* 16.4.1888, St. Louis, MO overl. 1950

Education:     Annapolis

Had a brief Navy career before entering films in 1910 as an actor in D.W. Griffith productions. He later became Griffith's assistant, then began a directing career in 1913 under his supervision. Immediately asserted himself as a top-ranking director, handling such stars as the Gish sisters (Dorothy and Lillian), Wallace Reid, Mae Murray, Francis X. Bushman, and Douglas Fairbanks in his film debut in THE LAMB (1915). He worked as a casting director and second-unit director on the silent BEN-HUR (1926) and subsequently directed routine low-budget productions.

Filmography Christy Cabanne (waar niets vermeld = regisseur)

1911   HER AWAKENING              

1912   THE LIFE OF GENERAL VILLA     co-director— with Raoul Walsh

1913   THE ADOPTED BROTHER      director, screenwriter

1913   THE VENGEANCE OF GALORA        

1914   ARMS AND THE GRINGO      

1914   THE DISHONORED MEDAL   

1914   FOR THOSE UNBORN          

1914   THE GREAT LEAP              

1914   THE ODALISQUE               

1914   THE REBELLION OF KITTY BELLE    

1914   THE SISTERS

1914   THE SMUGGLERS OF SLIGO 

1915   THE ABSENTEE        co-director— with Frank E. Woods

1915   DOUBLE TROUBLE    

1915   THE FAILURE 

1915   THE LAMB      director, screenwriter

1915   THE LOST HOUSE    

1915   THE MARTYRS OF THE ALAMO       director, screenwriter

1916   DAPHNE AND THE PIRATE   

1916   DIANE OF THE FOLLIES      

1916   FLIRTING WITH FATE                   director, screenwriter

1916   THE FLYING TORPEDO        

1916   REGGIE MIXES IN     

1916   SOLD FOR MARRIAGE

1917   DRAFT 258   

1917   THE GREAT SECRET 

1917   MISS ROBINSON CRUSOE         

1917   THE SLACKER

1918   CYCLONE OF HIGGINS D.D. 

1918   THE FATAL MARRIAGE        

1919   BELOVED CHEATER  

1919   FIGHTING THROUGH 

1919   GOD'S OUTLAW       

1919   THE MAYOR OF FILBERT     

1919   THE PEST     

1919   REGULAR FELLOW    

1919   THE TRIFLERS         

1920   BURNT WINGS         

1920   LIFE'S TWIST

1920   THE NOTORIOUS MRS. SANDS      

1921   AT THE STAGE DOOR                   director, screenwriter

1921   THE BARRICADE      

1921   LIVE AND LET LIVE                      director, screenwriter

1921   WHAT'S A WIFE WORTH?              director, screenwriter

1922   BEYOND THE RAINBOW      

1922   TILL WE MEET AGAIN                   director, story

1924   THE AVERAGE WOMAN       

1924   IS LOVE EVERYTHING?                 director, story

1924   LEND ME YOUR HUSBAND    

1924   THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT           producer, director

1924   THE SPITFIRE

1924   YOUTH FOR SALE    

1925   THE MASKED BRIDE        director— begun by Josef von Sternberg

1925   THE MIDSHIPMAN    

1926   ALTARS OF DESIRE  

1926   MONTE CARLO        

1928   ANNAPOLIS   

1928   DRIFTWOOD  

1928   NAMELESS MEN       

1929   RESTLESS YOUTH    

1930   CONSPIRACY 

1930   THE DAWN TRAIL    

1931   CARNE DE CABARET 

1931   CONVICTED  

1931   GRAFT

1931   SKY RAIDERS

1932   HEARTS OF HUMANITY       

1932   HOTEL CONTINENTAL        

1932   THE MIDNIGHT PATROL      

1932   RED-HAIRED ALIBI   

1932   THE UNWRITTEN LAW        

1932   WESTERN LIMITED   

1932   THE WORLD GONE MAD      

1933   DARING DAUGHTERS 

1933   THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT    

1933   MIDSHIPMAN JACK   

1934   A GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST

1934   JANE EYRE              (zie poster onder)                      

1934   MONEY MEANS NOTHING    

1934   WHEN STRANGERS MEET    

1935   ANOTHER FACE       

1935   BEHIND THE GREEN LIGHTS 

1935   THE KEEPER OF THE BEES  

1935   ONE FRIGHTENED NIGHT     

1935   RENDEZVOUS AT MIDNIGHT

1935   STORM OVER THE ANDES   

1936   THE LAST OUTLAW  

1937   ANNAPOLIS SALUTE  director, screenwriter

1937   CRIMINAL LAWYER   

1937   DON'T TELL THE WIFE       

1937   THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT    

1937   WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE        

1937   THE WESTLAND CASE        

1937   YOU CAN'T BEAT LOVE       

1938   EVERYBODY'S DOING IT     

1938   NIGHT SPOT 

1938   THIS MARRIAGE BUSINESS  

1939   LEGION OF LOST FLYERS    

1939   MAN FROM MONTREAL       

1939   MUTINY ON THE BLACKHAWK        

1939   SMASHING THE SPY RING   

1939   TROPIC FURY

1940   ALIAS THE DEACON 

1940   BLACK DIAMONDS    

1940   DANGER ON WHEELS

1940   THE DEVIL'S PIPELINE        

1940   HOT STEEL   

1940   THE MUMMY'S HAND

1941   SCATTERGOOD BAINES      

1941   SCATTERGOOD MEETS BROADWAY

1941   SCATTERGOOD PULLS THE STRING

1942   DRUMS OF THE CONGO      

1942   SCATTERGOOD RIDES HIGH 

1942   SCATTERGOOD SURVIVES A MURDER       

1942   TIMBER        

1942   TOP SERGEANT       

1943   KEEP 'EM SLUGGING 

1944   DIXIE JAMBOREE     

1945   THE MAN WHO WALKED ALONE     ass. producer, director, story

1945   SENSATION HUNTERS        

1947   KING OF THE BANDITS       

1947   ROBIN HOOD OF MONTEREY director, story

1947   SCARED TO DEATH  

1948   BLACK TRAIL 

1948   SILVER TRAILS