• "Lois Weber had worked with her own [production] unit at Universal City, and had rapidly achieved prominence as the top director on that enormous lot.
  • Abortion; birth control; prostitution! In the silent-movie era, Lois Weber’s films were shockingly ahead of their time – and also immensely popular.
  • In 1917 she left Universal to form her own company, Lois Weber productions. That’s when she was at the peak of her career, and the extremely lucrative distribution...
  • "In the 1910s, Lois Weber (1879-1939) was considered one of the most important American film directors, mentioned in the same breath as D.W...
  • Lois Weber in Shadows of Life (1913). Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber in The Power of Thought (1912).
  • Lois Weber began film work as an actress, then soon began also writing and directing films.
  • Lois Weber was born on June 13, 1879, in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, to a middle-class Christian family of German descent.
  • In a time where women played a central role in creating the American cinema, Lois Weber (1881–1939) was THE outstanding woman...
  • In 1914, a reporter for Photoplay was sent to profile the film director Lois Weber. It was winter in California, and Weber was on the set of her latest picture...
  • In 1916 she became Universal Studios' highest-paid director, and in 1917 she formed her own production company, Lois Weber Productions.