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The Byrds song "Old John Robertson" was about Robertson. The Byrds were a popular American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964 ^[1]

Filmography

• The Meeting (1917)
• The Money Mill (1917)
• Intrigue (1917)
• Baby Mine (1917)
• The Bottom of the Well (1917)
• Her Right to Live (1917)
• A Service of Love (1917)
• The Menace (1918)
• The Girl of Today (1918)
• The Better Half (1918)
• The Make Believe Wife (1918)
• Little Miss Hoover (1918)
• Here Comes the Bride (1919)
• The Test of Honor (1919)
• Let's Elope (1919)
• Come Out of the Kitchen (1919)
• The Misleading Widow (1919)
• Sadie Love (1919)
• Erstwhile Susan (1919)
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
• A Dark Lantern (1920)
• Away Goes Orudence (1920)
• 39 East (1920)
• Sentimental Tommy (1921)
• The Magic Cup (1921)
• Footlights (1921)
• Love's Boomerang (1922)
• The Spanish Jade (1922)
• Tess of the Storm Country (1922)
• The Bright Shawl (1923)
• The Fighting Blade (1923)
• Twenty-One (1923)
• The Enchanted Cottage (1924)
• Classmates (1924)
• New Toys (1925)
• Soul Fire (1925)
• Shore Leave (1925)
• Annie Laurie (1927)
• Captain Salvation (1927)
• The Road to Romance (1927)
• Alaskan Adventures (1927)
• The Single Standard (1929)
• Shanghai Lady (1929)
• Night Ride (1930)
• Captain of the Guard (1930)
• Madonna of the Streets (1930)
• Beyond Victory (1931)
• The Phantom of Paris (1931)
• Little Orphan Annie (1932)
• One Man's Journey (1933)
• The Crime Doctor (1934)
• His Greatest Gamble (1934)
• Wednesday's Child (1934)
• Grand Old Girl (1935)
• Captain Hurricane (1935)
• Our Little Girl (1935)

External links

• John S. Robertson at the Internet Movie Database

References

1. ^ Younger Than Yesterday, ByrdWatcher. Her Right to Live was a 1917 dramatic Silent film released by the Vitagraph Studios. See also Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1920/II film Dr Jekyll and Mr Love's Boomerang (also known as Perpetua) is a 1922 Crime film directed by John S The Spanish Jade is a 1922 Drama film directed by John S Robertson. Tess of the Storm Country is a 1922 melodrama starring Mary Pickford, directed by John S Annie Laurie was a 1927 MGM Silent film directed by John S Robertson and starring Lillian Gish and Norman Kerry One Man's Journey is a 1933 American Drama film, starring Lionel Barrymore. Retrieved 3rd April 2008.