Brevities of the Business — James W. Castle (1914) 🇺🇸
James W. Castle, the new Edison director, brings with him all the wealth of successful experience gathered in his rise from call boy many years ago to the position of owner of well known stage productions. Mr. Castle will devote practically his entire time to directing Edison comedies and that fact is sufficient to warrant comedies of a high order of real funniness.
That is not, however, Mr. Castle’s first appearance in directing motion pictures, as he spent some time as director for the Vitagraph. In his own productions, in partnership with Mr. George D. Baker, he directed such well known successes as Graustark, Harold McGrath’s Goose Girl, and The Bishop’s Carriage, the rights of which he bought from Liebler.
For two years Mr. Castle had a valuable and successful experience as director of the famous Bush Temple Stock Company of Chicago, which has turned out so many stars. He also directed the F. F. Proctor Stock Company and held the same position with Quo Vadis and with When Johnny Comes Marching Home, having under him in one company such an aggregation of stars as Marie Cahill, Raymond Hitchcock. William T. Carleton, Adele Ritchie, and other luminaries.
Mr. Castle is very fond of picture making, and says that he expects his association with the Edison company to be particularly pleasant, as he has, at one time or another, had nearly every leading actor and actress now with Edison under him in his long career of director. With a man of such attainments giving his entire time to Edison comedies, too much can hardly be expected in real laugh-making reels.
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Collection: Motography Magazine, 26 December 1914
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Them Cussed Printers.
Just by way of showing that we knew better, we’re printing over again the portraits of John W. Grey and James W. Castle, whom the printer got all balled up in our last week’s issue.
Due to the strange fact that both boys are attached to the initials J. W. the mistake is perhaps excusable, but if it wasn’t for that fact we should certainly slay our make-up man in cold blood.
However, fellers, if you’ll forgive us for the mistake this time, we’ll promise it will never occur again and take pleasure now in setting you right with the public.
Folks, permit us to again introduce J. W. Grey and J. W. Castle, with the right names under the right fellers this time.
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Collection: Motography Magazine, 26 December 1914
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