamilton, Lorimer Johnston, with J. Warren Kerrigan, , Jack Richardson,
1912: The daughter of Senor Lopez (Drehbuch), Directed by Allan Dwan, Gilbert P. Hamilton, Lorimer Johnston, with J. Warren Kerrigan, , Charlotte Burton,
Bibliography
Jean Mitry, Filmographie Universelle, Tome VI, pg 147 ff
Filmlexicon degli autori e delle opere, Vol II, pg 531f
John Emerson und Anita Loos: How to write photoplays, 1918
John Emerson und Anita Loos: Breaking into the Movies, New York, 1921