Mini-Biography:
Jack Conway was born under the given name Hugh Ryan Conway on July 17, 1887 in Graceville, Minnesota, USA. He was an American Režisér, Herec, Producer, known for Too hot to handle (1938), Our modern maidens (1929), The Battle of the Red Men (1912), Jack Conway's first movie on record is from 1908. He was married to Viola Barry (1911-1918) and Virginia Bushman (1926-1952). Jack Conway died on October 11, 1952 in Pacific Palisades, California, USA. His last motion picture on file dates from 1949.
Zivotopisné poznámky (v němčině): Regisseur und Schauspieler des amerikanischen Films, debütierte 1909 in einem Film mit Dorothy Davenport und Victoria Forde ("Her Indian Hero") und spielte darauf in circa 100 Filmen mit, kehrte dann aber wieder ans Theater zurück. Es war David Wark Griffith, der schliesslich Conway die Regie in einigen seiner Produktionen anvertraute, und Conway wurde bald zu einem der viel beschäftigten Regisseure Hollywoods. Unter Irving Thalberg kam er zur MGM, bei der er schliesslich bis ans Ende seiner Karriere blieb.
Zeitlebens ein guter Handwerker hat Conway im Rahmen des MGM-Stils respektable Filme mit den Stars seiner Zeit geschaffen, spannende Abenteuerfilme wie "Viva Villa!" mit Wallace Beery, "Too hot to handle" mit Clark Gable oder Komödien wie "Libeled Lady" mit Jean Harlow usf. (lhg 2007)
Jack Conway Filmografie [Auszug]
1949: [] The Great Gatsby (Ředitel), Režie Elliott Nugent, with Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Shelley Winters,
1948: [/ /1] Julia misbehaves (Ředitel), with Fritz Feld, Cesar Romero, Greer Garson,
1947: [08/27] The Hucksters (Ředitel), with Edward Arnold, Clark Gable, Ava Gardner,
1947: [] The High Barbaree (Ředitel), with Van Johnson, June Allyson,
1947: [] Desire me (Ředitel), Režie George Cukor, with Greer Garson, Robert Mitchum, Richard Hart,
1944: [] Dragon Seed (Ředitel), Režie Harold S. Bucquet, with Lionel Barrymore, Turhan Bey, Hurd Hatfield,
1943: [/ /1] Assignment in Brittany (Ředitel), with Jean-Pierre Aumont, Signe Hasso, ,
1942: [] Crossroads (Ředitel), with William Powell, Hedy Lamarr,
1941: [10.01] Honky Tonk (Ředitel), with Clark Gable, , Betty Blythe,
1941: [/ /1] Love Crazy (Ředitel), with Florence Bates, Sidney Blackmer, Jack Carson,
1940: [/ /1] Boom Town (Ředitel), with Lionel Atwill, Clark Gable, Hedy Lamarr,
1939: [/ /1] The Ice Follies of 1939 (Ředitel), Režie Reinhold Schünzel, with Lew Ayres, Marie Blake, Joan Crawford,
1939: [] Let freedom ring (Ředitel), with Maude Allen, Nelson Eddy, Virginia Bruce,
1939: [] Lady of the Tropics (Ředitel), with Hedy Lamarr, Robert Taylor,
1938: [] Too hot to handle (Ředitel), with Leo Carrillo, Betty Ross Clarke, Willie Fung,
1938: [] Yank at Oxford (Ředitel), with Maureen O'Sullivan, Lionel Barrymore, Robert Taylor,
1937: [/ /1] Saratoga (Ředitel), with Lionel Barrymore, Mary Dees, Clark Gable,
1936: [] Libeled Lady (Ředitel), with Spencer Tracy, William Powell, Myrna Loy,
1935: [/ /1] A Tale of two Cities (Ředitel), with Edna May Oliver, Marion Lessing, Ronald Colman,
