Robert G. Vignola
121 movies
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Aug 5, 1882
- Died
- Oct 25, 1953 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- Trivignano, Veneto, Italy
- Also known as
- Robert Vignola
Biography
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Robert G. Vignola (born Rocco Giuseppe Vignola, August 5, 1882 – October 25, 1953) was an Italian-born American actor, screenwriter and film director in American cinema. One of the silent screen's most prolific directors, he made a handful of sound films in the early years of talkies but his career essentially ended in the silent era. Born at Trivigno, in the province of Potenza, Vignola left Italy with his family at the age of 3 and was raised in upstate New York. He made his acting debut at 19 performing in "Romeo and Juliet", with Eleanor Robson Belmont and Kyrle Bellew.
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He began his film career as an actor in 1906 with the short film The Black Hand, directed by Wallace McCutcheon and produced by Biograph Company, generally considered the film that launched the mafia genre. In 1907 he joined Kalem Studios, for which he made numerous movies. One of Vignola's most notable film roles was as Judas Iscariot in From the Manger to the Cross (1912), directed by Sidney Olcott, one of the most successful films of the period.
Vignola directed 87 films, most notably The Vampire (1913), sometimes cited as the first "vamp" movie, and Seventeen (1916), where Rudolph Valentino did an uncredited cameo. He had a long association directing the early movies of Pauline Frederick such as Audrey (1916) and Double Crossed (1917).
His biggest success was the big-budget epic When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922), starring Marion Davies, which achieved critical and commercial acclaim. Other films include Déclassée (1925), with the uncredited appearance of the then unknown Clark Gable; Broken Dreams (1933), which received a nomination for Best Foreign Film at the Venice Film Festival, and The Scarlet Letter (1934), the last film of Colleen Moore.
Vignola died in Hollywood, California in 1953. He lived in a mansion at Whitley Heights owned by William Randolph Hearst. Hearst's mistress Marion Davies was allowed to stay without him at Vignola's mansion, worried that she was having affairs and considering Vignola a trusted companion for her as he was homosexual.
He was buried in St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands, New York.
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Robert G. Vignola: movies and TV shows
Acting (35)
- 1915 Honor Thy Father
as Chick Fenway - a Thief
- 1915 The Railroad Raiders of '62
as Railroad Engineer (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1914
- 1913 The Padrone's Plot
as Tony
- 1913
- 1913 Shenandoah
as Undetermined Role
- 1913 The Alien
as Paola
- 1913 The Scimitar of the Prophet
as Hadjji - a Mohammedan Priest
- 1913 The War Correspondent
as Hal Martin - the Star Reporter
- 1913 The Message of the Palms
as Uncle Tom - the Colonel's Servant
- 1913 The Peril of the Dance Hall
as Pablo Florenti - Pepita's Father
- 1913 Lady Peggy’s Escape
as Preston
- 1913 The Prosecuting Attorney
as The Criminal
- 1913 A Desperate Chance
as Joe Mellon - the Brakeman
- 1913 A Sawmill Hazard
as Geoffrey Stern
- 1913 The Wives of Jamestown
as Shamus O’Daly
- 1912 The Shaughraun
as Harvey Duff
- 1912 Ireland, the Oppressed
as Michael Dee
- 1912 The Little Gluers
as Darby O'Drive
- 1912 From the Manger to the Cross
as Judas
- 1912 A Prisoner of the Harem
as Mahmoud Pasha
- 1912 Tragedy of the Desert
