John S. Robertson

John S. Robertson
Photo of Robertson from Photoplay (October 1921)
Born	14 June 1878 London, Ontario, Canada
Died	5 October 1964 (aged 86) Escondido, California, United States
Occupation	Film director

John Stuart Robertson (14 June 1878 – 5 November 1964) was a Canadian born actor and later film director perhaps best known for his 1920 screen adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, starring John Barrymore.

Robertson was born in London, Ontario. He broke into filmmaking in 1915 with Vitagraph, then with Famous Players-Lasky, making 57 features in his career. Robertson left film in 1935, amid the increasing prevalence of sound pictures.

He was married to screenwriter Josephine Lovett. He died in California, aged 86.

The Byrds song "Old John Robertson" was about Robertson.^[1]

Filmography

• The Meeting (1917)
• The Money Mill (1917)
• Intrigue (1917)
• Baby Mine (1917)
• The Bottom of the Well (1917)
• Her Right to Live (1917)- as actor
• A Service of Love (1917)
• The Menace (1918)
• The Girl of Today (1918)
• The Better Half (1918)
• The Make Believe Wife (1918)
• Little Miss Hoover (1918)
• Here Comes the Bride (1919)
• The Test of Honor (1919)
• Let's Elope (1919)
• Come Out of the Kitchen (1919)
• The Misleading Widow (1919)
• Sadie Love (1919)
• Erstwhile Susan (1919)
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
• A Dark Lantern (1920)
• Away Goes Prudence (1920)
• 39 East (1920)
• Sentimental Tommy (1921)
• The Magic Cup (1921)
• Footlights (1921)
• Love's Boomerang (1922)
• The Spanish Jade (1922)
• Tess of the Storm Country (1922)
• The Bright Shawl (1923)
• The Fighting Blade (1923)
• Twenty-One (1923)
• The Enchanted Cottage (1924)
• Classmates (1924)
• New Toys (1925)
• Soul-Fire (1925)
• Shore Leave (1925)
• Alaskan Adventures (1926)
• Annie Laurie (1927)
• Captain Salvation (1927)
• The Road to Romance (1927)
• The Single Standard (1929)
• Shanghai Lady (1929)
• Night Ride (1930)
• Captain of the Guard (1930)
• Madonna of the Streets (1930)
• Beyond Victory (1931)
• The Phantom of Paris (1931)
• Little Orphan Annie (1932)
• One Man's Journey (1933)
• The Crime Doctor (1934)
• His Greatest Gamble (1934)
• Wednesday's Child (1934)
• Grand Old Girl (1935)
• Captain Hurricane (1935)
• Our Little Girl (1935)

References

1. Younger Than Yesterday, ByrdWatcher. Retrieved 3 April 2008.

External links

• John S. Robertson at the Internet Movie Database
• stage plays in which John S Robertson appeared
• John S. Robertson at Virtual History