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Jack Conway

Profesión
Dirección
Nacimiento
16 de julio de 1887 · Graceville, Minnesota, USA
Fallecimiento
11 de octubre de 1952

Biografía

​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.

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El nacimiento de una nación
Película · 1915 · ★ 5,9
Póster de Intolerancia
Intolerancia
Película · 1916 · ★ 7,1
Póster de Una mujer difamada
Una mujer difamada
Película · 1936 · ★ 7,3
Póster de Historia de dos ciudades
Historia de dos ciudades
Película · 1935 · ★ 6,9
Póster de Fruto Dorado
Fruto Dorado
Película · 1940 · ★ 7,0
Póster de La pelirroja
La pelirroja
Película · 1932 · ★ 6,6
Póster de Mi marido está loco
Mi marido está loco
Película · 1941 · ★ 6,8
Póster de Encrucijada
Encrucijada
Película · 1942 · ★ 5,9
Póster de Viva Villa!
Viva Villa!
Película · 1934 · ★ 6,2
Póster de The Unholy Three
The Unholy Three
Película · 1930 · ★ 5,9
Póster de Saratoga
Saratoga
Película · 1937 · ★ 6,5
Póster de Sucedió en China
Sucedió en China
Película · 1938 · ★ 6,1

Filmografía