Christy Cabanne

Christy Cabanne
Christy Cabanne circa 1917
Born	William Christy Cabanne (1888-04-16)April 16, 1888 St. Louis, Missouri
Died	October 15, 1950(1950-10-15) (aged 62) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Years active	1911-1948

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Beyond the Rainbow (1922) with debuting Clara Bow

The Adopted Brother (1913), directed by D.W. Griffith and Christy Cabanne for Biograph is a western about revenge. Collection EYE Film Institute Netherlands.

William Christy Cabanne (April 16, 1888 – October 15, 1950) was an American film director, screenwriter and silent film actor.

Biography

Cabanne (pronounced "CAB-a-nay") spent several years in the US Navy, leaving the service in 1908. He decided on a career in the theater, and became a director as well as an actor. Although acting was his main profession, when he finally broke into the film industry it was chiefly as a director after appearing in over 40 short films between 1911-14. He signed on with the Fine Arts Film Company and was employed as an assistant to D.W. Griffith. Miriam Cooper credited him with discovering her as an extra in 1912.

Being a published author, he was hired by Metro Pictures to write a serial. After that he formed his own production company, but shut it down only a few years later. He then became a director for hire, mainly of low- to medium-budget films for such studios as FBO, Associated Exhibitors, Tiffany and Pathe, although he worked at MGM on a few occasions in the mid- to late 1920s on films such as The Midshipman (1925). Cabanne directed legendary child actress Shirley Temple in The Red-Haired Alibi (1932) in her first credited role in a feature-length movie.

In the 1930s he made many films with Universal. By the 1940s he continued to direct Universal's popular "B" pictures, and made himself available to low-budget, independent producers. In 1947 he directed a Bela Lugosi thriller, Scared to Death, which was experimental in that it was photographed on semi-professional, economical 16mm color film. Robert L. Lippert released it on standard 35mm film in 1947.

Personal life

Christy Cabanne was married to Millicent Fisher. They had two children, William and Audrey. Audrey married Bill Davisson and they had two children, William Christy Jr. and Melinda. William Christy has two children, Monica and Danielle Davisson.

Partial filmography

• The Battle (1911)
• The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
• For His Son (1912)
• The Transformation of Mike (1912)
• Under Burning Skies (1912)
• The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch (1912)
• The Punishment (1912)
• Just Like a Woman (1912)
• A Temporary Truce (1912)
• The Inner Circle (1912)
• Two Daughters of Eve (1912)
• So Near, Yet So Far (1912)
• The Painted Lady (1912)
• Heredity (1912)
• The Informer (1912)
• My Hero (1912)
• A Cry for Help (1912)
• The God Within (1912)
• A Chance Deception (1913)
• Near to Earth (1913)
• A Misunderstood Boy (1913)
• The House of Darkness (1913)
• The Wanderer (1913)
• A Timely Interception (1913)
• The Mothering Heart (1913)
• The Sorrowful Shore (1913)
• By Man's Law (1913)
• During the Round-Up (1913)
• An Indian's Loyalty (1913)
• So Runs the Way (1913)
• The Conscience of Hassan Bey (1913)
• The Yaqui Cur (1913)
• Almost a Wild Man (1913)
• The Dishonored Medal (1914)
• Judith of Bethulia (1914) (actor)
• The Hunchback (1914)
• The Quicksands (1914)
• The Rebellion of Kitty Belle (1914)
• The Sisters (1914)
• The Great Leap; Until Death Do Us Part (1914)
• The Life of General Villa (1914)
• The Lost House (1915)
• Martyrs of the Alamo (1915)
• The Outlaw's Revenge (1915)
• Enoch Arden (1915)
• The Absentee (1915)
• The Failure (1915)
• Pathways of Life (1916)
• Daphne and the Pirate (1916)
• Sold for Marriage (1916)
• Diane of the Follies (1916)
• National Red Cross Pageant (1917)
• Draft 258 (1917)
• Miss Robinson Crusoe (1917)
• Cyclone Higgins, D.D. (1918)
• The Mayor of Filbert (1919)
• The Pest (1919)
• The Beloved Cheater (1919)
• Fighting Through (1919)
• God's Outlaw (1919)
• A Regular Fellow (1919)
• Burnt Wings (1920)
• The Triflers (1920)
• The Barricade (1921)
• What's a Wife Worth? (1921)
• Live and Let Live
• At the Stage Door (1921)
• Beyond the Rainbow (1922)
• Till We Meet Again (1922)
• The Spitfire (1924)
• Youth for Sale (1924)
• Is Love Everything? (1924)
• The Average Woman (1924)
• The Midshipman (1925)
• The Masked Bride (1925)
• Altars of Desire (1927)
• Nameless Men (1928)
• Driftwood (1928)
• Restless Youth (1928)
• The Dawn Trail (1930)
• Sky Raiders (1931)
• Graft (1931)
• Carne de Cabaret (1931)
• The Red-Haired Alibi (1932)
• Western Limited (1932)
• Hearts of Humanity (1932)
• The Unwritten Law (1932)
• Midnight Patrol (1932)
• The World Gone Mad (1933)
• Daring Daughters (1933)
• Jane Eyre (1934)
• A Girl of the Limberlost (1934)
• Money Means Nothing (1934)
• Behind the Green Lights (1935)
• Storm Over the Andes (1935)
• The Keeper of the Bees (1935)
• Another Face (1935)
• It's Up to You (1936 film) (1936)
• The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937)
• Annapolis Salute (1937)
• The Westland Case (1937)
• Everybody's Doing It (1938)
• Night Spot (1938)
• Smashing the Spy Ring (1938)
• Mutiny on the Blackhawk (1939)
• Legion of Lost Flyers (1939)
• Man from Montreal (1939)
• The Mummy's Hand (1940)
• Black Diamonds (1940)
• Danger on Wheels (1940)
• Hot Steel (1940)
• The Devil's Pipeline (1940)
• Scattergood Baines (1941)
• Timber (1942)
• Drums of the Congo (1942)
• Keep 'Em Slugging (1943)
• Scared to Death (1944, released 1947)
• The Man Who Walked Alone (1945)
• Sensation Hunters (1945)
• Robin Hood of Monterey (1947)
• King of the Bandits (1947)
• Silver Trails (1948)
• Back Trail (1948)

External links and sources

• Christy Cabanne at IMDb