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Lloyd Bacon was born Lloyd Francis Bacon on December 4, 1889, in San José, California. His parents were both actors and his father, Frank, was the star and co-author of the successful 1918 Broadway show 'Lightnin'.
Lloyd Bacon is probably best known for his director's credit on such classic Warner Bros. films as 42nd Street, Footlight Parade, Knute Rockne—All American, and Action in the North Atlantic. Still, other film personalities are better remembered for these films: choreographer Busby Berkeley for the musicals, and actors Pat O'Brien, Ronald ...
42nd Street: Directed by Lloyd Bacon. With Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler. When the leading lady of a Broadway musical breaks her ankle, she is replaced by a young unknown actress, who becomes the star of the show.
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She Couldn't Say No (1930 film) She Couldn't Say No (1954 film) Silver Queen. The Singing Fool. Sit Tight. A Slight Case of Murder. So Long Letty (1929 film) Son of a Sailor. Sons O' Guns.
Maintained by: Find a Grave. Added: Feb 9, 2001. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 20214. Source citation. Actor, Motion Picture Director. He appeared in vaudeville, on stage, and on screen. Began his film career with Charlie Chaplin's Essanay Corporation. Many credits spanning from the 1920s to the 1950s.
Lloyd Francis Bacon was born on December 4, 1889, in San Jose, California. In 1911 he became a member of David Belasco ’s Los Angeles, California, stock company of actors. Bacon broke into films four years later in comedy shorts. He worked with Charlie Chaplin in the mid-1910s before entering the military as a photographer for the U.S. Navy.
The best of Lloyd Bacon. The new commander of a Navy Underwater Demolition Team--nicknamed "Frogmen"--must earn the respect of the men in his unit, who are still grieving over the death of their former commander and resentful of the new one.
