Robert Milton (director)

Robert Milton (January 24, 1885 – January 13, 1956)[1] was a Russian-born screenwriter and film director who worked and settled in the United States.[2] He wrote and directed for the stage, and directed three British films.

Robert Milton
Born	(1885-01-24)January 24, 1885 Dinaburgh, Russian Empire
Died	January 13, 1956(1956-01-13) (aged 70) Los Angeles, California, US
Other names	Robert Davidor
Occupation	Writer, director
Years active	1929–1934 (film)

Selected theatre credits

Milton directed one of the two competing Broadway productions of Ferenc Molnár's The Devil (1908)

Margalo Gillmore and Richard Bennett in the Theatre Guild production of Leonid Andreyev's He Who Gets Slapped (1922)

Talullah Bankhead in Dark Victory (1934)

Date	Title	Notes
August 18 – November 1908	The Devil	Garden Theatre, New York City[1]
November 1912	Bachelors and Benedicts	Criterion Theatre, New York City[1]
December 22, 1913 – February 1914	The New Henrietta	Knickerbocker Theatre, New York City[1]
January 25 – February 27, 1915	90 in the Shade	Knickerbocker Theatre, New York City[1]
August 27 – October 2, 1915	Cousin Lucy	George M. Cohan's Theatre, New York City[1]
October 5 – November 13, 1915	Miss Information	George M. Cohan's Theatre, New York City[1]
February 1 – August 10, 1918	Oh, Lady! Lady!!	Princess Theatre + Casino Theatre, New York City[1]
November 27, 1918 – May 10, 1919	Oh, My Dear!	Princess Theatre + 39th Street Theatre, New York City[1]
July 8 – September 1919	The Five Million	Lyric Theatre, New York City[1]
September 13, 1919 – June 1920	Adam and Eva	Longacre Theatre, New York City[1]
November 25, 1919 – January 1920	The Rose of China	Lyric Theatre, New York City[1]
July 31 – October 1920	Crooked Gamblers	Hudson Theatre, New York City[1]
August 2 – October 1920	The Charm School	Bijou Theatre, New York City[1]
October 11 – November 1920	The Unwritten Chapter	Astor Theatre, New York City[1]
September 19, 1921 – February 1922	Bluebeard's Eighth Wife	Ritz Theatre, New York City[1]
January 9 – June 1922	He Who Gets Slapped	Garrick Theatre, New York City[1]
February 15 – March 1922	Madame Pierre	Ritz Theatre, New York City[1]
August 24 – September 1922	A Serpent's Tooth	Little Theatre, New York City[1]
September 20 – November 1922	Banco	Ritz Theatre, New York City[1]
December 25, 1922 – January 1923	The Lady Cristilinda	Broadhurst Theatre, New York City[1]
February 19 – June 1923	You and I	Belmont Theatre, New York City[1]
April 1923	As You Like It	48th Street Theatre, New York City[1]
August 6 – November 1923	In Love With Love	Ritz Theatre, New York City[1]
January 7 – May 1924	Outward Bound	Ritz Theatre, New York City[1][3]
September 30 – October 1924	The Far Cry	Cort Theatre, New York City[1]
December 22, 1924 – March 23, 1925	The Youngest	Gaiety Theatre, New York City[1]
November 7 – December 1934	Dark Victory	Plymouth Theatre, New York City[1]
November 9, 1936 – March 1937	Black Limelight	Mansfield Theatre, New York City[1]
March 28 – April 30, 1938	The Seagull	Shubert Theatre, New York City[1]

Filmography

Director

Year	Title	Notes
1929	The Dummy	[4]
1929	Charming Sinners	[4]
1930	Behind the Make-Up	[4]
1930	Outward Bound	[4]
1931	The Bargain	[4]
1931	Devotion	[4]
1931	Husband's Holiday	[4]
1932	Westward Passage	[4]
1933	Strange Evidence	[5]
1933	Bella Donna	[5]
1933	The Luck of a Sailor	[5]

Screenwriter

Year	Title	Notes
1921	The Land of Hope	[4]
1930	Sin Takes a Holiday	[4]
1931	The Lady Refuses	[4]

References

1. "Robert Milton". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
2. Goble p.474
3. Hall, Mordaunt (September 18, 1930). "The Screen: Away from the World". The New York Times. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
4. "Robert Milton". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
5. "Robert Milton". British Film Institute.

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• Robert Milton on IMDb