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James Cruze (born Jens Cruz Bosen; March 27, 1884 – August 3, 1942) was a silent film actor and film director. James Cruze is best known today among film buffs as the director of the epic silent Western The Covered Wagon.
May 7, 2024 · James Cruze (born March 27, 1884, Ogden, Utah, U.S.—died August 3, 1942, Los Angeles, California) was an American film director and actor who was a giant in the days of silent films but became a minor figure after the advent of sound. (Read Lillian Gish’s 1929 Britannica essay on silent film.)
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James Cruze (1884-1942) was a versatile filmmaker who directed classics like The Covered Wagon and The Great Gabbo. He also acted in some of his own films and had a troubled personal life with multiple marriages and legal troubles.
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Hollywood is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by James Cruze, co-written by Frank Condon and Thomas J. Geraghty, and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is a lengthier feature follow-up to Paramount's own short film exposé of itself, A Trip to Paramountown from 1922.
Learn about James Cruze, a pioneer of silent cinema who signed his own films and made comedies, epics, and satires. Discover his lost classics and his legacy in Hollywood history.
James Cruze was a director of various genres of films, from slapstick to epics, in the 1920s and 1930s. He was born Jens Vera Cruz Bosen in Utah, had a Mormon background, and was married to actresses Betty Compson and Marguerite Snow.
Thanhouser Career Synopsis: James Cruze was the best known of all Thanhouser leading men. He played numerous and varied roles in many films, with his portrayal of Jim Norton, a newspaper reporter, in The Million Dollar Mystery serial being among the more memorable. He also starred in the second Thanhouser serial, Zudora.
