Jack Conway

Known for DirectingBorn 1887-07-16Died 1952-10-11Graceville, Minnesota, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

One New York Night

The Heart Buster

The Roughneck

What Wives Want

The Kiss

The Money Changers

Restless Souls

Lombardi, Ltd.

The Trouble Shooter

Step on It!

Another Man's Shoes

The Servant in the House

Riders of the Dawn

The Folly of Anne

When Lincoln Paid

Her Indian Mother

The Scarlet Letter

Tales from the Crypt: New Year's Shockin' Eve

Alias Jimmy Valentine

The Understanding Heart

The Hunted Woman

Sawdust

Across the Dead-Line

Don't Shoot

The Long Chance

The Killer

The Rage of Paris

The Millionaire

The U.P. Trail

The Twelfth Juror

The Girl from Missouri

A Daughter of the Law

Libeled Lady

The Hucksters

Assignment in Brittany

Roof Tops of Manhattan

The Solitaire Man

Boom Town

Soul Mates

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Lucretia Lombard

Trimmed in Scarlet

The Prisoner

Quicksands

A Tale of Two Cities

Arsène Lupin

Love Crazy

The Dwelling Place of Light