Ivan Abramson
Known for
Writing
Born
January 1, 1869
Birthplace
Vilnius, Lithuania, Russian Empire [now Lithuania]
Died
September 15, 1934 (aged 65)
Biography
From Wikipedia
Ivan Abramson (1869 - September 15, 1934) was a director of American silent films active in the 1910s and 1920s.
Abramson emigrated to the United States from Russia in the 1880s and soon became involved in the Jewish newspaper field. In 1905 he founded an opera company. In 1914, he founded Ivan Film Productions to produce silent films, with the Sins of the Parents as his first release. In 1917, after success with pictures including One Law for Both and Enlighten Thy Daughter, Abramson partnered with William Randolph Hearst to form the Graphic Film Corporation.
Abramson's films feature melodramas with titillating titles such as Forbidden Fruit (1915) and A Child for Sale (19...
Best known work
Moral Suicide
1918
Enlighten Thy Daughter
1934
Forbidden Fruit
1915
I Am the Man
1924
The Sex Lure
1916
A Child for Sale
1920
Enlighten Thy Daughter
1917
The Immortal Flame
1916
Her Surrender
1916
The City of Illusion
1916Filmography
1934
1925
Lying WivesWriter, Director
1924
I Am the ManWriter, Director
1924
Meddling WomenDirector, Writer
1923
East and WestDirector
1922
Wildness of YouthDirector, Writer
1921
Mother EternalDirector, Writer, Producer
1920
A Child for SaleDirector, Writer
1919
Someone Must PayWriter, Director
1919
The Echo of YouthDirector, Screenplay, Story
1918
Ashes of LoveDirector, Screenplay
1918
When Men BetrayDirector, Writer
1918
Moral SuicideScenario Writer, Director
1917
Married in Name OnlyScenario Writer
1917
Sins of AmbitionDirector, Writer
1917
One Law for BothDirector, Screenplay
1917
Enlighten Thy DaughterWriter, Director
1916
The Sex LureDirector, Story, Producer
1916
Her SurrenderDirector, Screenplay
1916
The Faded FlowerWriter, Director
1916
The Immortal FlameWriter, Director
1916
The City of IllusionScreenplay, Director
1915
Forbidden FruitWriter, Director