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George Loane Tucker (June 12, 1872 – June 20, 1921) was an American actor, silent film director, screenwriter, producer, and editor.
George Loane Tucker. Director: The Miracle Man. A former railroad clerk, Tucker made a name for himself in 1913 with a film entitled Traffic in Souls (1913), a six-reel expose of white slavery.
- Director, Actor, Writer
- June 10, 1872
- George Loane Tucker
- June 20, 1921
George Loane Tucker. Director: The Miracle Man. A former railroad clerk, Tucker made a name for himself in 1913 with a film entitled Traffic in Souls (1913), a six-reel expose of white slavery.
- June 10, 1872
- June 20, 1921
George Loane Tucker’s 1913 “Traffic in Souls,” (aka While New York Sleeps) one of our earliest feature-length films, pretended a concern with so-called white slavery while offering audiences the titillation they craved in this era of the earliest film femme fa-tale—the vamp.
Mar 11, 2020 · “George Loane Tucker’s 1913 Traffic in Souls (aka ‘While New York Sleeps’), one of our earliest feature-length films, pretended a concern with so-called white slavery while offering audiences the titillation they craved in this era of the earliest film femme fatale — the vamp.
Apr 29, 2024 · Traffic in Souls (George Loane Tucker,1913) A woman, with the aid of her police officer sweetheart, endeavors to uncover the prostitution ring that has kidnapped her sister, and the...
- 88 min
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Pioneer Motion Picture Director. He wrote and directed the landmark Traffic in Souls (1913), one of America's earliest feature films. A six-reel expose of white slavery in Manhattan, it was the first full-length crime drama and introduced sex as a viable (and very profitable) subject for Hollywood to tackle.
