Arthur Berthelet

Arthur Rolette Berthelet (October 12,1879—September 16, 1949; credited as Rolette Bertheletto, Arthur Berthelet, and Arthur R. Berthelet) was an American actor, stage and film director, dialogue director, and scriptwriter.[2] With regard to screen productions, he is best remembered for directing the 1916 crime drama Sherlock Holmes starring William Gillette, an actor who since 1899 had distinguished himself on the Broadway stage and at other prominent theatrical venues with his numerous, "definitive" portrayals of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's great fictional detective.[3] In 1918, Berthelet also directed the controversial author and feminist Mary MacLane in Men Who Have Made Love to Me, a production notable for being among the first cinematic dramas to break the "fourth wall" and among the earliest American film projects to bring together on screen a woman's work as a published author, scriptwriter, actor, and as a narrator through the use of intertitles.[4]

Berthelet and Mary MacLane reviewing script for Men Who Have Made Love to Me (1918)
Arthur Berthelet
Berthelet (right) directing at Essanay Studios in Chicago, 1917
Born
Rolette Arthur Berthelet[lower-alpha 1]

October 12, 1879
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
United States[1]
DiedSeptember 16, 1949
(69 years old)
Vista, California
United States
OccupationStage and film director, scriptwriter, dialogue directory[lower-alpha 2]
Years active1899–1940
Spouse(s)Leona Ball
(1910-1949; his death)
Children2 sons

Selected filmography
  • Enemies of Youth (1925)
  • Penny of Top Hill Trail (1921)
  • Young America (1918)
  • The Lighted Lamp (1918)
  • The Lie That Failed (1918)
  • Men Who Have Made Love to Me (1918)
  • Young Mother Hubbard (1917)
  • Pants (1917)
  • The Quarantined Bridegroom (1917)
  • The Golden Idiot (1917)
  • Aladdin Up-To-Date (1917)
  • Where Is My Mother. (1917)
  • Pass the Hash, Ann (1917)
  • Our Boys (1917)
  • The Saint's Adventure (1917)
  • Little Shoes (1917)
  • According to the Code (1916)
  • Orphan Joyce (1916)
  • The Chaperon (1916)
  • The Return of Eve (1916)
  • Sherlock Holmes (1916)
  • The Havoc (1916)
  • Vultures of Society (1916)
  • The Misleading Lady (1916)
  • The Primitive Strain (1916)
  • Twice Into the Light (1915)
  • Tides That Meet (1915)

Notes
  1. Berthelet's full name varies in official records. His earliest personal records, such as his birth certificate, document his name "Rolette Arthur Berthelet". Later records, however, including references to him in period trade publications, transpose his first and middle names, citing instead "Arthur Rolette Berthelet" or "Arthur R. Berthelet". It is likely that Berthelet himself chose to alter the sequence of his full name, perhaps doing so for crediting purposes or to emphasize his preferred use of "Arthur".
  2. Especially during the late 1920s and early 1930s, when the silent era of films was transitioning to "talkies", dialogue directors served as speech coaches for actors unaccustomed to having their lines recorded while performing on camera. Later in the sound era, dialogue directors remained important personnel at studios for their work in training young and inexperienced screen performers in ways to improve their elocution and style of delivery on screen. Refer to "Dialogue Director" at AllMovie.

References
  1. "Wisconsin Birth Index, 1820-1907", Rolette A Berthelet, 12 October 12, 1879; reel 0148, Department of Health and Family Services, Vital Records Division, Madison, Wisconsin. Transcription of original record retrieved online via FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 16, 2022.
  2. "California Death Index, 1940-1997", Arthur Rolette Berthelet, September 16, 1949; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento, California. Microfilm image of original state record retrieved online via FamilySearch archives, Salt City, Utah, March 16, 2022.
  3. Hutchinson, Pamela (2016). Review of the centennial screening in London of the 1916 film Sherlock Holmes; published in Sight and Sound (British Film Institute, London), volume 26, issue 3 (March 2016), p. 101. Retrieved via ProQuest through subscription at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, March 16, 2022.
  4. Buck, Julie (2013). "Mary MacLane", Women Film Pioneers Project, online reference, Columbia University Libraries, New York, N.Y. Last retrieved March 16, 2022.


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