Louis H. Chrispijn Explained

Louis Chrispijn sr.
Birth Date:	13 May 1854
Birth Name:	Louis Hermanus Chrispijn
Years Active:	1913–1915
Spouse:	Christine van Meeteren (1905-1916)

Louis H. Chrispijn, Sr. (13 May 1854, in Amsterdam – 1 November 1926, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch actor, writer, and director of both theatre and films.^[1] Together with M.H. Laddé, Willy Mullens, Maurits Binger, and Theo Frenkel, he was one of the pioneers of early Dutch cinema.^[2]

He and his wife, actress Christine van Meeteren, married in 1905 and toured the Dutch East Indies together through 1908.^[3] They were invited by Binger to join his troupe at ; van Meeteren acted alongside Annie Bos in a number of comedic films about Zeeland girls, Mijntje en Trijntje. Chrispijn became Hollandia's first permanent director in 1915. He and van Meeteren divorced the following year.

Movies (as director)

De Levende ladder (1913)
Nederland en Oranje (1913)
Silvia Silombra (1913)
Krates (1913)
De Bertha (1914)
Een telegram uit Mexico
Zijn viool (1914)^[4]
De zigeunerin (1914)
De verwisseling onder het bed (1914)
Liefde waakt (1914)
De Bloemen, die de ziel vertroosten (1914)
Heilig recht (1914)
Weergevonden (1914)^[5]
Luchtkastelen (1914)
De Vloek van het testament (1915)

Notes and References

Book: Abel, Richard . Encyclopedia of Early Cinema . 2005 . Taylor & Francis . 978-0-415-23440-5 . 471–472 . en.
Web site: 2011-04-12 . Louis H. Chrispijn Senior . 2023-03-12 . DEV EYE Filmdatabase . en.
Web site: 2011-04-12 . Christine Chrispijn – van Meeteren . 2023-03-12 . DEV EYE Filmdatabase . en.
Book: Houten, Theodore van . Silent Cinema Music in the Netherlands: The Eyl/Van Houten Collection of Film and Cinema Music in the Nederlands Filmmuseum . 1992 . F. Knuf Publishers . 978-90-6027-629-7 . 16 . en.
Book: Cowie, Peter . Dutch Cinema: An Illustrated History . 1979 . Tantivy Press . 978-0-498-02425-2 . 15 . en.