Jack Conway

Directing·Jul 16, 1887·Graceville, Minnesota, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
Tales from the Crypt: New Year's Shockin' Eve2012 · Writer	Writer
OOld School vs. New School2012 · Leon	Leon
Julia Misbehaves1948 · Director	Director
Desire Me1947 · Director	Director
The Hucksters1947 · Director	Director
High Barbaree1947 · Director	Director
Dragon Seed1944 · Director	Director
Assignment in Brittany1943 · Director	Director
Crossroads1942 · Director	Director
Honky Tonk1941 · Director	Director
Love Crazy1941 · Director	Director
Boom Town1940 · Director	Director
Lady of the Tropics1939 · Director	Director
Let Freedom Ring1939 · Director	Director
Too Hot to Handle1938 · Director	Director
A Yank at Oxford1938 · Director	Director
Saratoga1937 · Director	Director
Libeled Lady1936 · Director	Director
A Tale of Two Cities1935 · Director	Director
RRoof Tops of Manhattan1935 · Pa O'Shea	Pa O'Shea
One New York Night1935 · Director	Director
The Gay Bride1934 · Director	Director
The Girl from Missouri1934 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Viva Villa!1934 · Director	Director
The Solitaire Man1933 · Director	Director
Hell Below1933 · Director	Director
The Nuisance1933 · Director	Director
Red-Headed Woman1932 · Director	Director
But the Flesh Is Weak1932 · Director	Director
Arsène Lupin1932 · Director	Director
Just a Gigolo1931 · Director	Director
The Easiest Way1931 · Director	Director
New Moon1930 · Director	Director
The Unholy Three1930 · Director	Director
They Learned About Women1930 · Director	Director
Untamed1929 · Director	Director
Our Modern Maidens1929 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Alias Jimmy Valentine1928 · Director	Director
The Smart Set1928 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Bringing Up Father1928 · Director	Director
While the City Sleeps1928 · Director	Director
Twelve Miles Out1927 · Director	Director
The Understanding Heart1927 · Director	Director
Brown of Harvard1926 · Director	Director
The Only Thing1925 · Director	Director
Soul Mates1925 · Director	Director
TThe Hunted Woman1925 · Director	Director
The Roughneck1924 · Director	Director