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Jack Conway
Director 1887 - 1952

Jack Conway

Graceville, Minnesota, USA

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia He was born as Hugh Ryan Conway, on July 17, 1887, in Graceville, Minnesota, US. Conway started out as an actor, joining a repertory theater group straight out of high school. He then moved into films and, in 1911, became a member of... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

16 titles
The Hucksters

The Hucksters

Jack Conway 1947 1h 55m

A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity.

Dragon Seed

Dragon Seed

Jack Conway, Harold S. Bucquet 1944 2h 28m

Chinese peasants fight to survive the Japanese occupation during World War II.

Crossroads

Crossroads

Jack Conway 1942 1h 23m

William Powell plays a dramatic role after years of romantic mysteries, married to the beautiful Hedy Lamarr, is a diplomat being blackmailed by a criminal (Basil Rathbone) and his accomplice (Clare Trevor).

Love Crazy

Love Crazy

Jack Conway 1941 1h 39m

William Powell and Myrna Loy are a couple whose marriage is on the verge of being broken up by his old girlfriend and her disapproving mother.

Honky Tonk

Honky Tonk

Jack Conway 1941 1h 45m 6.0

Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.

Boom Town

Boom Town

Jack Conway 1940 1h 59m 7.0

McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsey comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties.

Lady of the Tropics

Lady of the Tropics

Jack Conway 1939 1h 32m

American playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal status makes a formidable barrier to their happiness.

Saratoga

Saratoga

Jack Conway 1937 1h 32m 6.0

A horse breeder's (Lionel Barrymore) granddaughter (Jean Harlow) falls in love with a gambler (Clark Gable) in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Libeled Lady

Libeled Lady

Jack Conway 1936 1h 38m 7.5

When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her.

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

Jack Conway 1935 2h 6m 9.0

Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release to live in London with the daughter he has never met.

Viva Villa!

Viva Villa!

Jack Conway 1934 1h 55m

In this fictionalized biography, young Pancho Villa takes to the hills after killing an overseer in revenge for his father's death.

The Girl from Missouri

The Girl from Missouri

Jack Conway 1934 1h 13m

Chorus girl Eadie is determined to marry a millionaire without sacrificing her virtue.

Red-Headed Woman

Red-Headed Woman

Jack Conway 1932 1h 19m 10.0

A gold-digging secretary will do whatever it takes to get ahead in society-including luring her morally minded boss away from his happy marriage.

Our Modern Maidens

Our Modern Maidens

Jack Conway 1929 1h 16m

A flapper charms a diplomat to procure her fiancé a career opportunity, while the fiancé starts a relationship with her best friend.

While the City Sleeps

While the City Sleeps

Jack Conway 1928 1h 6m

A tough New York cop is determined to bring down a crook who has always managed to provide an alibi for the crimes he's been accused of, even though the detective knows he's guilty of committing them.

Brown of Harvard

Brown of Harvard

Jack Conway 1926 1h 25m

Tom Brown shows up at Harvard, confident and a bit arrogant. He becomes a rival of Bob McAndrew, not only in football and rowing crew, but also for the affections of Mary Abbott, a professor's daughter.

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