Director
1879 - 1939
Lois Weber
Allegheny City [now Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, USA
Lois Weber (1879 - 1939) was a true American auteur on par with D. W. Griffith. A director, actress, screenwriter, and producer of mostly silent films, she was the first American woman to direct a full-length feature film (1914's The Merchant of Venice), the first American... Read full bio →
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Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber
1913
11m
7.0
Abandoned by her maidservant in an isolated country house, a mother must protect herself and her baby from an invading tramp while her husband races home in a stolen car to save them.
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