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A Jewel In Pawn
''A Jewel in Pawn'' is a 1917 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Jack Conway (filmmaker), Jack Conway and starring Ella Hall, Maie Hall and Antrim Short.Parish & Pitts p.75 Cast * Ella Hall as Nora Martin * Maie Hall as Mrs. Martin * Antrim Short as Jimmy * Walter Belasco as Aaron Levovitch * Jack Connolly (actor), Jack Connolly as Bob Hendricks * George C. Pearce as John Dane * Marshall Mackaye as The Bully * Jack Nelson (actor), Jack Nelson as Percival Van Dyke References Bibliography * James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts. ''Film directors: a guide to their American films''. Scarecrow Press, 1974. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Films directed by Jack Conway American black-and-white films Universal Pictures films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Conway (filmmaker)
Hugh Ryan "Jack" Conway (July 17, 1887 – October 11, 1952) was an American film director and film producer, as well as an actor of many films in the first half of the 20th century. Biography He was born as Hugh Ryan Conway, on July 17, 1887, in Graceville, Minnesota, USA. 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), and ''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 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |