Burton George
| Burton George | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 22, 1882 |
| 💼 Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
| 📆 Years active | 1915–1922 |
Burton George (born August 22, 1882) was an American silent-era film director and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the 1917 silent drama Alien Blood, one of the few films of the era that survives in the Library of Congress archive.
Career
George began directing in 1915, debuting with the short film Blade o’ Grass at the Edison Studios. Over the following years, he directed short features and full-length dramas, often for studios like Bison Film Company and Balboa Amusement Producing Company. He frequently adapted short stories and serialized literature into screenplays, sometimes contributing to writing credits himself.
His most recognized film, Alien Blood (also released as The Alien Blood), was based on a short story by Louise Rice, originally published in Ainslee's Magazine in April 1913. The film was produced by Balboa under the Fortune Photoplay series and distributed by General Film Company. It premiered on April 16, 1917, in Bemidji, Minnesota, and later showed in Washington, D.C. alongside Charlie Chaplin’s The Immigrant.
George also directed several later silent features including Ginger (1919), Devotion (1921), and the German-language Die Bestie (1922).
Selected filmography
As director
- Blade o’ Grass (1915, short)
- Celeste of the Ambulance Corps (1916)
- The Littlest Magdalene (1916)
- The Isle of Life (1916)
- The Emerald Pin (1916)
- The Tell-Tale Step (1917)
- Alien Blood (1917)
- The Law of the North (1917, co-directed with Edward H. Griffith)
- The Boulevard Speed Hounds (1918)
- Ginger (1919)
- Eve in Exile (1919)
- The Valley of Doubt (1920)
- Devotion (1921)
- Conceit (1921)
- Die Bestie (1922)
As writer
- Ginger (1919)
- Human Desires (1922)
- Die Bestie (1922)
References
References
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