Monta Bell
Louis Monta Bell (born February 5, 1891 in Washington, DC , † February 4, 1958 in Hollywood ) was an American producer , director and screenwriter .
Life
Monta Bell worked as a journalist , including at the Washington Herald , before he went to Hollywood after the First World War. There he met Charlie Chaplin , who made it possible for him to appear in two of his films, in 1917 as an extra in The Adventurer and in 1923 as a policeman in The Pilgrim . He then directed, for example, Joan Crawford's debut film Dirnenliebe and Greta Garbo's first Hollywood film Floods of Passion . In Chaplin's film The Nights of a Beautiful Woman , he worked as his dramaturgical assistant and film editor . After 1930 he shifted almost exclusively to film production.
Filmography (selection)
producer
- 1925: Pretty Ladies
- 1926: Floods of Passion ( Torrent )
- 1929: applause ( applause )
- 1929: The Cocoanuts
- 1929: The Letter
- 1930: The Big Pond
- 1930: Laughter
- 1932: The beautiful Karl ( Downstairs )
- 1934: Dr. Ferguson's Hardest Case ( Men in White )
- 1935: Heroes of Today ( West Point of the Air )
- 1941: Aloma, the daughter of the South Seas ( Aloma of the South Seas )
- 1941: Birth of the Blues
- 1942: Mabok, the horror of the jungle ( Beyond the Blue Horizon )
Director
- 1924: Ralph's Night Adventures ( Broadway After Dark )
- 1924: The Man Without Character ( The Snob )
- 1925: Pretty Ladies
- 1926: Floods of Passion ( Torrent )
- 1926: The Big Number ( Upstage )
- 1927: The man, the woman and the sin ( Man, Woman and Sin )
- 1932: The beautiful Karl ( Downstairs )
Screenwriter
- 1924: The Man Without Character ( The Snob )
- 1927: The man, the woman and the sin ( Man, Woman and Sin )
literature
- Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 1: A - C. Erik Aaes - Jack Carson. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 313.
Web links
- Monta Bell in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Pictures by Monta Bell In: Virtual History
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SURNAME | Bell, Monta |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bell, Louis Monta (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film producer, director and screenwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1891 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Washington, DC |
DATE OF DEATH | 4th February 1958 |
Place of death | Hollywood |