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Allan Dwan. Birth. 3 Apr 1885. Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada. Death. 28 Dec 1981 (aged 96) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Burial. San Fernando Mission Cemetery. Mission Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map. Plot. Section F, Tier 18, Grave 62. Memorial ID. 5278. · View Source. Suggest Edits.
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 ...
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 ...
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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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).
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 ...
Jun 5, 2013 · It’s the movie of a man born in 1885 who, in his mid-seventies, was seeking provocative new paths, both visually and thematically, and confronting the terrors of a bewildering new world. In both ...
