Charles Wilbur Hoffman was a cameraman with Thanhouser during the 1915-1917 era.
Charles Wilbur Hoffman
A Thanhouser Company cinematographer, credited on 7 Thanhouser films. None is online, though prints of 2 survive in archives.
Biography
From Bowers’ encyclopedia entry. Read the full biography below ↓
Filmography
Thanhouser films
- 1915Mr. Meeson’s WillLost
- 1916Master Shakespeare, Strolling PlayerLost
- 1916The FugitiveNo online copy
- 1916The Fear of PovertyLost
- 1916Saint, Devil and WomanLost
- 1916Divorce and the DaughterNo online copy
- 1917Her Life and HisLost
These have no online copy. Each page says what is known about where a print is held.
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The full biography
From Volume III: Biographies of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. 109 words.
Born in New York City, Charles Wilbur Hoffman was educated at the Chase School of Art and the International School of Design. His early career included work as a photographer, artist, and portrait painter. His screen career included camera work with Thanhouser, Edison, Paragon, World, Famous Players, Lyman H. Howe, Inc., Royal Cinema-War News Corporation, and Pathé. In 1918 his home address was 395 East 197th Street, New York City, and he worked with Pathé, whose mailing address was 134th Street and Park Avenue, New York.
Note: His name appeared as Wilbur Charles Hoffman in some listings.
Bowers’ own filmography list is left out here: the filmography above lists the same films. Cite as: Bowers, Q. David. Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, “HOFFMAN, Charles Wilbur.” thanhouser.org/research/people/charles-wilbur-hoffman/