1935: [] One New York Night (Ředitel),
1934: [/ /1] The girl from Missouri (Ředitel), with Lionel Barrymore, Clara Blandick, Jean Harlow,
1934: [] Viva Villa ! (Ředitel), Režie Howard Hawks, with Wallace Beery, Fay Wray, Émile Chautard,
1934: [] The Gay bride (Ředitel), with Carole Lombard,
1934: [04.16] Tarzan and his mate (Ředitel: (/xx/)), Režie Cedric Gibbons, with , Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton,
1933: [] Hell below (Ředitel),
1933: [] The Nuisance (Ředitel),
1933: [] Solitaire Man (Ředitel),
1932: [06.25] Red headed woman (Ředitel), with Charles Boyer, Jean Harlow, Chester Morris,
1932: [04.09] But the Flesh is weak (Ředitel), with Robert Montgomery, Nora Gregor, ,
1932: [03.05] Arsène Lupin (Ředitel), with John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley,
1931: [] New Moon (Ředitel),
1931: [] Just a Gigolo (Ředitel), with Gerald Fielding,
1930: [] The easiest way (Ředitel), with Constance Bennett, Clara Blandick, Clark Gable,
1930: [] They learned about Women (Ředitel), Režie Sam Wood, with Bessie Love,
1930: [] The Unholy Three (Ředitel), with Lon Chaney, Lila Lee, Elliott Nugent,
1929: [/ /1] Our modern maidens (Ředitel), with Joan Crawford, Rod La Rocque, Douglas Fairbanks jr.,
1929: [] Alias Jimmy Valentine (Ředitel), with William Haines, Lionel Barrymore, Leila Hyams,
1929: [] Untamed (Ředitel), with Robert Montgomery, Grace Cunard, Joan Crawford,
1928: [] While the city sleeps (Ředitel), with Lydia Yeamans Titus, Lon Chaney, Anita Page,
1928: [] The Smart Set (Ředitel),
1928: [] Bringing up Father (Ředitel),
1927: [] Twelve Miles Out (Ředitel), with John Gilbert, Dorothy Sebastian, Joan Crawford,
1927: [] Quicksands (Ředitel), with Gary Cooper, Richard Dix, Helene Chadwick,
1927: [02.26] The Understanding Heart (Ředitel), with Joan Crawford, Rockliffe Fellowes, Ralph Bushman,
1926: [/ /1] Brown of Harvard (Ředitel), with Donald Reed, William Haines, Jack Pickford,
1926: [] Soulmates (Ředitel),
1925: [] The Only Thing (Ředitel), with Eleanor Boardman,
1925: [] The Hunted Woman (Ředitel),
1924: [11/30] The Roughneck (Ředitel), with George O'Brien, Billie Dove, Harry T. Morey,
1924: [] The Trouble Shooter (Ředitel), with Tom Mix,
1924: [] The Heart Buster (Ředitel), with Esther Ralston,
1923: [] The Prisoner (Ředitel), with Esther Ralston,
1923: [] Sawdust (Ředitel),
1923: [] What Wives want (Ředitel),
1923: [] Trimmed in Scarlet (Ředitel),
1923: [] Lucretia Lombard (Ředitel),
1922: [] The long chance (Ředitel),
1922: [] Step on It! (Ředitel),
1922: [] A Parisian Scandal (Ředitel),
1922: [] Across the Dead Line (Ředitel),
1922: [] Another Man's Shoes (Ředitel),
1922: [] Don't Shoot (Ředitel), with Herbert Rawlinson,
1921: [11/14] The Millionaire (Ředitel), with Herbert Rawlinson, Bert Roach, William Courtright,
1921: [] The Kiss (Ředitel), with Carmel Myers,
1921: [] A Daughter of the Law (Ředitel), with Carmel Myers,
1921: [] The Killer (Ředitel),
1921: [] Proxies (Ředitel),
1921: [] The Rage of Paris (Ředitel),
1921: [04.00] The Lure of the Orient (Ředitel), with Frances Nelson,
