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William C. Foster is a Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 28 december 1880 at Bushnell (USA)
William C. Foster was a pioneer of cinematography.
Foster died on January 18, 1923, from complications related to syphilis, a disease euphemistically described as the “general paralysis of the insane.”
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He was born in Bushnell, Illinois, on December 28, 1880, and went to work for the Chicago-based Selig Polyscope Company in 1901, at a time when Selig was turning out 50' and 100' actualities and trick films. Foster left Selig in May 1911 to join Carl Laemmle’s Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP). In 1915, he signed with the Equitable Motion Picture Corporation, working in New York and Florida. Foster was lead cinematographer on the first five two-reelers Charlie Chaplin made for Mutual Film Corporation in 1916: The Floorwalker, The Fireman, One A.M., The Count and The Vagabond. He later shot a number of pictures for director Frank Lloyd, including A Tale of Two Cities (Fox, 1917) and The Silver Horde (Goldwyn, 1920), and also worked with director Lois Weber.Foster died on January 18, 1923, from complications related to syphilis, a disease euphemistically described as the “general paralysis of the insane.”
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Too Wise Wives (1921)
, 1h20Directed by Lois Weber
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Louis Calhern, Claire Windsor, Phillips Smalley
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58%
What's Worth While? (1921)
, 1hDirected by Lois Weber
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Claire Windsor, Louis Calhern, Edwin Stevens
Roles Director of Photography
A Woman of Pleasure (1919)
Directed by Wallace Worsley
Origin USA
Actors Blanche Sweet, Wheeler Oakman, Wilfred Lucas, Spottiswoode Aitken, Wesley Barry, Josef Swickard
Roles Director of Photography
The Adventurer (1917)
, 24minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Charlie Chaplin, Henry Bergman, Albert Austin, Monta Bell
Roles Director of Photography
Rating72%
Charlot, un prisonnier, réussit à échapper à la vigilance des gardiens de la prison. Il sauve ensuite une jeune femme et sa mère de la noyade en se faisant passer pour un millionnaire, et il est ensuite invité à la réception donnée en son honneur par les parents de la jeune fille. Pourtant, l'un des invités va reconnaître en lui le bagnard évadé. Une course-poursuite s'engage alors.
The Cure (1917)
, 30minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Charlie Chaplin, Henry Bergman, John Rand, Albert Austin
Roles Director of Photography
Rating70%
Chaplin plays a drunkard who checks into a health spa to dry out, but brings along a big suitcase full of alcohol. Along the way he aggravates a large man suffering from gout, evades him and encounters a beautiful young woman who encourages him to stop drinking. However, when the hotel owner learns his employees are getting drunk off Charlie's liquor, he calls an employee and orders him to have the liquor thrown out the window.
The Immigrant (1917)
, 20minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Charlie Chaplin, Albert Austin, William Gillespie, Henry Bergman
Roles Director of Photography
Rating75%
The film begins aboard a steamer crossing the Atlantic Ocean, and initially showcases the misadventures of an unnamed immigrant, the Tramp (Chaplin) who finds himself in assorted mischief while, among other things, playing cards, eating in a mess hall, and avoiding seasick passengers. Along the way, he befriends another unnamed immigrant (Purviance) who is traveling to America with her ailing mother. The two are robbed by a pickpocket who is losing in gambling. The Tramp, feeling sorry for the two penniless women, attempts to secretly place his winnings from his card game in the woman's pocket, but ends up being mistakenly accused of being a pickpocket. The woman manages to clear the Tramp's name. Upon arrival in America, the Tramp and the woman part company.
A Tale of Two Cities (1917)
, 1h10Directed by Frank Lloyd
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, French Revolution films
Actors William Farnum, Jewel Carmen, Charles Clary, Herschel Mayall, Rosita Marstini, Josef Swickard
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59%
During the French Revolution a British lawyer courageously takes the place of a French aristocrat sentenced to be guillotined.
American Methods (1917)
Directed by Frank Lloyd
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors William Farnum, Jewel Carmen, Bertram Grassby, Willard Louis, Lillian West, Allan Forrest
Roles Director of Photography
The Count (1916)
, 23minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Leo White, Albert Austin, Henry Bergman
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65%
The tailor's handyman (played by Chaplin) burns a count's trousers while ironing them and is fired. His superior (Campbell) discovers a note explaining the count can't attend a party, and dresses up like one to take his place.
The Floorwalker (1916)
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Eric Campbell, Edna Purviance, Charlie Chaplin, Lloyd Bacon, Albert Austin, Charlotte Mineau
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65%
Charlot sème la zizanie dans un grand magasin. Il participe, involontairement, à l'arrestation du directeur et du chef de rayon de ce magasin, coupables de malversations multiples.
One A.M. (1916)
, 22minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Albert Austin
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69%
The film opens with a scene of a wealthy young man (Chaplin) arriving at his house in a taxi late at night after a night of heavy drinking. He struggles with the car door when exiting the car and then in paying the taxi driver (Albert Austin). When he gets to his front door, he thinks that he has forgotten the key and has to enter through the window. While climbing in through the window, he steps into a fishbowl that's placed underneath it and then almost falls down when the carpet underneath him slides. After finding his balance again, he goes through his pockets and realises that the key has been there all the while. He goes back through the window and enters through the front door.
The Rink (1916)
, 24minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films
Actors Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, James T. Kelley, Albert Austin, Charlie Chaplin, Henry Bergman
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69%
After amusements working in a restaurant, Charlie uses his lunch break to go roller skating.
The Vagabond (1916)
, 24minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Phyllis Allen, Leo White, Lloyd Bacon
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67%
The story begins with Charlie, the Tramp, arriving at a bar, playing on a violin to raise money and exciting rivalry with competing musicians - which results in a bar room brawl and comic mayhem.
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Too Wise Wives (1921)
, 1h20Directed by Lois Weber
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Louis Calhern, Claire Windsor, Phillips Smalley
Roles Cinematography
Rating58%
What's Worth While? (1921)
, 1hDirected by Lois Weber
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Claire Windsor, Louis Calhern, Edwin Stevens
Roles Cinematography