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Thomas Harper Ince (November 16, 1880 – November 19, 1924) was an American silent era filmmaker and media proprietor. Ince was known as the "Father of the Western " and was responsible for making over 800 films.
Thomas H. Ince (born November 16, 1882, Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.—died November 19, 1924, Hollywood, California) was a pioneer American motion-picture director who was the first to organize production methods into a disciplined system of filmmaking.
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Thomas Ince (1882-1924) played a significant role in the development of the film industry in Hollywood as both a producer and director. He was an originator of the studio system of filmmaking. Thomas Harper Ince was born on November 6, 1882, in Newport, Rhode Island, into a theatrical family.
On January 25, 1922, the Thomas H. Ince Corp. was formed. 31 Close Ince was elected company president, Mrs. Ince was chosen vice president, and Harry W. Kershaw (Ince's father-in-law) became treasurer.
In June 1917, Thomas H. Ince and Mack Sennett left the company and sold their remaining interests. In 1917, Triangle's distribution network of film exchanges were sold off to the W.W. Hodkinson company for $600,000 [6] (equivalent to $14,000,000 in 2023).
The use of spectacle, genre, and other types of popular appeal defined the corporate image Ince presented to audiences, and he described the process as similar to baking a cake, knowing how to blend certain ingredients.
Usually considered the father of the moviemaking studio system, Thomas H. Ince was a true innovator, defining the creative and industrial role of producer, institutionalizing the continuity script, and as early as 1912, constructing the blueprint for departmentalized, factory-like studio filmmaking that would become the town's model.
