Birthday:
05-11-1885
Deathday:
08-10-1974 (89 years)
Birthplace:
New York City, United States
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Albert Parker (11 May 1885, New York City – 10 August 1974, London) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. He directed 36 films between 1917 and 1938. In the early 1930s Parker left Hollywood for England where he continued to direct films and also opened an actors' agency office. One of his later clients in the 1960s was a young actress named Helen Mirren.
He was born in New York, New York and died in London, England.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Albert Parker(director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Albert Parker (11 May 1885, New York City – 10 August 1974, London) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. He directed 36 films between 1917 and 1938. In the early 1930s Parker left Hollywood for England where he continued to direct films and also opened an actors' agency office. One of his later clients in the 1960s was a young actress named Helen Mirren.
He was born in New York, New York and died in London, England.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Albert Parker(director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Read morearrow_drop_down
Their works
- Release swap_vert
- Title swap_vert
- Ratings swap_vert
close
American Aristocracy
Act like Percy Horton
event1916 star_border 4
top_panel_open
A young man fights to overcome a piratical arms smuggler and to win the heart of a rich man's daughter.
The Black Pirate
Director
event1926 star_border 6.8
top_panel_open
A nobleman vows to avenge the death of his father by the hands of pirates. To this end, he infiltrates the pirate band; Acting in character, he single-handedly captures a merchant vessel, but things are complicated when he finds that there is a beautiful young woman of royal blood aboard.
Sherlock Holmes
Director
event1922 star_border 6.1
top_panel_open
Sherlock Holmes is a master at solving the most impenetrable mysteries, but he has his work cut out for him on his latest case. As the famed detective investigates an alleged theft, he’s brought face to face with his most devious adversary yet — Professor Moriarty.
The Love of Sunya
Director
event1927 star_border 7.1
top_panel_open
A young woman at life's crossroads is granted mystic visions of how her decisions will affect her future life.
Shifting Sands
Director
event1918 star_border 5.8
top_panel_open
Marcia Grey is wrongly convicted on trumped-up evidence of a German. After serving her term, she rebuilds her life and marries well.
The Riverside Murder
Director
event1935 star_border 5
top_panel_open
This is a great rainy day/night murder mystery in a mansion that all whodunit lovers will appreciate. A woman reporter helps an inspector solve the deaths of four financiers on the eve of a group shareout. Based on "Les Six Hommes Morts" (Editions du Masque) by Stanislas-André Steeman.
Rolling in Money
Director
event1934
top_panel_open
An impoverished duchess arranges a marriage for her daughter to a wealthy working-class London barber.
Eyes of Youth
Director
event1919 star_border 5.8
top_panel_open
A young woman, confronted by four options for proceeding in her life, is granted the ability to see what results would come from her choice of of the options. After she sees her future along three of the roads, she makes her choice.
Late Extra
Director
event1935 star_border 5.5
top_panel_open
A newspaper reporter sets out to track down the murderer of a policeman.
From Two to Six
Director
event1918
top_panel_open
During World War I, John Stevens invents an anti-submarine device, but the plans are stolen by two German spies, the Baron von Wiederholtz and Madame Elsa, who flee to a New York hotel. Stevens' daughter Alice pursues the spies hoping to retrieve the plans.
Troubled Waters
Director
event1936
top_panel_open
James Mason is teamed up once again with Virginia Cherill whom he appeared with in his debut film, 'Late Extra'. He plays a government agent (John Merriman) who makes a few enquiries and follows leads. Cherill plays June Elkhardt.
Blind Man's Bluff
Director
event1936
top_panel_open
A formerly blind scientist continues to feign his condition in order to thwart his philandering wife's romantic plans.
Arizona
Writer
event1918
top_panel_open
A lost film. An Army lieutenant at a remote post in Arizona tells a young woman that he does not love her, so she contrives to marry his commanding officer, who is also his best friend.
The Man Hater
Director
event1917
top_panel_open
Phemie, an avowed man-hater, marries Joe, the village blacksmith.
Second Thoughts
Director
event1938
top_panel_open
A chemist is left unhinged following a laboratory explosion and begins to plot a murder.
Murder in the Family
Director
event1938
top_panel_open
After a wealthy woman is killed, her extended family all fall under suspicion of murder.
Strange Experiment
Director
event1937
top_panel_open
Doctors perform brain surgery to reform a hardened criminal
The Five Pound Man
Director
event1937
top_panel_open
British comedy crime film. Richard Fordyce released from prison after serving a sentence for counterfeiting of which he was innocent, determines to find out who framed him. He puts himself up for auction and is bought for £5 by Margaret Fenton whose husband happened to be the counterfeiter.
The Rejected Woman
Director
event1924 star_border 5
top_panel_open
Diane Duprez falls in love with Leslie in the snows of a Canadian village. And when they are trapped by a blizzard, her father thinks wrong of her...
The Third Clue
Director
event1934 star_border 3
top_panel_open
Set in an Old Dark House, a man is murdered in his study. With his dying breath, he tells his brother of two clues to finding hidden Eastern Indian jewels that were part of a precious idol. He wants his brother to locate the treasure, so that it can be given to his son. But before the treasure can be found, a third clue must be discovered.
The Branded Woman
Director
event1920
top_panel_open
A 1920 film directed by Albert Parker.
Love's Redemption
Director
event1921
top_panel_open
A 1921 film directed by Albert Parker.
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
Director
event1919 star_border 6
top_panel_open
A lost film. Teddy Drake is a pleasure-seeking aristocrat who ends up expelled from his exclusive Fifth Avenue club for playing practical jokes and other rambunctious antics. He decides to reform his selfish ways and boards a train heading heading for the Southwest.
After Dark
Director
event1933 star_border 6
top_panel_open
If it wasn't British, this would be in the Forgotten Horrors book. Hugh (Inspector Holt in HUMAN MONSTER) has some valuable jewels stolen. They're hidden in the back of an old clock in an antique shop. When the thieves return for them, the clock has been sold! They trace it to a creepy country estate. When Hugh and the niece of one of the crooks also show up, things get hairy.
The Right to Live
Producer
event1933
top_panel_open
A shady financier tries to acquire a new chemical
Second Youth
Director
event1924
top_panel_open
1924 silent comedy starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.
The Secret Code
Director
event1918
top_panel_open
Sally Carter Rand, married to an elderly senator, is accused of espionage, but she is able to clear herself by proving that her mysterious knitting is actually a baby sweater.
Show more expand_more
keyboard_double_arrow_down