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Instructions · What links here · Jack Baston (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Bing, Wikipedia) · Submitted 16 days ago by FloridaArmy (talk: D · +) · Last edited 16 days ago by Citation bot

Thornton Baston, Thomas J. Baston, J. Thornton Baston, and J. T. Baston should link here

Jack Baston (1892–1970)^[1] was an actor who appeared on stage and in films. He is known by various iterations of his name.^[2] He specialized in roles as a villain.^[3]

In 1917 his one-act play The Color Scheme was copyrighted.^[4]

Emerson College has a document related to him.^[5]

Filmography

Empty Pockets (1918) as Shang Ganley (credited as J. Thornton Baston)^[6]
The White Moll (1920)^[7]^[8] as The Dangler (credited as J. Thornton Baston)
The Tiger's Cub (1920)
The Fighting Kentuckians (1920)^[9]
Dynamite Allen (1921) as Howard Morton (credited as J. Thornton Baston)
Beyond Price (1921) as Mrs. Temple's Friend
A Virgin Paradise (1921)^[10] as Slim (credited as J. Thornton Baston)
The Mountain Woman (1921) as Jase Mallows
Down to the Sea in Ships (1922)^[11] as Samuel Siggs (credited as J. Thornton Baston)^[12]
As a Man Lives (1923) as La Chante
The Snow Bride (1923) as Paul Gerard
Chain Lightning (1927) as Campan
The Circus Ace (1927) as Kirk Mallory
By Whose? Hand? (1927) as Sidney (credited as J. Thornton Baaston)^[13]
The Loves of Carmen (1927) as Morales
Hello Cheyenne (1928) as Buck Lassiter
The Branded Sombrero (1928) as Charles Maggert

References

^ Klepper, Robert K. (September 16, 2015). Silent Films, 1877-1996: A Critical Guide to 646 Movies. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0484-8 – via Google Books.
^ Spehr, Paul C.; Lundquist, Gunnar (September 22, 1996). American Film Personnel and Company Credits, 1908-1920: Filmographies Reordered by Authoritative Organizational and Personal Names from Lauritzen and Lundquist's American Film-index. McFarland, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-7864-0255-7 – via Google Books.
^ Drew, William M. (March 7, 2023). The Woman Who Dared: The Life and Times of Pearl White, Queen of the Serials. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-9684-8 – via Google Books.
^ "Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapers or periodicals, etc.; lectures, sermons, addresses for oral delivery; dramatic compositions; maps; motion pictures. Part 1, group 2". U.S. Government Printing Office. September 22, 1917 – via Google Books.
^ "J. Thornton Baston, undated | Emerson College Archives & Special Collections". archivesspace.emerson.edu.
^ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com.
^ "Daily Illini 24 October 1920 — Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections". idnc.library.illinois.edu.
^ Rainey, Buck (September 22, 1990). Those Fabulous Serial Heroines: Their Lives and Films. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-1911-5 – via Google Books.
^ "Southern Mountaineers Filmography". 17 October 2019.
^ Struss, Karl; Eyman, Scott (September 22, 1987). Five American Cinematographers: Interviews with Karl Struss, Joseph Ruttenberg, James Wong Howe, Linwood Dunn, and William H. Clothier. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-1974-0 – via Google Books.
^ Maltin, Leonard (September 29, 2015). Turner Classic Movies Presents Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide: From the Silent Era Through 1965: Third Edition. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-751682-4 – via Google Books.
^ Reid, John Howard (August 1, 2011). Silent Movies & Early Sound Films on DVD: New Expanded Edition. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-0-557-43335-3 – via Google Books.
^ Neste, Dan Van (24 November 2017). "The Magnificent Heel: The Life and Films of Ricardo Cortez". BearManor Media – via Google Books.

[1] Klepper, Robert K. (September 16, 2015). Silent Films, 1877-1996: A Critical Guide to 646 Movies. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0484-8 – via Google Books.

[2] Spehr, Paul C.; Lundquist, Gunnar (September 22, 1996). American Film Personnel and Company Credits, 1908-1920: Filmographies Reordered by Authoritative Organizational and Personal Names from Lauritzen and Lundquist's American Film-index. McFarland, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-7864-0255-7 – via Google Books.

[3] Drew, William M. (March 7, 2023). The Woman Who Dared: The Life and Times of Pearl White, Queen of the Serials. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-9684-8 – via Google Books.

[4] "Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapers or periodicals, etc.; lectures, sermons, addresses for oral delivery; dramatic compositions; maps; motion pictures. Part 1, group 2". U.S. Government Printing Office. September 22, 1917 – via Google Books.

[5] "J. Thornton Baston, undated | Emerson College Archives & Special Collections". archivesspace.emerson.edu.

[6] "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com.

[7] "Daily Illini 24 October 1920 — Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections". idnc.library.illinois.edu.

[8] Rainey, Buck (September 22, 1990). Those Fabulous Serial Heroines: Their Lives and Films. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-1911-5 – via Google Books.

[film-9] "Southern Mountaineers Filmography". 17 October 2019.

[10] Struss, Karl; Eyman, Scott (September 22, 1987). Five American Cinematographers: Interviews with Karl Struss, Joseph Ruttenberg, James Wong Howe, Linwood Dunn, and William H. Clothier. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-1974-0 – via Google Books.

[11] Maltin, Leonard (September 29, 2015). Turner Classic Movies Presents Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide: From the Silent Era Through 1965: Third Edition. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-751682-4 – via Google Books.

[12] Reid, John Howard (August 1, 2011). Silent Movies & Early Sound Films on DVD: New Expanded Edition. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-0-557-43335-3 – via Google Books.

[13] Neste, Dan Van (24 November 2017). "The Magnificent Heel: The Life and Films of Ricardo Cortez". BearManor Media – via Google Books.

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