Bartine Burkett Zane's
Silent Filmography
Note: This list is by no
means complete.
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Many of the titles were derived
from identifying
the production codes from Bartine's personal still collection.
Thanks to Steve Massa, Sam Gill, Rob Stone author of "Laurel Or Hardy", Richard
E. Braff author of "The Universal Silents", Michael
Hawks of Larry
Edmunds Bookshop in Hollywood, and the family
of director Edwin Frazee.
The Forest Nymph - r April 24, 1917. Universal
Gold Seal. Dir. Robert Z. Leonard. (Credited in the publication Moving Picture World as Bartine MacDonald). 3 reels
The Magic Jazz-Bo - r October 15, 1917. Universal Joker. Dir.
Al Santell. 1/2 reel. Dave Morris, Gladys Tennyson.
Mums the Word - r March 3, 1918. Universal Star Comedy. Dir. Eddie
Lyons, Lee Moran. Eddie Lyons, Lee Moran, Gertrude Astor, Edith Roberts,
Margaret Whistler.
A Flyer in Folley - r March 6, 1918. Universal L-KO. Dir Robert P. Kerr. 2 reels. Gale Henry, Hughie Mack, Bobby Dunn, Russ Powell, Kathleen O'Connor.
Bartine (second from right) as she appeared in the Stan Laurel comedy Phoney Photos.
Photo courtesy Frazee Family Collection.
Phony Photos - r July 3 1918. Filmed late September - early October
1917. L-KO Motion Picture Kompany release. Dir. Edwin Frazee (real name
Edgar Allen Fraser. 2 reels. Stan Laurel, Rena Rogers, Neal Burns, Walter
Belasco, Lydia Yeamans Titus.
Hickory Hiram - r April 8, 1918. Filmed circa October 1917. Universal Nestor. Dir. Edwin Frazee (real name Edgar Allen Fraser). 1 reel. Stan Laurel, Teddy Sampson, Neal Burns.
Adventurous Ambrose - r April 17, 1918. Universal L-KO. Dir. Walter S. Fredericks (as William S. Frederick). 2 reels. Mack Swain, Molly Malone, Jack Pearson, Lilly Loney, Bob Higgins, Mabel Healy.
Home, James - r June 3, 1918. Universal Nestor. Dir. Al Santell. 1 reel. Kathleen O'Connor, Harry Mann, Mark Fenton, Wadsmorth Harris.
Bad News - r July 6, 1918. Universal Star Comedy. Dir. Eddie Lyons,
Lee Moran. 1 reel. Eddie Lyons, Lee Moran, Fred Gamble, Harry
Nolan, Edith Roberts.
A Clean Sweep - r July 24, 1918. Universal L-KO. Eddie Barry,
Merta Sterling, Chai Hong, Russell Powell, Billy Armstrong.
Geezer of Berlin - r August 10, 1918. Universal L-KO. Dir. Arthur D. Hotaling. 2 reels. Monte Banks, Ray Hanford, Jack Stewart, Marvin Loback, Walter Lytell, Richard Pennell, Earl Lynn, Hughie Mack, Bert Roach, Raymond Hatton.
Hello, Trouble - r September 25, 1918. Universal L-KO.
Dir. Charles Parrott. 2 reels. Oliver Hardy, Peggy Prevost, Charles Inslee,
Fay Holderness.
It's A Bird -L-KO. r January 29, 1919. Dir. Joseph Le Brandt. Harry Mann, Eddie Barry.
(Above and below from "It's A Bird")
Hearts In Hock - r March 19, 1919. L-KO. Dir. Charles Parrott.
2 reels. Oliver Hardy, Peggy Prevost, Jack Anderson, Billy Armstrong.
Virtuous Husbands - r May 25, 1919. Fox Sunshine Comedies. Dir. John G. Blystone. Slim Summerville.
Wild Waves & Women - Fox Sunshine Comedy. r October 12, 1919. Dir. Frank C. Griffen. Polly Moran, Slim Summerville, and Dave Norris. (Bartine appeared
in this series as one of the Fox Sunshine Comedy Girls.)
Back to Nature Girls - Fox Sunshine Comedy. r November 23, 1919. Dir John G. Blystone.