Jack Conway (filmmaker)
Jack Conway, ( born July 17, 1887 in Graceville, Minnesota, † October 11, 1952 in Pacific Palisades, California; really Hugh Ryan Conway ) was an American film director and producer.
Career
Jack Conway began as an actor in the theater, before he took over in 1907 first roles in the film. In 1913 he then moved on to directing. He quickly gained a reputation as an excellent technician who delivered regardless of the genre, solid work. Since 1925 he was continuously at MGM signed where he, inter alia, in 1928 the first sound film for the studio turned: Alias Jimmy Valentine. Occasionally, he was also responsible for prestige productions like cry of the persecuted from 1934, when he replaced Howard Hawks as a director, or the opulent adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities in 1936, where he began in a single scene 15,000 extras.
In addition, he also turned successful comedies such as Funny sinners with Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy. Conway was put in Lady of the Tropics scene in a close confidant of Louis B. Mayer, who in 1939 personally entrusted him with Hedy Lamarr. 1948 Conway ended his career with the Greer Garson comedy ' The imperfect lady.
Conway has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.