Curiosidades

Carewe first arrived in Hollywood by train, but not as a passenger; he was a hobo, and had hopped into a boxcar hoping to get to warmer weather in Los Angeles.

Father of actress Rita Carewe

Brother of director/producer Wallace Fox

Brother of director/writer Finis Fox.

Discovered Dolores Del Río, Warner Baxter, Wallace Beery, Francis X. Bushman and Gary Cooper .

Silent film director, whose output was noted for pictorial quality. Started as a stage actor, in New York from 1910 as a member of the Dearborn Stock Company. He chose 'Edwin' as his stage name as tribute to famed thespian Edwin Booth. In films from 1912 with the Philadelphia-based Lubin company.

Before Edwin Carewe married Mary Akin, he was married to Mary Jane Croft. They wed in Toronto, Canada on the ninth of January, 1909. They had two daughters, Mary Jane Carewe and motion picture artist, Rita Carewe. They later divorced.

Edwin Carewe and his two brothers Finis Fox and Wallace Fox were American Indians who all appeared on the 1907 Chickasaw rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes.