Allan Dwan

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Allan Dwan was a pioneering Canadian-born American film director and producer whose prolific career spanned the silent and early sound eras of Hollywood cinema.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American filmmaker
film director
film producer
screenwriter
silent film director
activeIn early sound era
silent film era
birthName Joseph Aloysius Dwan
burialPlace San Fernando Mission Cemetery
countryOfCitizenship Canada
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1885-04-03
dateOfDeath 1981-12-28
directed Heidi
surface form: Heidi (1937 film)

Robin Hood (1922 film)
Sands of Iwo Jima
The Iron Mask
surface form: The Iron Mask (1929 film)
employer Famous Players Film Company
surface form: Famous Players-Lasky

Paramount Pictures
RKO Radio Pictures
Republic Pictures
ethnicOrigin Irish-Canadian
genre adventure film
drama film
war film
western film
languageOfWork English
movement classical Hollywood cinema
name Allan Dwan self-link
notableFor pioneering technical innovations in early cinema
prolific output of feature films
notableWork Heidi
surface form: Heidi (1937 film)

Robin Hood (1922 film)
Sands of Iwo Jima
The Iron Mask
surface form: The Iron Mask (1929 film)
occupation film director
film producer
screenwriter
placeOfBirth Toronto
surface form: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
residence Los Angeles
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
workedWith Douglas Fairbanks
John Wayne
Shirley Temple
yearsActive 1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s

Referenced by (3)

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The Iron Mask director Allan Dwan
Allan Dwan name Allan Dwan self-link
The Iron Mask screenwriter Allan Dwan