Jack Conway
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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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Behind the Camera
The Birth of a Nation
Assistant Director
Historia de dos ciudades
Director
El mercader de ilusiones
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The Roughneck
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High Barbaree
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Second Assistant Director
Desire Me
Director
Crossroads
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Una mujer difamada
Director
Red-Headed Woman
Director
The Prisoner
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Honky Tonk
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Dragon Seed
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El fruto dorado
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Arsène Lupin
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Too Hot to Handle
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Saratoga
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Love Crazy
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Julia Misbehaves
Director
Viva Villa!
Director
Let Freedom Ring
Director
Hell Below
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Lady of the Tropics
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The Nuisance
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Untamed
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Twelve Miles Out
Director
The Charmer
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A Yank at Oxford
Director
While the City Sleeps
Director
Assignment in Brittany
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As Actor/Actress
The Killer
William Sanborn
The Chechako
Smoke Bellew
Macbeth
Lennox
Even Unto Death
Walter Gordon
Restless Souls
Hugh Gregory
Her Indian Hero
Hal Benton
Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska
Joe Hines
His Only Son
The Little Orphan
David Clark
Kit Carson's Wooing
Kit Carson