Harry Solter
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Henry Lewis SolterScript error: No such module "Unsubst". (November 19, 1873 – March 2, 1920) was an American silent film actor and director.
Career
Solter began his career as an actor in 1908 with Biograph Studios. That same year he met actress Florence Lawrence while making the film Romeo and Juliet for Vitagraph Studios and married on August 30 of that year. In 1909, Solter began working for Carl Laemmle's Independent Moving Pictures Co. of America (IMP) as an actor but also as a director. Over the next nine years, he directed 148 silent films.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 1912, Solter and his wife established the Victor Studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey. In 1913, they sold out to Laemmle whose amalgamation of several studios created the colossal Universal Film Manufacturing Co. Solter continued to direct for the new company until 1918 when health problems emerged. With this new prosperity, Florence was able to realize a "lifelong dream", buying a Template:Convert estate in River Vale, New Jersey.[1][2]
Death
Solter died of a stroke on March 2, 1920, at the age of 46. He is interred in the Baltimore Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Selected filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1908 | Romeo and Juliet | ||
| When Knights Were Bold | Nobleman | ||
| Balked at the Altar | |||
| Romance of a Jewess | Customer/Rubinstein | ||
| The Taming of the Shrew | Katharina's Father | Writer | |
| After Many Years | Tom Foster | ||
| Money Mad | First Villain | ||
| A Calamitous Elopement | Frank | ||
| The Kentuckian | |||
| 1909 | At the Altar | On Street | |
| Jones and the Lady Book Agent | Office employee | ||
| A Drunkard's Reformation | In the Play | ||
| The Renunciation | Sam Walters | ||
| 1910 | The Rocky Road | ||
| All the World's a Stage | – Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| Two Men | – Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| 1911 | The Two Paths | ||
| Duke De Ribbon Counter | – Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| During Cherry Time | – Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| 1912 | Not Like Other Girls | – Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| Betty's Nightmare | – Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| The Redemption of Riverton | – Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| 1913 | Unto the Third Generation | – Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| The Spender | – Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| His Wife's Child | – Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| 1914 | The Romance of a Photograph | – Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| The Pawns of Destiny | – Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| A Mysterious Mystery | – Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| 1916 | Blind Man's Bluff | – Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| 1917 | Face on the Screen | – Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| The Spotted Lily | – Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| 1918 | The Wife He Bought | – Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| 1921 | The Sage Hen | – Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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References
External links
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- ↑ Florence Lawrence Template:Webarchive, Women Film Pioneers Project. Accessed September 23, 2015. "Florence Lawrence intended her last Victor photoplay to be her second two-reel film, The Lady Leone (1912), and after its completion, she and Solter retired to their home in River Vale, New Jersey."
- ↑ PHS Answer Girl & Curator Template:Webarchive, Pascack Historical Society. Accessed September 23, 2015. "Florence Lawrence was America’s first movie star according to movie historians. She lived at 565 Rivervale Road in River Vale from 1913 through 1916."
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