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Dorothy Arzner (1897–1979)

Dorothy Arzner, the only woman director during the "Golden Age" of Hollywood's studio system--from the 1920s to the early 1940s and the woman director with the largest oeuvre in Hollywood to this day--was born January 3, 1897 (some sources put the year as 1900), in San Francisco, California, to a German-American father and a Scottish mother... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1937 The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (uncredited)
 
1936 Craig's Wife
 
1934 Nana
 
1931 Working Girls
 
1930 Galas de la Paramount (sequence director)
 
1930 Anybody's Woman
 
1930 Sarah and Son
 
1930 Behind the Make-Up (uncredited)
 
1929 The Wild Party
 
1927 Get Your Man
 
1922 Blood and Sand (additional footage - uncredited)
 
Show ShowEditor (8 titles)
1926 Old Ironsides (uncredited)
 
1922 Blood and Sand (uncredited)
 
1919 Too Much Johnson (uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (6 titles)
1926 Old Ironsides (uncredited)
 
1925 When Husbands Flirt (screenplay / story)
 
1925 The Red Kimona (adaptation)
 
1924 Breed of the Border (scenario)
 
1924 The No-Gun Man (story and scenario)
 
1924 Inez from Hollywood (scenario)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1926 Old Ironsides (script supervisor - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1993 Katharine Hepburn: All About Me (TV documentary)
Herself
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Arzner directed several television commercials for Pepsi-Cola at the request of her friend Joan Crawford, who was married to the CEO of Pepsi.

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies  | 1 Article  | See more »

Height:

5' 4" (1.63 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

When I went to work in a studio, I took my pride and made a nice little ball of it and threw it right out the window. See more »

Trivia:

On the set of The Wild Party, Arzner, irritated that the microphone was always in one place, had the sound technicians rig one up to a fishing pole and follow the actors around the set with it, in effect creating the first boom mike. See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn