Jack Conway
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.
Kit Carson's Wooing
(Kit Carson)
His Only Son
The Folly of Anne
(The Heartless Publisher)
The Chechako
(Smoke Bellew)
Her Indian Mother
(Stephen Moore)
Macbeth
(Lennox)
The Twelfth Juror
(Clarence Morton)
Old School vs. New School
(Leon)
Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska
(Joe Hines)
The Post Telegrapher
Roof Tops of Manhattan
(Pa O'Shea)
Her Indian Hero
(Hal Benton)
The Little Orphan
(David Clark)
Even Unto Death
(Walter Gordon)
The Scarlet Letter
The Killer
(William Sanborn)
When Lincoln Paid
Love Crazy
(Director)
Libeled Lady
(Director)
Too Hot to Handle
(Director)
The Unholy Three
(Director)
Crossroads
(Director)
Viva Villa!
(Director)
Across the Dead-Line
(Director)
Saratoga
(Director)
A Tale of Two Cities
(Director)
Julia Misbehaves
(Director)
Boom Town
(Director)
Step on It!
(Director)
Honky Tonk
(Director)
Red-Headed Woman
(Director)
The Solitaire Man
(Director)
The Girl from Missouri
(Director)
The Hucksters
(Director)
Dragon Seed
(Director)
The U.P. Trail
(Director)
Our Modern Maidens
(Director)
Lady of the Tropics
(Director)
The Nuisance
(Director)
The Easiest Way
(Director)
Brown of Harvard
(Director)
Arsène Lupin
(Director)
While the City Sleeps
(Director)
But the Flesh Is Weak
(Director)
The Smart Set
(Director)
Let Freedom Ring
(Director)
Untamed
(Director)
Just a Gigolo
(Director)
The Gay Bride
(Director)
Hell Below
(Director)
High Barbaree
(Director)
Assignment in Brittany
(Director)
Lucretia Lombard
(Director)
One New York Night
(Director)
Desire Me
(Director)
They Learned About Women
(Director)
New Moon
(Director)
The Girl from Missouri
(Producer)
Riders of the Dawn
(Director)
Trimmed in Scarlet
(Director)
Don't Shoot
(Director)
Little Red Decides
(Director)
The Prisoner
(Director)
The Only Thing
(Director)
The Rage of Paris
(Director)
Alias Jimmy Valentine
(Director)
The Trouble Shooter
(Director)
The Heart Buster
(Director)
Twelve Miles Out
(Director)
Bringing Up Father
(Director)
Quicksands
(Director)
A Yank at Oxford
(Director)
The Hunted Woman
(Director)
Lombardi, Ltd.
(Director)
His Only Son
(Director)
The Smart Set
(Producer)
Her Indian Hero
(Director)
Polly Redhead
(Director)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
(Second Assistant Director)
The Birth of a Nation
(Assistant Director)
Tales from the Crypt: New Year's Shockin' Eve
(Writer)
A Daughter of the Law
(Director)
The Roughneck
(Director)
The Silent Battle
(Director)
The Measure of a Man
(Director)
The Little Orphan
(Director)
Her Soul's Inspiration
(Director)
The Charmer
(Director)
The Millionaire
(Director)
Bond of Fear
(Director)
The Mainspring
(Director)
The Understanding Heart
(Director)
The Killer
(Director)
Come Through
(Director)
The Kiss
(Director)
The Social Buccaneer
(Director)
Another Man's Shoes
(Director)
The Long Chance
(Director)
The Beckoning Trail
(Director)
Our Modern Maidens
(Producer)
Her Decision
(Director)
You Can't Believe Everything
(Director)
A Jewel in Pawn
(Director)