{{short description|American film director}} {{Infobox person | name = F. Harmon Weight | image = File:F. Harmon Weight circa 1926 (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Weight {{circa|1926}} | birth_name = Frederick Harmon Weight | birth_date = July 1, 1887 | birth_place = [[Salt Lake City, Utah]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1978|8|12|1887|7|1}} | death_place = Los Angeles County, California | resting_place = [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)]] Los Angeles, California | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = '''Harmon Weight''' | occupation = movie director | years_active = | spouse = | children = 2 }} '''Frederick Harmon Weight''' (July 1, 1887 – August 12, 1978)<ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85954794/frederick-harmon-weight F.Harmon Weight at findagrave.com]</ref> was an American film director most prolific in the late [[silent film era]] of the 1920s.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=7EdJAQAAMAAJ&dq=harmon+weight&pg=PA596 ''Exhibitor's Trade Review'', vol. 11, no. 9, page 596, January 28, 1922]</ref> He directed many well-known performers such as [[George Arliss]], [[Betty Compson]], [[Myrna Loy]] and [[Rin-Tin-Tin]].<ref>''Silent Film Necrology'', 2nd Edition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana {{ISBN|0-7864-1059-0}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=EoQtdm2iZiEC&dq=harmon+weight&pg=PA256 ''George Arliss: The Man Who Played God''] by Robert M. Fells c. 2004 {{ISBN|0-8108-5160-1}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=k3lp2ftWpgwC&dq=harmon+weight&pg=PT331 ''Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood''] by Emily W. Leider p.320 c.2011 {{ISBN|978-0-520-25320-9}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P4JZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22F.+Harmon+weight%22|title=A Guide to American Film Directors: The Sound Era, 1929-1979|first1=Larry|last1=Langman|first2=Ronald H.|last2=Miller|date=December 28, 1981|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810814677|via=Google Books}}</ref>
He was born in [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]] and began his career in the theater.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7EdJAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Harmon+weight%22&pg=PA596|title=Motion Picture Daily: Formerly Exhibitors Daily Review and Motion Pictures Today|date=May 7, 1921|publisher=Exhibitors Trade Review, Incorporated|via=Google Books}}</ref> He was the assistant director on 1916 film ''[[The Corner (1916 film)|The Corner]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yiqtSteBU-8C&dq=%22F.+Harmon+weight%22&pg=PA291|title=John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars|first=Eve|last=Golden|date=March 29, 2013|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=9780813141633|via=Google Books}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== {{div col}} *''[[The Corner (1916 film)|The Corner]]'' (1916), assistant director<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=yiqtSteBU-8C&dq=harmon+weight%2C+f&pg=PA291 ''John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars''] by Eve Golden c.2013 {{ISBN|978-0-8131-4162-6}}</ref> *''[[The Ruling Passion (film)|The Ruling Passion]]'' (1922) *''[[The Man Who Played God (1922 film)|The Man Who Played God]]'' (1922) *''[[The Ragged Edge (1923 film)|The Ragged Edge]]'' (1923) *''[[Ramshackle House]]'' (1924) * ''[[On the Stroke of Three]]'' (1924) *''[[Twenty Dollars a Week]]'' (1924) *''[[Drusilla with a Million]]'' (1925) *''[[Three of a Kind (1925 film)|Three of a Kind]]'' (1925), also released as ''Three Wise Crooks'' *''[[Flaming Waters]]'' (1925) *''A Poor Girl's Romance'' (1926) *''[[Forever After (film)|Forever After]]'' (1926) *''Hook and Ladder No. 9'' (1927) *''[[Midnight Madness (1928 film)|Midnight Madness]]'' (1928), produced by [[Cecil B. DeMille]] *''[[Jazz Mad]]'' (1928) *''[[Hardboiled Rose]]'' (1929) *''[[Frozen River (1929 film)|Frozen River]]'' (1929) {{div col end}}
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==External links== {{commons category|F. Harmon Weight}} *{{IMDb name|0917857}} *[http://www.kinotv.com/page/bio.php?namecode=109727&q=0&l=en F. Harmon Weight at kinotv.com]
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