Edwin Carewe

Edwin Carewe
Carewe in 1918
Born	Jay John Fox[1] (1883-03-03)March 3, 1883 Gainesville, Texas, United States
Died	January 22, 1940(1940-01-22) (aged 56) Hollywood, California, United States
Nationality	Chickasaw Nation,[1] American
Education	University of Texas
Occupation(s)	Film director, actor
Years active	1912–1934
Spouses	Mary Jane Croft Mary Akin (actress) Mary Akin (remarried)[2]
Children	Violette Carewe, Mary Jane Carewe, Sally Ann Carewe, William Carewe, Carol Lee Carewe [3]
Parent(s)	Franklin Marion Fox and Sally J. Priddy Fox[4][3]
Family	F. Finish Carewe (brother) Wallace Carewe (brother)

Edwin Carewe (Chickasaw Nation,^[1] March 3, 1883 – January 22, 1940) was a Native American motion picture director, actor, producer, and screenwriter.

Jay John Fox was born on March 3, 1883, in Gainesville, Texas.^[1] His parents were Franklin Marion Fox and Sallie J. Priddy Fox.^[1]

Carewe and his two brothers, Wallace Ware Fox (a director/producer) and Franklin Finis Fox (a scenario writer), were all citizens of the Chickasaw Nation and original enrollees on the 1907 Chickasaw Dawes Rolls.^[5][1]

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After brief studies at the Universities of Texas and Missouri and a period of work with regional theatrical groups, Carewe moved to New York City in 1910, where he became a member of the Dearborn Stock Company. Although Jay Fox was his given name, Carewe chose Edwin (from stage actor Edwin Booth) and Carewe from a character he was playing.^[6]

Carewe was on stage as an actor before he worked for Lubin studios. Later, he directed films for MGM, First National, Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, and United Artists. During his career, he provided early screen exposure to many actors such as Dolores del Río, Warner Baxter, Francis X. Bushman and Gary Cooper. He directed 58 films including the acclaimed 1928 version of Ramona starring Dolores del Río and Warner Baxter, which was rediscovered and restored by the Library of Congress and had its world premiere at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2014.

Another of Carewe's notable films was Evangeline in 1929, also with Del Río, and written by his brother Finis Fox. Evangeline was based upon the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and earned praise for its exceptional lighting and camera work.^[7]

Although Carewe directed and produced several critically and financially successful pictures during the silent era, he was not fully able to make the transition to sound. After resorting to sound remakes of his earlier successes, and later to low-budget and religious films, he made his last feature Are We Civilized? in 1934.

Carewe was married three times, twice to actress Mary Akin. By his first wife, Mary Jane Croft (married January 9, 1909 in Toronto, Ontario),^{[citation needed]} he had two daughters, Violette (who became an actress, known as "Rita Carewe") and Mary Jane. By his first marriage to his second wife, Mary Akin, he had two children, Sally Ann and William (born Edwin Gilbert). By his second marriage to Akin, they had one more child, Carol Lee.^{[citation needed]}

Carewe died from a heart ailment in his Hollywood apartment, and is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.^[8]

• Across the Pacific (1914)
• The Dancer and the King (1914)
• Rio Grande (1920)
• Resurrection (1927)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Edwin Carewe.

• Edwin Carewe at IMDb
• Edwin Carewe at Virtual History
• Official website of Edwin Carewe