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Raoul Walsh (born Albert Edward Walsh; March 11, 1887 – December 31, 1980) was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), and the brother of silent screen actor George Walsh.
Raoul Walsh. Actor: The Birth of a Nation. Raoul Walsh's 52-year directorial career made him a Hollywood legend. Walsh was also an actor: He appeared in the first version of W. Somerset Maugham's "Rain" renamed Sadie Thompson (1928) opposite Gloria Swanson in the title role.
Raoul Walsh (born March 11, 1887, New York City, New York, U.S.—died December 31, 1980, Simi Valley, California) was an American motion-picture director popular in the 1930s and 1940s for his tough, masculine films.
Raoul Walsh. Actor: The Birth of a Nation. Raoul Walsh's 52-year directorial career made him a Hollywood legend. Walsh was also an actor: He appeared in the first version of W. Somerset Maugham's "Rain" renamed Sadie Thompson (1928) opposite Gloria Swanson in the title role.
Raoul Walsh: His 20 best films. by cafg-0 • Created 5 years ago • Modified 1 month ago. A talented director who created some intense films during his long career.
Raoul Walsh (March 11, 1887 – December 31, 1980) was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and the brother of silent screen actor George Walsh.
Jan 2, 1981 · Raoul Walsh, a dynamic movie pioneer and a major director for nearly half a century, died Wednesday night, apparently of a heart attack, at the Simi Valley Adventist Hospital near Los...
With a film career spanning more than half a century, director Raoul Walsh was a highly prolific filmmaker capable of helming quality motion pictures in a wide array of genres that demonstrated a simple but straightforward style.
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Jul 19, 2002 · Walsh’s never cry. They like watching their guy being beat up, knocked down, given comeuppance — and coming up off the canvas to win. For their world is full of outrageous injustice, mutilated bodies, innocent lives destroyed. “You gotta fight,” says John Wayne in The Big Trail (1930). “That’s life.
Raoul Walsh is one of the most enigmatic directors to unconsciously play around with this metaphor about the sick compromising situation of working inside a big studio monolith. In Walsh’s world there’s no omnipotent kingpin character, but the bustling studio environment is recreated in a script that moves around a lot through rooms, cars ...