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Thomas Harper Ince ( November 6 , 1882 – November 20 , 1924 ) was an American Silent Film Director , Producer and Screenwriter . Born in Newport, Rhode Island , he invented many mechanisms of professional Movie Production , like the usage of a detailed " Shooting Script ", which also contained information on who was in the scene, and the " Scene Plot " which listed all interiors and exteriors, Cost Control Plan s and so on. He helped create a standardized and mechanized mode of production. He also was one of the first who had a separate Writer , director and Cutter (instead of doing everything himself). Working under General Manager Fred J. Balshofer at the California studio/ranch of Bison Motion Pictures division of the New York Motion Picture Company , Ince's movies were mainly early Westerns , which were successful because of their beautiful images and their rhythm. Ince wrote a number of screenplays including 1915's '' The Italian '' which has been preserved by the United States National Film Registry . In 1915, Thomas Ince partnered up with D.W. Griffith and Mack Sennett to create the Triangle Motion Picture Company . MURDER OR NATURAL DEATH DEBATE On November 19 , 1924 the Silent Film producer and ''father of the western'' died, officially of a Heart Attack suffered while on a weekend boat trip with William Randolph Hearst aboard Hearst's lavish yacht ''The Oneida'' while attending a cruise in honor of Ince's 42nd birthday. Other prominent guests in attendance were actor Charlie Chaplin , newspaper columnist Louella Parsons and film actresses Marion Davies , Aileen Pringle , Jacqueline Logan , Seena Owen and Julanne Johnston . In the time since, several conflicting stories have circulated about Ince's death, often revolving around the claim that Hearst shot Ince in a fit of jealousy and used his power and influence to cover up a murder. A 2001 Film , '' The Cat's Meow '', tells a tale based around these rumours.
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