{"history":[],"article":{"id":"5fe4ed56-42c5-4327-a32c-2ccb4a9712f2","title":"Kenneth Webb (director)","slug":"kenneth-webb-director","content":":::summary\n![Kenneth Webb (center) on location in New Orleans filming Fair Lady in 1922, with Betty Blythe and Robert Elliott (extreme right)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Fair///Lady///Fair///Weather.jpg)\n**Name:** Kenneth Seymour Webb \n**Image Size:** 250px \n**Birth Name:** Kenneth Seymour Webb \n**Birth Date:** 16 October 1885 \n**Birth Place:** [New York City](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-city) \n**Death Date:** March 6, 1966 \n**Death Place:** [Hollywood, California](https://bliptext.com/articles/hollywood-california) \n**Education:** [Columbia University](https://bliptext.com/articles/columbia-university) (BA) \n**Occupation:** Stage & film director · Songwriter \n**Years Active:** 1910–1938 \n**Spouse:** [Lorraine Frost](https://bliptext.com/articles/lorraine-frost) (maiden; 1897–1993) \n:::\n\n# \n**Kenneth Seymour Webb** (16 October 1885 [New York City](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-city) – 6 March 1966 [Hollywood, California](https://bliptext.com/articles/hollywood-california)) was an American [film director](https://bliptext.com/articles/film-director), [screenwriter](https://bliptext.com/articles/screenwriter), and [composer](https://bliptext.com/articles/composer) noted for directing a number of films in the early age of the American film industry.\nHe helped write the [Gay Divorce](https://bliptext.com/articles/gay-divorce) along with [Samuel Hoffenstein](https://bliptext.com/articles/samuel-hoffenstein).\n\n# Selected songs\n\n# Career\nWebb, beginning around 1910, became a sketch writer and director for vaudeville stage.\nIn 1913, he began writing scenarios for the [Vitagraph Company](https://bliptext.com/articles/vitagraph).\nFrom 1918 to 1919, he was a writer and director for [Vitagraph](https://bliptext.com/articles/vitagraph).\nFrom 1919 to 1938, Webb was a writer and director, first with the [Famous Players Film Company](https://bliptext.com/articles/famous-players-film-company), then with Whitman Bennett (a production company) and [Associated First National Theatres, Inc.](https://bliptext.com/articles/associated-first-national-theatres-inc) (Bennett's distributor), then [Fox Film Corporation](https://bliptext.com/articles/fox-film-corporation), then Whitman Bennett (production company) and [United Artists](https://bliptext.com/articles/united-artists) (Bennett's distributor), then Burr & Company, then [Pathe](https://bliptext.com/articles/path-records), then [Lee de Forest](https://bliptext.com/articles/lee-de-forest),, [Tiffany Pictures](https://bliptext.com/articles/tiffany-pictures), and then [FitzPatrick Pictures](https://bliptext.com/articles/james-a-fitzpatrick).\nWebb wrote for legitimate stage since 1924.\nSince 1933, Webb was a radio writer and producer with [Batten Barton Durstine & Osborn, Inc.](https://bliptext.com/articles/batten-barton-durstine-osborn-inc), and since 1953, was its Western editor.\nFrom 1943 to 1943, Webb was a lecturer at [New York University](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-university) of radio writing and production.\n\n# Partial filmography\n**As director**\n

[Marie, Ltd.](https://bliptext.com/articles/marie-ltd) (1919)

Will You Be Staying for Supper? (1919)

[Sinners](https://bliptext.com/articles/sinners-1920-film) (1920)

[The Stolen Kiss](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-stolen-kiss) (1920)

[The Master Mind](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-master-mind-1920-film) (1920)

[The Devil's Garden](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-devil-s-garden) (1920)

[The Truth About Husbands](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-truth-about-husbands) [(it)](https://bliptext.com/articles/it-the-truth-about-husbands) (1920)

[The Fear Market](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-fear-market) (1920)\n[Realart Pictures Corporation](https://bliptext.com/articles/realart-pictures-corporation) (producer and distributor)

[The Great Adventure](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-great-adventure-1921-film) (1921)\nWhitman Bennett (producer)\n[Associated First National Pictures, Inc.](https://bliptext.com/articles/associated-first-national-pictures-inc) (distributor)

[Jim the Penman](https://bliptext.com/articles/jim-the-penman-1921-film) (1921)

[Salvation Nell](https://bliptext.com/articles/salvation-nell-1921-film) (1921)

[Fair Lady](https://bliptext.com/articles/fair-lady-film) (1922)

[How Women Love](https://bliptext.com/articles/how-women-love) (1922)

[The Daring Years](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-daring-years) (1923)

[The Beautiful City](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-beautiful-city-1925-film) (1925)

[Just Suppose](https://bliptext.com/articles/just-suppose) (1926)

