Christy Cabanne
William Christy Cabanne was an American film director, screenwriter and silent film actor.
Biography
Born in 1888, Cabanne started his career on stage as an actor and director. He first appeared on-screen in dozens of short films between 1911 and 1915. He gradually became a film director and in fact one of the more prolific directors of his time. 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. Cabanne directed legendary child actress Shirley Temple in The Red-Haired Alibi in her first credited role in a feature-length movie.credits.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
- The Musketeers of Pig Alley
- For His Son
- The Transformation of Mike
- Under Burning Skies
- The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch
- The Punishment
- Just Like a Woman
- A Temporary Truce
- The Inner Circle
- Two Daughters of Eve
- So Near, Yet So Far
- The Painted Lady
- Heredity
- The Informer
- My Hero
- A Cry for Help
- The God Within
- A Chance Deception
- Near to Earth
- A Misunderstood Boy
- The House of Darkness
- The Wanderer
- A Timely Interception
- The Mothering Heart
- The Sorrowful Shore
- By Man's Law
- During the Round-Up
- An Indian's Loyalty
- So Runs the Way
- The Conscience of Hassan Bey
- The Yaqui Cur
- Almost a Wild Man
- The Dishonored Medal
- Judith of Bethulia
- The Hunchback
- The Quicksands
- The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
- The Sisters
- The Great Leap; Until Death Do Us Part
- The Life of General Villa
- The Lost House
- Martyrs of the Alamo
- The Outlaw's Revenge
- Enoch Arden
- The Absentee
- The Failure
- Pathways of Life
- Daphne and the Pirate
- Sold for Marriage
- Diane of the Follies
- National Red Cross Pageant
- Draft 258
- Miss Robinson Crusoe
- Cyclone Higgins, D.D.
- The Mayor of Filbert
- The Pest
- The Beloved Cheater
- Fighting Through
- God's Outlaw
- A Regular Fellow
- Burnt Wings
- The Triflers
- The Barricade
- What's a Wife Worth?
- Live and Let Live
- At the Stage Door
- Beyond the Rainbow
- Till We Meet Again
- The Spitfire
- Youth for Sale
- Is Love Everything?
- The Average Woman
- The Midshipman
- The Masked Bride
- Altars of Desire
- Nameless Men
- Driftwood
- Restless Youth
- The Dawn Trail
- Sky Raiders
- Graft
- Carne de Cabaret
- The Red-Haired Alibi
- Western Limited
- Hearts of Humanity
- The Unwritten Law
- Midnight Patrol
- The World Gone Mad
- Daring Daughters
- Jane Eyre
- A Girl of the Limberlost
- Money Means Nothing
- Behind the Green Lights
- Storm Over the Andes
- The Keeper of the Bees
- Another Face
- It's Up to You
- The Outcasts of Poker Flat
- Annapolis Salute
- The Westland Case
- Everybody's Doing It
- Night Spot
- Smashing the Spy Ring
- Mutiny on the Blackhawk
- Legion of Lost Flyers
- Man from Montreal
- The Mummy's Hand
- Black Diamonds
- Danger on Wheels
- Hot Steel
- The Devil's Pipeline
- Scattergood Baines
- Timber
- Drums of the Congo
- Keep 'Em Slugging
- Scared to Death
- The Man Who Walked Alone
- Sensation Hunters
- Robin Hood of Monterey
- King of the Bandits
- Silver Trails
- Back Trail