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.
87 directing credits · 20 acting credits
Directing · 87
A Tale of Two Cities
1935
Red-Headed Woman
1932
Dragon Seed
1944
Love Crazy
1941
Honky Tonk
1941
Boom Town
1940
Arsène Lupin
1932
The Hucksters
1947
Julia Misbehaves
1948
Let Freedom Ring
1939
Too Hot to Handle
1938
Saratoga
1937
Desire Me
1947
Libeled Lady
1936
Viva Villa!
1934
The Nuisance
1933
Hell Below
1933
The Gay Bride
1934
High Barbaree
1947
While the City Sleeps
1928
Crossroads
1942
The Girl from Missouri
1934
A Yank at Oxford
1938
Brown of Harvard
1926
Lady of the Tropics
1939
The Unholy Three
1930
The Killer
1921
Untamed
1929
Quicksands
1923
Assignment in Brittany
1943
Come Through
1917
The Little Orphan
1917
Lombardi, Ltd.
1919
They Learned About Women
1930
Polly Redhead
1917
New Moon
1930
The Easiest Way
1931
Our Modern Maidens
1929
The Smart Set
1928
You Can't Believe Everything
1918
The Hunted Woman
1925
The Kiss
1921
The Measure of a Man
1916
The Only Thing
1925
Another Man's Shoes
1922
Just a Gigolo
1931
The Understanding Heart
1927
One New York Night
1935
But the Flesh Is Weak
1932
The Prisoner
1923
Step on It!
1922
Lucretia Lombard
1923
The Long Chance
1922
Alias Jimmy Valentine
1928
The Roughneck
1924
Her Indian Hero
1912
Bringing Up Father
1928
The Solitaire Man
1933
What Wives Want
1923
The Rage of Paris
1921
Her Decision
1918
The Silent Battle
1916
Twelve Miles Out
1927
Across the Dead-Line
1922
Trimmed in Scarlet
1923
Her Soul's Inspiration
1917
The Social Buccaneer
1916
Little Red Decides
1918
The Charmer
1917
Don't Shoot
1922
Sawdust
1923
The Millionaire
1921
Riders of the Dawn
1920
His Only Son
1912
The Beckoning Trail
1916
The Dwelling Place of Light
1920
The U.P. Trail
1920
Bond of Fear
1917
The Mainspring
1916
The Servant in the House
1921
The Heart Buster
1924
The Money Changers
1920
A Jewel in Pawn
1917
The Trouble Shooter
1924
A Daughter of the Law
1921
Soul Mates
1925
A Diplomatic Mission
1918
Acting · 20
The Killer
1921
The Little Orphan
1917
Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska
1914
Macbeth
1916
The Chechako
1914
Her Indian Hero
1912
Restless Souls
1919
Even Unto Death
1914
Old School vs. New School
2012
The Folly of Anne
1914
His Only Son
1912
The Post Telegrapher
1912
The Valley of the Moon
1914
The Twelfth Juror
1913
Kit Carson's Wooing
1911
Roof Tops of Manhattan
1935
Her Indian Mother
1910
The Scarlet Letter
1908
The Mistress of the Air
1914
When Lincoln Paid
1913