Robert G. Vignola
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert G. Vignola (born Rocco Giuseppe Vignola, August 5, 1882 – October 25, 1953) was an Italian-born American actor, screenwriter and film director in American cinema. One of the silent screen's most prolific directors, he made a handful of sound films in the early years of talkies but his career essentially ended in the silent era. Born at Trivigno, in the province of Potenza, Vignola left Italy with his family at the age of 3 and was raised in upstate New York. He made his acting debut at 19 performing in "Romeo and Juliet", with Eleanor Robson Belmont and Kyrle Bellew. He began his film career as an actor in 1906 with the short film The Black Hand, directed by Wallace McCutcheon and produced by Biograph Company, generally considered the film that launched the mafia genre. In 1907 he joined Kalem Studios, for which he made numerous movies. One of Vignola's most notable film roles was as Judas Iscariot in From the Manger to the Cross (1912), directed by Sidney Olcott, one of the most successful films of the period. Vignola directed 87 films, most notably The Vampire (1913), sometimes cited as the first "vamp" movie, and Seventeen (1916), where Rudolph Valentino did an uncredited cameo. He had a long association directing the early movies of Pauline Frederick such as Audrey (1916) and Double Crossed (1917). His biggest success was the big-budget epic When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922), starring Marion Davies, which achieved critical and commercial acclaim. Other films include Déclassée (1925), with the uncredited appearance of the then unknown Clark Gable; Broken Dreams (1933), which received a nomination for Best Foreign Film at the Venice Film Festival, and The Scarlet Letter (1934), the last film of Colleen Moore. Vignola died in Hollywood, California in 1953. He lived in a mansion at Whitley Heights owned by William Randolph Hearst. Hearst's mistress Marion Davies was allowed to stay without him at Vignola's mansion, worried that she was having affairs and considering Vignola a trusted companion for her as he was homosexual. He was buried in St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands, New York.
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movieThe Perfect Clue
1935
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movieThe Scarlet Letter
1934
Director
movieBroken Dreams
1933
Director
movieThe Red Sword
1929
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movieTropic Madness
1928
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movieCabaret
1927
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movieFifth Avenue
1926
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movieDéclassé
1925
Director
movieThe Way of a Girl
1925
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movieMarried Flirts
1924
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movieYolanda
1924
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movieAdam and Eva
1923
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movieThe Young Diana
1922
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movieBeauty's Worth
1922
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movieEnchantment
1921
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movieThe Woman God Changed
1921
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movieStraight Is the Way
1921
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movieThe Passionate Pilgrim
1921
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movieThe World and His Wife
1920
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movieThe 13th Commandment
1920
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movieThe Third Kiss
1919
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movieThe Heart of Youth
1919
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Louisiana
1919
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movieAn Innocent Adventuress
1919
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movieThe Home Town Girl
1919
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movieExperimental Marriage
1919
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movieThe Winning Girl
1919
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movieWomen's Weapons
1918
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movieThe Savage Woman
1918
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movieThe Claw
1918
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movieMadame Jealousy
1918
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movieThe Knife
1918
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movieThe Hungry Heart
1917
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movieDouble Crossed
1917
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movieThe Love That Lives
1917
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movieHer Better Self
1917
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movieThe Fortunes of Fifi
1917
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movieGreat Expectations
1917
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movieSeventeen
1916
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movieThe Reward of Patience
1916
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movieUnder Cover
1916
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movieThe Evil Thereof
1916
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movieThe Moment Before
1916
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movieAudrey
1916
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movieThe Spider
1916
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movieThe Black Crook
1916
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movieThe Maker of Dreams
1915
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movieThe Crooked Path
1915
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movieDon Caesar de Bazan
1915
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movieThe Haunting Fear
1915
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movieA Sister's Burden
1915
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movieThe Destroyer
1915
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movieThe Siren's Reign
1915
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movieThe Scorpion's Sting
1915
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movieThe Man of Iron
1914
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movieThe Devil's Dansant
1914
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movieThe Barefoot Boy
1914
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movieThe Vampire's Trail
1914
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movieThe Show Girl's Glove
1914
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movieThe Cabaret Dancer
1914
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The Shadow
1914
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moviePrimitive Man
1913
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movieThe Vampire
1913
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The Bribe
1913
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movieThe Lost Diamond
1913
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movieA Stolen Identity
1913
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movieMan's Greed for Gold
1913
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movieThe Alien
1913
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movieThe War Correspondent
1913
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movieRory O'More
1911
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movieThe Reason Why
Director
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Honor Thy Father
1915
Chick Fenway - a Thief
movieThe Railroad Raiders of '62
1915
Railroad Engineer (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieShenandoah
1913
Undetermined Role
movieThe Alien
1913
Paola
movieThe Scimitar of the Prophet
1913
Hadjji - a Mohammedan Priest
movieThe War Correspondent
1913
Hal Martin - the Star Reporter
movieThe Message of the Palms
1913
Uncle Tom - the Colonel's Servant
The Peril of the Dance Hall
1913
Pablo Florenti - Pepita's Father
movieThe Prosecuting Attorney
1913
The Criminal
A Desperate Chance
1913
Joe Mellon - the Brakeman
A Sawmill Hazard
1913
Geoffrey Stern
movieThe Wives of Jamestown
1913
Shamus O’Daly
The Shaughraun
1912
Harvey Duff
movieIreland, the Oppressed
1912
Michael Dee
movieThe Little Gluers
1912
Darby O'Drive
movieTragedy of the Desert
1912
The Flirtatious Malmoud Bey
movieCaptured by Bedouins
1912
Judge Barnett - the Father
movieAn Arabian Tragedy
1912
Ayub Kashif
movieThe Colleen Bawn
1911
Mr. Corrigan
movieRory O'More
1911
Black William
movieRailroad Raiders of '62
1911
Engineer
The Fiddler’s Requiem
1911
Dolores' fiance
movieThe Lad from Old Ireland
1910
Man in Campaign Office
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movieDon Caesar de Bazan
1915
Scenario Writer
movieThe Vampire
1913
Scenario Writer