Rouben Mamoulian

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Armenian-American person Broadway director film director theatre director

Rouben Mamoulian was an influential Armenian-American film and theatre director known for his innovative staging and cinematic techniques in early sound films and landmark Broadway musicals.

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instanceOf Armenian-American person ⓘ
Broadway director ⓘ
film director ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1960s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920s ⓘ
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, United States ⓘ
surface form: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1897-10-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1987-12-04 ⓘ
educatedAt Moscow Art Theatre (training influence) ⓘ
ethnicGroup Armenians ⓘ
familyName Rouben Mamoulian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mamoulian
fieldOfWork cinema ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
givenName Rouben ⓘ
influenced early sound film techniques ⓘ
knownFor innovative camera movement in early sound films ⓘ
innovative staging ⓘ
pioneering use of sound design in cinema ⓘ
languageSpoken Armenian ⓘ
English ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
movement classical Hollywood cinema ⓘ
notableWork Applause ⓘ
Blood and Sand ⓘ
Carousel ⓘ
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941 film) ⓘ
surface form: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Love Me Tonight ⓘ
Oklahoma! (stage production) ⓘ
surface form: Oklahoma!

Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Queen Christina ⓘ
Silk Stockings ⓘ
The Gay Desperado ⓘ
The Mark of Zorro ⓘ
occupation film director ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
stage director ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
placeOfBirth Russian Empire ⓘ
Tbilisi ⓘ
Tbilisi ⓘ
surface form: Tiflis
placeOfDeath California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Los Angeles ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
spouse Azadia Newman ⓘ
workedIn Broadway ⓘ
Hollywood ⓘ

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Applause → director → Rouben Mamoulian ⓘ
Love Me Tonight → director → Rouben Mamoulian ⓘ
Queen Christina → director → Rouben Mamoulian ⓘ
subject surface form: Queen Christina (1933 film)
Silk Stockings → director → Rouben Mamoulian ⓘ
The Gay Desperado → director → Rouben Mamoulian ⓘ
The Mark of Zorro → director → Rouben Mamoulian ⓘ
subject surface form: The Mark of Zorro (1940 film)
Rouben Mamoulian → familyName → Rouben Mamoulian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mamoulian
Rouben → familyName → Rouben Mamoulian ⓘ
subject surface form: Rouben Mamoulian
this entity surface form: Mamoulian
Rouben → notableBearer → Rouben Mamoulian ⓘ
subject surface form: Oklahoma!