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Allan Dwan  

 Expressive Esoterica 

Jean-Pierre Melville's 64 Favourite Pre-War American Filmmakers (Cahiers du Cinema, October 1961)

Director / Screenwriter / Producer
1885 - 1981 
Born April 3, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Key Genres: Western, Drama, Action  TSPDT Rating: 7
Key Collaborators: Benedict Bogeaus (Producer), James Leicester (Editor/Screenwriter), Louis Forbes (Composer), Van Nest Polglase (Production Designer), John Alton (Cinematographer), John Payne (Leading Player), Reggie Lanning (Cinematographer), Chubby Johnson (Leading Character Player), Morris Ankrum (Character Player), James W. Sullivan (Production Designer)
Recommended: Brewster's Millions (1945), Silver Lode (1954), Slightly Scarlet (1956)
Worth a Look: Robin Hood (1922), Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), The River's Edge (1957)
Links: [ IMDB ] [ TCMDB ] [ All-Movie Guide ] [ Film Reference ] [ Bright Lights Film Journal Interview (1980) ] [ Images Feature: Allan Dwan Westerns ] [ Northern Stars Biography ] [ Classic Film and Television Home Page ]
Books: [ Who the Devil Made It: Conversations with Robert Aldrich, George Cukor, Allan Dwan... ] [ Allan Dwan: The Last Pioneer ]
DVD's: [ Amazon ]
250 Quintessential Noir Films: Slightly Scarlet (1956)
 
 
 
 

 

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