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After making a series of westerns and comedies, Dwan directed fellow Canadian-American Mary Pickford in several very successful movies as well as her husband, Douglas Fairbanks, notably in the acclaimed 1922 Robin Hood. Dwan directed Gloria Swanson in eight feature films, and one short film made in the short-lived sound-on-film process Phonofilm.
Allan Dwan was born on 3 April 1885 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a director and writer, known for Bound in Morocco (1918), A Perfect Crime (1921) and Panthea (1917). He was married to Marie Shelton and Pauline Bush. He died on 28 December 1981 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Jun 5, 2013 · The Films of Allan Dwan. June 5, 2013. You don’t need to speak French to delight in MOMA ’s retrospective of the films of Allan Dwan (which runs today through July 8), who was, among other...
Allan Dwan List of Movies and TV Shows - TV Guide. Profession di/producer/wr/su/ap/ml. Director. 136 Credits. Screen Directors Playhouse. 1956. Argentine Love. Big Brother. The Big Noise....
May 7, 2024 · To many film critics and historians, Dwan’s films show the high levels of quality that could be achieved within the relative simplicity of classic Hollywood film style. Michael Barson. Allan Dwan was an American director with more than 400 known feature films and short productions to his credit.
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Sands of Iwo Jima: Directed by Allan Dwan. With John Wayne, John Agar, Adele Mara, Forrest Tucker. Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to understand the reason for Stryker's rigid form of discipline.
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2. David Harum (1915) 50 min | Romance, Comedy, Drama. 5.6. Rate. The story of David Harum, a small-town banker, and how what he does and who he is affects the lives of everyone in his town, whether they--or he--realize it. Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: William H. Crane, Kate Meeks, Hal Clarendon, Harold Lockwood.
