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Benjamin Albert Rolfe is a Director, Producer, Co-Director and Presenter American born on 24 october 1879 at Brasher Falls–Winthrop (USA)

Benjamin Albert Rolfe

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Nationality USA
Birth 24 october 1879 at Brasher Falls–Winthrop (USA)
Death 23 april 1956 (at 76 years) at Walpole (USA)

Benjamin Albert Rolfe (October 24, 1879 - April 23, 1956) was an American musician known as "The Boy Trumpet Wonder" who went on to be a bandleader, recording artist, radio personality and film producer.

Born in Brasher Falls, New York, Rolfe was the son of a music director. At a young age he played the piccolo and cornet in his father's band, touring the U.S. East Coast as well as Europe. After high school, he worked as a musical clown in a traveling circus until joining the Majestic Theater Orchestra in Utica, New York. His work led to a position at the Utica Conservatory of Music where he was head of the brass instrument department. However, drawn back to show business, in the early part of the 20th century, he worked in vaudeville, producing a revue and serving as bandleader.

Usually with

Charles Logue
Charles Logue
(4 films)
George D. Baker
George D. Baker
(3 films)
Tod Browning
Tod Browning
(4 films)
Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore
(4 films)
June Mathis
June Mathis
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Benjamin Albert Rolfe (14 films)

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Director

Even as Eve
Even as Eve (1920)

Directed by Benjamin Albert Rolfe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Sally Crute, Marc McDermott, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Edward J. Ratcliffe, Diana Allen

Eileen O'Hara lives with her father as members of a religious cult known as The Shining Band in a compound in the Adirondack Mountains. Her mother's infidelity years ago has left her father embittered. Peyster Sproul, as president of the Sagamore Club, tries to buy the O'Hara's land to become a Summer resort. Sproul is the man with whom Eileen's mother had the affair. Mr. O'Hara recognizes Sproul, they quarrel, and as a result Mr. O'Hara dies. Sproul then bribes Amasu Munn, the dishonest cult leader, to obtain an illegitimate claim on the property. Sproul tries to steal the deed from Eileen but is thwarted by young Dr. Lansing who has become enamored with Eileen. She then marries Dr.
Man and Woman
Man and Woman (1920)

Directed by Benjamin Albert Rolfe
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Joe King, Herbert Standing, Eddie Sturgis, Harry F. Millarde

A young Civil engineer builds a bridge that later collapses which causes him to mentally collapse. He retreats to a South Pacific Ocean island and becomes a beachcomber. Later one of his former engineering supervisors

Producer

Even as Eve
Even as Eve (1920)

Directed by Benjamin Albert Rolfe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Sally Crute, Marc McDermott, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Edward J. Ratcliffe, Diana Allen
Roles Producer

Eileen O'Hara lives with her father as members of a religious cult known as The Shining Band in a compound in the Adirondack Mountains. Her mother's infidelity years ago has left her father embittered. Peyster Sproul, as president of the Sagamore Club, tries to buy the O'Hara's land to become a Summer resort. Sproul is the man with whom Eileen's mother had the affair. Mr. O'Hara recognizes Sproul, they quarrel, and as a result Mr. O'Hara dies. Sproul then bribes Amasu Munn, the dishonest cult leader, to obtain an illegitimate claim on the property. Sproul tries to steal the deed from Eileen but is thwarted by young Dr. Lansing who has become enamored with Eileen. She then marries Dr.
The Eyes of Mystery
The Eyes of Mystery (1918)

Directed by Tod Browning
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Edith Storey, Bradley Barker, Harry Northrup, Kempton Greene, Louis Wolheim, Frank Bennett
Roles Producer
Rating25% 1.261971.261971.261971.261971.26197
As described in a film magazine, Carma Carmichael (Storey), who lives with her uncle Quincy Carmichael (Andrews), is kidnapped by her father and held for ransom. In order to trap the criminals and secure Jack Carrington (Barker) as Carma's husband, Quincy fakes his death and makes Jack his heir. Carma is angered by her uncle's action is determined to take her rightful place. By going through some of her uncle's papers, she discovers that the man she believes to be her father is an impostor and that her father is dead. Carma's supposed father and a group of moonshiners attack the Carmichael home and are fought off by Carma, Jack, and a friend. Quincy, believing it is time to return to life, does so in time to get the sheriff's posse on the house grounds, drive off the moonshiners, and capture the crooks.
The Jury of Fate
The Jury of Fate (1917)

Directed by Tod Browning
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Mabel Taliaferro, Bradley Barker, Frank Bennett
Roles Producer

As described in a film magazine, Henri Labordie (Tavernier) is the father of twins. Jeanne (Taliaferro) is sweet and winsome while her brother Jaques (Taliaferro), pampered by her father, is ill-tempered. When Jaques dies through his own caddishness, Jeanne, to spare her father from the shock, clips off her hair and dons boys clothing so that her father will think that it was her and not Jaques who drowned in a stream. When Labordie dies, Jeanne's deception ends when she goes to Montreal to fulfill an ancient pact, and there she finds happiness.
Life's Whirlpool
Life's Whirlpool (1917)

Directed by Lionel Barrymore
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ethel Barrymore, Alan Hale, Ricca Allen, Walter Hiers, Frank Leigh
Roles Producer

As described in a film magazine, Esther (Barrymore), upon the death of her father, is advised by her kindly neighbors to get married. She is forced to sell the homestead and marries a domineering old miser named John Martin (Carrington), who lives with his maiden sister Ruth (Allen). Because she passes the time of day on the street with young men, her husband becomes jealous. He chokes her after he finds a letter from a former friend, Dr. Henry Grey (Hale), and she decides to leave him. While escaping with her son she is detained in a hut by a drunken farmer who tries to embrace her. She shoots him dead, and a posse arrests her for the death of her husband, who was found strangled in the library. However, the death confession of the real murderer clears her of her husband's death, and the return of her former friend from France completes her happiness.
Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp
Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp (1917)

Directed by Tod Browning
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Mabel Taliaferro, Thomas Carrigan, Clara Blandick
Roles Producer

As described in a film magazine review, Neil Dacey (Carrigan) loves Peggy Desmond (Taliaferro). Terence O'Malley (Sack), nephew of Squire O'Malley (Ryan), is anxious to win Peggy. Terence and his uncle have a quarrel because Terence cannot win Peggy, and the squire is killed. Terence does the killing with Neil's gun, so Neil is held for the murder. Peggy, to save her fiance, dresses as the will-o'-the-wisp, and this results in a confession by Terence.
The Quitter
The Quitter (1916)

Directed by Charles Horan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Actors Lionel Barrymore
Roles Executive producer