Jack Conway
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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.
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Tales from the Crypt: New Year's Shockin' Eve
2012 · Writer
Old School vs. New School
2012 · Leon
Julia Misbehaves
1948 · Director
Desire Me
1947 · Director
The Hucksters
1947 · Director
High Barbaree
1947 · Director
Dragon Seed
1944 · Director
Assignment in Brittany
1943 · Director
Crossroads
1942 · Director
Honky Tonk
1941 · Director
Love Crazy
1941 · Director
Boom Town
1940 · Director
Lady of the Tropics
1939 · Director
Let Freedom Ring
1939 · Director
Too Hot to Handle
1938 · Director
A Yank at Oxford
1938 · Director
Saratoga
1937 · Director
Libeled Lady
1936 · Director
A Tale of Two Cities
1935 · Director
Roof Tops of Manhattan
1935 · Pa O'Shea
One New York Night
1935 · Director
The Gay Bride
1934 · Director
The Girl from Missouri
1934 · Director, Producer
Viva Villa!
1934 · Director
The Solitaire Man
1933 · Director
Hell Below
1933 · Director
The Nuisance
1933 · Director
Red-Headed Woman
1932 · Director
But the Flesh Is Weak
1932 · Director
Arsène Lupin
1932 · Director
Just a Gigolo
1931 · Director
The Easiest Way
1931 · Director
New Moon
1930 · Director
The Unholy Three
1930 · Director
They Learned About Women
1930 · Director
Untamed
1929 · Director
Our Modern Maidens
1929 · Director, Producer
Alias Jimmy Valentine
1928 · Director
The Smart Set
1928 · Director, Producer
Bringing Up Father
1928 · Director
While the City Sleeps
1928 · Director
Twelve Miles Out
1927 · Director
The Understanding Heart
1927 · Director
Brown of Harvard
1926 · Director
The Only Thing
1925 · Director
Soul Mates
1925 · Director
The Hunted Woman
1925 · Director
The Roughneck
1924 · Director
The Heart Buster
1924 · Director
The Trouble Shooter
1924 · Director
Lucretia Lombard
1923 · Director
Sawdust
1923 · Director
What Wives Want
1923 · Director
Trimmed in Scarlet
1923 · Director
The Prisoner
1923 · Director
Quicksands
1923 · Director
Another Man's Shoes
1922 · Director
The Long Chance
1922 · Director
Don't Shoot
1922 · Director
Step on It!
1922 · Director
Across the Dead-Line
1922 · Director
The Millionaire
1921 · Director
A Daughter of the Law
1921 · Director
The Rage of Paris
1921 · Director
The Kiss
1921 · Director
The Servant in the House
1921 · Director
The Killer
1921 · William Sanborn, Director
The U.P. Trail
1920 · Director
The Money Changers
1920 · Director
The Dwelling Place of Light
1920 · Director
Riders of the Dawn
1920 · Director
Lombardi, Ltd.
1919 · Director
Restless Souls
1919 · Hugh Gregory
A Diplomatic Mission
1918 · Director
Desert Law
1918 · Director
You Can't Believe Everything
1918 · Director
Her Decision
1918 · Director
Little Red Decides
1918 · Director
Because of a Woman
1917 · Director
Bond of Fear
1917 · Director
The Charmer
1917 · Director
The Little Orphan
1917 · David Clark, Director
Come Through
1917 · Director
A Jewel in Pawn
1917 · Director
Polly Redhead
1917 · Director
Her Soul's Inspiration
1917 · Director
The Mainspring
1916 · Director
The Measure of a Man
1916 · Director
The Social Buccaneer
1916 · Director
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916 · Second Assistant Director
The Beckoning Trail
1916 · Director
The Silent Battle
1916 · Director
Macbeth
1916 · Lennox
The Birth of a Nation
1915 · Assistant Director
The Chechako
1914 · Smoke Bellew
The Folly of Anne
1914 · The Heartless Publisher
Even Unto Death
1914 · Walter Gordon
Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska
1914 · Joe Hines
The Valley of the Moon
1914 · Billy Roberts
The Mistress of the Air
1914 · Dick - the Hero
The Twelfth Juror
1913 · Clarence Morton
When Lincoln Paid
1913
His Only Son
1912 · Director
The Post Telegrapher
1912
Her Indian Hero
1912 · Hal Benton, Director
Kit Carson's Wooing
1911 · Kit Carson
Her Indian Mother
1910 · Stephen Moore
Scarlet Letter
1908
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