Rex Ingram

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Rex Ingram

Rex Ingram (actually: Reginald Ingram Montgomery Hitchcock ; born January 15, 1892 in Dublin , Ireland , † July 21, 1950 in Hollywood , Los Angeles ) was an American film director of Irish origin.

Life

Trained as a sculptor at Yale , in 1913 engagements with the Edison Company as a set designer , screenwriter and actor. 1915/16 first films as a director, first with Fox, then with Universal. In 1921 he led Rudolph Valentino in his most important role in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ; the film becomes an absolute hit with both critics and audiences and guaranteed full box offices for the then ailing Metro. Although often reported, Ingram was never involved in the production of Ben Hur 1923-25, after the first shooting in Rome was abandoned, the direction went to Fred Niblo .

Ingram moved to France, expanded the Studio Victorine in Nice and realized there a. a. Mare Nostrum and The Magician . After turning his back on Hollywood for good , he directed his only sound film, Baroud, in an English and a French version in 1931/32 . It was also his last film, from then on he turned back to sculpture, traveled, lived in Cairo for several years and wrote two novels. In 1950 he died of the sequelae of an illness that he contracted while filming in Africa.

He was married to actress Alice Terry .

Movies

  • 1914 The Symphony of Souls
  • 1916 The Great Problem
  • 1916 Broken Fetters
  • 1916 The Calice of Sorrows
  • 1917 Black Orchids
  • 1917 The Reward of the Faithless
  • 1917 The Pulse of Life
  • 1917 The Flower of Doom
  • 1917 The Little Terror
  • 1918 His Robe of Honor
  • 1918 Humdrum Brown
  • 1919 The Day She Paid
  • 1920 Shore Acres
  • 1920 Under Crimson Skies
  • 1920 Hearts are Trumps
  • 1921 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
  • 1921 The Conquering Power
  • 1922 The prisoner of Zenda
  • 1922 Turn to the Right
  • 1923 Scaramouche
  • 1923 The Arab
  • 1925 Mare Nostrum
  • 1926 The magician
  • 1927 The greatest victim
  • 1928 The Three Passions
  • 1932 Baroud

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personal data
SURNAME Ingram, Rex
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hitchcock, Reginald Ingram Montgomery
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director of Irish descent
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Dublin , Ireland
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 1950
Place of death Hollywood , Los Angeles