The Birth of a Nation
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Raoul Walsh. Actor: The Birth of a Nation. Raoul Walsh's 52-year directorial career made him a Hollywood legend. Walsh was also an actor: He appeared in the first version of W. Somerset Maugham's "Rain" renamed Sadie Thompson (1928) opposite Gloria Swanson in the title role.
Apr 17, 2014 · The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh is based on Marilyn Ann Moss’s biography of Walsh, Raoul Walsh: The True Adventures of Hollywood’s Legendary Director, and has the approval of the Raoul Walsh Estate. Raoul Walsh’s life and times are as compelling as the movies he made, from his youth in New York City – where his parents regularly ...
Mar 8, 2024 · 7 March 2024. By James Childs. Raoul Walsh. How did you actually get the opportunity to direct? You were an assistant to D.W. Griffith, but did he just tell you to get behind a camera and start shooting?
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Raoul Walsh (March 11, 1887 – December 31, 1980) was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and the brother of silent screen actor George Walsh.
Jan 2, 1981 · Raoul Walsh, a dynamic movie pioneer and a major director for nearly half a century, died Wednesday night, apparently of a heart attack, at the Simi Valley Adventist Hospital near Los Angeles....
Mar 10, 2013 · February 1–March 10, 2013. Action! A Raoul Walsh Retrospective. It can be reliably argued that Raoul Walsh (1887-1980) remains the most dominant filmmaker of Hollywood’s studio era.
Raoul Walsh, (born March 11, 1887, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Dec. 31, 1980, Simi Valley, near Los Angeles, Calif.), U.S. film director. Walsh began acting for the stage in 1910 and on film in 1912, the same year that he began directing. He was an assistant to D.W. Griffith and appeared in The Birth of a Nation (1915).
