John G. Blystone

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John G. Blystone , also John Blystone, Jack G. Blystone or JG Blystone (born December 2, 1892 in Rice Lake (Wisconsin) , United States , † August 6, 1938 in Beverly Hills , California ) was an American film director , who celebrated his greatest successes in the genre of slapstick comedy.

Life

Blystone had studied at the university in his home state Wisconsin before he was hired as a director when the First World War broke out in 1914. He initially directed a wealth of short films, mostly for small companies, initially several times as “Jack Blystone”. Again and again it was a question of comedies with which he would later be most likely associated. In 1923 Blystone was also allowed to make full-length films. That year he landed his first major acclaim as co-director of Buster Keaton's early masterpiece With Me - Niagara . Excursions into the dramatic subject with adventurous stories like " Dick Turpin ", " Girl Smuggler " and " Captain Lash " were no less promising. From 1924 to 1926, Blystone directed several westerns and adventure stories with the then famous cowboy actor Tom Mix , a real box-office magnet of those years.

Even in Austria and Germany in the interwar period, Blystones' not exactly demanding productions enjoyed some popularity with audiences, and many of his works were shown in cinemas there. The transition from silent to talkies was no problem for Blystone, who had directed almost 80 films in just a decade and a half: in 1931 he directed a Charlie Chan crime thriller (“Charlie Chan's Chance”), and the following year with “ Hot Pepper” ”(In Austria:“ girls smugglers ”) a popular comedy with the well-established duo Edmund Lowe / Victor McLaglen and another year later, in 1933, Lilian Harvey's second Hollywood film“ My lips don't lie ”. Blystone's career, which comprised well over 100 films, ended in 1938 shortly before his unexpected death with the two fairly successful Laurel & Hardy comedies " Dick und Doof als Salontiroler " and " Langeleitung ". The director , who died of a heart attack , missed the premiere of the last-named production by almost two weeks.

Filmography

from 1914 to 1922 short films, from 1923 feature films

  • 1914: On Again, Off Again Finnegan
  • 1915: Their Last Haul
  • 1915: Under the Table
  • 1915: Shaved in Mexico
  • 1916: Pirates of the Air
  • 1916: Unhand me, Villain!
  • 1916: Alice in Society
  • 1917: Balloonatics
  • 1917: Automaniacs
  • 1917: She Did Her Bit
  • 1918: In Dutch
  • 1918: Choo Choo Love
  • 1918: Hey Doctor!
  • 1919: Virtuous Husbands
  • 1919: Footlight Maids
  • 1919: Back to Nature Girls
  • 1920: Her Naughty Wink
  • 1920: Dangerous Eyes
  • 1920: Chase Me
  • 1920: Pretty Lady
  • 1921: All Wrong
  • 1921: The Guide
  • 1921: The Chauffeur
  • 1922: The Reporter
  • 1922: The Pirates
  • 1922: My Hero
  • 1923: A Friendly Husband
  • 1923: Soft Boiled
  • 1923: With Me - Niagara ( Our Hospitality ) (co-directed with Buster Keaton)
  • 1923: Tom Mix in Damenstift ( Ladies to Board )
  • 1924: Tom Mix, the lady friend ( Oh, You Tony! )
  • 1924: Tom's Tiger (Teeth)
  • 1924: The Last Man on Earth
  • 1924: Dick Turpin, the Gallant Bandit ( Dick Turpin )
  • 1925: The Shy Don Juan ( The Lucky Horseshoe )
  • 1925 In the noise of the forest ( Everlasting Whisper )
  • 1925: The King of Jugglers ( The Best Bad Man )
  • 1926: Cowboy and Circus Child ( My Own Pal )
  • 1926: The break-in at the Grand Hotel ( Hard Boiled )
  • 1926: Wings of the Storm
  • 1927: Slaves of Beauty
  • 1927: Pajamas
  • 1928: Sharp Shooters
  • 1928: Mother Knows Best
  • 1928: Women's Stories of Captain Lash ( Captain Lash )
  • 1929: The Sky Hawk
  • 1929: The Big Party
  • 1930: So This is London
  • 1930: Tol'able David
  • 1931: In the Chinese Death Trap ( Charlie Chan's Chance )
  • 1931: Beauty queens ( She Wanted a Millionaire )
  • 1931: Young Sinners
  • 1932: Amateur Daddy
  • 1932: The Painted Woman
  • 1932: girl smuggler ( Hot Pepper )
  • 1933: Shanghai Madness
  • 1933: My lips do not lie ( My Lips Betray )
  • 1934: Change of Heart
  • 1934: The Country Chairman
  • 1935: Bad Boy
  • 1935: Gentle Julia
  • 1936: Little Miss Nobody
  • 1936: Great Guy
  • 1937: Virginia chases men ( Woman Chases Man )
  • 1937: Music for Madame
  • 1938: Dick and Doof as Salontiroler ( Swiss Miss )
  • 1938: Long Leadership ( Blockheads )

literature

  • Ephraim Katz : The Film Encyclopedia. Revised by Fred Klein and Ronald Dean Nolen. 4th edition. HarperResource, New York 2001, ISBN 0-06-273755-4 , p. 143.

Individual representations

  1. ↑ based itself very freely on the biography of Dick Turpin .

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personal data
SURNAME Blystone, John G.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blystone, John; Blystone, Jack G .; Blystone, JG
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Rice Lake, Wisconsin , United States
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 1938
Place of death Beverly Hills , California