Elmer Clifton
監督1890-03-12Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Born in Chicago, he was an actor in touring stock companies before making his screen debut in 1912. Joining D.W. Griffith's Fine Arts Studio in 1914, he was cast as Union officer Phil Stoneman in "The Birth of a Nation" (1915) and as The Rhapsodie in the Babylonian story of "Intolerance" (1916). He was also a second-unit director for those films. Promoted to director in 1917, Clifton supervised several successful Fine Arts comedies starring Dorothy Gish while continuing to serve as Griffith's assistant. Their association culminated with the blockbuster "Way Down East" (1920). Clifton shot much of its famous "Rescue from the ice" sequence and doubled for star Richard Barthelmess in the riskier scenes. He then left Griffith to form his own production company and had a smash hit with "Down to the Sea in Ships" (1922), a colorful whaling saga made on location in New England. It made a star of future "It Girl" Clara Bow, who appeared as a cross-dressing stowaway. In 1923 Clifton signed a lucrative seven-year contract with Fox and was poised to become one of Hollywood's major directors. Then tragedy struck. He was filming "The Warrens of Virginia" in Texas when his lead actress died from burns in an accident on the set. Although Clifton was blameless in the incident, he was fired by Fox and his career never regained its momentum.
監督作品（84）
Mary Ellen Comes to Town
The Old Chisholm Trail
Not Wanted
Crashing Thru
I'll Sell My Life
Mile a Minute Love
Frontier Law
Let 'Er Go Gallegher
Boss of Rawhide
The Flame of Youth
Captain America
Cyclone of the Saddle
The Judge
Down to the Sea in Ships
Pilot X
Hard Guy
Seven Doors to Death
Fighting Caballero
Isle Of Destiny
Guns of the Law
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Swamp Woman
The Whispering Skull
Youth Aflame
Wildcat Trooper
Custer's Last Stand
City of Missing Girls
Captured in Chinatown
Skull and Crown
Marked for Murder
Dead or Alive
Wolves of the Sea
Ten Laps to Go
Boots
Gangsters of the Frontier
The Secret of Treasure Island
Gambling with Souls
The Stranger from Arizona
Assassin of Youth
Slaves in Bondage
The Flash of Fate
Virgin Lips
Rough Riding Ranger
Kiss or Kill
Spook Town
The Wreck of the Hesperus
The Hope Chest
Battling Jane
Peppy Polly
I'll Get Him Yet
Nugget Nell
Turning the Tables
Pals of the Range
Six Cylinder Love
Red Rock Outlaw
The Pinto Bandit
Days of Old Cheyenne
Nobody Home
Law of the Texan
Rip Roaring Riley
The Blocked Trail
Custer's Last Stand
The Sundown Kid
The Return of the Rangers
Her Official Fathers
Swing, Cowboy, Swing
The High Sign
The Silver Bandit
Smashing Through
Paroled from the Big House
A Stormy Knight
Brace Up
The Eagle
The Two-Soul Woman
Tropical Nights
Winner Takes All
The Man Trap
Flirting with Death
The Midnight Man
The Warrens of Virginia
California Frontier
Daughters of the Night
Beautiful But Dumb
The Guilt of Silence
