David MacDonald
Directing
Born 1904-05-09
Died 1983-06-22
Helensburgh, Scotland, UK
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David MacDonald (9 May 1904 in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire – 22 June 1983 in London) was a Scottish film director, writer and producer.
MacDonald was the son of a wealthy landowner. His intention was to become a doctor but changed his mind and aged 17 went to Malaya to work on a rubber plantation for seven and a half years. When he had leave to return to Scotland, he travelled via Hollywood and became interested in filmmaking. He returned to Malaya and worked at a plantation in Kedah. According to one story, while in Malaya he met Douglas Fairbanks who encouraged MacDonald to try his luck in Hollywood.
MacDonald broke into Hollywood by getting a job as technical adviser on a film Prestige. After that he was out of work for nine months.
He eventually gained a job working for Cecil B. DeMille. MacDonald worked as DeMille's assistant on The Sign of the Cross (1932), Four Frightened People (1934), Cleopatra (also 1934) and The Crusades (1935). He worked on Lives of a Bengal Lancer (also 1935) with Henry Hathaway. He also worked for King Vidor and Raoul Walsh. He returned to England with Walsh when the latter came to direct O.H.M.S. (1937) and elected to stay.
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Filmography
Directing
47 credits
The Count of Monte Cristo
Mark Saber
Interpol Calling
Ivanhoe
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
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Desert Victory
Devil Girl from Mars
This England
Final Column
Good-Time Girl
Cairo Road
Christopher Columbus
The Moonraker
The Last Curtain
Snowbound
Alias John Preston
A Lady Mislaid
Fortune in Diamonds
Diamond City
Law and Disorder
Petticoat Pirates
The Big Frame
This Man in Paris
It's Never Too Late to Mend
The Brothers
Small Hotel
Dead Men Tell No Tales
The Yellow Robe
The Bad Lord Byron
The Midas Touch
Meet Mr. Penny
Make It Three
Spies of the Air
Jack the Ripper
Riding High
The Golden Rabbit
This Man Is News
One Just Man
Operation Malaya
Three Cornered Fate
A Spot of Bother
Tread Softly
Death Croons the Blues
Men of the Lightship
Triple Blackmail
Man in Demand
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Other credits
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Producing
2 credits
Writing
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