Whitman Bennett
Whitman Bennett (December 30, 1883 – April 17, 1968) was an American film producer and director of the silent era.
Whitman Bennett
Whitman Bennett Productions / Associated First National Pictures · Motion Picture Classic 1920 (scanned for Archive.org) · Public domain
- Name
- Whitman Bennett
- Born
- December 30, 1883
- Birthplace
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Died
- April 17, 1968 (aged 84)
- Place of death
- New York City, United States
- Occupation
- Producer, Director
- Nationality
- United States
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Whitman Bennett (December 30, 1883 – April 17, 1968) was an American film producer and director of the silent era.
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• Name — Whitman Bennett • Born — December 30, 1883 • Birthplace — Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States • Died — April 17, 1968 (aged 84) • Place of death — New York City, United States • Occupation — Producer, Director • Years Active — 1920–1925 (film)
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• The Truth About Husbands (1920) • The Devil's Garden (1920) • The Master Mind (1920) • Salvation Nell (1921) • Wife Against Wife (1921) • The Iron Trail (1921) • Not Guilty (1921) • The Great Adventure (1921) • Jim the Penman (1921) • The Darling of the Rich (1922) • The Secrets of Paris (1922) • How Women Love (1922) • Fair Lady (1922) • Modern Marriage (1923) • Loyal Lives (1923) • The Leavenworth Case (1923) • Love of Women (1924) • Virtuous Liars (1924) • Two Shall Be Born (1924) • The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1924) • Back to Life (1925) • Children of the Whirlwind (1925) • Share and Share Alike (1925) • Lena Rivers (1925) • A Man of Iron (1925) • Scandal Street (1925)
Doris Rankin, Lionel Barrymore, producer Whitman Bennett, and director Kenneth S. Webb reviewing the script for the American film Jim the Penman (1921), on page 62 of the March 19, 1921 Exhibitors Herald.
Associated First National · Exhibitors Herald (Jan. - Mar. 1921) on the Internet Archive
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