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Instructions · What links here · Melvin Mayo (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 4 days ago by FloridaArmy (talk: D · +) · Last edited 4 days ago by FloridaArmy

Melvin Mayo was an actor and director who appeared in films in the United States.

He wroked at Balboa.^[1]

Was he related to Frank Mayo and Edna Mayo who also worked for Balbao Studious?^[2] Archie Mayo?

Filmography

The Stolen Yacht (1914) featuring the Fulton Shipyard
The Twig is Bent (1915), Lubin film^[3]
Tears and Smiles (1917) as Marie's Father^[4]
Mentioned in Confidence (1917) as Robert Manning
Meg O' the Cliffs^[5] (1915)
A Song from the Heart (1916) as Otto Ritter^[6]
Soldier Sons^[6]
The Gulf Between (1916) as Vorec^[6]
A Sister to Cain^[6]
The Return of Jesse James^[6]
The Wheat and the Chaff^[6]
Saved from the Harem (1915) as Ezra Hickman
Mentioned in Confidence (1917) as Robert Manning^[7]
A Modern Paul, leading role^[8]

Director

None So Blind (1916), director, adapted from a story by C. A. Frambers^[6]
Jack Straws, director^[6]
Love is Law

References

^ Jura, Jean-Jacques; II, Rodney Norman Bardin (August 13, 2015). "Balboa Films: A History and Filmography of the Silent Film Studio". McFarland – via Google Books.
^ "List of Balboa Actors, L-P – Balboa Research".
^ Rainey, Buck (October 18, 2024). "The Strong, Silent Type: Over 100 Screen Cowboys, 1903-1930". McFarland – via Google Books.
^ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com.
^ "Moving Picture World and View Photographer". 1915.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Nickelodeon". 1916.
^ "Melvin Mayo". prod.tcm.com.
^ "Photoplay: The Aristocrat of Motion Picture Magazines". Photoplay Magazine Publishing Company. December 13, 1916 – via Google Books.

[1] Jura, Jean-Jacques; II, Rodney Norman Bardin (August 13, 2015). "Balboa Films: A History and Filmography of the Silent Film Studio". McFarland – via Google Books.

[2] "List of Balboa Actors, L-P – Balboa Research".

[3] Rainey, Buck (October 18, 2024). "The Strong, Silent Type: Over 100 Screen Cowboys, 1903-1930". McFarland – via Google Books.

[4] "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com.

[5] "Moving Picture World and View Photographer". 1915.

[moto-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Nickelodeon". 1916.

[tcm-7] "Melvin Mayo". prod.tcm.com.

[8] "Photoplay: The Aristocrat of Motion Picture Magazines". Photoplay Magazine Publishing Company. December 13, 1916 – via Google Books.

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