as The Flirtatious Malmoud Bey
- 1912 Captured by Bedouins
as Judge Barnett - the Father
- 1912 An Arabian Tragedy
as Ayub Kashif
- 1912
- 1911 The Colleen Bawn
as Mr. Corrigan
- 1911 Rory O'More
as Black William
- 1911 Railroad Raiders of '62
as Engineer
- 1911 The Fiddler’s Requiem
as Dolores' fiance
- 1911
- 1910
- 1910 The Lad from Old Ireland
as Man in Campaign Office
- 1908
- 1908
- 1906
Behind the camera (94)
- Upcoming The Reason Why
Director
- 1937 The Girl from Scotland Yard
Director
- 1935 The Perfect Clue
Director
- 1934 The Scarlet Letter
Director
- 1933 Broken Dreams
Director
- 1929 The Red Sword
Director
- 1928 Tropic Madness
Director
- 1927 Cabaret
Director
- 1926 Fifth Avenue
Director
- 1925 Déclassé
Director
- 1925 The Way of a Girl
Director
- 1924 Married Flirts
Director
- 1924 Yolanda
Director
- 1923 Adam and Eva
Director
- 1922 When Knighthood Was in Flower
Director
- 1922 The Young Diana
Director
- 1922 Beauty's Worth
Director
- 1921 Enchantment
Director
- 1921 The Woman God Changed
Director
- 1921 Straight Is the Way
Director
- 1921 The Passionate Pilgrim
Director
- 1920 The World and His Wife
Director
- 1920 The 13th Commandment
Director
- 1919 More Deadly Than the Male
Director
- 1919 The Third Kiss
Director
- 1919 The Heart of Youth
Director
- 1919 Louisiana
Director
- 1919 An Innocent Adventuress
Director
- 1919 The Home Town Girl
Director
- 1919 Experimental Marriage
Director
- 1919 The Winning Girl
Director
- 1919 You Never Saw Such a Girl
Director
- 1918 Women's Weapons
Director
- 1918 The Savage Woman
Director
- 1918 The Claw
Director
- 1918 Madame Jealousy
Director
- 1918 The Knife
Director
- 1917 The Hungry Heart
Director
- 1917 Double Crossed
Director
- 1917 The Love That Lives
Director
- 1917 Her Better Self
Director
- 1917 The Fortunes of Fifi
Director
- 1917 Great Expectations
Director
- 1916 Seventeen
Director
- 1916 The Reward of Patience
Director
- 1916 Under Cover
Director
- 1916 The Evil Thereof
Director
- 1916 The Moment Before
Director
- 1916 Audrey
Director
- 1916 The Spider
Director
- 1916 The Black Crook
Director
- 1915 The Maker of Dreams
Director
- 1915 The Crooked Path
Director
- 1915 Don Caesar de Bazan
Scenario Writer, Director
- 1915 Honor Thy Father
Director
- 1915 The Haunting Fear
Director
- 1915 A Sister's Burden
Director
- 1915 The Destroyer
Director
- 1915 The Siren's Reign
Director
- 1915 The Night Operator at Buxton
Director
- 1915 The Stolen Ruby
Director
- 1915 The Scorpion's Sting
Director
- 1914 The Hate That Withers
Director
- 1914 The Mystery of the Yellow Sunbonnet
Director
- 1914 Her Bitter Lesson
Director
- 1914 The Man of Iron
Director
- 1914 A Midnight Tragedy
Director
- 1914 The Menace of Fate
Director
- 1914 The False Guardian
Director
- 1914 Seed and the Harvest
Director
- 1914 Into the Depths
Director
- 1914 The Devil's Dansant
Director
- 1914 The Hand of Fate
Director
- 1914 The Barefoot Boy
Director, Writer
- 1914 The Storm at Sea
Director
- 1914 The Vampire's Trail
Director, Writer
- 1914 Through the Flames
Director
- 1914 The Show Girl's Glove
Director
- 1914 The Cabaret Dancer
Director
- 1914 The Shadow
Director
- 1914 Her Husband's Friend
Director
- 1913 Primitive Man
Director
- 1913 The Vampire
Scenario Writer, Director
- 1913 The Bribe
Director
- 1913 The Lost Diamond
Director
- 1913 A Stolen Identity
Director
- 1913 The Hidden Witness
Director
- 1913 A Victim of Heredity
Director
- 1913 Man's Greed for Gold
Director
- 1913 The Alien
Director
- 1913 The Scimitar of the Prophet
Director
- 1913 The War Correspondent
Director
- 1913 The Message of the Palms
Director
- 1911 Rory O'More
Director