George M. Marlo appeared in various Thanhouser films during the 1915-1917 period.
George M. Marlo
A Thanhouser Company player, in one film you can watch free online.
Watch George M. MarloOpens John T. Rocks and the Flivver (1915)
Biography
From Bowers’ encyclopedia entry. Read the full biography below ↓
Filmography
Films you can watch
Other Thanhouser films
- 1915The Crogmere RubyLost
- 1915In a Japanese GardenLost
- 1915The Has BeenLost
- 1915InspirationLost
- 1915The Crimson SabreLost
- 1915The Mill on the FlossNo online copy
- 1915The Political Pull of JohnLost
- 1916The Bubbles in the GlassLost
- 1916The Woman in PoliticsLost
- 1916The ReunionLost
- 1916The Girl from ChicagoLost
- 1916A Man of HonorLost
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These have no online copy. Each page says what is known about where a print is held.
From the encyclopedia
The full biography
From Volume III: Biographies of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. 329 words.
Born in New York City and educated there, George Marlo spent six years in legitimate and stock stage productions, later going into films about 1912, playing juvenile leads. In 1914 he survived the wreck of the ill-fated Munroe, a ship on which many died. George M. Marlo worked with Marion Leonard Films, Victor-Universal, Humanology Films, and Reliance (where he was in late 1914 and early 1915). On Tuesday, July 27, 1915 he reported for his first day of work at the Thanhouser studio in New Rochelle. He appeared in Thanhouser films through 1917.
His height was 5’7”, his weight was 145 pounds, and he had dark hair and dark brown eyes. In 1916 George Marlo lived in Larchmont, New York, belonged to the Friars, Screen, and Larchmont Tennis clubs, and enjoyed athletic activities, including horseback riding and swimming. After the closing of Thanhouser, Marlo went with Universal, where he acted in the 1917 release of The Brand of Hate, after which he joined the Clara Kimball Young Film Corporation. In November 1917 he appeared in the Clara Kimball Young release of Magda. In 1918 he was in the United States military service, where he served as chauffeur to General John Pershing.
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After the war, Marlo was seen for a time in vaudeville, then he became manger of the Yacht Club, an after-hours entertainment spot. He joined DeSylva, Brown & Henderson and soon became general manager of the firm. In 1931 he established Marlo Music. His song, Home, was popular beginning with its introduction on the airwaves on Thanksgiving Eve 1931. Later, he worked with Chappell, the Contact Men’s Union, BMI, and Tommy Dorsey’s publishing division, after which he operated a carwash. He then returned to BMI and remained there until his death at the French Hospital, New York City, on February 5, 1970.
Note: His surname was often misspelled, examples being “Merlo,” “Marl,” “Marlow,” “Marlowe,” and “Mario.”
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, “MARLO, George M.” thanhouser.org/research/people/george-m-marlo/