Arthur Hotaling

Arthur Hotaling (3 de febrero de 1873 – 13 de julio de 1938) fue un director, actor, guionista y productor cinematográfico de nacionalidad estadounidense, activo en la época del cine mudo.

Arthur Hotaling
Información personal
Nombre de nacimiento	Arthur Douglas Hotaling
Nacimiento	3 de febrero de 1873 Nueva York, Estados Unidos
Fallecimiento	13 de julio de 1938 California, Estados Unidos
Causa de muerte	Infarto agudo de miocardio
Nacionalidad	Estadounidense
Lengua materna	Inglés
Familia
Cónyuge	Mae Hotely
Información profesional
Ocupación	Director, productor, guionista, actor
Años activo	desde 1910

Biografía

Su nombre completo era Arthur Douglas Hotaling, y nació en Nueva York. Actor de vodevil, trabajó en el escenario junto a Fred Mace, con el cual formó el dúo llamado Mace & Douglas (Douglas era su segundo nombre).​

En los años 1910 trabajó como director y productor para Lubin Manufacturing Company. Muchos de sus filmes tenían como protagonista a su mujer, la actriz Mae Hotely, con la que se había casado en agosto de 1902, y la cual tenía un nombre artístico inspirado en el apellido de su marido.

En total, a lo largo de su carrera dirigió más de doscientas películas, estrenadas entre 1910 y 1928, incluyendo entre ellas la cinta de 1914 Outwitting Dad, que supuso el debut cinematográfico de Oliver Hardy.

Arthur Hotaling falleció en 1938 en California, a causa de un infarto agudo de miocardio.

Filmografía completa

Director

1910

• A Honeymoon Through Snow to Sunshine
• Rastus in Zululand

1911

• A Gay Time in Atlantic City
• A Gay Time in Washington
• A Question of Modesty
• The Human Torpedo
• A Nearsighted Chaperone
• A Hot Time in Atlantic City
• Willie's Conscience
• A Gay Time in New York City
• Jack's Umbrella
• Some Mother-in-Law
• Love's Labor Lost
• One Way to Win

1912

• Object Matrimony
• A Dark Deception
• Wifey's Ma Comes Back
• The Lover's Signal
• The Rube's Easter at Atlantic City
• Revenge
• The Tramp Elephant
• Over the Hills to the Poorhouse
• The Stranded Actors
• The Uninvited Guests
• His Vacation
• Man Wanted
• The Hindoo's Charm
• Spoony Sam
• Meeting Mamie's Mother
• Down with the Men
• His Father's Choice
• Nora the Cook

1913

• Stage-Struck Sally
• Fooling Their Wives
• She Must Elope
• The Missing Jewels
• The Rest Cure
• Training a Tightwad
• Will Willie Win?
• Sixes and Nines
• Jim the Burglar
• The Fake Soldiers
• His Widow
• Collecting the Bill
• Angel Cake and Axle Grease
• Minnie the Widow
• Beating Mother to It
• Sunshine Sue
• Fixing Auntie Up
• She Must Be Ugly
• Hattie's New Hat
• Lucky Cohen
• A Ten Acre Gold Brick
• His First Experience
• Detective Dot
• The Yarn of the 'Nancy Belle'
• Doing Like Daisy
• Kate the Cop
• The Zulu King
• The Beaut from Butte
• Building a Trust
• Zeb, Zack and the Zulus
• The Widow's Wiles
• Rastus Among the Zulus
• Roses for Rosie
• Getting Married
• Surprise for Four
• Smashing Time
• Her Wooden Leg
• An Exclusive Pattern
• Her Present
• This Isn't John
• The Actress and Her Jewels
• Going Home to Mother
• A Sleepy Romance
• Father's Choice
• All on Account of Daisy
• Giving Bill a Rest
• Whose Is It?
• A Masked Mix-Up
• A College Cupid

1914

• Smiles of Fortune
• The Card of Mystery
• A Stage Door Flirtation
• Pat's Revenge
• Her Side-Show Sweetheart
• Taming Terrible Ted
• Antidotes for Suicide
• Getting Even
• An Innocent Victim
• The Female Book Agent
• A Winning Mistake
• The Rise of Officer Casey
• The Best Man
• That Terrible Kid
• When Dooley Passed Away
• A Dangerous Case
• She Wanted a Count
• Just a Note
• The Knave of Clubs
• In the Soup
• The Eyes Have It
• She Was a Peach
• All in the Air
• The Bully's Doom
• The Peacemaker's Pay
• Business and Love
• Outwitting Dad
• The Tale of a Chicken
• He Never Found Out
• With the Burglar's Help
• Building a Fire
• He Said He Could Act
• He Won a Ranch
• Her Horrid Honeymoon
• The Particular Cowboys
• For Two Pins
• A Tango Tragedy
• Summer Love
• He Wore a Wig
• He Changed His Mind
• A Bargain Automobile
• Getting Solid with Pa
• Who's Boss?
• His Sudden Recovery
• It's a Shame
• Kate Waters of the Secret Service
• The Cook Next Door
• He Wanted Work
• They Bought a Boat
• Rastus Knew It Wasn't
• She Married for Love
• Butt-ing In
• She Was the Other
• The Servant Girl's Legacy
• For a Widow's Love
• Brown's Cook

