Jack Conway
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Conway (filmmaker), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 16, 1887
Deathday: October 11, 1952
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Kit Carson's Wooing
1911-09-11
Kit Carson's Wooing
Overview: Kit Carson, scout, hunter, trapper and soldier-of-fortune, has won the enmity of Azakah, the cruel chief of a prowling band of renegade Indians.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-09-11
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His Only Son
1912-10-09
His Only Son
Overview: Bob Madden returns home slightly intoxicated and his father angrily commands him to leave the place and shift for himself. The next morning he goes, leaving his father a note: "Dear Dad, I am going out West and try to make a man of myself. I hope some day you will be proud of me. Your son. Bob."
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-10-09
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The Folly of Anne
1914-11-14
The Folly of Anne
Overview: A picture from the short story of Ellen Farley in "The Cavalier," and screened by John O'Brian. The story is of a girl who tries to be an author and has the usual fate of such. The new interest comes when she enters the home of the publisher because the policemen won't let her sit on the park benches and she wants to hide out of sight of them. She is starving and there is fruit on the table which she eats, but when the "burglar" comes she feels in duty bound to protect the place from him; it is the publisher, and from this meeting the two young people fall in, it always happens in fiction, why say it? But even with this ending the offering has much to commend it. Able direction and good acting give it atmosphere and it will go all right.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-11-14
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The Chechako
1914-11-23
The Chechako
Overview: The Chechako is a 1914 adventure drama based on Jack London's Smoke Bellew
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-11-23
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Her Indian Mother
1910-12-16
Her Indian Mother
Overview: The scenes are laid in the Hudson Bay country in comparatively recent years and cover the life of a Hudson Bay factor, showing him as a young man assuming his business in the wilderness and, as was common in those days, taking an Indian wife that he had purchased of her father in Indian fashion.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1910-12-16
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Macbeth
1916-01-02
Macbeth
Overview: Shakespeare's tragedy of the Scots nobleman whose ambition leads him to betrayal, murder, and damnation.
Genres: History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-01-02
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The Twelfth Juror
1913-04-19
The Twelfth Juror
Overview: A play based on a famous English case of a man being executed wrongfully on circumstantial evidence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-04-19
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Old School vs. New School
2012-08-30
Old School vs. New School
Overview: What happens when old school games go face to face with new school characters?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-30
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Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska
1914-09-14
Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska
Overview: Elam Harnish, known as "Burning Daylight," is a leader among the men of Circle City, Alaska in the days before the gold rush. Nell, a dance hall girl, loves Harnish, though he has never offered her anything but friendship. Harnish's hunch that the big strike is coming soon proves true, and he throws himself into the frenzy of activity that follows, staking claims and eventually accumulating eleven million dollars. Harnish leaves Alaska for San Francisco without knowing that Nell has killed herself because of his departure. -From TCM.com Database, powered by the AFI.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-09-14
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The Post Telegrapher
1912-04-30
The Post Telegrapher
Overview: Bob Evans, a telegraph operator, together with a group of soldiers gets ambushed by Sioux Indians. Wounded, he climbs into a telegraph pole and asks through the telegraph wires for help from the fort. Bob's fiancée Edith comes along with the soldiers. The soldiers find only dead bodies and decide to chase the Indians. Edith stays behind to search for Bob. She finds him and together they return to the fort. The Sioux then attack the fort, but when the situation seems hopeless, the army returns and the Indians are expelled.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-04-30
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Roof Tops of Manhattan
1935-11-16
Roof Tops of Manhattan
Overview: Musical performances set in a rooftop nightclub in Manhattan.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-16
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Her Indian Hero
1912-04-16
Her Indian Hero
Overview: The Chief's son, Silver Water, returns from college and is met at the station by the tribe. The Indians make merry to celebrate his homecoming. Hal Benton, an easterner, rides on to ask his way to the hotel, where he is stopping with some friends, among them his fiancée, Veda Mead, and her father. Knowing that the Indian ceremonies will interest his friends, Hal obtains permission to come the next day and bring his friends. The Chief calls Morning Star, an Indian maiden, telling his son that she is to be his squaw. Silver Water is pleased with her. The next day Hal Benton and his friends arrive. While the others inspect the camp, Veda Mead amuses herself with Silver Water and ere long is thoroughly infatuated with him, while the Indian's vanity is touched by the attentions of the society coquette, and he promises to meet her the next day. Their little tete-a-tete is cut short by the entrance of Morning Star.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-04-16
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The Little Orphan
1917-06-18
The Little Orphan
Overview: Three bachelor buddies, David Clark (Jack Conway), Dick Porter (Richard LeReno), and Jerry Mathers (George Webb) adopt three Belgian children who have been orphaned by the war. David winds up with Rene Lescere (Ella Hall), who -- much to his dismay -- comes with a pet goat and chicken. But Rene comes to love her foster father and vice versa. In fact, she's determined to find him a wife who will also serve as a foster mom for her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-06-18
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Even Unto Death
1914-11-01
Even Unto Death
Overview: Dorthea Gordon comes to a fishing village with her ill-tempered brother, Walter. She rows out to a rock to sketch the seals, but her boat drifts away and the rising tide sweeps her into the water. Her predicament is seen by Jack Livingston, the fisherman son of the village minister, and he rescues her. The pair begin seeing one another, but Walter thoroughly disapproves. When a gossip implies that Livingston's attentions are less than honorable, Walter confronts him and is killed in the ensuing struggle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-11-01
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The Scarlet Letter
1908-03-28
The Scarlet Letter
Overview: "The Scarlet Letter" is a story of early Puritan days in New England. Hester, a beautiful young Englishwoman, is sent to America by her husband, with a promise that he will follow on the next ship. But he falls to keep his promise and Hester does not hear from him in years. In the meantime she is befriended by a young Puritan minister. Friendship ripens into love and Hester, thinking her husband dead, loves the handsome young clergyman with her whole heart. But when the baby is born the minister, fearing the wrath of the Pilgrim Fathers, denies it and Hester is condemned to wear the Scarlet Letter and to stand in the pillory. And it is only after several years of Hester's shame and ignominy that the little child finally reaches the father's heart. Then comes the great scene. The minister, on a fête day, ascends the pillory, places himself where Hester had been placed, and publicly proclaims his sin.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1908-03-28
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The Killer
1921-01-30
The Killer
Overview: Claire Adams as a girl forced to marry the man she suspects killed her father. When she refuses, she is virtually kept a prisoner along with kid-brother Frankie Lee until a handsome stranger (Jack Conway) rescues them.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-01-30
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When Lincoln Paid
1913-01-31
When Lincoln Paid
Overview: The mother of a dead Union soldier attempts to convince President Lincoln to pardon a similarly condemned Confederate soldier whose unjust conviction was the result of her vindictive scheme.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-01-31
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