Vintage Movie Resources
Edward Ludwig (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Probably Hollywood’s most-traveled director is Edward Ludwig
Reinhold Schünzel (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — On a walk in a park in a European city, a little boy used to stand and watch the Punch and Judy show presented daily for the children.
Edwin L. Marin (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — By adopting a method peculiarly his own, Edwin L. Marin became a successful director without serving an apprenticeship.
Gustav Machatý (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Fifteen years ago, on his first Hollywood adventure, Gustav Machatý trained and attended a studio comedy lion known as Humpy.
Robert Z. Leonard (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — A graduate of the musical comedy stage, Robert Z. Leonard has an enviable record of directorial hits, both silent and talking.
Sidney Franklin (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — A sun tan was the reason for Sidney Franklin becoming a director.
Victor Fleming (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Victor Fleming has the amazing record of being associated with the picture business more than twenty-five years, and more than half of that time as an “ace” director.
Charles Dorian (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — The How-I-Made-Good-In-Hollywood-Club has never been successful in enlisting Charley Dorian as a member.
Clarence Brown (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Two degrees in engineering and a successful automobile business lacked the power to keep Clarence Brown out of the theater as one of its major craftsmen.
Edward Buzzell (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Eddie Buzzell, as a boy in high school, discovered that he had mannerisms that made people laugh. So he gave up the idea of becoming an engineer and set about becoming a comedian.
Frank Borzage (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Watching Frank Borzage direct a picture, the novice is likely to believe that it is easy work.
George Fitzmaurice (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — George Fitzmaurice received his education in private schools and academies in Paris, where he was born on February 13.
George Cukor (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Although he knew absolutely nothing about theatrical technique, George Cukor answered a newspaper ad for an assistant stage manager for the Chicago company of The Better ‘Ole, and sold himself.
Jack Conway (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — As an actor on the stage and screen, Jack Conway served a profitable apprenticeship to become one of Hollywood’s highly successful directors.
Dorothy Arzner (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — The only woman director in motion pictures, Dorothy Arzner, under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, first aspired to a medical career.