Oscar C Apfel was an American film actor, director, screenwriter, and producer.
10 Facts About Oscar Apfel
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Oscar Apfel appeared in more than 160 films between 1913 and 1939, and directed 94 films between 1911 and 1927.
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Oscar Apfel secured his first professional engagement in 1900, in his hometown.
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Oscar Apfel rose rapidly and soon held a position as director and producer, and was at the time noted as being the youngest stage director in America.
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Oscar Apfel spent 11 years on the stage on Broadway, then joined the Edison Manufacturing Company.
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Oscar Apfel did some experimental work at Edison's laboratory in Orange, on the Edison Talking Pictures devices.
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Oscar Apfel's directorial collaboration with DeMille was a crucial element in the development of DeMille's filmmaking technique.
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In late 1914, Oscar Apfel left the Lasky Company and directed for various companies into the 1920s.
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Oscar Apfel's first move was to the producing staff of the William Fox Corporation, where he directed a series of pictures in which William Farnum starred.
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On March 21,1938, Oscar Apfel died in Hollywood from a heart attack.