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Lowest Rated: 60% Up in Mabel's Room (1944) Birthday: Apr 3, 1885. Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dwan's first job was as a lighting engineer for the Peter Cooper Hewitt Company, where he ...
Added: Apr 29, 1999. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 5278. Source citation. Motion-Picture Director. One of the rugged pioneers of Hollywood's silent era. A native of Toronto and an engineer by training, Dwan was first employed by the Cooper-Hewitt Company, where he helped develop the mercury-vapor arc (the forerunner of neon lighting).
Jun 19, 2011 · Allan Dwan continued directing well into the 1950s, and shot his last film, Most Dangerous Man Alive, at 76 years old. He is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having directed more films than any other person. Allan Dwan, born Joseph Aloysius Dwan, director, producer, writer (b at Toronto 3 Apr 1885; d at Los Angeles 21 Dec 1981).
Belle Le Grand. Betty of Greystone. Big Brother (1923 film) The Big Noise (1928 film) Black Sheep (1935 film) Bloodhounds of the North. Bound in Morocco. Brewster's Millions (1945 film) A Broken Doll.
Sep 1, 1996 · September 1, 1996. Outtakes from an Interview with Dwan, December 1980. * * *. Fairbanks, Shirley Temple, Ronald Reagan, all the “pansies and poseurs of Hollywood” – no one was safe from the cruel barbs of the Great Auteur! In the late 1970s, a few years before his death, I was lucky enough to know the great pioneer director Allan Dwan.
Allan Dwan was a filmmaker whose career almost outlasted his reputation. To many in the industry, his very best years were from the late teens to the mid-/late '20s, yet he was still making movies in the '50s.
Allan Dwan was born on April 3, 1885 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as Joseph Aloysius Dwan. He was a director and writer, known for A Perfect Crime (1921), Bound in Morocco (1918) and A Broken Doll (1921). He was married to Marie Shelton and Pauline Bush. He died on December 28, 1981 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA. More details ...
