A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Florence Lois Weber
Mrs. Phillips Smalley
Birthplace:
Allegheny City [now Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, USA
Born:
June 12, 1879
Died:
November 13, 1939
Lois Weber began film work as an actress, then soon began also writing and directing films. She has been referred to as "the most important female director the American film industry has known". Best known for her hard-hitting films that address social issues, she continued making films into the 1920s until she lost favor with motion picture audiences.
Adaptation:
1916 Idle Wives
1916 The Dumb Girl of Portici
1918 For Husbands Only
1923 A Chapter in Her Life
1927 Topsy and Eva
Director:
1911 A Heroine of '76
1911 Fate
1911 From Death to Life
1911 On the Brink
1911 The Price
1911 The Twins
1912 A Japanese Idyll
1912 Eyes That See Not
1912 Fine Feathers
1912 The Troubadour's Triumph
1913 How Men Propose
1913 Suspense.
1913 The Jew's Christmas
1913 The Rosary
1914 False Colors
1914 Lost by a Hair
1914 The Merchant of Venice
1914 The Pursuit of Hate
1914 The Spider and Her Web
1915 A Cigarette - That's All
1915 Betty in Search of a Thrill
1915 Captain Courtesy
1915 Hypocrites
1915 It's No Laughing Matter
1915 Scandal
1915 Sunshine Molly
1916 Discontent
1916 Hop - The Devil's Brew
1916 Idle Wives
1916 John Needham's Double
1916 Saving the Family Name
1916 Shoes
1916 The Dumb Girl of Portici
1916 The Eye of God
1916 The Flirt
1916 The People vs. John Doe
1916 Where Are My Children?
1917 Even as You and I
1917 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1917 The Mysterious Mrs. M
1917 The Price of a Good Time
1918 Borrowed Clothes
1918 For Husbands Only
1918 The Doctor and the Woman
1919 A Midnight Romance
1919 Forbidden
1919 Home
1919 Mary Regan
1919 When a Girl Loves
1920 To Please One Woman
1921 The Blot
1921 Too Wise Wives
1921 What Do Men Want?
1921 What's Worth While?
1923 A Chapter in Her Life
1926 The Marriage Clause
1927 Sensation Seekers
1927 The Angel of Broadway
1927 Topsy and Eva
1934 White Heat
Editor:
1911 A Heroine of '76
1911 Fate
1911 From Death to Life
1911 On the Brink
1911 The Price
1911 The Twins
1912 A Japanese Idyll
1912 Eyes That See Not
1912 Fine Feathers
1912 The Troubadour's Triumph
1913 How Men Propose
1913 Suspense.
1913 The Jew's Christmas
1913 The Rosary
1914 False Colors
1914 Lost by a Hair
1914 The Merchant of Venice
1914 The Pursuit of Hate
1914 The Spider and Her Web
1915 A Cigarette - That's All
1915 Betty in Search of a Thrill
1915 Captain Courtesy
1915 Hypocrites
1915 It's No Laughing Matter
1915 Scandal
1915 Sunshine Molly
1916 Discontent
1916 Hop - The Devil's Brew
1916 Idle Wives
1916 John Needham's Double
1916 Saving the Family Name
1916 Shoes
1916 The Dumb Girl of Portici
1916 The Eye of God
1916 The Flirt
1916 The People vs. John Doe
1916 Where Are My Children?
1917 Even as You and I
1917 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1917 The Mysterious Mrs. M
1917 The Price of a Good Time
1918 Borrowed Clothes
1918 For Husbands Only
1918 The Doctor and the Woman
1919 A Midnight Romance
1919 Forbidden
1919 Home
1919 Mary Regan
1919 When a Girl Loves
1920 To Please One Woman
1921 The Blot
1921 Too Wise Wives
1921 What Do Men Want?
1921 What's Worth While?
1923 A Chapter in Her Life
1926 The Marriage Clause
1927 Sensation Seekers
1927 The Angel of Broadway
1927 Topsy and Eva
1934 White Heat
Producer:
