Allen Holubar
Holubar (August 3, 1890 – November 20, 1923) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter of the silent film era. He appeared in 38 films between 1913 and 1917. He also directed 33 films between 1916 and 1923.
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Allen Holubar

Freulich / Allen Holubar Productions / Associated First National Pictures · The Film Daily (Volume 14-16) (Jan. - Jun. 1921) at the Internet Archive · Public domain
- Name
- Allen J.
- Born
- 3 August 1890
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, US
- Died
- 20 November 1923
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, US
- Spouse
- Dorothy Phillips (m.1912)
- Occupation
- Actor, film director, screenwriter
- Nationality
- United States.
- Languages
- English.
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Holubar (August 3, 1890 – November 20, 1923) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter of the silent film era. He appeared in 38 films between 1913 and 1917. He also directed 33 films between 1916 and 1923.
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• Name — Allen J. Holubar • Born — 3 August 1890 • Birthplace — San Francisco, California, US • Died — 20 November 1923 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, US • Spouse — Dorothy Phillips (m.1912) • Occupation — Actor, film director, screenwriter • Years Active — 1913-1923
Career
Career
Allen Holubar started out as an actor on the stage where he met his wife Dorothy Phillips in the Chicago production of Every Woman. While she turned to the screen and continued to act he became a director and even produced. Encouraged by these successes, together they formed the Allen Holubar Production Company in 1920. His 1918 film The Heart of Humanity was exhibited at The Museum of Modern Art in 2014.
Marriage and death
Marriage and death
Holubar was married to actress Dorothy Phillips for eleven years from 1912 until his death in 1923 from pneumonia, following surgery, at the age of 33. Dorothy herself would die of pneumonia in 1980, at age 90.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Into the North (1913) • Courtmartialed (1915) • The White Terror (1915) • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916) • Ashes of Remembrance (1916), wrote and produced, Universal Film Manufacturing • Behind Life's Stage (1916), Universal Film Manufacturing • The Taint of Fear (1916), wrote and directed, Universal Film Manufacturing • The Field of Honor (1917) • The Reed Case (1917) • Heart Strings (1917) • Treason (1917) • The Talk of the Town (1918) • The Heart of Humanity (1918–19) • Broken Chains (1922) Holubar wrote or contributed to the screenplay for the following films: • Sirens of the Sea (1917) • The Reed Case (1917) • The Heart of Humanity (1918) • The Mortgaged Wife (1918) • The Talk of the Town (1918) • Paid in Advance (1919) • The Right to Happiness (1919) • Once to Every Woman (1920) • Man, Woman & Marriage (1921) • Hurricane's Gal (1922) Holubar directed the following films: • The Prodigal Daughter • Fear Not (1917) • Sirens of the Sea (1917) • The Field of Honor (1917) • The Reed Case (1917) • Treason (1917) • A Soul for Sale (1918) • The Heart of Humanity (1918) • The Mortgaged Wife (1918) • The Talk of the Town (1918) • Paid in Advance (1919) • The Right to Happiness (1919) • Once to Every Woman (1920) • Man-Woman-Marriage (1921) • Broken Chains (1922) • Hurricane's Gal (1922) • Slander the Woman (1923)
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Allen Hollubar. His recorded language was English. He married Dorothy Phillips.
Identity
Identity
Allen Holubar is recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded as actor, screenwriter, film producer and director.

Advertisement for films by Allen Holubar Productions starring Dorothy Phillips, on page 42 of the December 27, 1919 Exhibitors Herald.
Allen Holubar Productions · Exhibitors Herald (Dec. 1919) on the Internet Archive
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1923
Allen Holubar died on 20 November 1923.
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