William S. Adams

William S. Adams (1892–1930) was an American cinematographer of the silent era. He was the younger half-brother of J. Stuart Blackton, the British born film pioneer and co-founder of Vitagraph Studios. Adams worked with Blackton several times, but was also employed by other companies. He developed a reputation as a specialist in aerial photography, but his career was cut short when he died of a tropical disease at the beginning of the sound era.

Filmography Year Title Notes 1915 The Juggernaut 1920 My Husband's Other Wife 1920 The Blood Barrier 1920 Man and His Woman 1920 Passers By 1920 Respectable by Proxy 1920 The Forbidden Valley 1920 The House of the Tolling Bell 1921 East Lynne 1921 The Wakefield Case 1922 Destiny's Isle 1925 Tides of Passion 1925 Tricks 1926 Bride of the Storm 1927 Bride of the Storm 1927 Sky High Saunders 1927 The American 1928 Won in the Clouds 1928 The Air Patrol 1928 The Cloud Dodger 1928 The Phantom Flyer 1929 Grit Wins 1929 The Smiling Terror 1929 Born to the Saddle 1929 The Sky Skidder