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Hugh Ryan "Jack" Conway (July 17, 1886 – October 11, 1952) was an American film director and film producer, as well as an actor of many films in the first half of the 20th century.
Jack Conway (born July 17, 1887, Graceville, Minnesota, U.S.—died October 11, 1952, Pacific Palisades, California) was an American filmmaker who worked primarily for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), where he became known as a reliable and efficient director.
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Jack Conway. Director: Viva Villa!. Born Hugh Ryan Conway of Irish ancestry, Jack Conway was one of a team of MGM contract directors (others included Sam Wood and Robert Z. Leonard), who forsook any pretense to a specific individual style in favor of working within the strictures set forth by studio management--as embodied by Irving Thalberg ...
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- Graceville, Minnesota, USA
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- Pacific Palisades, California, USA
Jack Conway. Director: Viva Villa!. Born Hugh Ryan Conway of Irish ancestry, Jack Conway was one of a team of MGM contract directors (others included Sam Wood and Robert Z. Leonard), who forsook any pretense to a specific individual style in favor of working within the strictures set forth by studio management--as embodied by Irving Thalberg ...
- July 17, 1887
- October 11, 1952
Hugh Ryan "Jack" Conway was an American film director and film producer, as well as an actor of many films in the first half of the 20th century.BiographyHe...
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Conway may not have achieved fame as a creative genius, but the majority of his films remain eminently entertaining to this day. In his most famous film, A Tale of Two Cities (1935), he utilized 17,000 extras for the Paris mob scenes alone.
87 Metascore. A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amidst the turmoil of the French Revolution. Directors: Jack Conway, Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen. Votes: 6,156. 2.
