1. Romaine Fielding prospected for gold in Alaska, where he made friends with Jack London and Rex Beach, both of whom would influence his work in films.
17 Facts About Romaine Fielding
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Romaine Fielding worked as a travel agent, machinist and railway engineer before becoming an actor under the name of Romaine Fielding.
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Romaine Fielding worked for the Solax Film Company of New York before joining Philadelphia-based Lubin Studios in November 1911 at the age of 44.
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Romaine Fielding would write and direct films as well as star in them.
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Romaine Fielding broke with convention, challenging stereotypical casting of Indians and Mexicans as villains.
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Romaine Fielding's work was praised in the trade press for its visual beauty combined with realism.
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Romaine Fielding directed films in the old streets of Tucson in 1912, then moved north to Prescott to film stories based on old west mining and Indian life.
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Romaine Fielding later directed and filmed additional battle scenes, then spliced the real and artificial footage to give the sense of the battle having been filmed from both sides.
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Romaine Fielding made use of abandoned structures to film spectacular fires or explosions, which formed the highlights of his fresh and realistic films, typically dark human tragedies.
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The first film that Romaine Fielding made in Las Vegas was The Rattlesnake, a story about two rivals in love.
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Romaine Fielding made a number of Mexican-themed western-style films and adventure films on location in California, Arizona, and New Mexico, but little of his work has survived.
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In July 1913 Motion Picture Story magazine announced that Romaine Fielding had come top of their readers poll with 1,311,018 votes.
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In 1915, Romaine Fielding built a moveable power plant to enable the Lubin company to make films at night.
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Romaine Fielding's career was interrupted by his military service during World War I, when he served as a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army's Intelligence Department.
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Romaine Fielding returned to Hollywood following the filing of a petition of receivership and a suit by two employees for back wages.
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Romaine Fielding worked and acted in live theatre for a number of years.
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Romaine Fielding is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.