Nell Shipman (as Faith Diggs) in a scene from "The Grub-Stake." Director Bert Van Tuyle captioned this photo: "Dawn brings to Faith the determination to seek the one way out."
Nell Shipman and her co-director, Bert Van Tuyle, on the set of "The Girl From God's Country." Although the 1920 U.S. census lists Van Tuyle and Shipman ("Helen F. Van Tuyle") as husband and wife, they were never married. They were then living...
Co-directors Nell Shipman and Bert Van Tuyle on horseback during the filming of "The Girl From God's Country." Also on horseback is Edward Burns, and in the foreground is Nell Shipman's dog Laddie.
Nell Shipman, her company, and friends celebrate her birthday, October 25, 1920, at the Pine Knot Lodge, Big Bear, California. Nell Shipman is seated at the head of the table with her son Barry standing beside her. She was at Big Bear filming...
Members of Nell Shipman's company at her movie camp, Lionhead Lodge, on the shores of Priest Lake, Idaho. From left to right, standing: Daddy Duffill, Dorothy Winslow, Bert Van Tuyle, Nell Shipman, Bobby Newhard, and Ralph Cochner. In the...
Crew of "The Grub-Stake" pose with Nell Shipman on the studio set at Minnehaha Park in Spokane, Washington. Standing left to right are electrician Dick Playter, script girl Marge Greenfield, second cameraman Bobby Newhard, first cameraman Joseph...
Cast and crew of Nell Shipman's film "Something New." From left to right: Cliff Maupin, cinematographer Joseph B. Walker, Bert Van Tuyle (putting on make-up at the mirror), and Nell Shipman (revising the script) with her dog Laddie.
Co-director Bert Van Tuyle, financier W.H. Clune, camerman Jospeh B. Walker, and Nell Shipman's young son Barry, during the filming of "The Girl From God's Country."
Shooting at night, with the aid of flares, during the filming of "The Girl From God's Country." Co-director Bert Van Tuyle is crouching in the foreground.
A pack train carrying supplies into the mountains for the filming of Nell Shipman's film, "The Girl From God's Country" in the Kings River canyon, California. Co-director Bert Van Tuyle wrote this caption: "Miss Shipman and her company enroute to...
The cast and crew of "The Girl From God's Country." Seated in the front row, beginning at the second from right, are actor Al W. Filson (wearing a cap), cameraman Joseph B. Walker, co-director Bert Van Tuyle, actor Boyd Irwin, actor and...
Cast and crew of "The Grub-Stake" filming aboard ship. To the right are actors Alfred Allen (portraying Mark Leroy) and Nell Shipman (Faith Diggs). The figure standing above the rest appears to be the film's director Bert Van Tuyle.
Nell Shipman hugs the cliff (at left) during the filming of a scene in "The Grub-Stake." Cinematographer Joseph B. Walker described the scene in his memoir, "The Light on Her Face" (1984): "Nell Shipman emotes, assistant cameraman Clif Maupin...