1911 A Heroine of '76
1911 Fate
1911 From Death to Life
1911 On the Brink
1911 The Price
1911 The Twins
1912 A Japanese Idyll
1912 Eyes That See Not
1912 Fine Feathers
1912 The Troubadour's Triumph
1913 How Men Propose
1913 Suspense.
1913 The Jew's Christmas
1913 The Rosary
1914 False Colors
1914 Lost by a Hair
1914 The Merchant of Venice
1914 The Pursuit of Hate
1914 The Spider and Her Web
1915 A Cigarette - That's All
1915 Betty in Search of a Thrill
1915 Captain Courtesy
1915 Hypocrites
1915 It's No Laughing Matter
1915 Scandal
1915 Sunshine Molly
1916 Discontent
1916 Hop - The Devil's Brew
1916 Idle Wives
1916 John Needham's Double
1916 Saving the Family Name
1916 Shoes
1916 The Dumb Girl of Portici
1916 The Eye of God
1916 The Flirt
1916 The People vs. John Doe
1916 Wanted- A Home
1916 Where Are My Children?
1917 Even as You and I
1917 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1917 The Mysterious Mrs. M
1917 The Price of a Good Time
1918 Borrowed Clothes
1918 For Husbands Only
1918 The Doctor and the Woman
1919 A Midnight Romance
1919 Forbidden
1919 Home
1919 Mary Regan
1919 When a Girl Loves
1920 To Please One Woman
1921 The Blot
1921 Too Wise Wives
1921 What Do Men Want?
1921 What's Worth While?
1923 A Chapter in Her Life
1926 The Marriage Clause
1927 Sensation Seekers
1927 The Angel of Broadway
1927 Topsy and Eva
1934 White Heat
Scenario Writer:
1911 A Heroine of '76
1911 Fate
1911 From Death to Life
1911 On the Brink
1911 The Price
1911 The Twins
1912 A Japanese Idyll
1912 Eyes That See Not
1912 Fine Feathers
1912 The Troubadour's Triumph
1913 How Men Propose
1913 Suspense.
1913 The Jew's Christmas
1913 The Rosary
1914 False Colors
1914 Lost by a Hair
1914 The Merchant of Venice
1914 The Pursuit of Hate
1914 The Spider and Her Web
1915 A Cigarette - That's All
1915 Betty in Search of a Thrill
1915 Captain Courtesy
1915 Hypocrites
1915 It's No Laughing Matter
1915 Scandal
1915 Sunshine Molly
1916 Discontent
1916 Hop - The Devil's Brew
1916 Idle Wives
1916 John Needham's Double
1916 Saving the Family Name
1916 Shoes
1916 The Dumb Girl of Portici
1916 The Eye of God
1916 The Flirt
1916 The People vs. John Doe
1916 Wanted- A Home
1916 Where Are My Children?
1917 Even as You and I
1917 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1917 The Mysterious Mrs. M
1917 The Price of a Good Time
1918 Borrowed Clothes
1918 For Husbands Only
1918 The Doctor and the Woman
1919 A Midnight Romance
1919 Forbidden
1919 Home
1919 Mary Regan
1919 When a Girl Loves
1920 To Please One Woman
1921 The Blot
1921 Too Wise Wives
1921 What Do Men Want?
1921 What's Worth While?
1923 A Chapter in Her Life
1926 The Marriage Clause
1927 Sensation Seekers
1927 The Angel of Broadway
1927 Topsy and Eva
1934 White Heat
Screenplay:
