Jack Conway
Directing
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia He was born as Hugh Ryan Conway, on July 17, 1887, in Graceville, Minnesota, US. Conway started out as an actor, joining a repertory theater group straight out of high school. He then moved into films and, in 1911, became a member of D.W. Griffith's stock company, appearing primarily in westerns. Four years later, he made his mark as a director and gained valuable experience at Universal (1916–17 and 1921–23), before moving on to MGM in 1925. He remained there until 1948, often helming prestige assignments featuring the studio's top male star, Clark Gable: Boom Town (1940), Honky Tonk (1941), The Hucksters (1947) – all solid box office hits. Conway was one of a team of MGM contract directors, who forsook any pretense to a specific individual style in favor of working within the strictures set forth by studio management. A thoroughly competent craftsman, he delivered commercially successful entertainments, on time, and within budget. Conway may not have achieved fame as a creative genius, but the majority of his films remain eminently entertaining to this day. In his most famous film, A Tale of Two Cities (1935), he utilized 17,000 extras for the Paris mob scenes alone. This spectacular adaptation of the Dickens classic is still regarded by many as the definitive screen version. Another popular hit was the sophisticated all-star comedy Libeled Lady (1936), with the New York Times reviewer commenting on Conway's "agile direction". Conway also directed Viva Villa!, a hit MGM film starring Wallace Beery that was nominated for four Academy Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Conway (filmmaker), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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movieJulia Misbehaves
1948
Director
movieDesire Me
1947
Director
movieThe Hucksters
1947
Director
movieHigh Barbaree
1947
Director
movieDragon Seed
1944
Director
movieAssignment in Brittany
1943
Director
movieCrossroads
1942
Director
movieHonky Tonk
1941
Director
movieLove Crazy
1941
Director
movieBoom Town
1940
Director
movieLady of the Tropics
1939
Director
movieLet Freedom Ring
1939
Director
movieToo Hot to Handle
1938
Director
movieA Yank at Oxford
1938
Director
movieSaratoga
1937
Director
movieLibeled Lady
1936
Director
movieA Tale of Two Cities
1935
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movieOne New York Night
1935
Director
movieThe Gay Bride
1934
Director
movieThe Girl from Missouri
1934
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movieViva Villa!
1934
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movieThe Solitaire Man
1933
Director
movieHell Below
1933
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movieThe Nuisance
1933
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movieRed-Headed Woman
1932
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movieBut the Flesh Is Weak
1932
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movieArsène Lupin
1932
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movieJust a Gigolo
1931
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movieThe Easiest Way
1931
Director
movieNew Moon
1930
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movieThe Unholy Three
1930
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movieUntamed
1929
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movieOur Modern Maidens
1929
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movieAlias Jimmy Valentine
1928
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movieThe Smart Set
1928
Director
movieBringing Up Father
1928
Director
movieWhile the City Sleeps
1928
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movieTwelve Miles Out
1927
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movieThe Understanding Heart
1927
Director
movieBrown of Harvard
1926
Director
movieThe Only Thing
1925
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movieSoul Mates
1925
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movieThe Roughneck
1924
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movieThe Heart Buster
1924
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movieThe Trouble Shooter
1924
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movieLucretia Lombard
1923
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movieSawdust
1923
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movieWhat Wives Want
1923
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movieTrimmed in Scarlet
1923
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movieThe Prisoner
1923
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movieQuicksands
1923
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movieThe Long Chance
1922
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movieDon't Shoot
1922
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movieStep on It!
1922
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movieAcross the Dead-Line
1922
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movieThe Millionaire
1921
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movieA Daughter of the Law
1921
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movieThe Rage of Paris
1921
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movieThe Kiss
1921
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movieThe Killer
1921
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movieThe U.P. Trail
1920
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movieThe Money Changers
1920
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movieRiders of the Dawn
1920
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movieLombardi, Ltd.
1919
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movieA Diplomatic Mission
1918
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movieBond of Fear
1917
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movieThe Charmer
1917
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movieThe Little Orphan
1917
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movieCome Through
1917
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movieA Jewel in Pawn
1917
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moviePolly Redhead
1917
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movieHer Soul's Inspiration
1917
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movieThe Mainspring
1916
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movieThe Measure of a Man
1916
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movieThe Social Buccaneer
1916
Director
movieIntolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
Second Assistant Director
movieThe Beckoning Trail
1916
Director
movieThe Silent Battle
1916
Director
movieThe Birth of a Nation
1915
Assistant Director
movieHis Only Son
1912
Director
movieHer Indian Hero
1912
Director
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movieThe Killer
1921
William Sanborn
movieRestless Souls
1919
Hugh Gregory
movieThe Little Orphan
1917
David Clark
movieMacbeth
1916
Lennox
movieThe Chechako
1914
Smoke Bellew
The Folly of Anne
1914
The Heartless Publisher
movieEven Unto Death
1914
Walter Gordon
The Mistress of the Air
1914
Dick - the Hero
The Twelfth Juror
1913
Clarence Morton
movieHer Indian Hero
1912
Hal Benton
movieKit Carson's Wooing
1911
Kit Carson
Her Indian Mother
1910
Stephen Moore
Production3
movieThe Girl from Missouri
1934
Producer
movieOur Modern Maidens
1929
Producer
movieThe Smart Set
1928
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