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Lambert Harwood Hillyer (July 8, 1893 – July 5, 1969) was an American film director and screenwriter.
YearTitleNotes1917Also screenwriter [6]1917Strife[6]1917[6]1918[6]Lambert Hillyer. Director: Guard That Girl. A former journalist who came from a show-business family--his mother was actress Lydia Knott--western specialist Lambert Hillyer entered films in 1917.
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Lambert Hillyer. Director: Guard That Girl. A former journalist who came from a show-business family--his mother was actress Lydia Knott--western specialist Lambert Hillyer entered films in 1917.
- July 8, 1889
- July 5, 1969
Feb 18, 2024 · Lambert Hillyer, a prolific American director from the first half of the 20th century, holds the record for most Westerns directed, with the Guinness World Records claiming that Hillyer...
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Lambert Hillyer (8 July 1889 – 5 July 1969) was an American film director and screenwriter. He directed over 160 films between 1917 and 1949. He also wrote for 54 films between 1917 and 1948.
Wagon Tracks is a 1919 American silent Western film written by C. Gardner Sullivan, produced by Thomas H. Ince and William S. Hart, and directed by Lambert Hillyer. Upon its release, the Los Angeles Times described it as Hollywood's greatest desert epic.
Lambert Hillyer was a prolific director of low-budget westerns, dramas and thrillers in the 1930s and 1940s. He also directed the sequel to Universal's Dracula, Dracula's Daughter, which is considered superior to the original.
