Al Christie
unknown photographer / Robertson-Cole Pictures · Motion Picture News (Mar - Jun 1920) at the Internet Archive · Public domain
- Born
- 1881 · London.
- Died
- 1951 · Hollywood.
- Nationality
- United States · Canada
- Occupation
- screenwriter · producer · director
- Honours
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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The troop of Christie Film Company. Standing, left to right: Harry Rattenbury, George French, Anton Nagy (cameraman), Al Christie, Eddie Barry, Charles Christie, unidentified cameraman, Horace Davis, unknown, and Mr. Lyons.
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Al Christie, film director and president of the Christie Film Company, and a DeVry potable projector that he uses to watch films at home and office, on page 91 of the December 13, 1919 Exhibitors Herald.
Exhibitors Herald (Dec 1919) on the Internet Archive
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Al Christie. Los Angeles Times.
- 2.Charles Christie. Los Angeles Times.
- 3.World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, digital image, The National Archives, Draft Registration Card for Charles Herbert Christie
- 4.World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, digital image, The National Archives, Draft Registration Card for Alfred Ernest Christie
- 5.Silent Film Pioneer Dies. San Francisco Examiner. 27. October 2, 1955.
- 6.Schenck Heads Film Fund. Los Angeles Times. 23. February 10, 1925.
- 7.Film Men on Committee. Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. 2. April 22, 1925.
- 8.Chas. Christie Heads Movie Producers. Oakland Tribune. 24. August 13, 1925.
- 9.Water and Power Associates. Early Views of Hollywood (1920 +). 2.
- 10.Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. The Christie Hotel – Hollywood Historic Site.
- 11.Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Christie Realty Building – Hollywood Historic Site.
- 12.Al Christie Death. Los Angeles Times. 82. April 15, 1951.
- 13.Big California Fortunes Revealed in Income Tax Returns For Last Year. Evening Vanguard. 6. September 1, 1925.
- 14.Al Christie, Pioneer Producer of One-Reel Comedy Films. Evening Star. 38. April 15, 1951.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 8
- Foster, Charles. Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood. Dundurn Press. 2000. 1550023489.
- Mitchell, Glenn. A-Z of Silent Film Comedy. Batsford Books. 1998. 0713479396.
- Miller, Blair. American Silent Film Comedies: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Persons, Studios and Terminology. McFarland & Company. 1995. 0899509290.
- Bushnell, Brooks. Directors and Their Films: A Comprehensive Reference, 1895-1990. McFarland & Company. 1993. 0899507662.
- Dowling, Pat. Christie Celebrates Fourth Anniversary. Exhibitors Herald. October 9, 1920.
- Library of Congress. Motion Pictures: 1912-1939. 1951.
- Film Follies.
- Bernard, Bert. Everybody Calls Him Al. The Motion Picture Director of Hollywood. 1927.
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