Bert Angeles Explained

Albert Sidney Angeles (1875  - May 1950)^[1] was a theatre actor and director of silent films.^[2] Born in London,^[3] he worked in the USA as a writer and director for Vitagraph,^[4] later directing for Universal.^[5]

Angeles acted on stage^[6] before his film career,^[7] as well as composing music.^[8] He quietly married film actress Edith Halleren (also spelled Halleran or Halloran) in 1913.^[9] In 1915, he was hired to make comedies for the Santa Barbara Motion Picture Company.^[10] That same year, copyrights were filed for Billy studies music, Billy now a medico, and Billy's stratagem, credited as "by Bert Angeles". These were part of a series of Billy movies.^[11]

Angeles was cast along two other former directors in The Squab Farm, a comedy on Broadway about the cinema world.^{[12] [13]}

In 1928, Angeles and Julia Parker starred in a singing, dancing and comedy show called One Born Every Minute, which was written about by the magazine Billboard.^[14]

Angeles died in New York City in 1950.

Filmography

• Sleuthing^[2]
• He Answered the Ad (1913)^[2]
• A Lady and Her Maid(1913)^[2]
• The Suit at Ten (1914)^[2]
• A Maid and Three Men^[5]
• Cutey Tries Reporting^[5]
• The Coming of Gretchen^[5]
• Roughing the Cub^[5]
• Belinda, series^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Kessler, Frank. KINtop. February 19, 2000. Stroemfeld/Roter Stern. 9783878777892. Google Books.
2. Web site: Bert Angeles. https://web.archive.org/web/20190226050028/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba4b2d3f7. dead. February 26, 2019. BFI.
3. Book: Vazzana, Eugene Michael. Silent Film Necrology. February 19, 2001. McFarland. 9780786410590. Google Books.
4. Book: Gmür, Leonhard. Rex Ingram: Hollywood's Rebel of the Silver Screen. November 14, 2013. epubli. 9783844246018. Google Books.
5. Web site: The Moving Picture World. February 19, 1913. Chalmers Publishing Company. Google Books.
6. Web site: Theatre Magazine. February 19, 1918. Theatre Magazine Company. Google Books.
7. Web site: The New York Dramatic Mirror. February 19, 1910. Dramatic Mirror Company. Google Books.
8. Web site: Musical Compositions: Part 3. Library of Congress Copyright. Office. February 19, 1908. Library of Congress.. Google Books.
9. Web site: Motion Picture. February 19, 1913. Macfadden-Bartell.. Google Books.
10. Web site: Bert Angeles.
11. Web site: Catalog of Copyright Entries: Works of art.... February 19, 1914. Library of Congress, Copyright Office.. Google Books.
12. Web site: Dramatic Mirror of Motion Pictures and the Stage. February 19, 1918. Dramatic Mirror Company. Google Books.
13. Web site: The Squab Farm – Broadway Play – Original | IBDB . 2019-02-19 . 2020-08-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200805224947/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-squab-farm-8687 . dead .
14. Web site: Billboard. February 19, 1928. Billboard Publications. Google Books.