Percy Scott PembrokeShaffer, Rosalind (October 9, 1927). "Players Feted by Fiji Islanders; 'Adorable Outcast' Company Back With Tale of Thrills". New York Daily News. p. 28. Retrieved December 3, 2025. "Much of the interest dies when the story switches to the comedy clowning of Gertrude Short and her love affair with Jason Robards. The picture was written, directed and cut by Percy Scott Pembroke, Gertrude's husband." (September 13, 1889"United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4DH-2WH : Sat Feb 24 04:56:25 UTC 2024), Entry for Stanley Scott Pembroke, 1942. – February 21, 1951) was an American director, actor and screenwriter. He directed more than 70 films between 1920 and 1937.
Born in San Francisco, California, Pembroke was the son of British-born parents, Samuel Joseph Pembroke and Marian—or Mary Ann—Scott."United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9P7-MC6 : Tue Aug 06 15:41:49 UTC 2024), Entry for Samuel J Pembroke and Marian Pembroke, 1900."Deaths: Pembroke". The San Francisco Examiner. May 30, 1934. p. 21. Retrieved January 3, 2025."Alameda County Deaths". The San Francisco Examiner. June 1, 1934. p. 17. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
Studios for which Pembroke directed films include Chadwick Pictures.
Personal life and death Pembroke was married to Gertrude Short.
On February 21, 1951, Pembroke died in Pasadena of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Partial filmography
A Country Hero (1917) The Girl Who Won Out (1917) The Law That Divides (1918) Winners of the West (1921) The Adventures of Tarzan (1921) The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1922) The Social Buccaneer (1923) Kill or Cure (1923) Gas and Air (1923) Her Dangerous Path (1923) Short Orders (1923) Rupert of Hee Haw (1924) Mandarin Mix-Up (1924) Detained (1924) Monsieur Don't Care (1924) West of Hot Dog (1924) Somewhere in Wrong (1925) Twins (1925) Pie-Eyed (1925) The Snow Hawk (1925) Navy Blue Days (1925) Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde (1925) The Terror of Bar X (1927) For Ladies Only (1927) Ragtime (1927) Cactus Trails (1927) Polly of the Movies (1927) Galloping Thunder (1927) Gypsy of the North (1928) Sweet Sixteen (1928) The Black Pearl (1928) The Divine Sinner (1928) The Branded Man (1928) The Law and the Man (1928) Sisters of Eve (1928) Should a Girl Marry? (1928) Shanghai Rose (1929) Two Sisters (1929) The Medicine Man (1930) The Jazz Cinderella (1930) The Lawless Nineties (1936) The Oregon Trail (1936) Telephone Operator (1937)
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