Harry F. Millarde (November 12, 1885 â€" November 2, 1931) was a
pioneer American silent film actor and director.Millarde was born in
Cincinnati, Ohio, and began his acting in film in 1913 with Kalem
Studios in New York City. In 1916, he directed the first of his
thirty-two films the most notable of which was If Winter Comes (1923)
for Fox Film Corporation that was based on the books of author A. S.
M. Hutchinson. Amongst Millarde's other works were Over the Hill to
the Poorhouse (1920) and the thriller My Friend the Devil (1922) based
on the French novel, Le Docteur Rameau by Georges Ohnet.Millarde
directed his last film in 1927 and died of a heart attack in New York
City in 1931, ten days shy of his 46th birthday. He was married to
actress June Caprice (1895-1936), whom he had directed in eight films
for Fox. Ironically, she also died ten days before her birthday,
succumbing to cancer at the age of 40.Their daughter, June Elizabeth
Millarde, was 14 years old when her mother died. Raised by her
grandparents in Long Island, New York, she became a cover girl known
as Toni Seven. The June 17, 1949, issue of Time reported she was the
heiress to an estimated $3-million fortune.
pioneer American silent film actor and director.Millarde was born in
Cincinnati, Ohio, and began his acting in film in 1913 with Kalem
Studios in New York City. In 1916, he directed the first of his
thirty-two films the most notable of which was If Winter Comes (1923)
for Fox Film Corporation that was based on the books of author A. S.
M. Hutchinson. Amongst Millarde's other works were Over the Hill to
the Poorhouse (1920) and the thriller My Friend the Devil (1922) based
on the French novel, Le Docteur Rameau by Georges Ohnet.Millarde
directed his last film in 1927 and died of a heart attack in New York
City in 1931, ten days shy of his 46th birthday. He was married to
actress June Caprice (1895-1936), whom he had directed in eight films
for Fox. Ironically, she also died ten days before her birthday,
succumbing to cancer at the age of 40.Their daughter, June Elizabeth
Millarde, was 14 years old when her mother died. Raised by her
grandparents in Long Island, New York, she became a cover girl known
as Toni Seven. The June 17, 1949, issue of Time reported she was the
heiress to an estimated $3-million fortune.
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