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Roy Del Ruth. Roy Del Ruth ( Filadèlfia, Pennsilvània, 18 d'octubre de 1893 - Sherman Oaks, 27 d'abril de 1961 ), fou un director d'estudi eficient i professional sense un estil particular que va rodar sobretot dins de dos gèneres cinematogràfics ben diferents: el musical i el cinema negre .
Roy Del Ruth was born on October 18, 1893 in New Castle, Delaware, USA. He was a director and writer, known for It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947), Folies Bergère de Paris (1935) and Ziegfeld Follies (1945).
Roy Del Ruth, a former gag man turned contract director in the silent era, flourished at Warner Bros. with the coming of sound and he became one of the most prolific and reliable directors in the studio stable in the 1930s, responsible for some of the snappiest and sassiest films of the pre-Code era, among them Blessed Event (1932), Employees' Entrance (1933), and the James Cagney films Blonde Crazy (1931), Taxi!
Box office. $1.3 million [2] On the Avenue is a 1937 American musical film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Dick Powell, Madeleine Carroll, Alice Faye, George Barbier, and The Ritz Brothers. Many of the songs were composed by Irving Berlin. Many of the plot details (with a reversal of the male and female roles) were used in Let's Make Love.
The Little Giant: Directed by Roy Del Ruth. With Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, Helen Vinson, Russell Hopton. When Prohibition ends, a beer baron sees the writing on the wall, quits the rackets, and tries to break into California society.
Primary Menu Skip to content . RIFFING ON THE MASTERS. D.W. GRIFFITH (1875-1948) JOHN FORD (1895-1973) ROBERT J. FLAHERTY (1884-1951)
Lady Killer: Directed by Roy Del Ruth. With James Cagney, Mae Clarke, Margaret Lindsay, Leslie Fenton. A former gangster makes it big in Hollywood, but his old life catches up with him.
