Emerging from a modest Ohio upbringing-his mother a pioneering newspaper founder and his own studies at Columbia University followed by infantry service in World War I-he entered Hollywood first as a silent-era actor, appearing in a string of 1917-1920 productions before Thomas H. Ince urged him to choose directing. His early directorial efforts at Fox, notably the acclaimed adaptation of Booth Ta… Read more
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Known for Son of Frankenstein 1939 The Count of Monte Cristo 1934 Tower of London 1939 Captain Kidd 1945 ★ 6.3 Captain Kidd 1945
★ 6.3 The Bridge of San Luis Rey 1944
★ 4.4 Powder Town 1942
★ 6.2 The Son of Monte Cristo 1940
★ 6.7 Son of Frankenstein 1939
★ 6.1 Tower of London 1939
★ 5.5 The Sun Never Sets 1939
★ 6.6 Service de Luxe 1938
★ 6 Mother Carey's Chickens 1938
★ 6.3 Love from a Stranger 1937
★ 6.2 The Toast of New York 1937
★ 5 One Rainy Afternoon 1936
★ 6.9 The Three Musketeers 1935
★ 7.3 Cardinal Richelieu 1935
★ 6.8 The Count of Monte Cristo 1934
★ 6.5 Gambling 1934
★ 4.8 Zoo in Budapest 1933
★ 6.6 I Am Suzanne! 1933
★ 10 That Night in London 1932
★ 6.2 The Ruling Voice 1931
★ 6.2 The Guilty Generation 1931
★ 5.9 Paramount on Parade 1930
★ 5.3 The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu 1930
★ 6.4 Ladies Love Brutes 1930
★ 9 Derelict 1930
★ 8 A Man from Wyoming 1930
★ 3.8 A Dangerous Woman 1929
★ 6 The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu 1929
★ 8.4 The Wolf of Wall Street 1929
★ 7 Doomsday 1928
★ 7 The Secret Hour 1928
★ 8 Three Sinners 1928
★ 8 Loves of an Actress 1928
★ 9 The First Kiss 1928
★ 6.8 Barbed Wire 1927
★ 8 The Whirlwind of Youth 1927
★ 8 The Outsider 1926
★ 10 The Silver Treasure 1926
★ 7 As No Man Has Loved 1925
★ 7 Havoc 1925
★ 9 In Love with Love 1924
★ 8 You Can't Get Away with It 1923
★ 9 Gentle Julia 1923
★ 9 Alice Adams 1923
★ 7 Desire 1923
★ 8 His Back Against the Wall 1922
★ 8 Mixed Faces 1922
★ 7 A Self-Made Man 1922
★ 9 Shirley of the Circus 1922
★ 8 The Dust Flower 1922
The Men of Zanzibar 1922
★ 7 The Men of Zanzibar 1922
★ 5.8 The Sea Lion 1921
★ 7 The Cup of Life 1921
★ 7.8 Blind Hearts 1921
