Lawrence Marston (June 8, 1857 – February 1, 1939) was an American actor, playwright, producer, stage director and film director.[citation needed]
Biography
editMarston was born to a Jewish family in Hammerstadt, Bohemia, Austrian Empire (now Vlastějovice in the Czech Republic).[1] Naturalized in Chicago, he lived mainly in New York City.[2] After working as an actor, producer and director for the stage, he became a film director with the Biograph Studios.[3]
His first wife was actress Lillian Lewis, who he married in 1888.[4]
Marston's second wife Anna Cornelia Delves was billed as Mrs. Lawrence Marston.[5] With her, he had his only daughter, Anna Lawrence Marston, who was baptized Catholic at age 12.[6]
Lawrence Marston died February 1, 1939, in Manhattan.[7] His ashes were interred into the mausoleum of Ferncliff Cemetery.[citation needed]
Works
edit- Playwright
- An Innocent Sinner (1896)
- The Widow Goldstein (1897)
- For Liberty and Love (1897)
- The Helmet of Navarre (1901)
- The Penitent (1902) from Hall Caine's novel A Son of Hagar
- The Little Mother (1902)
- A Remarkable Case (1902)
- After Midnight (1904)
- When the World Sleeps (1905)
- Jeanne D'arc (1906)
- Screenwriter
- The Warfare of the Flesh (1917) scenario
- The Border Legion (1918)
- A Man of Iron (1925) adaptation
- Stage director
- The Monster (1922) play by Crane Wilbur
- Death Takes a Holiday (1929) with Katharine Hepburn (both actress and director were fired during the run) [8]
- Film director
- The Star of Bethlehem
- The Evidence of the Film (1913) short
- The Woman in Black (1914)
- Under the Gaslight (1914) with Lionel Barrymore and Mrs. Lawrence Marston
- The Marriage Bond (1916)
- A Wall Street Tragedy (1916)
References
edit- ^ Marston (1923). "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925". FamilySearch.
- ^ Robert E. Weir (1996) Beyond Labor's Veil: The Culture of the Knights of Labor, Penn State Press
- ^ Robert Grau (1914) The Theatre of Science
- ^ "Lewis, Lillian". Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events. D. Appleton & Company. 1900. p. 617.
- ^ Marston (1934). "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949". FamilySearch.
- ^ Marston (1913). "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980". FamilySearch.
- ^ Marston (1939). "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949". FamilySearch.
- ^ William J. Mann (2007) Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn , Macmillan and Co. ISBN 978-0-312-42740-5
