Gene Gauntier

Acting

Gene Gauntier

Born May 17, 1885 · Kansas City, Kansas, USA

Died December 18, 1966 · aged 81

Gene Gauntier, born Eugenia Gauntier Liggett, was an American screenwriter, director and actress who was one of the pioneers of the motion picture industry. A writer, director and actress in films from mid 1906 to 1920, she wrote screenplays for 31 films.

Known For

GrandmotherGrandmother · 1910
Grandmother
8.01910
MovieDrama
A spoiled rich boy meets and falls in love with an older woman, a dancer who is more amused than flattered by his attentions.
The Poacher's PardonThe Poacher's Pardon · 1912
The Poacher's Pardon
7.01912
MovieDrama
A gamekeeper's daughter is shot while warning a poacher.
EvangelineEvangeline · 1908
Evangeline
10.01908
MovieDrama
About an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel, set during the time of the Expulsion of the Acadians, the forced removal by the British of the Acadian people from the present day Canadian Maritime provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island - parts of an area also known as Acadia.
The Navajo's BrideThe Navajo's Bride · 1910
The Navajo's Bride
4.01910
MovieComedyWestern
A short Western. Ivi, the beautiful daughter of an Indian chief, has three suitors. A competition will decide who gets to marry her. The winner is not Panther, who was Ivy’s favourite. But after he manages to catch a horse thief, he does wind up marrying her after all.
An Arabian TragedyAn Arabian Tragedy · 1912
An Arabian Tragedy
7.01912
MovieDrama
Ayub Kashif becomes embittered toward his wife, Fatima, because their union has been childless. He eventually determines to divorce Fatima and free her slave, whom he then will wed. Fatima, who still loves her husband, lives a life of sorrow, praying that her husband's love will return to her.
Dust of the DesertDust of the Desert · 1912
Dust of the Desert
1912
MovieDrama
Dust of the Desert is a 1912 short film
Winning a WidowWinning a Widow · 1912
Winning a Widow
8.01912
MovieDramaRomance
While crossing the Atlantic, Jim White, an American tourist, is attracted by a charming young widow. He succeeds in making the lady's acquaintance through her four-year-old son and thereafter he becomes a persistent suitor and shadow. It happens that Luxor, Egypt, is the destination of both parties and when they arrive at that point Jim determines to win the widow without further delay. She does not encourage his suit and he becomes desperate. Jim hits upon a subterfuge and engages an Egyptian to help him out. However, the best laid plans often miscarry, and when the widow learns of the plot she prepares one of her own. Jim meets with a decided surprise and the little son is the means of bringing about a mutual understanding.
Ben HurBen Hur · 1907
Ben Hur
4.41907
MovieAdventureDrama
The first adaptation of Lew Wallace's novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.

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Winning a WidowWinning a Widow · 1912
Winning a Widow
8.01912
MovieDramaRomance
While crossing the Atlantic, Jim White, an American tourist, is attracted by a charming young widow. He succeeds in making the lady's acquaintance through her four-year-old son and thereafter he becomes a persistent suitor and shadow. It happens that Luxor, Egypt, is the destination of both parties and when they arrive at that point Jim determines to win the widow without further delay. She does not encourage his suit and he becomes desperate. Jim hits upon a subterfuge and engages an Egyptian to help him out. However, the best laid plans often miscarry, and when the widow learns of the plot she prepares one of her own. Jim meets with a decided surprise and the little son is the means of bringing about a mutual understanding.

Writer

Betrayed by a HandprintBetrayed by a Handprint · 1908
Betrayed by a Handprint
2.91908
MovieCrime
Mrs. Wharton, a dashing widow, gives a party at her beautiful villa in honor of the presentation to her of a handsome diamond necklace by her fiancé. During the evening bridge participated in by a number of the guests, among whom is Myrtle Vane. Miss Vane is playing in wretched luck, and is advised several times by Mrs. Wharton to desist, but she still plays on in the vain hopes of the tide of fortune turning, until at last, in the extreme of desperation, she stakes her all and loses. Shame and disgrace stare her in the face. What can she do to recoup her depleted fortune? As one of the guests there is Professor Francois Paracelsus, the eminent palmister, who of course, was called upon to read the palms of those present. Sheets of paper were prepared and each imprinted their hand on a sheet to be read by the erudite soothsayer at his leisure, and so were left on the drawing room table.

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When the Dead ReturnWhen the Dead Return · 1911
When the Dead Return
1911
MovieDrama
acques and Antoine are both in love with the same girl, but Jacques proves the winner and marries Marcele. Three years after the wedding an accident deprives Jacques of his memory. Not knowing where or who he is, he wanders far from home and takes up a new life, all memory of the old having forsaken him. Years later, Marcele, convinced that Jacques is dead, marries Antoine. After ten years of happiness with Antoine, Marcele dies, leaving a little daughter. About this time, through an accident, Jacques' memory is restored and he arrives back at his old home just as his daughter is about to marry. Not realizing the lapse of years he attempts to stop the wedding, believing that his daughter is his wife Marcele. Explanations take place and Jacques is taken to the grave of his sweetheart and wife Marcele.

Marcele