Archie Mayo
Archibald L. Mayo (born 29 January 1891 in New York, USA, † December 4, 1968 in Guadalajara, Mexico) was an American film director.
Life
Mayo began as a stage actor and came to Hollywood with her mid-twenties. In 1917 his directorial debut with Henry teaching Mans L -KO Kompany. He first turned exclusively slapstick short films, in the first half of the 1920s for the Christie Studios. From 1926 followed by feature films, 1927-1937 almost exclusively for Warner Brothers. There he was responsible for some movies of Kay Francis and Barbara Stanwyck. Among his best known films include Warner Street of Women and Svengali and The Petrified Forest ( The Petrified Forest ) with Bette Davis, Leslie Howard and Humphrey Bogart. In the 1940s, again stood out above all his comedies: Charley 's Aunt with Jack Benny, A Night in Casablanca with the Marx Brothers and the black-humored fantasy film Angel on My Shoulder starring Paul Muni and Claude Rains. 1946 Mayo retired from the film business.
Mayo was dedicated a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.