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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Supervisor/Manager Born: November 6, 1886 in Newport, RI Death: November 19, 1924 in Benedict Canyon, CA Biography:The man who virtually invented the Hollywood studio system, producer "Thomas Ince" was a member of an acting family. His brothers Ralph and "John Ince" would continue performing into the talking picture era, but Thomas grew disenchanted with the long, lean days between theatre jobs. In 1910 he entered films as an actor at Biograph studios in New York, then joined "Carl Laemmle"'s Independent Motion Pictures Company as a director, keeping one step ahed of the Motion Pictures Patent Company who wanted to put the renegade Laemmle out of business. While he tackled all sorts of subjects, Ince was most strongly drawn to westerns. He wanted to achieve the sort of spectacular effects accomplished with minimal facilities that his former employer "D.W. Griffith" had done, but the I.M.P. company was plagued with bad management and disorganization. Almost instinctively, Ince hit upon the formula of carefully... Full Biography
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