Henry Bannister Merwin (1873-1922), was an American film director, editor and magazine writer. He was born in Lichfield, Connecticut, USA and died in London, England, United Kingdom. He directed 141 films between 1909 and 1921. He wrote a script for Edison that was turned into a film and began concentrating on film scenarios. He moved to Britain in 1912 and joined the London Film Company where he was Scenario Editor and continued to work in Britain with that company. He was the director and screenwriter of: A Stage Romance (1911), The Professor and the New Hat (1911), The Silent Tongue (1911), Arms and the Woman (1910), Lady and the Burglar (1910), Sisters (1910), The Engineer's Romance (1910), Two White Roses (1911), The Stolen Nickel (1912), The Ambassador's Daughter (1913), She Stoops to Conquer (1914), The Firm of Girdlestone (1915), The Last Challenge (1916), Boy Scouts Be Prepared (1917), Boys of the Otter Patrol (1918), The Silver Greyhound (1919), London Pride (1920), The Golden Dawn (1921) and many others. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.