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Irvin V. Willat (November 18, 1890 – April 17, 1976) was an American film director of the silent film era. He directed 39 films between 1917 and 1937. Early in his career Willat worked as a cinematographer on several films.
Irvin Willat was born on 18 November 1890 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. He was a director and writer, known for On the High Seas (1922), The Grim Game (1919) and The Isle of Lost Ships (1929). He was married to Billie Dove. He died on 17 April 1976 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
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Irvin Willat was born on November 18, 1890 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. He was a director and writer, known for On the High Seas (1922), The Grim Game (1919) and The Isle of Lost Ships (1929). He was married to Billie Dove. He died on April 17, 1976 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- November 18, 1890
- April 17, 1976
- Willat Brothers Open Own Independent Studio
- A “Story-Book” House
- Studio Sold to Producer Ward Lascelle
- Moved to Beverly Hills & Becomes A Landmark House
Built from 1920-1921, the brothers, Carl and Irvin Willat, opened their own independent studio in Culver City at what is now Washington Boulevard, Willat and Hoke Streets. Carl ‘Doc’ Willat, a former Technicolor executive and studio owner/builder in Fort Lee, New Jersey, arranged distribution with the Hodkinson Company for his brother’s upcoming fo...
Their art director for the film program being prepared, Harry Oliver, was asked to build an administration building that could be doubled as a setting to save money. Oliver studied old English countryside bungalow architecture and came up with the idea of an “English cottage fantasy” architecture. The result was a “story-book” house that became a l...
By 1924, Irvin Willat was offered a chance at directing Paramount’s first Technicolor film, Wanderer of the Wasteland, starring Jack Holt. He signed a contract for a number of pictures for Paramount and by 1926, Carl Willat sold the studio to film producer Ward Lascelle. Lascelle subsequently moved the entire Administration building to Culver City ...
His wife remarried and she continued to live there with her new husband, Mr. Spadina, until the Green family purchased the house in the 1960s. Today the house, being relocated to Walden and Carmelita Drives in Beverly Hills, has been restored and will continue to act as a major landmark, harkening back to another age in film history.
- Marc Wanamaker
Irvin V. Willat was an American film director of the silent film era. He directed 39 films between 1917 and 1937. Early in his career Willat worked as a cinematographer on several films.
Luck of Roaring Camp: Directed by Irvin Willat. With Owen Davis Jr., Charles Brokaw, Joan Woodbury, Sheila Bromley. When the miners of Roaring Camp become Godfathers to a motherless baby, they name the boy Luck and promise to set aside money for him from their diggings.
The False Faces is a 1919 American silent action film written and directed by Irvin Willat, based on the novel by Louis Joseph Vance, and starring Henry B. Walthall as Michael Lanyard, the "Lone Wolf," and Lon Chaney as Karl Ekstrom, the villain.
