Jack Conway
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 16, 1887
- Died
- October 11, 1952 (aged 65)
- Birthplace
- Graceville, Minnesota, USA
Biography
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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Filmography
Julia Misbehaves
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The Hucksters
Movie · Director
High Barbaree
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Desire Me
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Dragon Seed
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Assignment in Brittany
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Crossroads
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Love Crazy
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Honky Tonk
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Boom Town
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Lady of the Tropics
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Let Freedom Ring
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Too Hot to Handle
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A Yank at Oxford
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Saratoga
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Libeled Lady
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A Tale of Two Cities
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One New York Night
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Viva Villa!
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The Girl from Missouri
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The Gay Bride
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The Solitaire Man
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The Nuisance
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Hell Below
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Red-Headed Woman
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Arsène Lupin
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But the Flesh Is Weak
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The Easiest Way
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Just a Gigolo
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The Unholy Three
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They Learned About Women
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New Moon
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Our Modern Maidens
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Untamed
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While the City Sleeps
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The Smart Set
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Alias Jimmy Valentine
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Bringing Up Father
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Twelve Miles Out
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The Understanding Heart
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Brown of Harvard
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The Only Thing
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The Hunted Woman
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Soul Mates
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The Trouble Shooter
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The Heart Buster
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The Roughneck
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Lucretia Lombard
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Trimmed in Scarlet
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The Prisoner
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Quicksands
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What Wives Want
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Sawdust
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Across the Dead-Line
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Step on It!
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Don't Shoot
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Another Man's Shoes
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The Long Chance
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The Rage of Paris
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A Daughter of the Law
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The Millionaire
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The Killer
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The Kiss
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The Servant in the House
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The U.P. Trail
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Riders of the Dawn
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The Dwelling Place of Light
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The Money Changers
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Lombardi, Ltd.
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Little Red Decides
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Her Decision
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You Can't Believe Everything
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A Diplomatic Mission
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Desert Law
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Polly Redhead
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The Little Orphan
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Her Soul's Inspiration
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The Charmer
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Bond of Fear
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Come Through
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A Jewel in Pawn
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Because of a Woman
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
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The Silent Battle
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The Measure of a Man
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The Mainspring
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The Social Buccaneer
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The Beckoning Trail
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The Birth of a Nation
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His Only Son
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Her Indian Hero
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