John Cromwell

Elwood Dager Cromwell

Born December 23, 1886· Toledo, Ohio, USA

† Died September 26, 1979

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Emerging from a prosperous Anglo-Scottish family in Toledo and educated at Howe Military Academy, Cromwell launched a stage career that quickly moved from Chicago stock companies to Broadway, where he debuted as John Brooke in Little Women (1912) and later directed the gangster drama The Racket (1927), introducing Edward G. Robinson. Shifting to Hollywood in 1928, he first served as a dialogue dir…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

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