1911 A Heroine of '76
1911 Fate
1911 From Death to Life
1911 On the Brink
1911 The Price
1911 The Twins
1912 A Japanese Idyll
1912 Eyes That See Not
1912 Fine Feathers
1912 The Troubadour's Triumph
1913 How Men Propose
1913 Suspense.
1913 The Jew's Christmas
1913 The Picture of Dorian Gray
1913 The Rosary
1914 False Colors
1914 Lost by a Hair
1914 The Merchant of Venice
1914 The Pursuit of Hate
1914 The Spider and Her Web
1915 A Cigarette - That's All
1915 Betty in Search of a Thrill
1915 Captain Courtesy
1915 Hypocrites
1915 It's No Laughing Matter
1915 Scandal
1915 Sunshine Molly
1916 Discontent
1916 Hop - The Devil's Brew
1916 Idle Wives
1916 John Needham's Double
1916 Saving the Family Name
1916 Shoes
1916 The Dumb Girl of Portici
1916 The Eye of God
1916 The Flirt
1916 The People vs. John Doe
1916 Wanted- A Home
1916 Where Are My Children?
1917 Even as You and I
1917 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1917 The Mysterious Mrs. M
1917 The Price of a Good Time
1918 Borrowed Clothes
1918 For Husbands Only
1918 The Doctor and the Woman
1919 A Midnight Romance
1919 Forbidden
1919 Home
1919 Mary Regan
1919 When a Girl Loves
1920 To Please One Woman
1921 The Blot
1921 Too Wise Wives
1921 What Do Men Want?
1921 What's Worth While?
1923 A Chapter in Her Life
1926 The Marriage Clause
1927 Sensation Seekers
1927 The Angel of Broadway
1927 Topsy and Eva
1934 White Heat
Story:
1911 A Heroine of '76
1911 Fate
1911 From Death to Life
1911 On the Brink
1911 The Price
1911 The Twins
1912 A Japanese Idyll
1912 Eyes That See Not
1912 Fine Feathers
1912 The Troubadour's Triumph
1913 How Men Propose
1913 Suspense.
1913 The Jew's Christmas
1913 The Picture of Dorian Gray
1913 The Rosary
1914 False Colors
1914 Lost by a Hair
1914 The Merchant of Venice
1914 The Pursuit of Hate
1914 The Spider and Her Web
1915 A Cigarette - That's All
1915 Betty in Search of a Thrill
1915 Captain Courtesy
1915 Hypocrites
1915 It's No Laughing Matter
1915 Scandal
1915 Sunshine Molly
1916 Discontent
1916 Hop - The Devil's Brew
1916 Idle Wives
1916 John Needham's Double
1916 Saving the Family Name
1916 Shoes
1916 The Dumb Girl of Portici
1916 The Eye of God
1916 The Flirt
1916 The People vs. John Doe
1916 Wanted- A Home
1916 Where Are My Children?
1917 Even as You and I
1917 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1917 The Mysterious Mrs. M
1917 The Price of a Good Time
1918 Borrowed Clothes
1918 For Husbands Only
1918 The Doctor and the Woman
1919 A Midnight Romance
1919 Forbidden
1919 Home
1919 Mary Regan
1919 When a Girl Loves
1920 To Please One Woman
1921 The Blot
1921 Too Wise Wives
1921 What Do Men Want?
1921 What's Worth While?
1923 A Chapter in Her Life
1926 The Marriage Clause
1927 Sensation Seekers
1927 The Angel of Broadway
1927 Topsy and Eva
1934 White Heat
Writer:
1911 A Heroine of '76
1911 Fate
1911 From Death to Life
1911 On the Brink
1911 The Price
1911 The Twins
1912 A Japanese Idyll
1912 Eyes That See Not
1912 Fine Feathers
1912 The Troubadour's Triumph
1913 How Men Propose
1913 Suspense.
1913 The Jew's Christmas
1913 The Picture of Dorian Gray
1913 The Rosary
1914 False Colors
1914 Lost by a Hair
1914 The Merchant of Venice
1914 The Pursuit of Hate
1914 The Spider and Her Web
1915 A Cigarette - That's All
1915 Betty in Search of a Thrill
1915 Captain Courtesy
1915 Hypocrites
1915 It's No Laughing Matter
1915 Jewel
1915 Scandal
1915 Sunshine Molly
1916 Discontent
1916 Hop - The Devil's Brew
1916 Idle Wives
1916 John Needham's Double
1916 Saving the Family Name
1916 Shoes
1916 The Dumb Girl of Portici
1916 The Eye of God
1916 The Flirt
1916 The People vs. John Doe
1916 Wanted- A Home
1916 Where Are My Children?
1917 Even as You and I
1917 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1917 The Mysterious Mrs. M
1917 The Price of a Good Time
1918 Borrowed Clothes
1918 For Husbands Only
1918 Tarzan of the Apes
1918 The Doctor and the Woman
1919 A Midnight Romance
1919 Forbidden
1919 Home
1919 Mary Regan
1919 When a Girl Loves
1920 To Please One Woman
1921 The Blot
1921 Too Wise Wives
1921 What Do Men Want?
1921 What's Worth While?
1923 A Chapter in Her Life
1926 The Marriage Clause
1927 Sensation Seekers
1927 The Angel of Broadway
1927 Topsy and Eva
1934 White Heat
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