James Cruze

Birth Name:

James Vera Cruze Bosen

Birth Place:

Ogden, Utah, United States

Profession

Director, Producer, Actor, Writer

Won a Kinema Junpo Award for Best Entertainment Film in 1925 for "The Covered Wagon․"
Was interred in the Abbey of the Psalms in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery
According to some reports, he paid his way through drama school by working as a fisherman
His first known acting job started in 1910 at Lubin Manufacturing Company
A celebrated director of the silent film era, he is best known for "The Covered Wagon," which was shot on location in Utah and Nevada and employed a cast of thousands
Much of his work as an actor was produced at the Thanhouser Company, which he joined in 1912
His film "The Covered Wagon" was the second to pay at the newly opened Egyptian Theatre
One man was killed and four were injured in a dynamite explosion during the filming of his film "Old Ironsides․"
His biography was printed in "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945," published in 1987
Told a different story to every interviewer who asked him about his childhood

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