Lois Weber

Lois Weber

Directing

Lois Weber began film work as an actress, then soon began also writing and directing films. She has been referred to as "the most important female director the American film industry has known". Best known for her hard-hitting films that address social issues, she continued making films into the 1920s until she lost favor with motion picture audiences.

Filmography

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White Heat ★ 5.3 White Heat 1934 The Angel of Broadway ★ 10.0 The Angel of Broadway 1927 Topsy and Eva ★ 10.0 Topsy and Eva 1927 Sensation Seekers ★ 6.7 Sensation Seekers 1927 The Marriage Clause ★ 9.0 The Marriage Clause 1926 A Chapter in Her Life ★ 6.5 A Chapter in Her Life 1923 What Do Men Want? ★ 4.3 What Do Men Want? 1921 The Blot ★ 6.3 The Blot 1921 Too Wise Wives ★ 5.4 Too Wise Wives 1921 What's Worth While? ★ 9.0 What's Worth While? 1921 To Please One Woman ★ 7.0 To Please One Woman 1920 Forbidden ★ 7.0 Forbidden 1919 Home ★ 7.4 Home 1919 Mary Regan ★ 10.0 Mary Regan 1919 A Midnight Romance ★ 10.0 A Midnight Romance 1919 When a Girl Loves ★ 7.0 When a Girl Loves 1919 Borrowed Clothes Borrowed Clothes 1918 For Husbands Only For Husbands Only 1918 The Doctor and the Woman The Doctor and the Woman 1918 Tarzan of the Apes ★ 5.3 Tarzan of the Apes 1918 The Price of a Good Time The Price of a Good Time 1917 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle The Hand That Rocks the Cradle 1917 Even as You and I Even as You and I 1917 The Mysterious Mrs. M The Mysterious Mrs. M 1917 Alone in the World ★ 8.0 Alone in the World 1917 The People vs. John Doe The People vs. John Doe 1916 Wanted- A Home Wanted- A Home 1916 Idle Wives ★ 5.0 Idle Wives 1916 Saving the Family Name Saving the Family Name 1916 Shoes ★ 6.0 Shoes 1916 The Eye of God The Eye of God 1916 Where Are My Children? ★ 5.9 Where Are My Children? 1916 John Needham's Double John Needham's Double 1916 The Flirt The Flirt 1916 Hop - The Devil's Brew Hop - The Devil's Brew 1916 The Dumb Girl of Portici ★ 7.0 The Dumb Girl of Portici 1916 Discontent ★ 5.4 Discontent 1916 Jewel Jewel 1915 A Cigarette - That's All A Cigarette - That's All 1915 Scandal Scandal 1915 Betty in Search of a Thrill ★ 3.0 Betty in Search of a Thrill 1915 Captain Courtesy Captain Courtesy 1915 Sunshine Molly Sunshine Molly 1915 Hypocrites ★ 5.6 Hypocrites 1915 It's No Laughing Matter It's No Laughing Matter 1915 False Colors False Colors 1914 The Opened Shutters The Opened Shutters 1914 Lost by a Hair ★ 7.0 Lost by a Hair 1914 The Pursuit of Hate ★ 8.0 The Pursuit of Hate 1914 The Spider and Her Web The Spider and Her Web 1914 The Merchant of Venice The Merchant of Venice 1914 The Jew's Christmas The Jew's Christmas 1913 How Men Propose ★ 5.5 How Men Propose 1913 Suspense. ★ 7.0 Suspense. 1913 The Rosary ★ 7.1 The Rosary 1913 The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray 1913 A Japanese Idyll ★ 10.0 A Japanese Idyll 1912 The Troubadour's Triumph The Troubadour's Triumph 1912 Eyes That See Not ★ 10.0 Eyes That See Not 1912 Fine Feathers ★ 7.0 Fine Feathers 1912 The Price ★ 5.7 The Price 1911 Lost Illusions Lost Illusions 1911 Sherlock Holmes, Jr. ★ 10.0 Sherlock Holmes, Jr. 1911 Fate ★ 8.1 Fate 1911 On the Brink ★ 10.0 On the Brink 1911 The Twins ★ 4.5 The Twins 1911 From Death to Life ★ 6.0 From Death to Life 1911 A Heroine of '76 ★ 9.0 A Heroine of '76 1911