Kenneth Webb (director)

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Kenneth Seymour Webb
Hollywood, California
EducationColumbia University (BA)
Occupation(s)Stage & film director
Songwriter
Years active1910–1938
Spouse(s)Lorraine Frost (maiden; 1897–1993)

Kenneth Seymour Webb (16 October 1885[

Hollywood, California) was an American film director, screenwriter, and composer noted for directing a number of films in the early age of the American film industry. He helped write the Gay Divorce along with Samuel Hoffenstein.[1]

Selected songs

  • "You and Me and You" (1919)
Kenneth Webb (words)
Roy Webb (music)

Career

Webb, beginning around 1910, became a sketch writer and director for vaudeville stage. In 1913, he began writing scenarios for the

Batten Barton Durstine & Osborn, Inc.
, and since 1953, was its Western editor.

From 1943 to 1943, Webb was a lecturer at New York University of radio writing and production.

Partial filmography

As director

  1. Marie, Ltd. (1919)
  2. Will You Be Staying for Supper? (1919)
  3. Sinners (1920)
  4. The Stolen Kiss (1920)
  5. The Master Mind (1920)
  6. The Devil's Garden (1920)
  7. The Truth About Husbands (it) (1920)
  8. The Fear Market (1920)
    Realart Pictures Corporation
    (producer and distributor)
  9. The Great Adventure (1921)
    Whitman Bennett (producer)
    Associated First National Pictures, Inc.
    (distributor)
  10. Jim the Penman (1921)
  11. Salvation Nell (1921)
  12. Fair Lady (1922)
  13. How Women Love (1922)
  14. The Daring Years (1923)
  15. The Beautiful City (1925)
  16. Just Suppose (1926)

Education

Webb attended

The Collegiate School on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He went on to study at Columbia University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1906.[2][3]

Professional and fraternal associations

Family

Kenneth Webb was one of children born to the marriage of William Edward Webb (1844–1915) and Juliette Seymour Bell (1863–1930).

Manhattan, New York.[6] His brother, Roy Webb, also composer and film director,[7]
was one of his chief collaborators.

References

  1. OCLC 723489684
    (Search only via HathiTrust
    )
  • ISBN 978-0-7864-2762-8
    . Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  • ^ A History Of Columbia College On Morningside. Universal Digital Library. Columbia University Press. 1954.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  • ^ "The Lambs". the-lambs.org. The Lambs, Inc. (Member Roster). Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  • ^ The Heroes of the American Revolution and Their Descendants: Battle of Long Island, by Henry Whittemore,
    OCLC 866036044
  • Genealogical Society of Utah) (registration/login for FamilySearch
    may be required, but is free)
  • OCLC 934688063
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