About

Known credits:
44
Birthday:
1869-01-01
Place of birth:
Vilnius, Lithuania, Russian Empire [now Lithuania]
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Ivan Abramson

Overview

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 (1920), and sexual hygiene films such as The Sex Lure (1916) and Enlighten Thy Daughter (1917). Abramson's alliance ended with the 1919 release of The Echo of Youth.

In 1923, Abramson and Sidney M. Goldin directed East and West, filmed in Austria and starring Molly Picon, and which had English and Yiddish subtitles.

Abramson died on September 15, 1934 in New York at Mount Sinai Hospital, survived by his wife Liza Einhorn. He was 65.

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Directing
1925 Lying Wives Directing Director N/A
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1924 I Am the Man Directing Director N/A
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1924 Meddling Women Directing Director N/A
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1923 East and West Directing Director N/A
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1921 Mother Eternal Directing Director N/A
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1920 A Child for Sale Directing Director N/A
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1919 Someone Must Pay Directing Director N/A
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1919 The Echo of Youth Directing Director N/A
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1918 Ashes of Love Directing Director N/A
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1918 When Men Betray Directing Director N/A
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1918 Moral Suicide Directing Director 58
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1917 Sins of Ambition Directing Director N/A
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1917 One Law for Both Directing Director N/A
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1917 Enlighten Thy Daughter Directing Director 59
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1916 The Sex Lure Directing Director N/A
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1916 Her Surrender Directing Director N/A
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1916 The Faded Flower Directing Director N/A
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1916 The Immortal Flame Directing Director N/A
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1916 The City of Illusion Directing Director N/A
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1915 Forbidden Fruit Directing Director 59
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Writing
1934 Enlighten Thy Daughter Writing Story N/A
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1925 Lying Wives Writing Writer N/A
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1924 I Am the Man Writing Writer N/A
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1924 Meddling Women Writing Writer N/A
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1921 Mother Eternal Writing Writer N/A
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1920 A Child for Sale Writing Writer N/A
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1919 Someone Must Pay Writing Writer N/A
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1919 The Echo of Youth Writing Story N/A
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1919 The Echo of Youth Writing Screenplay N/A
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1918 Ashes of Love Writing Screenplay N/A
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1918 When Men Betray Writing Writer N/A
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1918 Moral Suicide Writing Scenario Writer 58
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1917 Married in Name Only Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1917 Sins of Ambition Writing Writer N/A
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1917 One Law for Both Writing Screenplay N/A
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1917 Enlighten Thy Daughter Writing Writer 59
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1916 The Sex Lure Writing Story N/A
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1916 Her Surrender Writing Screenplay N/A
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1916 The Faded Flower Writing Writer N/A
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1916 The Immortal Flame Writing Writer N/A
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1916 The City of Illusion Writing Screenplay N/A
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1915 Forbidden Fruit Writing Writer 59
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Production
1921 Mother Eternal Production Producer N/A
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1916 The Sex Lure Production Producer N/A
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