• Florence Lois Weber (June 13, 1879 – November 13, 1939) was an American silent film director, screenwriter, producer and actress.
  • Abortion; birth control; prostitution! In the silent-movie era, Lois Weber’s films were shockingly ahead of their time – and also immensely popular.
  • "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...
  • This is the fifteenth installment, featuring Lois Weber, who was born on June 13, 1879 in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania and died on November 13, 1939 in...
  • Lois Weber began film work as an actress, then soon began also writing and directing films.
  • Lois Weber in Shadows of Life (1913). Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber in The Power of Thought (1912).
  • Lois Weber was born on June 13, 1879, in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, to a middle-class Christian family of German descent.
  • 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...
  • Lois Weber was the leading female director-screenwriter in early Hollywood. She began her career alongside her husband, Phillips Smalley, after the two had...
  • In 1916 she became Universal Studios' highest-paid director, and in 1917 she formed her own production company, Lois Weber Productions.