Elmer Clifton
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Birth Place
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Born
March 14, 1890
Died
October 15, 1949
Biography
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No stranger to portraying human emotion, Elmer Clifton built a career as a compelling director for audiences everywhere. Early in his directing career, Clifton worked on a variety of independent films, including such titles as "The Hope Chest" (1918), "Battling Jane" (1918) and "I'll Get Him Yet" (1919). He also appeared in "The Devil's Apple Tree" (1929). In addition to directing, C...
Biography
No stranger to portraying human emotion, Elmer Clifton built a career as a compelling director for audiences everywhere. Early in his directing career, Clifton worked on a variety of independent films, including such titles as "The Hope Chest" (1918), "Battling Jane" (1918) and "I'll Get Him Yet" (1919). He also appeared in "The Devil's Apple Tree" (1929). In addition to directing, Clifton appeared on the big screen as an actor in "Birth of a Nation" (1915) and the Lillian Gish period drama "Intolerance" (1916). He continued to work in film in the thirties, directing motion pictures like "Slaves in Bondage" (1937), the crime flick "Paroled From the Big House" (1938) with Jean Carmen and "The Stranger From Arizona" (1938) with Buck Jones. He also appeared in "Crashing Thru" (1939). In the latter half of his career, Clifton wrote "Gunsmoke Mesa" (1944), "Outlaw Roundup" (1944) and "Brand of the Devil" (1944). Clifton more recently directed the Milburn Stone crime picture "The Judge" (1949). Clifton passed away in October 1949 at the age of 59.
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
The Silver Bandit
(1950)
Director
The Judge
(1949)
Director
Not Wanted
(1949)
Director
Swing, Cowboy, Swing
(1946)
Director
Youth Aflame
(1945)
Director
Marked for Murder
(1945)
Director
Guns of the Law
(1944)
Director
Gangsters of the Frontier
(1944)
Director
The Whispering Skull
(1944)
Director
Seven Doors to Death
(1944)
Director
The Pinto Bandit
(1944)
Director
Dead or Alive
(1944)
Director
Spook Town
(1944)
Director
Captain America
(1944)
Director
Days of Old Cheyenne
(1943)
Director
Frontier Law
(1943)
Director
Return of the Rangers
(1943)
Director
Teen Age
(1943)
Director of <I>Slaves in Bondage</I> and <I>Gambling with Souls</I>
The Blocked Trail
(1943)
Director
Boss of Rawhide
(1943)
Director
The Old Chisholm Trail
(1942)
Director
The Sundown Kid
(1942)
Director
Deep in the Heart of Texas
(1942)
Director
Swamp Woman
(1941)
Director
I'll Sell My Life
(1941)
Director
City of Missing Girls
(1941)
Director
Hard Guy
(1941)
Director
I'll Sell My Wife
(1941)
Director
Isle of Destiny
(1940)
Director
Crashing Thru
(1939)
Director
California Frontier
(1938)
Director
Law of the Texan
(1938)
Director
Paroled from the Big House
(1938)
Director
The Stranger from Arizona
(1938)
Director
Ten Laps to Go
(1938)
Director
Wolves of the Sea
(1938)
Director
The Secret of Treasure Island
(1938)
Director
Mile-a-Minute-Love
(1937)
Director
Crusade Against Rackets
(1937)
Director
Death in the Air
(1937)
Director
Assassin of Youth
(1937)
Director
Mile a Minute Love
(1937)
Director
Custer's Last Stand
(1936)
Director
Gambling with Souls
(1936)
Director
Wildcat Trooper
(1936)
Director
Cyclone of the Saddle
(1935)
Director
Captured in Chinatown
(1935)
Director
Rip Roaring Riley
(1935)
Director
Skull and Crown
(1935)
Director
Fighting Caballero
(1935)
Director
Pals of the Range
(1935)
Director
Rough Riding Ranger
(1935)
Director
Maid to Order
(1931)
Director
The Devil's Apple Tree
(1929)
Director
Tropical Nights
(1928)
Director
Let 'Er Go Gallegher
(1928)
Director
Virgin Lips
(1928)
Director
Beautiful But Dumb
(1928)
Director
The Wreck of the Hesperus
(1927)
Director
Wives at Auction
(1926)
Director
Truth About Men
(1926)
Director
Daughters of the Night
(1924)
Director
The Warrens of Virginia
