Jack Conway
Directing
Born 1887-07-16
Died 1952-10-11
Graceville, Minnesota, USA
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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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Directing
52 credits
Libeled Lady
Honky Tonk
Desire Me
Dragon Seed
Polly Redhead
Boom Town
A Tale of Two Cities
Too Hot to Handle
Red-Headed Woman
The Gay Bride
The Kiss
Our Modern Maidens
Arsène Lupin
Crossroads
Love Crazy
A Yank at Oxford
Saratoga
Julia Misbehaves
Untamed
Hell Below
The Hucksters
The Mainspring
The Easiest Way
Lady of the Tropics
Let Freedom Ring
One New York Night
Viva Villa!
Assignment in Brittany
The Trouble Shooter
Sawdust
The Money Changers
The Nuisance
The Understanding Heart
Alias Jimmy Valentine
The Killer
Come Through
Lucretia Lombard
The Girl from Missouri
You Can't Believe Everything
Twelve Miles Out
Lombardi, Ltd.
Her Indian Hero
But the Flesh Is Weak
New Moon
Another Man's Shoes
Brown of Harvard
The Unholy Three
The Servant in the House
The Measure of a Man
Just a Gigolo
While the City Sleeps
The Prisoner
Acting
8 credits
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Restless Souls
The Chechako
The Killer
Macbeth
Her Indian Hero
Even Unto Death
Her Indian Mother
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Producing
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