Robert G Vignola was born on Rocco Giuseppe Vignola, August 7,1882 – October 25,1953 and was an Italian-American actor, screenwriter, and film director.
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11 Facts About Robert Vignola
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Robert Vignola directed a handful of films in the early years of talkies but his career essentially ended in the silent era.
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Robert Vignola had two brothers and three sisters, his oldest sister having died at the age of 19 months in Italy.
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Robert Vignola made his stage debut in "Romeo and Juliet", performing with Eleanor Robson Belmont and Kyrle Bellew.
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The Kalem Company traveled across Europe and Middle East, where Robert Vignola did one of his most notable roles as Judas Iscariot in From the Manger to the Cross, among the most acclaimed films of the silent years.
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Robert Vignola returned to the theme with The Vampire's Trail, featuring Alice Joyce, Tom Moore and Hollister in a secondary role.
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Robert Vignola had a long association directing the early movies of Pauline Frederick such as Audrey, Double Crossed, and The Love That Lives.
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Robert Vignola is best known for directing Marion Davies in several romantic comedies including Enchantment, Beauty's Worth, and the big-budget epic When Knighthood Was in Flower, which achieved critical and commercial acclaim and established Davies as a movie star.
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Robert Vignola lived in a mansion at Whitley Heights owned by William Randolph Hearst.
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Robert Vignola has one quality which makes actors want to work for him: consideration.
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Robert Vignola visited his birthplace Trivigno with his family, provided money to build the town's war monument and maintained correspondence with some of his relatives.
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