1915

• When Mother Visited Nellie
• Si and Su, Acrobats
• It Happened on Wash Day
• He Couldn't Explain
• Clothes Count
• Percival's Awakening
• The Twin Sister
• The Busy Bell Boy
• Who Stole the Doggies?
• The Substitute
• A Lucky Strike
• The Club Man
• Matilda's Legacy
• Out for a Stroll
• The New Butler
• He's a Bear
• A Safe Investment
• Just Like Kids
• Her Choice
• A Day on the Force
• The Cannibal King
• The New Valet
• Wifie's Ma Comes Back
• When Wifie Sleeps
• Susie's Suitors
• Billie's Heiress
• Billie's Debut
• Her Romeo
• The Life Guard
• Billie Joins the Navy
• An Artful Artist
• Queenie of the Nile
• The Golden Oyster
• Captain Kidd and Ditto
• The Cello Champion
• Think of the Money
• The Price of Pies
• Playing Horse
• His Body Guard
• The Cellar Spy
• His Wife's New Lid

1916

• His Wife's New Lid
• A Ready-Made Maid
• The Serenade
• Nerve and Gasoline
• Spaghetti, codirigida con Will Louis
• Aunt Bill
• The Heroes
• Human Hounds
• Dreamy Knights
• Life Savers
• Their Honeymoon, codirigida con Will Louis
• Un'allegra corsa nei cieli
• Stranded, codirigida con Will Louis
• Love and Duty
• Royal Blood
• The Candy Trail
• The Precious Parcel, codirigida con Will Louis
• Twin Flats
• A Warm Reception
• Pipe Dreams
• Mother's Child
• Prize Winners

1917

• Hard Luck
• The General
• A Depot Romeo
• Make Your Eyes Behave
• Lunch

1918

• The Geaser of Berlin

Década de 1920

• This Way Out (1920)
• Alice in Dreamland
• My Baby (1926)
• The Flirting Fool
• A Gentleman Preferred

Productor

• Casey's Birthday (1914)
• They Looked Alike, de Frank Griffin (1915)

Actor

• Percy the Cowboy (1910)
• Mike the Housemaid (1910)
• Right in Front of Father (1910)
• An American Count (1910)
• Will Willie Win?, de Arthur Hotaling (1913)
• Hattie's New Hat, de Arthur Hotaling (1913)
• A Masked Mix-Up, de Arthur Hotaling (1913)
• Kit Carson Over the Great Divide, de Frank S. Mattison (1925)
• King of the Herd, de Frank S. Mattison (1927)
• Better Days, de Frank S. Mattison (1927)
• Old Age Handicap, de Frank S. Mattison (1928)
• The Little Wild Girl, de Frank S. Mattison (1928)

Guionista

• An American Count (1910)
• Wifey's Ma Comes Back, de Arthur Hotaling (1912)
• The Fake Soldiers
• The Card of Mystery, regia di Arthur Hotaling (1914)
• Antidotes for Suicide
• The Rise of Officer Casey
• For Two Pins
• When the Ham Turned
• Butt-ing In
• When Mother Visited Nellie
• Si and Su, Acrobats
• It Happened on Wash Day
• Percival's Awakening
• The Substitute, de Arthur Hotaling (1915)
• A Lucky Strike
• Matilda's Legacy
• Out for a Stroll
• He's a Bear
• The New Valet
• Wifie's Ma Comes Back
• When Wifie Sleeps
• The Haunted Hat, de Will Louis (1915)
• Hard Luck, de Arthur Hotaling (1917)
• Girls Who Dare
• China Slaver
• Broken Hearted, de Frank S. Mattison (1929)

Enlaces externos

• Filmografía en AFI (enlace roto disponible en Internet Archive; véase el historial, la primera versión y la última). American Film Institute
• Arthur Hotaling en Internet Movie Database (en inglés).

• Datos: Q2333177
• Multimedia: Arthur Hotaling / Q2333177