1921: [01.00] The Spenders (Ředitel), with Claire Adams, Robert McKim, Joseph J. Dowling,
1920: [11.00] The U.P. Trail (Ředitel), with Fred Starr,
1920: [10.31] The Money Changers (Ředitel), with Robert McKim, Claire Adams, Roy Stewart,
1920: [] Money-Changers (Ředitel),
1920: [] The Servant in the House (Ředitel),
1920: [] The Dwelling Place of Light (Ředitel),
1920: [] Riders of the Dawn (Ředitel), with Fred Starr,
1919: [10.00] Lombardi, Ltd. (Ředitel), with Bert Lytell, Alice Lake, Vera Lewis,
1919: [] Restless Souls (Ředitel), with Alma Rubens,
1918: [09.30] A Diplomatic Mission (Ředitel), with Earle Williams, Grace Darmond, Leslie Stuart,
1918: [09.15] Desert Law (Ředitel), with Gayne Whitman, Jack Richardson, George C. Pearce,
1918: [06.23] You Can't Believe Everything (Ředitel), with Gloria Swanson, Darrell Foss, Jack Richardson,
1918: [05.12] Her Decision (Ředitel), with Gloria Swanson, J. Barney Sherry, Darrell Foss,
1918: [02.24] Little Red Decides (Ředitel), with , Goro Kino, Frederick Vroom,
1918: [02.11] Adam and Some Eves (Ředitel), Režie Chester De Vonde, with Victor Moore, Claire Adams, Agnes Neilson,
1917: [12.16] Because of a Woman (Ředitel), with Jack Livingstone, Belle Bennett, George Chesebro,
1917: [09.23] Bond of Fear (Ředitel), with Belle Bennett, Melbourne MacDowell, Roy Stewart,
1917: [08.27] The Charmer (Ředitel), with Ella Hall, Belle Bennett, Martha Mattox,
1917: [06.18] The Little Orphan (Ředitel), with Ella Hall, Gertrude Astor,
1917: [06.17] Come through (Ředitel), with Alice Lake, Jean Hathaway, Herbert Rawlinson,
1917: [04.16] A Jewel in Pawn (Ředitel), with Ella Hall, Maie Hall, Antrim Short,
1917: [03.19] Polly Redhead (Ředitel), with Ella Hall, Gertrude Astor, Charles Hill Mailes,
1917: [01.15] Her Soul's Inspiration (Ředitel), with Ella Hall, Marc Robbins, Dick Ryan,
1916: [11.27] The Mainspring (Ředitel), with , Wilbur Higby, Francelia Billington,
1916: [11.20] The Measure of a Man (Ředitel), with J. Warren Kerrigan, Louise Lovely, Katherine Campbell,
1916: [10.16] The Social Buccaneer (Ředitel), with J. Warren Kerrigan, Louise Lovely, Maude George,
1916: [08.21] The Beckoning Trail (Ředitel), with J. Warren Kerrigan, Maude George, Harry Carter,
1916: [07.24] The Silent Battle (Ředitel), with J. Warren Kerrigan, Lois Wilson, Maude George,
1916: [06.04] Macbeth (Herci: Lennox), Režie John Emerson, with Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Constance Collier, Wilfred Lucas,
1916: [01.17] Bitter Sweet (Ředitel), Režie Rollin S. Sturgeon, with George Stanley, Anne Schaefer, Webster Campbell,
1915: [11.21] The Penitents (Ředitel), with Orrin Johnson, Seena Owen, Paul Gilmore,
1915: [08.14] The Way of a Mother (Ředitel), with Marguerite Marsh, George Walsh, Josephine Crowell,
1915: [07.18] The Mystic Jewel (Ředitel), with Seena Owen, Charles West, Joseph Henabery,
1915: [07.04] The Old High Chair (Ředitel), with Gladys Brockwell, William Lawrence, Marguerite Marsh,
1915: [04.22] Captain Macklin (Ředitel), with Lillian Gish, John Francis Dillon,
