Albert Ray
Also Known As: Albert Wray, Al Ray, Albert Joseph Ray
Biography: Albert Ray, born in New Rochelle, NY, attended Townsend Harris Hall and City College of New York. He spent summer vacations as a member of the Vitagraph stock company, on 14th St. in New York City. He appeared in summer stock in White Plains (NY), Florida and the Harlem Opera House in New York City. He directed short subjects for Pathe on the East Coast, went to Hollywood in 1915 and directed Ben Turpin pictures for the Vogue Film Co. and then Sunshine Comedies for Fox. He also acted opposite Ruth Clifford and Mildred Harris at Universal and co-starred with Elinor Fair at Fox. His first feature-length film as director was Scrap Iron (1921) starring Charles Ray (his cousin) for First National, and altogether he directed nine of his cousin's comedies for the studio. He returned to Fox and directed the "Helen and Warren" series and 19 features.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: New Rochelle, New York, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: August 28, 1897
Age: 127 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: February 05, 1944
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The Night Riders
Overview: A band of Klan-like night riders have been running rampant, and ranch owner Julian Marbolt (Andre Beaulieu) -- who is afflicted with day blindness and can only see in the evening -- offers a reward for the leader's capture.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-07-01
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Wet and Warmer
Overview: Silent comedy featuring the Chaplin-esque Heinie Conklin. The ill-fated Virginia Rappe appears as a hotel guest.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-11-01
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Vagabond Luck
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-11-16
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The Game's Up
Overview: Struggling young painter Ruth Elliott has written her Eastern friend Mildred Colburn that she has gained fame in the West as an artist. When Mildred stops to visit on her way to Honolulu, Ruth hires Peter Neyland to pose as her chauffeur for five hours. Peter is actually a wealthy young man who accepts the offer as a lark.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-01-20
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The Lost Princess
Overview: Samuel Blevins, Jr.'s farm work suffers while he pursues a correspondence course on newspaper reporting. After he leaves the family farm and goes to the city, Ethel Williams, the author of the "Advice to the Lovelorn" column, recommends him to her managing editor who gives him the difficult task of writing a feature article. When Sam fails to think of a good story, Ethel, who now loves him, tells of the lost Princess Marie of Burvania, who is hiding in the United States. Sam's story causes the Archduke of Burvania to search for Marie, who is really Ethel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-10-19
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When Do We Eat?
Overview: Impersonating Little Eva in a third-rate travelling production of Uncle Tom's Cabin fails to earn Nora enough for a square daily meal, and to make thing worse, her stage career comes to a sudden end when the sheriff arrives with a writ of seizure. Nora hops a passing freight but is frightened by a tramp, jumps off, and literally rolls into the town of Wattelville. After being arrested as a suspicious character, Nora is adopted by the kindly Ma Forbes, whose son James works in the local bank. "Pug" Hennessy and "Soup" McCool, two crooks, inveigle the scrupulously honest James into a poker game and, as a result, he is forced to steal $300 from the bank to cover his losses. Impersonating expert safe-cracker Velvet Mary, Nora helps the crooks to break into the bank, but upon opening the safe, she sounds the alarm, and the crooks are arrested. Having learned his lesson, James proposes to Nora, who never again is forced to go hungry.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-10-13
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The Punch of the Irish
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-12-20
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The Kick in High Life
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-09-13
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A Game Lady
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-06-27
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The Ugly Duckling
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-07-10
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The Honey Bee
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-04-01
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Tin Pan Alley
Overview: After losing his factory job, virtuoso violinist Tommy Breen is inspired by June Norton, who lives in the same boardinghouse to write his song, "When You Smile with Your Eyes in Mine." Song publisher Simon Berg signs Tommy and the song becomes an enormous success. Success goes to Tommy’s head, he forgets June, surrounds himself with Broadway lowlife, spends extravagantly, and becomes infatuated with Mona Merwin, a musical comedy performer. He hits a rough patch, and June asks Berg to help her save Tommy from himself, so he decreases Tommy's royalty checks. Tommy's Broadway friends desert him when the checks stop coming. Now that Tommy has seen the error of his ways Berg sends him to a country cottage he purchased in Flatbush, where Tommy finds June waiting to marry him.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-12-28
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Home
Overview: A young woman of humble origins hides her family's lack of wealth and prestige from her boarding school friends.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-08-31
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Love Is Love
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-08-17
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Be a Little Sport
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-06-29
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Words and Music by -
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-05-18
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