\n\n# Education\nWebb attended [The Collegiate School](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-collegiate-school) on the [Upper West Side](https://bliptext.com/articles/upper-west-side) of [Manhattan](https://bliptext.com/articles/manhattan).\nHe went on to study at [Columbia University](https://bliptext.com/articles/columbia-university), earning a [Bachelor of Arts](https://bliptext.com/articles/bachelor-of-arts) degree in 1906.\n\n# Professional and fraternal associations\n\n# Family\nKenneth Webb was one of children born to the marriage of William Edward Webb (1844–1915) and Juliette Seymour Bell (1863–1930).\nKenneth Webb married, on September 20, 1920, silent film actress [Lorraine Frost](https://bliptext.com/articles/lorraine-frost) (maiden; 1897–1993) in [Manhattan, New York](https://bliptext.com/articles/manhattan-new-york).\nHis brother, [Roy Webb](https://bliptext.com/articles/roy-webb), also composer and film director, was one of his chief collaborators.","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T07:39:56.396Z","updated_at":"2025-01-26T07:39:56.396Z","search_vector":"'director':3 'kenneth':1 'webb':2","search_content":" \n \n**Name:** Kenneth Seymour Webb \n**Image Size:** 250px \n**Birth Name:** Kenneth Seymour Webb \n**Birth Date:** 16 October 1885 \n**Birth Place:** [New York City](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-city) \n**Death Date:** March 6, 1966 \n**Death Place:** [Hollywood, California](https://bliptext.com/articles/hollywood-california) \n**Education:** [Columbia University](https://bliptext.com/articles/columbia-university) (BA) \n**Occupation:** Stage & film director · Songwriter \n**Years Active:** 1910–1938 \n**Spouse:** [Lorraine Frost](https://bliptext.com/articles/lorraine-frost) (maiden; 1897–1993) \n \n\n# \n**Kenneth Seymour Webb** (16 October 1885 [New York City](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-city) – 6 March 1966 [Hollywood, California](https://bliptext.com/articles/hollywood-california)) was an American [film director](https://bliptext.com/articles/film-director), [screenwriter](https://bliptext.com/articles/screenwriter), and [composer](https://bliptext.com/articles/composer) noted for directing a number of films in the early age of the American film industry.\nHe helped write the [Gay Divorce](https://bliptext.com/articles/gay-divorce) along with [Samuel Hoffenstein](https://bliptext.com/articles/samuel-hoffenstein).\n\n# Selected songs\n\n# Career\nWebb, beginning around 1910, became a sketch writer and director for vaudeville stage.\nIn 1913, he began writing scenarios for the [Vitagraph Company](https://bliptext.com/articles/vitagraph).\nFrom 1918 to 1919, he was a writer and director for [Vitagraph](https://bliptext.com/articles/vitagraph).\nFrom 1919 to 1938, Webb was a writer and director, first with the [Famous Players Film Company](https://bliptext.com/articles/famous-players-film-company), then with Whitman Bennett (a production company) and [Associated First National Theatres, Inc.](https://bliptext.com/articles/associated-first-national-theatres-inc) (Bennett's distributor), then [Fox Film Corporation](https://bliptext.com/articles/fox-film-corporation), then Whitman Bennett (production company) and [United Artists](https://bliptext.com/articles/united-artists) (Bennett's distributor), then Burr & Company, then [Pathe](https://bliptext.com/articles/path-records), then [Lee de Forest](https://bliptext.com/articles/lee-de-forest),, [Tiffany Pictures](https://bliptext.com/articles/tiffany-pictures), and then [FitzPatrick Pictures](https://bliptext.com/articles/james-a-fitzpatrick).\nWebb wrote for legitimate stage since 1924.\nSince 1933, Webb was a radio writer and producer with [Batten Barton Durstine & Osborn, Inc.](https://bliptext.com/articles/batten-barton-durstine-osborn-inc), and since 1953, was its Western editor.\nFrom 1943 to 1943, Webb was a lecturer at [New York University](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-york-university) of radio writing and production.\n\n# Partial filmography\n**As director**\n [Marie, Ltd.](https://bliptext.com/articles/marie-ltd) (1919) \n Will You Be Staying for Supper? (1919) \n [Sinners](https://bliptext.com/articles/sinners-1920-film) (1920) \n [The Stolen Kiss](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-stolen-kiss) (1920) \n [The Master Mind](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-master-mind-1920-film) (1920) \n [The Devil's Garden](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-devil-s-garden) (1920) \n [The Truth About Husbands](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-truth-about-husbands) [(it)](https://bliptext.com/articles/it-the-truth-about-husbands) (1920) \n [The Fear Market](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-fear-market) (1920)\n[Realart Pictures Corporation](https://bliptext.com/articles/realart-pictures-corporation) (producer and distributor) \n [The Great Adventure](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-great-adventure-1921-film) (1921)\nWhitman Bennett (producer)\n[Associated First National Pictures, Inc.](https://bliptext.com/articles/associated-first-national-pictures-inc) (distributor) \n [Jim the Penman](https://bliptext.com/articles/jim-the-penman-1921-film) (1921) \n [Salvation Nell](https://bliptext.com/articles/salvation-nell-1921-film) (1921) \n [Fair Lady](https://bliptext.com/articles/fair-lady-film) (1922) \n [How Women Love](https://bliptext.com/articles/how-women-love) (1922) \n [The Daring Years](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-daring-years) (1923) \n [The Beautiful City](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-beautiful-city-1925-film) (1925) \n [Just Suppose](https://bliptext.com/articles/just-suppose) (1926) \n\n# Education\nWebb attended [The Collegiate School](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-collegiate-school) on the [Upper West Side](https://bliptext.com/articles/upper-west-side) of [Manhattan](https://bliptext.com/articles/manhattan).\nHe went on to study at [Columbia University](https://bliptext.com/articles/columbia-university), earning a [Bachelor of Arts](https://bliptext.com/articles/bachelor-of-arts) degree in 1906.\n\n# Professional and fraternal associations\n\n# Family\nKenneth Webb was one of children born to the marriage of William Edward Webb (1844–1915) and Juliette Seymour Bell (1863–1930).\nKenneth Webb married, on September 20, 1920, silent film actress [Lorraine Frost](https://bliptext.com/articles/lorraine-frost) (maiden; 1897–1993) in [Manhattan, New York](https://bliptext.com/articles/manhattan-new-york).\nHis brother, [Roy Webb](https://bliptext.com/articles/roy-webb), also composer and film director, was one of his chief collaborators.","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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