Hugh Dierker

Hugh E. Dierker was a film director and producer. He worked at Pathé.[1] He established his own production company.

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Junior Coghlan wrote about him in his autobiography.[2] A photograph of him and Bebe Daniels appeared in the Los Angeles Herald April 14, 1922 in connection with a showing of his production When Dawn Came.[3] His wife authored the story and is given a dedication on the associated songbook.[4]

In 1912 he contracted for a garage building in Los Angeles.[5]

Filmography

• When Dawn Came (1920)[6][7]
• The Other Side (1922)[8]
• Cause for Divorce (1923)[9][10][11]
• False Pride (1925)
• Camille of the Barbary Coast (1925)
• The Wrongdoers (1925) with Lionel Barrymore[12][13]
• Broken Homes (1926)[14]
• Things Wives Tell (1926)

Further reading

• "The True Story Is the Thing; Thinks Hugh Dierker, the Director," MW, September 19, 1925

References

1. Vazzana, Eugene Michael (February 23, 2001). Silent Film Necrology. McFarland. ISBN 9780786410590 – via Google Books.
2. Coghlan, Frank (February 23, 1993). They Still Call Me Junior: Autobiography of a Child Star, with a Filmography. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780899507620 – via Google Books.
3. "Los Angeles Herald 14 April 1921 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu.
4. "When dawn came :: Sheet Music collection". digitalcollections.oscars.org.
5. "Southwest Contractor and Manufacturer". February 23, 1912 – via Google Books.
6. Codori, Jeff (April 19, 2012). Colleen Moore: A Biography of the Silent Film Star. McFarland. ISBN 9780786488995 – via Google Books.
7. Spears, Jack (February 23, 1971). Hollywood: the Golden Era. A. S. Barnes. ISBN 9780498075520 – via Google Books.
8. Institute, American Film (February 23, 1971). Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature films, 1921-1930. Vol.F2. Bowker. ISBN 9780835204408 – via Google Books.
9. Munden, Kenneth White; Institute, American Film (February 23, 1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520209695 – via Google Books.
10. "Photoplay: The Aristocrat of Motion Picture Magazines". Photoplay Magazine Publishing Company. February 23, 1924 – via Google Books.
11. "Catalogue of Copyright Entries". Jon Orwant – via Google Books.
12. Macfadden, Mary Williamson; Gauvreau, Emile (February 23, 1953). "Dumbbells and carrot strips: the story of Bernarr Macfadden". Holt – via Google Books.
13. Nash, Jay Robert; Connelly, Robert; Ross, Stanley Ralph (January 23, 1988). Motion Picture Guide Silent Film 1910-1936. Cinebooks. ISBN 9780933997103 – via Google Books.
14. "Film Year Book". Wid's Films and Film Folks. February 23, 1927 – via Google Books.