
Biography
William Christy Cabanne (April 16, 1888 – October 15, 1950) was an American film director, screenwriter, and silent film actor. Born in 1888, Cabanne (pronounced CAB-a-nay) started his career on stage as an actor and director. He appeared on-screen in dozens of short films between 1911 and 1915. He gradually became a film director and in fact one of the more prolific directors of his time (see filmography below). He signed on with the Fine Arts Film Company and was employed as an assistant to D.W. Griffith. Miriam Cooper credited him with discovering her as an extra in 1912. Cabanne directed legendary child actress Shirley Temple in The Red-Haired Alibi (1932) in her first credited role in a feature-length movie.Cabanne earned a reputation for efficiency, and was capable of turning out feature films very quickly, often on rugged locations. Like fellow silent-era directors William Beaudine, Elmer Clifton, Harry Fraser, and Lambert Hillyer, Cabanne was resourceful, and kept working for both major and minor studios through the 1930s and 1940s. By the forties Cabanne was usually entrusted with low-budget action fare at Universal Pictures, and finished his career making lower-budget westerns for Monogram Pictures.
Filmography
All 162
Movies 162
Director 128
Writter 5
Self 2

Silver Trails (1948)

Back Trail (1948)

King of the Bandits (1947)

Robin Hood of Monterey (1947)

Scared to Death (1947)

Sensation Hunters (1945)

The Man Who Walked Alone (1945)

Dixie Jamboree (1944)

Keep 'Em Slugging (1943)

Cinderella Swings It (1943)

Scattergood Survives a Murder (1942)

Timber! (1942)

Drums of the Congo (1942)

Top Sergeant (1942)

Scattergood Rides High (1942)

Scattergood Meets Broadway (1941)

Scattergood Pulls the Strings (1941)

Scattergood Baines (1941)

The Devil's Pipeline (1940)

The Mummy's Hand (1940)

Black Diamonds (1940)

Hot Steel (1940)

Alias the Deacon (1940)

Danger On Wheels (1940)

The Man from Montreal (1939)

Legion of Lost Flyers (1939)

Tropic Fury (1939)

Mutiny on the Blackhawk (1939)

Smashing the Spy Ring (1938)

This Marriage Business (1938)

Night Spot (1938)

Everybody's Doing It (1938)

The Westland Case (1937)

Annapolis Salute (1937)

You Can't Beat Love (1937)

The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937)

Don't Tell the Wife (1937)

Criminal Lawyer (1937)

We Who Are About to Die (1937)

The Last Outlaw (1936)

Another Face (1935)

The Keeper of the Bees (1935)

One Frightened Night (1935)

Storm Over the Andes (1935)

Behind the Green Lights (1935)

Rendezvous at Midnight (1935)

A Girl of the Limberlost (1934)

Jane Eyre (1934)

Money Means Nothing (1934)

Midshipman Jack (1933)

The World Gone Mad (1933)

Daring Daughters (1933)

The Unwritten Law (1932)

Red Haired Alibi (1932)

Hearts of Humanity (1932)

Western Limited (1932)

The Midnight Patrol (1932)

Hotel Continental (1932)

Convicted (1931)

Graft (1931)

The Sky Raiders (1931)

The Dawn Trail (1930)

Conspiracy (1930)

The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)

Restless Youth (1928)

Annapolis (1928)

Altars of Desire (1927)

Dreams of Monte Carlo (1926)

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)

The Masked Bride (1925)

The Midshipman (1925)

Is Love Everything? (1924)

The Sixth Commandment (1924)

Youth for Sale (1924)

The Average Woman (1924)

Beyond the Rainbow (1922)

Live and Let Live (1921)

The Stealers (1920)

Life's Twist (1920)

Burnt Wings (1920)

The Triflers (1920)

The Pest (1919)

National Red Cross Pageant (1917)

Draft 258 (1917)

One of Many (1917)

The Great Secret (1917)

Diane of the Follies (1916)

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916)

Reggie Mixes In (1916)

Sold for Marriage (1916)

The Flying Torpedo (1916)

Daphne and the Pirate (1916)

Pathways of Life (1916)

Flirting with Fate (1916)

Double Trouble (1915)

Martyrs of the Alamo (1915)

The Lamb (1915)

The Failure (1915)

Enoch Arden (1915)

The Lost House (1915)

The Birth of a Nation (1915)

The Craven (1915)

The Three Brothers (1915)

His Lesson (1915)

The Better Way (1914)

The Sisters (1914)

The Saving Grace (1914)

The Odalisque (1914)

Her Awakening (1914)

Granny (1914)

A Lesson in Mechanics (1914)

Moonshine Molly (1914)

Down by the Sounding Sea (1914)

The City Beautiful (1914)

The Suffragette's Battle in Nuttyville (1914)

Arms and the Gringo (1914)

The Rebellion of Kitty Belle (1914)

The Life of General Villa (1914)

The Quicksands (1914)

The Hunchback (1914)

The Gangsters of New York (1914)

The Conscience of Hassan Bey (1913)

The Blue or the Gray (1913)

By Man's Law (1913)

So Runs the Way (1913)

The Adopted Brother (1913)

An Indian's Loyalty (1913)

During the Round-Up (1913)

A Timely Interception (1913)

The Sorrowful Shore (1913)

His Mother's Son (1913)

The House of Darkness (1913)

The Wanderer (1913)

A Misunderstood Boy (1913)

Near To Earth (1913)

A Chance Deception (1913)

An Adventure in the Autumn Woods (1913)

The God Within (1912)

A Cry for Help (1912)

My Hero (1912)

Heredity (1912)

The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)

So Near, Yet So Far (1912)

Two Daughters of Eve (1912)

A Pueblo Legend (1912)

Tragedy of the Dress Suit (1912)

The Narrow Road (1912)

Lena and the Geese (1912)

A Temporary Truce (1912)

Home Folks (1912)

A Beast at Bay (1912)

When Kings Were the Law (1912)

A Lodging for the Night (1912)

The Old Actor (1912)

Oh, Those Eyes (1912)

The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch (1912)

Under Burning Skies (1912)

Billy's Stratagem (1912)

The Transformation of Mike (1912)

For His Son (1912)

The Battle (1911)
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Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1888-04-16
Deathday1950-10-15 (62 years old)
Birth nameWilliam Christy Cabanne
Place of birthSt. Louis, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also known asWilliam Christy Cabanne, Christie Cabanne, W. Christy Cabanne
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