Harry Solter Explained

Harry Solter
Birth Name:	Henry Lewis Solter
Birth Date:	November 19, 1873
Othername:	Harry Salter H. L. Solter Harry L. Solter
Occupation:	Actor, director
Yearsactive:	1908 - 1917

Henry Lewis Solter (November 19, 1873  - March 2, 1920) was an American silent film actor and director.

Career

Solter began his career as an actor in 1908 with Biograph Studios. That same year he met actress Florence Lawrence while making the film Romeo and Juliet for Vitagraph Studios and married on August 30 of that year. In 1909, Solter began working for Carl Laemmle's Independent Moving Pictures Co. of America (IMP) as an actor but also as a director. Over the next nine years, he directed 148 silent films.

In 1912, Solter and his wife established the Victor Studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey. In 1913, they sold out to Laemmle whose amalgamation of several studios created the colossal Universal Film Manufacturing Co. Solter continued to direct for the new company until 1918 when health problems emerged. With this new prosperity, Florence was able to realize a "lifelong dream", buying a 50acres estate in River Vale, New Jersey.^{[1] [2]}

Death

Solter died of a stroke on March 2, 1920, at the age of 46. He is interred in the Baltimore Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.

Selected filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1908	Romeo and Juliet
	When Knights Were Bold	Nobleman
	Balked at the Altar
	Romance of a Jewess	Customer/Rubinstein
	The Taming of the Shrew	Katharina's Father	Writer
	After Many Years	Tom Foster
	Money Mad	First Villain
	A Calamitous Elopement	Frank
	The Kentuckian
1909	At the Altar	On Street
	Jones and the Lady Book Agent	Office employee
	A Drunkard's Reformation	In the Play
	The Renunciation	Sam Walters
1910	The Rocky Road
	All the World's a Stage		Director
	Two Men		Director
1911	The Two Paths
	Duke De Ribbon Counter		Director
	During Cherry Time		Director
1912	Not Like Other Girls		Director
	Betty's Nightmare		Director
	The Redemption of Riverton		Director
1913	Unto the Third Generation		Director
	The Spender		Director
	His Wife's Child		Director
1914	The Romance of a Photograph		Director
	The Pawns of Destiny		Director, writer
	A Mysterious Mystery		Director
1916	Blind Man's Bluff		Director, scenario
1917	Face on the Screen		Director
	The Spotted Lily		Director Credited as Harry L. Solter
1918	The Wife He Bought		Director
1921	The Sage Hen		Writer

Notes and References

1. https://wfpp.cdrs.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-florence-lawrence/ Florence Lawrence
2. http://www.pascackhistoricalsociety.org/educators-corner/qa PHS Answer Girl & Curator