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50 min | Romance, Comedy, Drama. The story of David Harum, a small-town banker, and how what he does and who he is affects the lives of everyone in his town, whether they--or he--realize it. Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: William H. Crane, Kate Meeks, Hal Clarendon, Harold Lockwood. Votes: 60.
Over the years, Allan Dwan told dozens of different stories about how he got into the picture business. Most involved some combination of a youthful stint as an actor, a gig helping to install mercury-vapor arc lights at Essanay Studios in Chicago, and his instant success selling original stories to Essanay, which soon hired him as a scenario editor.
Mar 29, 2013 · It could be said that the career of Canadian-born film director Allan Dwan (1885-1981) began at the dawn of the American motion picture industry. Originally a scriptwriter, Dwan became a director purely by accident. Even so, his creativity and problem-solving skills propelled him to the top of his profession.
The series comes on the heels of another Dwan publication, after which the MoMA series is named, Frederic Lombardi's "Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios". While the dossier examines Dwan's films, Lombardi's text is an extensive look at the production history of Dwan's career.
Allan Dwan (Joseph Aloysius Dwan: Toronto, 3 de abril de 1885-Los Ángeles, 28 de diciembre de 1981) fue uno de los pioneros directores, productores y guionistas del cine. Logró adaptarse al cine sonoro con brillantez y descubrió a muchas actrices.
Hold Back the Night: Directed by Allan Dwan. With John Payne, Mona Freeman, Peter Graves, Chuck Connors. A Marine officer tells his squad the story behind a bottle of liquor that he always keeps with him but never drinks from.
Feb 27, 2013 · When I wrote a capsule review of Allan Dwan’s 1957 far-West film noir “The River’s Edge” in advance of its screening at Anthology Film Archives (in a remarkable series devoted to the late ...
