Lois Weber
Date of birth: 1879-06-12
Place of birth: Allegheny City [now Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, USA
Known for: Directing
Also known as: Florence Lois Weber, Mrs. Phillips Smalley
Biography
Lois Weber began film work as an actress, then soon began also writing and directing films. She has been referred to as "the most important female director the American film industry has known". Best known for her hard-hitting films that address social issues, she continued making films into the 1920s until she lost favor with motion picture audiences.
Movie Credits
How Men Propose
1913-07-19
Three men in succession propose marriage to Grace Darling; she accepts all! Since they are roommates
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1913-01-01
Alleged silent short adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel, first mentioned in a 1966 copy of Films In R
The Spider and Her Web
1914-03-26
The story concerns the reformation of a fast woman who runs a gambling establishment. Her one fear i
A Heroine of '76
1911-02-16
During the American Revolution, an innkeeper's daughter learns of a plot to assassinate George Washi
Suspense.
1913-07-06
Abandoned by her maidservant in an isolated country house, a mother must protect herself and her bab
The Pursuit of Hate
1914-06-14
Diana Grave's husband has left her, preferring any life to that of living with a woman who is not co
Idle Wives
1916-09-16
Characters in the film attend a movie titled 'Life’s Mirror', where they see parallel, cautionary ve
Sherlock Holmes, Jr.
1911-07-20
Little Sherlock Holmes, Jr., reads the doughty doings of his hero-god, and at once determines to bec
Fate
1911-07-06
Jack Norton had traveled the downgrade, had transgressed the laws of man, had trespassed the forbidd
A Japanese Idyll
1912-08-28
A Japanese Idyll is a 1912 silent short drama film directed by and starring Lois Weber. The film was
Fine Feathers
1912-02-02
The story of a male painter who rises to fame after completing two portraits of his maid, a woman wh
Lost Illusions
1911-10-04
A marital romance in which a married artist woos the wife of another man.
The Rosary
1913-05-03
Haunting and hypnotic, this artistic gem recounts the lyrics from a popular 1898 song of the same na
The Price
1911-11-23
Pretty Ann, and Joe, the hostler, one day chance to meet. Strong is Joe, and simple, and Ann is shy
Alone in the World
1917-01-03
Bobby's mother dies and leaves him to care for the baby.
Scandal
1915-07-10
The lives of a stenographer and her boss are thrown into turmoil by reckless gossip.
On the Brink
1911-06-22
A 1911 silent drama film written and directed by Edwin S. Porter and Lois Weber. Starring Lois Weber
Sunshine Molly
1915-03-18
A woman known as Sunshine Molly gets a job in an oil field, and clashes with a belligerent employee
From Death to Life
1911-06-08
A chemist named Aratus invents a concoction that will turn creatures to stone, but only realizes the
Lost by a Hair
1914-06-28
A group of jealous men conspire to defeat a romantic rival who has captured the attention of all of
The Eye of God
1916-06-05
Olaf writes his memoirs, before his execution. He tells of his life as a struggling farmer when Reni
Hop - The Devil's Brew
1916-02-14
Lydia Jansen is happily married to a young customs inspector, but she harbors a dark secret. She is
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1917-05-13
A doctor's wife is arrested for educating impoverished women about birth control.
The Merchant of Venice
1914-02-01
A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to te
The Twins
1911-06-14
The baby daughter of Mrs. Norton, a widowed seamstress, dies. The sorrow-stricken mother gazes at th
The Jew's Christmas
1913-12-18
Early Lois Weber film. Isaac and his faithful wife, Rachel, deplore that in America their children
The Women Who Run Hollywood
2016-05-16
The first talkie was directed by Alice Guy, the first color film was produced by Lois Weber, who dir
Eyes That See Not
1912-03-14
A self-centred wealthy woman is transformed after she is confronted with the harsh reality of the li
False Colors
1914-12-17
Famed actor Lloyd Phillips blames his infant daughter Dixie for her mother’s death in childbirth, le
Early Directors on Directing
2009-01-01
There were more women directors before 1920 than at any other time in history. The first director to