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James Wesley Horne (December 14, 1881 – June 29, 1942) was an American actor, screenwriter, and film director . Silent era. James Horne began his career as an actor under director Sidney Olcott at Kalem Studios in 1913 and directed his first film for the company two years later. He then specialized in multi-chapter serials.
James W. Horne. Director: The Green Archer. Horne worked at a number of studios in the early 1920s and directed his first short at The Hal Roach Studios in 1925.
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James Wesley Horne (December 14, 1880 – June 29, 1942) was an early American actor, screenwriter and film director. He began his career as an actor under director Sidney Olcott at Kalem Studios in 1913 and directed his first film for the company two years later.
A stage actor and director in the late 1900s, James W. Horne began directing films in the mid teens, initially specializing in serials such as Stingaree, The Midnight Man, and The Third Eye. In the '20s he made numerous actioners and comedies, and helmed the Buster Keaton feature College.
Authors and critics marveled at the film's breakneck pace and hectic, six-against-one fight scenes as staged by former comedy director James W. Horne. Thus Holt of the Secret Service became the poster child for Columbia serials until the advent of home video, when more of the Columbia serials went into circulation.
James W. Horne's films include College, Way Out West, Big Business, Laughing Gravy
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James Wesley Horne (December 14, 1880 – June 29, 1942) was an early American actor, screenwriter and film director. He began his career as an actor under director Sidney Olcott at Kalem Studios in 1913 and directed his first film for the company two years later.
