Dorothy Arzner
Directing
Dorothy Emma Arzner (January 3, 1897 – October 1, 1979) was an American film director whose career in Hollywood spanned from the silent era of the 1920s into the early 1940s. From 1927 until her retirement from feature directing in 1943, Arzner was the only female director working in Hollywood. Additionally, she was one of a very few women able to establish a successful and long career in Hollywood as a film director until the 1970s. Arzner made a total of twenty films between 1927 and 1943 and launched the careers of a number of Hollywood actresses, including Katharine Hepburn, Rosalind Russell, and Lucille Ball. Additionally, Arzner was the first woman to join the Directors Guild of America and the first woman to direct a sound film.
Known for
Directing22
movieFirst Comes Courage
1943
Director
movieDance, Girl, Dance
1940
Director
movieThe Bride Wore Red
1937
Director
movieCraig's Wife
1936
Director
movieNana
1934
Director
movieChristopher Strong
1933
Director
movieMerrily We Go to Hell
1932
Director
movieWorking Girls
1931
Director
movieHonor Among Lovers
1931
Director
movieAnybody's Woman
1930
Director
movieParamount on Parade
1930
Director
movieSarah and Son
1930
Director
movieBehind the Make-Up
1930
Director
movieCharming Sinners
1929
Director
movieThe Wild Party
1929
Director
movieManhattan Cocktail
1928
Director
movieGet Your Man
1927
Director
movieTen Modern Commandments
1927
Director
movieFashions for Women
1927
Director
movieBlood and Sand
1922
Assistant Director
Editing8
Writing7
movieOld Ironsides
1926
Scenario Writer
Dancing Days
1926
Scenario Writer
movieThe Red Kimona
1925
Adaptation
movieWhen Husbands Flirt
1925
Screenplay, Story
movieBreed of the Border
1924
Scenario Writer
movieThe No-Gun Man
1924
Story, Scenario Writer
Acting1
movieThe Women Who Run Hollywood
2016
Self (archive footage)