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{{short description|Canadian film director (1873–1940)}}
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'''Joseph Louis De Grasse''' (May 4, 1873 &ndash; May 25, 1940) was a [[Canada|Canadian]] film director.<ref name="StardustShadows">{{cite book |last=Foster |first=Charles |date=2000 |title=Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UOw9GvrYvqIC&pg=PA43&dq=Joe+De+Grasse&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCgQ6AEwA2oVChMI0MLS76_txwIVhHySCh1F8AZC#v=onepage&q=Joe%20De%20Grasse&f=false |publisher=[[Dundurn Press]] |page=43 |isbn=1550023489 |accessdate=September 10, 2015}}</ref> Born in [[Bathurst, New Brunswick]], he was the elder brother of actor [[Sam De Grasse]].
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| birth_place = [[Bathurst, New Brunswick]], Canada
| death_date ={{Death date and age|1940|5|25|1873|5|4}}
| death_place = [[Eagle Rock, Los Angeles]], United States
| burial_place = [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]]
| nationality = [[Canadians|Canadian]]

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| occupation = [[film director]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Ida May Park]]|1901}}
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| relatives = [[Sam De Grasse]] (brother)<br>[[Robert De Grasse]] (nephew)
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'''Joseph Louis De Grasse''' (May 4, 1873 &ndash; May 25, 1940) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] film director.<ref name="StardustShadows">{{cite book |last=Foster |first=Charles |date=2000 |title=Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood |url=https://archive.org/details/stardustshadowsc0000fost |url-access=registration |quote=Joe De Grasse. |publisher=[[Dundurn Press]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/stardustshadowsc0000fost/page/43 43] |isbn=1550023489 |access-date=September 10, 2015}}</ref> Born in [[Bathurst, New Brunswick]], he was the elder brother of actor [[Sam De Grasse]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
Joe De Grasse had studied and was a first-class graduate of accounting and he began his career as a journalist, but soon became enamored of the theater and took work as a stage actor. In 1903, he quit his full-time job as the City of [[Boston]]'s bookkeeper to pursue acting.<ref name="StardustShadows"/> In 1910, he acted in his first motion picture and although he would appear as an actor in 13 films, and write 2 screenplays, his real interest was in directing.
Joseph De Grasse had studied and was a first-class graduate of accounting and he began his career as a journalist, but soon became enamored with the theater and took work as a stage actor. In 1903, he quit his full-time job as the City of [[Boston]]'s bookkeeper to pursue acting.<ref name="StardustShadows"/> In 1910, he acted in his first motion picture and although he would appear as an actor in 13 films, and write 2 screenplays, his real interest was in directing.

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While working in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] for [[Universal Pictures]], De Grasse met and married one of the few female directors working at the time, [[Ida May Park]] (1879–1954). In 1915, he became a founding member of the [[Motion Picture Directors Association]], a forerunner to today's [[Directors Guild of America]].


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During his career he directed a total of 86 films. In 1924, actor [[Lon Chaney]] said of the De Grasses:
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While working in [[Hollywood]] for [[Universal Studios|Universal Pictures]], Joe De Grasse met and married one of the few female directors working at the time, [[Ida May Park]] (1879–1954). In 1915, he became a founding member of the [[Motion Picture Directors Association]], a forerunner to today's [[Directors Guild of America]].
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<blockquote>Joe and Sam De Grasses are two of the most talented personalities in today's film industry. Joe, a very skilled actor, is also the consummate director, firm in his demands yet gentle in his way of dealing with many different temperaments to be found in the movie industry. Sam is the only actor I know who can horrify an audience without make-up and without grotesque posturing and playing to the camera. He is the only actor I know who pulls teeth on the set in between takes. A rare pair, they have given the industry not one but two dimensions.<ref name="StardustShadows"/></blockquote>


Joseph De Grasse died in [[Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California|Eagle Rock, California]]; he collapsed on a street while walking, and was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. The cause of his death was a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]].<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/stardustshadowsc0000fost | url-access=registration | quote=Sam De Grasse. |title = Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood| publisher=Dundurn |isbn = 9781550023480|last1 = Foster|first1 = Charles|date = September 2000}}</ref>
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During his career he directed a total of 86 films. In 1924, actor [[Lon Chaney]] said of the De Grasses:
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{{Quote|Joe and Sam De Grasses are two of the most talented personalities in today's film industry. Joe, a very skilled actor, is also the consummate director, firm in his demands yet gentle in his way of dealing with many different temperaments to be found in the movie industry. Sam is the only actor I know who can horrify an audience without make-up and without grotesque posturing and playing to the camera. He is the only actor I know who pulls teeth on the set in between takes. A rare pair, they have given the industry not one but two dimensions}}<ref name="StardustShadows"/>
Joseph De Grasse died in [[Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California|Eagle Rock, California]].


==Filmography==
==Selected filmography as director==
===Director===
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* ''[[Her Bounty]]'' (1914)
* ''[[Her Bounty]]'' (1914)
* ''[[The Pipes o' Pan]]'' (1914)
* ''[[The Pipes o' Pan]]'' (1914)
* ''[[Virtue Is Its Own Reward]]'' (1914)
* ''[[Virtue Is Its Own Reward]]'' (1914)
* ''[[Her Life's Story]]'' (1914)
* ''[[Her Life's Story]]'' (1914)
* ''[[Lights and Shadows]]'' (1914)
* ''[[Lights and Shadows (1914 film)|Lights and Shadows]]'' (1914)
* ''[[The Lion, the Lamb, the Man]]'' (1914)
* ''[[The Lion, the Lamb, the Man]]'' (1914)
* ''[[A Night of Thrills]]'' (1914)
* ''[[A Night of Thrills]]'' (1914)
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* ''[[An Idyll of the Hills]]'' (1915)
* ''[[An Idyll of the Hills]]'' (1915)
* ''[[The Stronger Mind]]'' (1915)
* ''[[The Stronger Mind]]'' (1915)
* ''[[Steady Company]]'' (1915)
* ''[[Steady Company (1915 film)|Steady Company]]'' (1915)
* ''[[Bound on the Wheel]]'' (1915)
* ''[[Bound on the Wheel]]'' (1915)
* ''[[Mountain Justice (1915 film)|Mountain Justice]]'' (1915)
* ''[[Mountain Justice (1915 film)|Mountain Justice]]'' (1915)
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* ''[[The Empty Gun]]'' (1917)
* ''[[The Empty Gun]]'' (1917)
* ''[[Anything Once]]'' (1917)
* ''[[Anything Once]]'' (1917)
* ''[[The Scarlet Car]]'' (1917)
* ''[[The Winged Mystery]]'' (1917)
* ''[[The Scarlet Car (1917 film)|The Scarlet Car]]'' (1917)
* ''[[The Fighting Grin]]'' (1918)
* ''[[A Broadway Scandal]]'' (1918)
* ''[[A Broadway Scandal]]'' (1918)
* ''[[The Brand of Lopez]]'' (1920)
* ''[[45 Minutes from Broadway]]'' (1920)
* ''[[Bonnie May]]'' (1920)
* ''[[Bonnie May]]'' (1920)
* ''[[Thundergate]]'' (1923)
* ''[[Flowing Gold (1924 film)|Flowing Gold]]'' (1924)
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===Actor===
* ''[[The Place Beyond the Winds]]'' (1916) - Anton Farwell
* ''[[Triumph (1917 film)|Triumph]]'' (1917) - Man at Theatre (uncredited)
* ''After the War'' (1918)
* ''[[So Big (1924 film)|So Big]]'' (1924) - Simeon Peake
* ''[[The Cowboy Kid]]'' (1928) - John Grover
* ''[[The Drunkard (1935 film)|The Drunkard]]'' (1935) - Mr. Miller
* ''[[The Dawn Rider]]'' (1935) - Dad Mason
* ''[[The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (serial)|The Adventures of Frank Merriwell]]'' (1936, Serial) - Dr. Cummings (uncredited) (final film role)

==Preservation==
The three surviving reels of De Grasse's film ''Triumph'' were restored by the [[Academy Film Archive]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=https://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=triumph&filmmaker=de+grasse&category=All&collection=All|website=Academy Film Archive}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category|Joseph De Grasse}}
* {{IMDb name|0208657}}
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Latest revision as of 01:46, 24 November 2024

Joseph De Grasse
Joseph De Grasse in 1916
Born(1873-05-04)May 4, 1873
Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
DiedMay 25, 1940(1940-05-25) (aged 67)
Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, United States
Burial placeHollywood Forever Cemetery
NationalityCanadian
Occupationfilm director
Spouse
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(m. 1901)​
Children1
RelativesSam De Grasse (brother)
Robert De Grasse (nephew)

Joseph Louis De Grasse (May 4, 1873 – May 25, 1940) was a Canadian film director.[1] Born in Bathurst, New Brunswick, he was the elder brother of actor Sam De Grasse.

Biography

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Joseph De Grasse had studied and was a first-class graduate of accounting and he began his career as a journalist, but soon became enamored with the theater and took work as a stage actor. In 1903, he quit his full-time job as the City of Boston's bookkeeper to pursue acting.[1] In 1910, he acted in his first motion picture and although he would appear as an actor in 13 films, and write 2 screenplays, his real interest was in directing.

While working in Hollywood for Universal Pictures, De Grasse met and married one of the few female directors working at the time, Ida May Park (1879–1954). In 1915, he became a founding member of the Motion Picture Directors Association, a forerunner to today's Directors Guild of America.

During his career he directed a total of 86 films. In 1924, actor Lon Chaney said of the De Grasses:

Joe and Sam De Grasses are two of the most talented personalities in today's film industry. Joe, a very skilled actor, is also the consummate director, firm in his demands yet gentle in his way of dealing with many different temperaments to be found in the movie industry. Sam is the only actor I know who can horrify an audience without make-up and without grotesque posturing and playing to the camera. He is the only actor I know who pulls teeth on the set in between takes. A rare pair, they have given the industry not one but two dimensions.[1]

Joseph De Grasse died in Eagle Rock, California; he collapsed on a street while walking, and was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. The cause of his death was a heart attack.[2]

Filmography

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Director

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Actor

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Preservation

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The three surviving reels of De Grasse's film Triumph were restored by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Foster, Charles (2000). Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood. Dundurn Press. p. 43. ISBN 1550023489. Retrieved September 10, 2015. Joe De Grasse.
  2. ^ Foster, Charles (September 2000). Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood. Dundurn. ISBN 9781550023480. Sam De Grasse.
  3. ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
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