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The Rowland V. Lee Ranch and later life. Lee focused on running his ranch in the San Fernando Valley which he had bought in 1935. He raised cattle and alfalfa. In August 1940, two girls drowned in his private lake while Lee was away. He converted part of his acreage overlooking the Chatsworth Reservoir into a motion picture location.
May 7, 2024 · Rowland V. Lee (born September 6, 1891, Findlay, Ohio, U.S.—died December 21, 1975, Palm Desert, California) was an American film director of silent and sound pictures who worked in a variety of genres. Born to stage-veteran parents, Lee began performing at an early age. In 1917 he started acting in films, but, after serving in the military ...
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Box office. $1.5 million [1] The Count of Monte Cristo is a 1934 American adventure film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Robert Donat and Elissa Landi. Based on the 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, the story concerns a man who is unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him.
Rowland V. Lee (1891-1975) Rowland V. Lee. Director. Writer. Producer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Coming from a show business family (his parents were stage actors), Rowland V. Lee began his career as a child actor in stock and on Broadway. He interrupted his stage career for a stint as a Wall Street stockbroker, but gave that up after two ...
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- Findlay, Ohio, USA
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Rowland V. Lee. Director: The Count of Monte Cristo. Coming from a show business family (his parents were stage actors), Rowland V. Lee began his career as a child actor in stock and on Broadway. He interrupted his stage career for a stint as a Wall Street stockbroker, but gave that up after two years and returned to the stage. Lee was hired by Thomas H. Ince as an actor...
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- December 21, 1975
The Son of Monte Cristo is a 1940 American black-and-white swashbuckling adventure film from United Artists, produced by Edward Small, directed by Rowland V. Lee, that stars Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, and George Sanders. The Small production uses the same sets and many of the same cast and production crew as his previous year's production of ...
Rowland Lee. Rowland Lee or Leigh may refer to: Rowland Lee (bishop) (c. 1487–1543), English bishop. Rowland Leigh (MP) (died 1603), English Member of Parliament for Cricklade, 1584. Rowland V. Lee (1891–1975), American film director. Rowland Leigh (1902–1963), English-American screenwriter. Rowland Lee (composer) (born 1960), British ...
