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.

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

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Ivan Abramson

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