Directing

C.L. Chester

Born — Died

1877-01-01 — 1958-12-28

Place of birth

Washington, Iowa, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

21 titles

Pioneer documentary film maker who began as chief travel cameraman with the Edison Film Company. Founded Chester Inc in 1916 and, in collaboration with the sporting magazine Outing, produced and directed a series of weekly travelogues. The company folded in 1923.

Known for

Behind the camera

Climbing Mt. Lefroy in the Rockies, Canada, 1910s poster
NR

Huntley Film Archives film 1001785.

Climbing Mt. Lefroy in the Rockies, Canada, 1910s

1919

Climbing Mt. Lefroy in the Rockies, Canada, 1910s poster
NR

Huntley Film Archives film 1001785.

Climbing Mt. Lefroy in the Rockies, Canada, 1910s

1919

Guided and Miss Guided poster
NR

Could you sit down hard on a glacier eighty feet thick - and smile? The sweet young mountain climber in this picture has her own methods for getting up on jagged crags and towering peaks. But she gets there triumphantly - and smiles, smiles, smiles! That's how the film was commercially presented. The girl was a young tourist lady who buys a sweet mountaineering costume, hires two Swiss guides, and embarks on an ascension to Mount Assiniboine. A story written by Katherine Hilliker and produced by C.L. Chester in cooperation with Outing, 'the magazine of all outdoors'.

Guided and Miss Guided

1919

Guided and Miss Guided poster
NR

Could you sit down hard on a glacier eighty feet thick - and smile? The sweet young mountain climber in this picture has her own methods for getting up on jagged crags and towering peaks. But she gets there triumphantly - and smiles, smiles, smiles! That's how the film was commercially presented. The girl was a young tourist lady who buys a sweet mountaineering costume, hires two Swiss guides, and embarks on an ascension to Mount Assiniboine. A story written by Katherine Hilliker and produced by C.L. Chester in cooperation with Outing, 'the magazine of all outdoors'.

Guided and Miss Guided

1919

A Mountaineering Memory poster
NR

A scenic documentary record of a climb up to Mount Assiniboine, the 'American Matterhorn' in the Canadian Rockies.

A Mountaineering Memory

1918

A Mountaineering Memory poster
NR

A scenic documentary record of a climb up to Mount Assiniboine, the 'American Matterhorn' in the Canadian Rockies.

A Mountaineering Memory

1918

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Up in the Air After Alligators

1919

No artwork available
9.0

Snooky the Human-Zee is a farm hand.

Ready to Serve

1921

No artwork available
NR

Cinema Company Theater. Filmed by C. L. Chester

Regatas de botes de vela en Ancón

1911

No artwork available
NR

Cinema Theater Company. Filmed by C. L. Chester

Lobos marinos en la isla de Palominos

1911

No artwork available
NR

Peruvian Corporation. Filmed by C. L. Chester.

Viaje al interior del Perú: Sección de La Oroya al Callao (V parte)

1910

No artwork available
NR

It is a film of a journey on the Central Railway from Callao to the regions of Chanchamayo, Huancayo, Perené, and Mantaro. It is shown in five parts, with a total length of 3,000 feet. It is reported that the film, with a total duration of two hours, “will be sent to England as an illustrative report for our country.”

Viaje al interior del Perú: Sección Jauja - Huancayo (II parte)

1910

No artwork available
NR

It is a film of a journey on the Central Railway from Callao to the regions of Chanchamayo, Huancayo, Perené, and Mantaro. It is shown in five parts, with a total length of 3,000 feet. It is reported that the film, with a total duration of two hours, “will be sent to England as an illustrative report for our country.”

Viaje al interior del Perú: Sección Callao - La Oroya (I parte)

1910

No artwork available
NR

Filmed by C. L. Chester and acquired by the Cinema Theater Company.

El gran Te Deum del Viernes Santo de 1910 en la Catedral de Lima

1910

No artwork available
NR

It is a film of a journey on the Central Railway from Callao to the regions of Chanchamayo, Huancayo, Perené, and Mantaro. It is shown in five parts, with a total length of 3,000 feet. It is reported that the film, with a total duration of two hours, “will be sent to England as an illustrative report for our country.”

Viaje al interior del Perú: Sección Tarma, Chanchamayo y Perené (III parte)

1910

No artwork available
NR

It is a film of a journey on the Central Railway from Callao to the regions of Chanchamayo, Huancayo, Perené, and Mantaro. It is shown in five parts, with a total length of 3,000 feet. It is reported that the film, with a total duration of two hours, “will be sent to England as an illustrative report for our country.”

Viaje al interior del Perú: Sección Cerro de Pasco Morococha (IV parte)

1910

The High Andes poster
NR

Picture Holdings, Co., 1931

The High Andes

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No artwork available
NR

The "Chester Outings" series takes us to Switzerland.

Lost-a-yodel

1920

No artwork available
NR

American horror short from 1919.

The Hon. Mr. Jap Van Winkle

1919

No artwork available
NR

American horror short from 1919.

The Hon. Mr. Jap Van Winkle

1919

No artwork available
6.0

A jungle travelogue looking for monkeys.

Monkeyland, a Jungle Romance

1908