page_title: Emory Johnson
section_title: Universal years 1916–1918
hierarchical_section_title: Emory Johnson / Career / Universal years 1916–1918
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context_page_description: Alfred Emory Johnson was an American actor, director, producer, and writer. He started acting in silent films as a teenager. Early in his career, Carl Laemmle choose Emory to become a Universal studio leading man. He also became part of one of the early Hollywood celebrity marriages when he wed Universal Ingénue – Ella Hall.
  In 1922, Emory acted and directed his first feature film – In the Name of The Law. He would continue to direct more feature films until the end of the decade. By the early 1930s, his Hollywood career had faded, and he became a portrait photographer. In 1960, he died from burns sustained in a fire.
context_section_description: In January 1916, Emory signed a contract with Universal Film Manufacturing Company. He would make 19 movies that year, including eight shorts and 11 feature-length Dramas. This year would become the highest movie output of his entire acting career.
  At Universal, Emory met Hobart Bosworth. Hobart Bosworth was a well-known actor and director. He took young Emory under his wing. Emory's first two movies for Universal were the Westerns – The Yaqui and Two Men of Sandy Bar. Both films were feature-length and starred Hobart Bosworth. Later in the year, Emory would make two more films with Hobart. They would continue to collaborate in other films in the coming years including the last film Emory would personally direct. The film was the 1932 talkie The Phantom Express.
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