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Fred Niblo (born Frederick Liedtke; January 6, 1874 – November 11, 1948) was an American pioneer film actor, director and producer.
Fred Niblo was a director, actor and writer who worked in silent and sound films from 1917 to 1943. He is best known for directing Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) and The Temptress (1926) with Greta Garbo.
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Fred Niblo Jr. (January 23, 1903 – February 18, 1973) was a successful American screenwriter. He received an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nomination for the film The Criminal Code (1931) with Seton I. Miller. Niblo retired from films in 1950 to become a businessman.
Fred Niblo was a pioneer film actor, director and producer who worked with stars like Douglas Fairbanks, Rudolph Valentino and Greta Garbo. He directed the epic Ben-Hur and founded the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Fred Niblo was a silent film director who made Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) and worked with Greta Garbo. He was also a vaudeville actor and a founder of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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"Fred Niblo directed ('The Three Musketeers' starring Douglas Fairbanks - 1921), and in more than one way he has accomplished a film that can stand by itself imaginatively and pictorially.
Fred Niblo. The Three Musketeers [2021. Restoration. MoMA]. 1921/2021. Restored by The Museum of Modern Art and the San Francisco Silent Film Festival with support from the Celeste Bartos Fund for Film Preservation and the Film Preservation Society. W4571. Film
