Henry Lewis Solter (November 19, 1873 – March 2, 1920) was an American silent film actor and director.
Career
Solter began his career as an actor in 1908 with Biograph Studios. That same year he met actress Florence Lawrence while making the film Romeo and Juliet for Vitagraph Studios and married on August 30 of that year. In 1909, Solter began working for Carl Laemmle's Independent Moving Pictures Co. of America (IMP) as an actor but also as a director. Over the next nine years, he directed 148 silent films.
In 1912, Solter and his wife established the Victor Studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey. In 1913, they sold out to Laemmle whose amalgamation of several studios created the colossal Universal Film Manufacturing Co. Solter continued to direct for the new company until 1918 when health problems emerged. With this new prosperity, Florence was able to realize a "lifelong dream", buying a estate in River Vale, New Jersey.Florence Lawrence , Women Film Pioneers Project. Accessed September 23, 2015. "Florence Lawrence intended her last Victor photoplay to be her second two-reel film, The Lady Leone (1912), and after its completion, she and Solter retired to their home in River Vale, New Jersey."PHS Answer Girl & Curator , Pascack Historical Society. Accessed September 23, 2015. "Florence Lawrence was America’s first movie star according to movie historians. She lived at 565 Rivervale Road in River Vale from 1913 through 1916."
Death Solter died of a stroke on March 2, 1920, at the age of 46. He is interred in the Baltimore Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.
Selected filmography Year Film Role Notes1908Romeo and JulietWhen Knights Were BoldNoblemanBalked at the AltarRomance of a JewessCustomer/RubinsteinThe Taming of the ShrewKatharina's FatherWriterAfter Many YearsTom Foster Money MadFirst Villain A Calamitous ElopementFrank The Kentuckian 1909At the AltarOn StreetJones and the Lady Book AgentOffice employee A Drunkard's ReformationIn the Play The RenunciationSam Walters1910The Rocky RoadAll the World's a StageDirectorTwo MenDirector1911The Two PathsDuke De Ribbon CounterDirectorDuring Cherry TimeDirector1912Not Like Other GirlsDirectorBetty's NightmareDirectorThe Redemption of RivertonDirector1913Unto the Third Generation DirectorThe SpenderDirectorHis Wife's ChildDirector1914The Romance of a PhotographDirectorThe Pawns of DestinyDirector, writerA Mysterious MysteryDirector1916Blind Man's BluffDirector, scenario1917Face on the ScreenDirectorThe Spotted Lily DirectorCredited as Harry L. Solter1918The Wife He BoughtDirector1921The Sage HenWriter
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