1915: [03.29] The Outcast (Herci: Graves - the Bowery Sport), Režie John B. O'Brien, with Ralph Lewis, Mae Marsh, Mary Alden,
1914: [01.05] His Lesson (Herci: Participant in Mob Scene (/xx/) ), Režie George Siegmann, with George Siegmann, Billie West, Vester Pegg,
1914: [11.23] The Chechako (Herci: Smoke Bellew ), Režie Hobart Bosworth, with Myrtle Stedman, Joe Ray,
1914: [11.14] The Folly of Anne (Herci: The Heartless Publisher ), Režie John B. O'Brien, with Lillian Gish, Elmer Clifton,
1914: [09.14] Burning Daylight: The Adventures of Burning Daylight in Alaska (Herci: Joe Hines ), Režie Hobart Bosworth, with Hobart Bosworth, Rhea Haines, J. Charles Haydon,
1914: [09.06] For those Unborn (Herci: Jim Conway), Režie Christy Cabanne, with Blanche Sweet, William Lawrence,
1914: [06.00] The Valley of the Moon (Herci: Billy Roberts ), Režie Hobart Bosworth, with Myrtle Stedman, Al Ernest Garcia,
1913: [07.19] When Sherman Marched to the Sea (Ředitel), with Val Paul, Lee Morris,
1913: [04.19] The Twelfth Juror (Herci: Clarence Morton), Režie George Lessey, with , Laura Sawyer,
1913: [01.24] The Mosaic Law (Herci), Režie Thomas H. Ince, with Robert Edeson, Ann Little, Ethel Grandin,
1912: [11.20] The Civilian (Herci), Režie Thomas H. Ince, with Mae Marsh, Robert Stanton,
1912: [11.13] The House of Pride (Ředitel), with Francis X. Bushman, Beverly Bayne, E.H. Calvert,
1912: [11.09] Mary of the Mines (Herci: Jack Norton), Režie Francis Ford, with Francis Ford, Ann Little,
1912: [] The Post Telegraphers (Herci), Režie Francis Ford, Thomas H. Ince, with Lillian Christy, Mildred Harris,
1912: [] Uncle Bill (Herci: Joe, Bill's Neffe), Režie Milton J. Fahrney, with Howard Davies, Dorothy Davenport,
1912: [04.17] Her Indian Hero (Herci: Hal Benton ), Režie Al Christie, Milton J. Fahrney, with George Gebhardt, Dorothy Davenport,
1912: [04.17] The Empty Water Keg (Herci: The Cowboy ), Režie Thomas H. Ince, with Francis Ford, Ann Little,
1912: [03.08] The Battle of the Red Men (Herci), Režie Thomas H. Ince, with Ann Little, J. Barney Sherry, Ray Myers,
1912: [02.21] Rollicking Red's Big Lark (Herci: Rollicking Red), Režie N. N., with Sherman Bainbridge,
1912: [01.24] Cupid and the Ranchman (Herci: John Daniels), Režie N. N., with Harold Lockwood, Victoria Forde,
1912: [01.10] Tracked Through the Desert (Herci: Jim Conway), Režie Milton J. Fahrney, with Victoria Forde, George Gebhardt,
1911: [09.25] Arizona Bill (Herci: Arizona Bill ), Režie Pat Hartigan, with Ruth Roland,
1911: [] Sundered Ties (Herci), Režie Francis Ford, with Grace Cunard, Francis Ford,
1911: [/ /1] The lost dispatch (Herci), Režie Frank Morty, with J. Barney Sherry, Robert Stanton,
1910: [12.16] Her Indian Mother (Herci: Stephen Moore ), Režie Sidney Olcott, with Ruth Roland, Alice Joyce,
1910: [] The Indian Scout's Vengeance (Herci), Režie Sidney Olcott, with Ruth Roland,
1909: [] Old Soldier's Story (Herci), Režie Sidney Olcott, with Sidney Olcott, Ruth Roland,
1908: [03.28] The Scarlet Letter (Herci), Režie Sidney Olcott, with Gene Gauntier, Ruth Roland,
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