(1924)
Director
Down to the Sea in Ships
(1923)
Director
Six Cylinder Love
(1923)
Director
Mary Ellen Comes to Town
(1920)
Director
Nugget Nell
(1919)
Director
Peppy Polly
(1919)
Director
Turning the Tables
(1919)
Director
Nobody Home
(1919)
Director
I'll Get Him Yet
(1919)
Director
Boots
(1919)
Director
Brace Up
(1918)
Director
The Guilt of Silence
(1918)
Director
Battling Jane
(1918)
Director
The Flash of Fate
(1918)
Director
The Two-Soul Woman
(1918)
Director
Winner Takes All
(1918)
Director
The Eagle
(1918)
Director
The Hope Chest
(1918)
Director
Smashing Through
(1918)
Director
Kiss or Kill
(1918)
Director
Safe For Democracy
(1918)
Director
Her Official Fathers
(1917)
Director
High Speed
(1917)
Director
A Stormy Knight
(1917)
Director
The Midnight Man
(1917)
Director
Flirting with Death
(1917)
Director
The Man Trap
(1917)
Director
The High Sign
(1917)
Director
The Flame of Youth
(1917)
Director
Cast (Feature Film)
The Fall of Babylon
(1919)
The Rhapsode
Nina, the Flower Girl
(1917)
Jimmie
Acquitted
(1916)
Ned Fowler
The Missing Links
(1916)
Horace Gaylord
The Little School Ma'am
(1916)
Wilbur Howard
The Old Folks at Home
(1916)
Steve Coburn
Intolerance
(1916)
The Rhapsode
The Birth of a Nation
(1915)
Phil, Stoneman's elder son
The Lily and the Rose
(1915)
Allison Edwards
The Fox Woman
(1915)
Marashida
The Sable Lorcha
(1915)
Clyde
Martin Eden
(1914)
Cub reporter
John Barleycorn
(1914)
Jack, 3rd period
Burning Daylight: the Adventures of "Burning Daylight" in Alaska
(1914)
Charley Bates
Writer (Feature Film)
The Silver Bandit
(1950)
Story
Outcast of Black Mesa
(1950)
Story
The Kid from Gower Gulch
(1949)
Screenwriter
Quick on the Trigger
(1949)
Original Screenplay
The Judge
(1949)
Screenwriter
Rainbow Over the Rockies
(1947)
Screenwriter
West to Glory
(1947)
Original Screenplay
Sunset Carson Rides Again
(1947)
Original Screenplay
Ambush Trail
(1946)
Original Screenplay
Song of the Sierras
(1946)
Screenwriter
Outlaws of the Plains
(1946)
Original Story
Lightning Raiders
(1946)
Original story and Screenplay
Swing, Cowboy, Swing
(1946)
Story
Youth Aflame
(1945)
Screenwriter
Three in the Saddle
(1945)
Original Screenplay
Frontier Fugitives
(1945)
Original Screenplay
Marked for Murder
(1945)
Original Screenplay
Guns of the Law
(1944)
Original Screenplay
Gangsters of the Frontier
(1944)
Original Screenplay
Brand of the Devil
(1944)
Original Screenplay
Spook Town
(1944)
Original Screenplay
The Pinto Bandit
(1944)
Original Screenplay
Gunsmoke Mesa
(1944)
Original Screenplay
Waterfront
(1944)
Fill-in Director
Outlaw Roundup
(1944)
Original Screenplay
Seven Doors to Death
(1944)
Screenwriter
Raiders of San Joaquin
(1943)
Screenwriter
Cheyenne Roundup
(1943)
Screenwriter
Return of the Rangers
(1943)
Original Screenplay
Boss of Rawhide
(1943)
Original Screenplay
Teen Age
(1943)
Original Story
Bad Men of Thunder Gap
(1943)
Original story and Screenplay
Frontier Law
(1943)
Original Screenplay
Cheyenne Roundup
(1943)
Original Story
The Old Chisholm Trail
(1942)
Screenwriter
The Rangers Take Over
(1942)
Original story and Screenplay
The Trail of the Silver Spurs
(1941)
Original Story
City of Missing Girls
(1941)
Original Story
I'll Sell My Life
(1941)
Screenwriter
I'll Sell My Wife
(1941)
Screenwriter
West of Pinto Basin
(1940)
Original Story
Wolves of the Sea
(1938)
Story
The Secret of Treasure Island
(1938)
Screenwriter
Assassin of Youth
(1937)
Original Story
Assassin of Youth
(1937)
Screenwriter
Rough Riding Ranger
(1935)
Story and dial
Pals of the Range
(1935)
Story and dial
Cyclone of the Saddle
(1935)
Story and dial
Captured in Chinatown
(1935)
Cont and dial by
Wives at Auction
(1926)
Story
The Two-Soul Woman
(1918)
Scen
Brace Up
(1918)
Story
Kiss or Kill
(1918)
Scen
Producer (Feature Film)
The Kid from Gower Gulch
(1949)
Associate Producer
Down to the Sea in Ships
(1923)
Presented By
Life Events
1914
Film acting debut
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