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Looking for reviews of films directed by Jack Conway? Cinafilm has a total of 226 reviews across 23 movies directed by Jack Conway.
Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 63%.
Libeled Lady is Jack Conway's highest rated movie, with a score of 80% based on 76 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Jack Conway is Untamed, with a score of 44% based on 1 reviews.
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 D.W. Griffith's stock company, appearing primarily in westerns. Four years later, he made his mark as a director and gained valuable experience at Universal (1916–17 and 1921–23), before moving on to MGM in 1925. He remained there until 1948, often helming prestige assignments featuring the studio's top male star, Clark Gable: Boom Town (1940), Honky Tonk (1941), The Hucksters (1947) – all solid box office hits.
Conway was one of a team of MGM contract directors, who forsook any pretense to a specific individual style in favor of working within the strictures set forth by studio management. A thoroughly competent craftsman, he delivered commercially successful entertainments, on time, and within budget. Conway may not have achieved fame as a creative genius, but the majority of his films remain eminently entertaining to this day.
In his most famous film, A Tale of Two Cities (1935), he utilized 17,000 extras for the Paris mob scenes alone. This spectacular adaptation of the Dickens classic is still regarded by many as the definitive screen version. Another popular hit was the sophisticated all-star comedy Libeled Lady (1936), with the New York Times reviewer commenting on Conway's "agile direction". Conway also directed Viva Villa!, a hit MGM film starring Wallace Beery that was nominated for four Academy Awards.
Jack Conway has directed films starring Francis X. Bushman Jr., Lionel Barrymore, Lee Phelps and Mitchell Lewis.
Jack Conway has collaborated with these film directors: George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy, Sam Wood and Victor Saville.
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