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James Cruze (born Jens Cruz Bosen; [1][2][3] March 27, 1884 [1][3] – August 3, 1942) was a silent film actor and film director. James Cruze is best known today among film buffs as the director of the epic silent Western The Covered Wagon.
James Cruze (born March 27, 1884, Ogden, Utah, U.S.—died August 3, 1942, Los Angeles, California) was an American film director and actor who was a giant in the days of silent films but became a minor figure after the advent of sound.
James Cruze. Actor: The Covered Wagon. Coming from a Mormon family in Utah, James Cruze was reportedly part Ute Indian. He worked as a fisherman to pay his way through drama school. Among his former wives were actresses Betty Compson (also from Utah) and Marguerite Snow.
James Cruze is best known today among film buffs as the director of the epic silent Western The Covered Wagon. Born Jens Cruz Bosen in Ogden, Utah of Mormon parents, [2] Cruze acquired his middle name solely by virtue of his birth date.
The Covered Wagon is a 1923 American silent Western film released by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by James Cruze based on a 1922 novel of the same name by Emerson Hough about a group of pioneers traveling through the old West from Kansas to Oregon. J. Warren Kerrigan starred as Will Banion and Lois Wilson as Molly Wingate.
Cruze’s satire of an aspiring actress who can’t catch a break as everyone around her (even her grandpa) gets cast in pictures is one of the most sought-after lost films of the silent era. Replete with dozens of cameos—from Charles Chaplin and Pola Negri to Cecil B. DeMille and exhibition impresario Sid Grauman—the film was also awash in ...
James Cruze. Actor: The Covered Wagon. Coming from a Mormon family in Utah, James Cruze was reportedly part Ute Indian. He worked as a fisherman to pay his way through drama school. Among his former wives were actresses Betty Compson (also from Utah) and Marguerite Snow.
James Cruze died virtually penniless on August 3, 1942 in Hollywood, at the home he had shared with his wife for over a year at 337 North Martel Avenue. Rites conducted by friend and actor Luke Cosgrave were held at the Crane & Eberle Chapel.
Birthday: Mar 27, 1884. Birthplace: Ogden, Utah, USA. Highest rated movies. Old Ironsides. Watchlist. She Got What She Wanted. Watchlist. Explore the filmography of James Cruze on Rotten...
James Cruze (27 Mar 1884 – 3 Aug 1942) “The director of The Covered Wagon (1923) was a hero of the silent cinema, but his star has virtually vanished. He was one of the fastest filmmakers in the business, and an endearing character who drank too much.
