Oscar Eagle
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Oscar Eagle (January 21, 1861-March 14, 1930) was a director of theatrical productions and films in the United States.{{Cite web|url=https://www.playbill.com/person/oscar-eagle-vault-0000019478|title=Oscar Eagle (Director) | Playbill}} He was also an actor.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/03/16/archives/oscar-eagle-dies-exactor-and-musical-comedy-director-stricken-in.html|title=OSCAR EAGLE DIES.; Ex-Actor and Musical Comedy Director Stricken In Central Park.|work=The New York Times |date=March 16, 1930|via=NYTimes.com}}
Eagle was born in Gallipolis, Ohio.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQJGDwAAQBAJ&dq=oscar.eagle.director&pg=PA1911-IA63|title=Incidental and Dance Music in the American Theatre from 1786 to 1923 Volume 1|first=John|last=Franceschina|publisher=BearManor Media|via=Google Books}}
He worked for Famous Players and Selig Polyscope film companies.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JnhJAQAAMAAJ&dq=oscar.eagle.director&pg=PA773|title=Nickelodeon|date=January 11, 1915|via=Google Books}}
The New York Public Library has a photo of a young Eagle in costume.{{Cite web|url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-caa9-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99|title=Oscar Eagle|website=NYPL Digital Collections}}
Theater
- Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1904)
- Sometime (1918), director
- The Melting of Molly (1918) (Melting of Molly is a book by Maria Thompson Daviess)
- Wildflower (1923), director
- The Cocoanuts (1925)
- Animal Crackers (1928)
- Houseboat on the Styx (1928) (that fantasy novel A House-Boat on the Styx was published in 1895)
Filmography
- The Laird's Daughter (1912) producer
- The Miller of Burgundy (1912), producer
- The Girl at the Cupola (1912), extant
- Arabia The Equine Detective (1913)
- Our Mutual Girl (1914)
- The Royal Box (1914)
- The Little Mademoiselle (1915)
- The Dictator (1915){{Cite web|url=https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4804/default.html|title=The Dictator|date=January 11, 1915|via=memory.loc.gov}}
- The Sins of Society (1915)
- The Cotton King (1915)
- Runaway June
- Fruits of Desire (1916)
- The Frozen Warning (1917){{Cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/119571|title=AFI|Catalog|website=catalog.afi.com}}
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