Clarence G. Badger
Badger (June 9, 1880 – June 17, 1964) was an American film director of feature films in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. His films include It and Red Hair, more than a dozen features and shorts starring Will Rogers, and two features starring Raymond Griffith, Paths to Paradise and Hands Up! He moved to Australia to direct Rangle River (1936) and decided to retire there, only making one more feature, That Certain Something (1941).
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Clarence G. Badger
The First 100 Noted Men and Women of the Screen by Carolyn Lowery, p. 9 (1920) · Public domain
- Name
- Clarence Badger
- Birth Name
- Clarence G.
- Born
- June 9, 1880
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Died
- 17 June 1964
- Place of death
- Sydney, Australia
- Occupation
- Film director, screenwriter, film producer
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Badger (June 9, 1880 – June 17, 1964) was an American film director of feature films in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. His films include It and Red Hair, more than a dozen features and shorts starring Will Rogers, and two features starring Raymond Griffith, Paths to Paradise and Hands Up! He moved to Australia to direct Rangle River (1936) and decided to retire there, only making one more feature, That Certain Something (1941).
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• Name — Clarence Badger • Birth Name — Clarence G. Badger • Born — June 9, 1880 • Birthplace — San Francisco, California, United States • Died — 17 June 1964 • Place of death — Sydney, Australia • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter, film producer • Years Active — 1915–1941
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• The Nick of Time Baby (1916) • Hearts and Sparks (1916) • A Social Cub (1916) • The Danger Girl (1916) • Haystacks and Steeples (1916) • Teddy at the Throttle (1917) • Dangers of a Bride (1917) • Whose Baby? (1917) • The Sultan's Wife (1917) • The Pullman Bride (1917) • The Floor Below (1918) • Friend Husband (1918) • The Kingdom of Youth (1918) • Day Dreams (1919) • Sis Hopkins (1919) • Through the Wrong Door (1919) • Almost a Husband (1919) • Leave It to Susan (1919) • The Strange Boarder (1920) • Jes' Call Me Jim (1920) • Cupid the Cowpuncher (1920) • The Man Who Lost Himself (1920) • Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922) • The Dangerous Little Demon (1922) • Don't Get Personal (1922) • Potash and Perlmutter (1923) • Your Friend and Mine (1923) • Red Lights (1923) • The Shooting of Dan McGrew (1924) • One Night in Rome (1924) • Eve's Secret (1925) • Paths to Paradise (1925) • Hands Up! (1926) • Miss Brewster's Millions (1926) • The Campus Flirt (1926) • It (1927) • A Kiss In A Taxi (1927) • Senorita (1927) • Swim Girl, Swim (1927) • She's a Sheik (1927) • Red Hair (1928) • The Fifty-Fifty Girl (1928) • Hot News (1928) • Three Weekends (1928) • Paris (1929) • No, No, Nanette (1930) • The Bad Man (1930) • Woman Hungry (1931) • When Strangers Marry (1933) • Rangle River (1936) • That Certain Something (1941) - also writer
Bebe Daniels is shown talking over new gags with Clarence Badger, director; Monty Brice, scenarist; Travis Banton, designer; H. K. Martin, cinematographer; Kenneth Hawks, editorial supervisor; and Paul Jones, assistant director.
The Motion Picture Director (February 1926)
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Clarence G. Badger died at Sydney.
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