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Allan Dwan (born Joseph Aloysius Dwan; April 3, 1885 – December 28, 1981) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter. Early life [ edit ] Born Joseph Aloysius Dwan in Toronto , Ontario, Canada, Dwan was the younger son of commercial traveler of woolen clothing Joseph Michael Dwan (1857–1917 ...
- Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter
- 1911–1961; 1980
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.
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- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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. Along with the more-celebrated Cecil B. DeMille, Dwan was one of the few directors who made the transition from the days of the ...
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Jun 5, 2013 · The series is organized around the publication of the book “Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios,” by Frederic Lombardi. I haven’t laid eyes on a copy yet, but am ...
In his brief entry on Allan Dwan in the “Expressive Esoterica” chapter of American Cinema, Andrew Sarris concluded, “there may be much more to say about Dwan.”.” That promise has been amply fulfilled with the publication of Frederic Lombardi’s Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studio System; Allan Dwan: a Dossier, edited by David Phelps and Gina Teleroli and ...
Jun 5, 2013 · Film series. 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. The Museum of Modern Art presented a major retrospective of Dwan’s films ...
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 and ...
