Edwin Stevens
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Edwin Stevens (1860-1923) was an American stage and film actor. He also directed several films during the silent era.
He started in the theatre in 1896, worked in about twenty plays, acted in 45 films between 1916 and 1923, and directed seven between 1916 and 1917.
Edwin Stevens was born in San Francisco, California, in 1860. He started in the theatre around 1896. He was the lead singer of the Tivoli Stock Company and performed in several light operas and musicals on the Broadway circuit. His Broadway debut came with 'The Geisha', an 1896 musical comedy directed by Augustin Daly. 'The Geisha' would be performed again in 1913, this time under the direction of Edwin T. Emery, and Stevens played the same character, Marquis Imari. From then on he acted in almost 20 plays, until 1917 when he played in 'Kitty Darlin'. Throughout his theatrical career, he was able to work alongside stars such as Ethel Barrymore and Isadora Duncan. In the 1908 play 'The Devil', he played the title role, playing opposite the actress Theda Bara, who was then using the stage name Theodosia de Coppet.
Edwin Stevens's first film was The Man Inside (John G. Adolfi, J.S. Schrock, 1916), produced by Universal Studios. In the same year, she wrote, directed, and acted in the Independent Moving Pictures Company film The Capital Prize. Also in 1916, he starred in the xenophobic serial The Yellow Menace (Aubrey M. Kennedy, 1916), opposite Florence Malone and Marguerite Gale. The serial was produced by Serial Film Corporation and was announced as "Hindus, Arabs, Turks, Chinese, Malays, Japanese Etc., can be seen in the new serial by Louis Tracy, featuring Edwin Stevens and a cast of 6,000 people in "THE YELLOW MENACE" The terrific arraignment of an unprepared America". Of the seven films Stevens directed between 1916 and 1917, six were made for Universal. He last appeared in front of the camera in A Lover's Oath (Ferdinand P. Earle, 1925), starring Ramon Novarro. The film was released posthumously two years after his death. Edwin Stevens died in 1923 at his home in Los Angeles, California, of pneumonia. He was 62. Till his death, he was married to Louise Weller. They had two children.
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Edwin Stevens
American postcard by Kline Poster Co. Inc., Phila.
Edwin Stevens (1860-1923) was an American stage and film actor. He also directed several films during the silent era.
He started in the theatre in 1896, worked in about twenty plays, acted in 45 films between 1916 and 1923, and directed seven between 1916 and 1917.
Edwin Stevens was born in San Francisco, California, in 1860. He started in the theatre around 1896. He was the lead singer of the Tivoli Stock Company and performed in several light operas and musicals on the Broadway circuit. His Broadway debut came with 'The Geisha', an 1896 musical comedy directed by Augustin Daly. 'The Geisha' would be performed again in 1913, this time under the direction of Edwin T. Emery, and Stevens played the same character, Marquis Imari. From then on he acted in almost 20 plays, until 1917 when he played in 'Kitty Darlin'. Throughout his theatrical career, he was able to work alongside stars such as Ethel Barrymore and Isadora Duncan. In the 1908 play 'The Devil', he played the title role, playing opposite the actress Theda Bara, who was then using the stage name Theodosia de Coppet.
Edwin Stevens's first film was The Man Inside (John G. Adolfi, J.S. Schrock, 1916), produced by Universal Studios. In the same year, she wrote, directed, and acted in the Independent Moving Pictures Company film The Capital Prize. Also in 1916, he starred in the xenophobic serial The Yellow Menace (Aubrey M. Kennedy, 1916), opposite Florence Malone and Marguerite Gale. The serial was produced by Serial Film Corporation and was announced as "Hindus, Arabs, Turks, Chinese, Malays, Japanese Etc., can be seen in the new serial by Louis Tracy, featuring Edwin Stevens and a cast of 6,000 people in "THE YELLOW MENACE" The terrific arraignment of an unprepared America". Of the seven films Stevens directed between 1916 and 1917, six were made for Universal. He last appeared in front of the camera in A Lover's Oath (Ferdinand P. Earle, 1925), starring Ramon Novarro. The film was released posthumously two years after his death. Edwin Stevens died in 1923 at his home in Los Angeles, California, of pneumonia. He was 62. Till his death, he was married to Louise Weller. They had two children.
Sources: Wikipedia (Spanish and English) and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.