Edwin Middleton

Edwin Middleton (1865–1929) was a film director in the United States.[1][2]

He worked in theater as part of a stock company from Philadelphia before his film career.[3] He was an actor in an 1891 production titled Sin and Shadow.[4] In 1906 he is credited with a part in a Broadway production.[5]

He directed W.C. Fields's film debut in Pool Sharks in 1915.[6] He also directed several shorts with casts that included Bud Ross.[7] He made a series of films for the Gaumont Film Company.

He directed at least three "Cissy" films starring Cissy Fitzgerald. He worked for Gaumont Film Company in Jacksonville, Florida.[8]

He was an organizer of the Motion Picture Directors Association of New York.[9]

Filmography

References
  1. "Edwin Middleton | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
  2. Spehr, Paul C.; Lundquist, Gunnar; Lauritzen, Einar (July 1, 1996). "American film personnel and company credits, 1908-1920: filmographies reordered by authoritative organizational and personal names from Lauritzen and Lundquist's American film-index". McFarland & Company, Inc. – via Google Books.
  3. Wertheim, Arthur Frank (January 16, 2017). "W.C. Fields from the Ziegfeld Follies and Broadway Stage to the Screen: Becoming a Character Comedian". Springer – via Google Books.
  4. "Edwin Middleton – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
  5. "Edwin Middleton Theatre Credits, News, Bio and Photos". www.broadwayworld.com.
  6. Wertheim, Arthur Frank (January 16, 2017). "W.C. Fields from the Ziegfeld Follies and Broadway Stage to the Screen: Becoming a Character Comedian". Springer – via Google Books.
  7. "edwin middleton w.c. fields - Google Search". www.google.com.
  8. "Motography". January 28, 1916 – via Google Books.
  9. Dixon, Wheeler Winston (November 6, 2015). "Black and White Cinema: A Short History". Rutgers University Press – via Google Books.
  10. https://archive.org/stream/movpicwor26chal/movpicwor26chal_djvu.txt
  11. Nash, Jay Robert; Connelly, Robert; Ross, Stanley Ralph (January 3, 1988). "Motion Picture Guide Silent Film 1910-1936". Cinebooks – via Google Books.
  12. "Motography". January 3, 1916 – via Google Books.
  13. "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. January 3, 1916 – via Google Books.
  14. "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. January 28, 1916 – via Google Books.
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