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James
Carew
1876 - 1938 |
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. The actor James Carew was very successful at the theater and in the film business, and he worked most of the time in England. He made his debut in the theater play "Damon and Pythias" in Chicago
in 1897 and acted on different stages in the following years.
Among others he played in two plays at the famous actress Ellen Terry's (1847-1928) side. Despite the great difference of their ages they got married in 1907, the marriage was divorced again in 1910. James Carew began his film career at Pathé in 1915. To his early silent movies belong "Profit and the Loss" (17), "Justice" (17), "Sheba" (19) and "The Nature of the Beast" (19). He took part in many other silent movies in the 20's like "Helen of Four Gates" (20), "Anna the Adventuress" (20), "Dollars in Surrey" (21), "Mist in the Valley" (23), "The Drum" (24), "Children of the Night" (25), "A Window in Piccadilly" (28) and "High Seas" (29). As a famous theater actor with an appropriate training the transition
to the sound film wasn't a problem for his. He appeared still successfully
on the screen with the movies "To Oblige a Lady" (30), "Guilt" (30), "You
Made Me Love You" (33), "Too Many Millions" (34), "All at Sea" (35), "Spy
of Napoleon" (36), "Murder at the Cabaret" (36), "Wings Over Africa" (37),
"Strange Experiment" (37) and "Jericho" (37).
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