Arthur Berthelet | |
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 Berthelet (right) directing at Essanay Studios in Chicago, 1917 | |
| Born | Rolette Arthur Berthelet[a] October 12, 1879 |
| Died | September 16, 1949 (aged 69) Vista, California United States |
| Occupation(s) | Stage and film director, scriptwriter, dialogue directory[b] |
| Years active | 1899–1940 |
| Spouse(s) | Leona Ball (1910-1949; his death) |
| Children | 2 sons |
Arthur Rolette Berthelet (October 12,1879 – September 16, 1949; credited as Rolette Bertheletto, Arthur Berthelet, and Arthur R. Berthelet) was an American actor, stage and film director, dialogue director, and scriptwriter.[2] With regard to screen productions, he is best remembered for directing the 1916 crime drama Sherlock Holmes starring William Gillette, an actor who since 1899 had distinguished himself on the Broadway stage and at other prominent theatrical venues with his numerous, "definitive" portrayals of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's great fictional detective.[3] In 1918, Berthelet also directed the controversial author and feminist Mary MacLane in Men Who Have Made Love to Me, a production notable for being among the first cinematic dramas to break the "fourth wall" and among the earliest American film projects to bring together on screen a woman's work as a published author, "scenarist", actor, and narrator through the use of intertitles.[4]
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- ^ "Wisconsin Birth Index, 1820-1907", Rolette A Berthelet, 12 October 12, 1879; reel 0148, Department of Health and Family Services, Vital Records Division, Madison, Wisconsin. Transcription of original record retrieved online via FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 16, 2022.
- ^ "California Death Index, 1940-1997", Arthur Rolette Berthelet, September 16, 1949; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento, California. Microfilm image of original state record retrieved online via FamilySearch archives, Salt City, Utah, March 16, 2022.
- ^ Hutchinson, Pamela (2016). Review of the centennial screening in London of the 1916 film Sherlock Holmes; published in Sight and Sound (British Film Institute, London), volume 26, issue 3 (March 2016), p. 101. Retrieved via ProQuest through subscription at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, March 16, 2022.
- ^ Buck, Julie (2013). "Mary MacLane", Women Film Pioneers Project, online reference, Columbia University Libraries, New York, N.Y. Last retrieved March 16, 2022.