Known For
Directing
Born
Jul 16, 1887
Died
Oct 11, 1952
Place of Birth
Graceville, Minnesota, USA
Credits
108 titles
Jack Conway
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.
Known For
Filmography
Tales from the Crypt: New Year's Shockin' Eve
Writer
Old School vs. New School
Leon
Julia Misbehaves
Director
Desire Me
Director
The Hucksters
Director
High Barbaree
Director
Dragon Seed
Director
Assignment in Brittany
Director
Crossroads
Director
Honky Tonk
Director
Love Crazy
Director
Boom Town
Director
Lady of the Tropics
Director
Let Freedom Ring
Director
Too Hot to Handle
Director
A Yank at Oxford
Director
Saratoga
Director
Libeled Lady
Director
A Tale of Two Cities
Director
Roof Tops of Manhattan
Pa O'Shea
One New York Night
Director
The Gay Bride
Director
The Girl from Missouri
Director
Viva Villa!
Director
The Solitaire Man
Director
Hell Below
Director
The Nuisance
Director
Red-Headed Woman
Director
But the Flesh Is Weak
Director
Arsène Lupin
Director
Just a Gigolo
Director
The Easiest Way
Director
New Moon
Director
The Unholy Three
Director
They Learned About Women
Director
Untamed
Director
Our Modern Maidens
Director
Alias Jimmy Valentine
Director
The Smart Set
Director
Bringing Up Father
Director
While the City Sleeps
Director
Twelve Miles Out
Director
The Understanding Heart
Director
Brown of Harvard
Director
The Only Thing
Director
Soul Mates
Director
The Hunted Woman
Director
The Roughneck
Director
The Heart Buster
Director
The Trouble Shooter
Director