Jack Conway

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Jack Conway , (born July 17, 1887 in Graceville , Minnesota , † October 11, 1952 in Pacific Palisades , California ; actually Hugh Ryan Conway ) was an American director , actor and producer .

Career

Jack Conway started out as an actor in the theater before taking on his first roles in film in 1907. In 1913 he switched to directing. He quickly acquired the reputation of an excellent technician who delivered solid work regardless of the genre. Since 1925 he was continuously under contract with MGM , where he a. a. 1928 shot the first sound film for the studio: Alias ​​Jimmy Valentine . Occasionally he was responsible for prestige productions, such as Scream of the Haunted from 1934, in which he replaced Howard Hawks as director, or the opulent adaptation of Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities from 1936, where he used 15,000 extras in a single scene .

He has also made successful comedies such as Funny Sinner with Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy . Conway was a close confidante of Louis B. Mayer , who personally entrusted him in 1939 to stage Hedy Lamarr in Lady of the Tropics . In 1948, Conway ended his career with the Greer Garson comedy The Imperfect Lady .

Conway has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .

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SURNAME Conway, Jack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Conway, Hugh Ryan (real name); Conway, John (as actor)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American director, actor and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Graceville , Minnesota
DATE OF DEATH October 11, 1952
Place of death Pacific Palisades , California