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J. Charles Haydon
Born March 27, 1875 · Frederick, Maryland, USA
Died October 15, 1943 · aged 68
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. J. Charles Haydon (1876 – 15 October 1943) was an American film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed twelve films between 1914 and 1920. He also appeared in five films between 1912 and 1914. He played the Wizard in the 1914 adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He was born in Frederick, Maryland and died in Baltimore, Maryland…
Known For
The Strange Case of Mary Page · 1916The Strange Case of Mary Page
1916
MovieThriller
A 15-episode dramatic action movie serial only two of which survive.
The Sting of Victory · 1916The Sting of Victory
1916
MovieDramaWar
David Whiting belongs to a fine old aristocratic family of the south and is an officer in the United States Army. He believes in the Union and he is opposed to slavery. When the Civil War breaks out he frees his personal slaves and joins his regiment to fight for the north.
The Night Workers · 1917The Night Workers
★ 9.01917
MovieDrama
The Phantom Buccaneer · 1916The Phantom Buccaneer
1916
MovieDrama
Stuart Northcote, a London adventurer, slays the president of a mythical South American republic, and establishes himself at its head. Mercia Solano, daughter of the slain official, leads a conspiracy to avenge her father's death by killing Northcote. The adventurer escapes to London, however, after looting the republic's treasure chest. He is pursued by Mercia and a band. The adventurer, perceiving his deadly peril, employs Jack Burton, an impoverished young Englishman, to act as his double. The girl shoots at the double, and other fiendish plots are carried out to kill him. Burton frustrates them all.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · 1920Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
★ 6.21920
MovieDramaHorror
Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
Satan's Private Door · 1917Satan's Private Door
1917
MovieDrama
The house of Thomas Chatterton is divided against itself. His son Joseph is an inebriate; his daughter Anne is a social butterfly who neglects her baby and husband; the old man lives in solitude. Edith Conway comes to visit the Chattertons and finds herself distinctly out-of-place, of a different type. Thomas Chatterton finds in Edith a long-wished-for companion.
The Sea Wolf · 1913The Sea Wolf
★ 5.01913
MovieDrama
The cruel captain of a schooner dominates the shipwreck victims he picks up.
His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz · 1914His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz
★ 5.61914
MovieComedyFamily
A wicked king has taken over the Emerald City, and wants his daughter, Princess Gloria to marry the horrid courtier Googly-Goo, though she loves Pon, the Gardener's Boy. The camera follows two farmers placing a Scarecrow upon a pole in a cornfield. Pon rescues a Kansas girl named Dorothy from the evil witch Mombi, whom Princess Gloria has been taken to by King Krewl to freeze her heart so she will no longer love Pon. An Indian princess has a ceremony to bring the Scarecrow to life. Pon rescues the cold-hearted princess and they flee for help, discovering the Scarecrow, who promptly falls in love with the princess, and Button-Bright, a lost boy from America. They come to the castle of the Tin Emperor, Nick Chopper, and after oiling him, he falls in love with Gloria. After a bit of a chase aided by the Sawhorse and the Wizard, Mombi turns Pon into a Kangaroo, and a slough of Fred Woodward's animals battle it out.
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