Arvid E. Gillstrom
- Birthday
- Aug 13, 1889
Bio: Disproving the old bromide that Scandinavians were somber and brooding, silent-screen director Arvid E. Gillstrom, from Gothenburg, Sweden, specialized in comedies. One of the first moviemakers to settle in geographical Hollywood, Gillstrom directed comedies for that community's first motion picture company, Nestor. Briefly working for Mack Sennett's Keystone… More Bio: Disproving the old bromide that Scandinavians were somber and brooding, silent-screen director Arvid E. Gillstrom, from Gothenburg, Sweden, specialized in comedies. One of the first moviemakers to settle in geographical Hollywood, Gillstrom directed comedies for that community's first motion picture company, Nestor. Briefly working for Mack Sennett's Keystone company in nearby Eddendale, Gillstrom later made a name for himself directing King Bee comedies starring Chaplin imitator Billy West, one of whose leading ladies, Ethel Burton, he married. In the 1920s, Gillstrom directed (and sometimes wrote) comedies starring toddler Baby Peggy, and branched into feature films, helming such popular farces as Clancy's Kosher wedding (1927), featuring rotund George Sidney, and Legionnaires in Paris (1927), starring the team of {$Al Cooke and Kit Guard. In his later years, Gillstrom directed Harry Langdon two-reelers for Educational. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi
Filmography
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The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy (1967)
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Hooks and Jabs (1933)
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That's News to Me (1931)
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The Snow Cure
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