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Rob Wagner(1872-1942)

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Rob Wagner
Rob Wagner moved to Santa Barbara from Detroit in 1906. He settled in Los Angeles about 1909. His first scenario for a film, "The Artist's Sons," was produced by Selig Studios in 1911. Between 1915 and 1918 he wrote a series of articles on the film industry for the Saturday Evening Post. Wagner was Charlie Chaplin's publicity man and confidant for many years. He was a director of Will Rogers film shorts. He was founder, editor and publisher of Rob Wagner's Script, a literary magazine for the film community. The magazine was published from 1929 to 1949.
BornAugust 2, 1872
DiedJuly 20, 1942(69)
BornAugust 2, 1872
DiedJuly 20, 1942(69)
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Rob Wagner, back to camera, on the Paramount lot shooting "Two Flaming Youths (1927) with assistant cameraman Al Williams, assistant director Otto Brower, and actors Jack Lundon and John Seresheff.
Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Granville Redmond, and Rob Wagner in A Dog's Life (1918)
Poster for "Fair Week" featuring Walter Hiers.
Will Rogers on stage with Rob Wagner at far right.
Charlie Chaplin and Rob Wagner
From left, Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance and Rob Wagner
Rob Wagner in 1938.
Rob Wagner on the set of "Two Wagons, Both Covered" in 1923.
Charlie Chaplin, second from left, and Rob Wagner, center, during the Liberty Bond tour of 1918.
Rob Wagner on the set of "Fair Week" in 1924.
Charlie Chaplin and Rob Wagner
Rob Wagner's Script featuring actress June Lockhart in 1941.

Known for

Smudge
  • Writer
  • 1922
Constance Wilson in Fair Week (1924)
Fair Week
  • Director
  • 1924
Mrs. Beverly Hills
Short
  • Writer
  • 1925
Constance Talmadge in Dangerous Business (1920)
Dangerous Business
  • Writer
  • 1920

Credits

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Writer

  • Bessie Love and Tom Moore in Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1928)
    Anybody Here Seen Kelly?
    • (uncredited)
  • Sliding Home (1928)
    Sliding Home
  • Samson at Calford
  • Crimson Colors
  • Pauline Garon and Gardner James in Ladies at Ease (1927)
    Ladies at Ease
  • Ah! Gay Vienna!
  • Reginald Denny, Charles K. French, Claude Gillingwater, Armand Kaliz, Lee Moran, and Barbara Worth in Fast and Furious (1927)
    Fast and Furious
  • Breaking Records
  • The Relay (1927)
    The Relay
  • Around the Bases
  • Not Guilty!
  • The Last Lap (1926)
    The Last Lap
    • (uncredited)
  • Making Good (1926)
    Making Good
  • Dorothy Gulliver, George J. Lewis, and Eddie Phillips in Fighting to Win (1926)
    Fighting to Win
  • Benson at Calford

Additional Crew

  • W.C. Fields and Chester Conklin in Two Flaming Youths (1927)
    Two Flaming Youths
  • Fighting Spirit (1927)
    Fighting Spirit
  • Virginia Lee Corbin and Helene Costello in The Honeymoon Express (1926)
    The Honeymoon Express
  • Hunters Bold
  • Thomas Meighan in The Ne'er-Do-Well (1923)
    The Ne'er-Do-Well
  • Antonio Moreno and Gloria Swanson in My American Wife (1922)
    My American Wife
  • Agnes Ayres in A Daughter of Luxury (1922)
    A Daughter of Luxury
  • Walter Hiers, Lila Lee, and Wallace Reid in The Ghost Breaker (1922)
    The Ghost Breaker
  • The Bonded Woman (1922)
    The Bonded Woman
  • Agnes Ayres and Frankie Lee in Borderland (1922)
    Borderland
  • A Trip to Paramountown (1922)
    A Trip to Paramountown
  • Nice People (1922)
    Nice People
  • Jack Holt in The Man Unconquerable (1922)
    The Man Unconquerable
  • Thomas Meighan in The Bachelor Daddy (1922)
    The Bachelor Daddy
  • Is Matrimony a Failure? (1922)
    Is Matrimony a Failure?

Director

  • Mrs. Beverly Hills
  • Our Congressman (1924)
    Our Congressman
  • Going to Congress
  • High Brow Stuff (1924)
    High Brow Stuff
  • Hunters Bold
  • Constance Wilson in Fair Week (1924)
    Fair Week
  • Charley Chase in The Perfect Lady (1924)
    The Perfect Lady
  • Two Wagons: Both Covered (1924)
    Two Wagons: Both Covered
  • Our Wonderful Schools

Personal details

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    • August 2, 1872
    • Detroit, Michigan, USA
    • July 20, 1942
    • Santa Barbara, California, USA(heart attack)
    • Florence WagnerJanuary 18, 1912 - July 20, 1942 (his death)
    • Henry Travers(Cousin)
  • Other works
    Portrait painter, newspaper illustrator, correspondent for Liberty, Collier's, Ladie's Home
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 19 Articles

Did you know

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    Rob Wagner's documentary film, "Our Wonderful Schools" (1915), won a bronze medal at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition fair in San Francisco.
    • Fair Week
      (1924)
      $200 per week

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