Portrait of Lois Weber

Directing

Lois Weber

Career

Active from 1911 to 1934, busiest in 1916 with 12 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Shoes
Shoes
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Lois Weber Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.4, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.5, average 2.2
  • Violence
    2.6, average 4.1
  • Crime
    2.1, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Early Cinema 14
  • Historical Setting 11
  • Silent Film 9
  • Social Commentary 9
  • Melodrama 8
  • Historical Drama 5
  • Silent Film Era 4
  • Silent Era Drama 4
  • Class Struggle 3
  • Psychological Tension 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Family Secrets 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

67
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1930s

1 title
White Heat
White Heat (1934)

Writer, Director

1920s

10 titles ยท average score 60
Topsy and Eva
Topsy and Eva (1927)

Screenplay, Adaptation

Sensation Seekers
Sensation Seekers (1927)

Writer, Director

The Angel of Broadway
The Angel of Broadway (1927)

Director

The Marriage Clause
The Marriage Clause (1926)

Writer, Director

A Chapter in Her Life
A Chapter in Her Life (1923)

Director, Screenplay

The Blot
The Blot (1921)
GoodWatch score 64

Producer, Director

Too Wise Wives
Too Wise Wives (1921)
GoodWatch score 56

Story, Director

What Do Men Want?
What Do Men Want? (1921)

Writer, Director

What's Worth While?
What's Worth While? (1921)

Producer, Director

To Please One Woman
To Please One Woman (1920)

Director, Writer

1910s

56 titles ยท average score 68
Home
Home (1919)

Director, Writer

Tarzan of the Apes
Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
GoodWatch score 65

Writer

Shoes
Shoes (1916)
GoodWatch score 81

Director, Writer

Where Are My Children?
Where Are My Children? (1916)
GoodWatch score 60

Producer, Director

The Dumb Girl of Portici
The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916)
GoodWatch score 67

Producer, Director

Discontent
Discontent (1916)

Writer, Director

Idle Wives
Idle Wives (1916)

as Anne

Hypocrites
Hypocrites (1915)
GoodWatch score 80

Producer, Writer

Lost by a Hair
Lost by a Hair (1914)

as Summer Girl

The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice (1914)

as Portia

Suspense
Suspense (1913)
GoodWatch score 71

as The Wife

How Men Propose
How Men Propose (1913)
GoodWatch score 55

as The Maid