F. Harmon Weight

American film director

F. Harmon Weight
Evelyn Brent, F. Harmon Weight, and Priscilla Bonner, from a 1925 magazine. (*The magazine the image is from makes an error listing Priscilla Dean. It is actually Priscilla Bonner in the photograph.)
Born	Frederick Harmon Weight July 1, 1887 Salt Lake City, Utah
Died	August 12, 1978(1978-08-12) (aged 91) Los Angeles County, California
Resting place	Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) Los Angeles, California
Other names	Harmon Weight
Occupation	movie director
Children	2

Frederick Harmon Weight (July 1, 1887 – August 12, 1978)^[1] was an American film director most prolific in the late silent film era of the 1920s.^[2] He directed many well-known performers such as George Arliss, Betty Compson, Myrna Loy and Rin-Tin-Tin.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and began his career in the theater.^[7] He was the assistant director on 1916 film The Corner.^[8]

Selected filmography

The Corner (1916), assistant director^[9]
The Ruling Passion (1922)
The Man Who Played God (1922)
The Ragged Edge (1923)
Ramshackle House (1924)
On the Stroke of Three (1924)
Twenty Dollars a Week (1924)
Drusilla with a Million (1925)
Three of a Kind (1925), also released as Three Wise Crooks
Flaming Waters (1925)
A Poor Girl's Romance (1926)
Forever After (1926)
Hook and Ladder No. 9 (1927)
Midnight Madness (1928), produced by Cecil B. DeMille
Jazz Mad (1928)
Hardboiled Rose (1929)
Frozen River (1929)

References

^ F.Harmon Weight at findagrave.com
^ Exhibitor's Trade Review, vol. 11, no. 9, page 596, January 28, 1922
^ Silent Film Necrology, 2nd Edition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana ISBN 0-7864-1059-0
^ George Arliss: The Man Who Played God by Robert M. Fells c. 2004 ISBN 0-8108-5160-1
^ Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood by Emily W. Leider p.320 c.2011 ISBN 978-0-520-25320-9
^ Langman, Larry; Miller, Ronald H. (December 28, 1981). A Guide to American Film Directors: The Sound Era, 1929-1979. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810814677 – via Google Books.
^ "Motion Picture Daily: Formerly Exhibitors Daily Review and Motion Pictures Today". Exhibitors Trade Review, Incorporated. May 7, 1921 – via Google Books.
^ Golden, Eve (March 29, 2013). John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813141633 – via Google Books.
^ John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars by Eve Golden c.2013 ISBN 978-0-8131-4162-6