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David Smith is a Director British born on 28 october 1872 at Faversham (United-kingdom)

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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 28 october 1872 at Faversham (United-kingdom)
Death 25 april 1930 (at 57 years) at Santa Barbara (USA)

David Smith (28 October 1872 – 25 April 1930), was an English film director of the silent era. He directed 79 films between 1915 and 1927. He was born in Faversham, Kent, and died in Santa Barbara, California.

He was the older brother of Albert E. Smith, one of the co-founders of the Vitagraph Studios.

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Filmography of David Smith (19 films)

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Spirit Trap
Spirit Trap (2005)
, 1h30
Directed by David Smith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Billie Piper, Sam Troughton, Luke Mably, Emma Catherwood, Chiké Okonkwo
Rating44% 2.207382.207382.207382.207382.20738
When five unsuspecting students move into a dilapidated mansion, a mysterious spirit clock, long since disused, is set into motion. As the walls of reality slowly fall away, and dark secrets are revealed, the group are thrown headlong into a downward spiral of paranoia, murderous intent and supernatural horror.
Black Beauty
Black Beauty (1921)
, 1h10
Directed by David Smith
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, Films about horses
Actors Jean Paige, John Steppling, James W. Morrison, Adele Farrington, Chick Morrison, Mollie McConnell
Rating59% 2.969592.969592.969592.969592.96959
As summarized in a film publication, a human love story was added to the horse story, which includes a fox hunt and race. At a house party given by Squire Gordon (Steppling), his daughter Jessie (Paige) and Harry Blomefield (Morrison) are playing games with the children, although they have reached the age where Harry realizes that he loves her. Among the guests is Jack Beckett (Webb), who lives by his wits and has gained entree as a favorite of the haughty Lady Wynsaring (Farrington). Squire Gordon gives Lord Wynwaring (Peacocke) 800 pounds for his wife's charity, which Jack steals from the Wynwaring room. During a fox hunt the next morning, Jessie's brother George (Kenny) is killed in a fall from his horse. Jack puts the stolen money in the pocket of the dead man and tells Jessie that her brother was a thief. To prevent him from telling her mother, Jessie agrees to marry Jack when she comes of age. Jessie meanwhile realizes that she loves Harry, who cannot understand her wish to marry Jack. Several years pass and Harry tries to elope with Jessie, but is foiled. After a race sequence, Black Beauty carries Harry to victory and to Jessie, foiling the plans of the villain Jack.
Pegeen
Pegeen (1920)

Directed by David Smith
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Disaster films
Actors Bessie Love, Anne Schaefer, Edmund Burns

Recently widowed Danny O'Neil (Stanley) has the belief that his wife will return to him by way of fire, and sets fire to buildings around town in hope that she will return to him. For her safety, his daughter Pegeen (Love) is sent to live with neighbor. When her father is to be arrested, Pegeen's friend Ezra (McGuire) helps hide her father, who dies shortly thereafter.
Over the Garden Wall
Over the Garden Wall (1919)

Directed by David Smith
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Bessie Love, Edward Hearn, Otto Lederer, Anne Schaefer, Allan Forrest

A young man falls in love with a young woman, after seeing her "over the garden wall" and through a tennis racket.
Cupid Forecloses
Cupid Forecloses (1919)

Directed by David Smith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Bessie Love, Wallace MacDonald, Dorothea Wolbert, Frank Hayes, Aggie Herring, Anne Schaefer

Geraldine Farleigh (Love), a timid village schoolteacher, supports her family and must pay off her late father's debt to Bruce Cartwright. She falls in love with the man she believes is a lawyer representing Cartwright (MacDonald), who turns out to be Cartwright himself.
The Enchanted Barn
The Enchanted Barn (1919)

Directed by David Smith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Bessie Love, J. Frank Glendon, Joseph Singleton, Dorothea Wolbert, Otto Lederer

To care for her ailing mother, young stenographer Shirley (Love) takes her young brother (Butterworth) to find a new home with country air. She finds a barn, owned by the family of Sidney Graham (Glendon), who agrees to rent her the barn. She fixes up the barn, and moves in with her mother and brother.
A Fighting Colleen
A Fighting Colleen (1919)

Directed by David Smith
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Bessie Love, Anne Schaefer

Alannah Malone (Love), an Irish immigrant living in a tenement, who sells newspapers to make a living. When her mother dies, she engages in fistfights to defend her territory from newsboys. One particular newsboy (Spere) falls for her after she beats him up.
The Little Boss
The Little Boss (1919)

Directed by David Smith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Bessie Love, Wallace MacDonald, Otto Lederer, Harry Russell, Joe Rickson

Peggy (Love) is the owner of a lumber camp, and she falls for Clayton, a man from the city (McDonald), who comes to the camp. Clayton's sister invites Peggy to come to the city, where she attends school, and becomes a "modern woman." When Peggy returns to the camp, it is revealed that she was never the true owner of the lumber camp, but this does not matter to Clayton, who is love with Peggy.