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Years active. 1911–1961; 1980. Spouse (s) Pauline Bush (1915–1919) Marie Shelton (1927–1949) Allan Dwan (born Joseph Aloysius Dwan; April 3, 1885 – December 28, 1981) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter.
May 7, 2024 · Allan Dwan (born April 3, 1885, Toronto, Ontario, Canada—died December 28, 1981, Woodland Hills, California, U.S.) was an American director with more than 400 known feature films and short productions to his credit.
- Michael Barson
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Jun 5, 2013 · In the silent 1924 New York working-class melodrama “Manhandled,” starring Gloria Swanson as a shopgirl, Dwan brings quick-witted, visually analytical comedy to the bustling bargain basement ...
The Iron Mask is a 1929 American part-talkie adventure film directed by Allan Dwan. In addition to some sequences with dialogue, the film featured a synchronized musical score with sound effects and a theme song. The film is an adaptation of the last section of the 1847-1850 novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père, which is ...
Dec 23, 1981 · Allan Dwan, who during his half-century career directed such stars as Gloria Swanson, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Shirley Temple and John Wayne, died of heart failure Monday at the Motion Picture...
Hold Back the Night is a 1956 American war film about the Korean War based on the 1951 novel by Pat Frank, who had been a war correspondent in Korea. The film was directed by Allan Dwan ; his third film with John Payne and his third film about the United States Marine Corps , the others being Abroad with Two Yanks (1944) and Sands of Iwo Jima ...
Jun 5, 2013 · Jun 5–Jul 8, 2013. Allan Dwan (1885–1981), dubbed “the last pioneer” by Peter Bogdanovich, had a 50-year career as a director (from 1911 to 1961) that encompasses the history of the classic American movie industry. During that span he made over 400 films, a substantial minority of which survive.
