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Allan Dwan (1885–1981)

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Interviewed in "Talking to the Piano Player: Silent Film Stars, Writers and Directors Remember" by Stuart Oderman (BearManor Media). See more trivia »

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Filmography

Hide HideDirector (405 titles)
1956 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
High Air (1956)
It's Always Sunday (1956)
 
1955 Escape to Burma
 
1954 Passion
 
1954 Silver Lode
 
1953 Flight Nurse
 
1952 Montana Belle
 
1951 Belle Le Grand
 
1950 Surrender
 
1948 Angel in Exile
 
1947 Driftwood
 
1947 Calendar Girl
 
1941 Rise and Shine
 
1940 Young People
 
1940 Sailor's Lady
 
1939 The Gorilla
 
1938 Suez
 
1938 Josette
 
1937 Heidi
 
1937 That I May Live
 
1937 Woman-Wise
 
1936 High Tension
 
1936 Human Cargo
 
1935 Navy Wife
 
1935 Black Sheep
 
1934 I Spy
 
1934 Hollywood Party (additional sequences - uncredited)
 
1932 American Madness (uncredited)
 
1931 Wicked
 
1931 Chances (as Alan Dwan)
 
1930 Man to Man
 
1930 What a Widow!
 
1929 South Sea Rose
 
1929 Frozen Justice
 
1929 The Far Call
 
1929/II Tide of Empire
 
1929/I Tide of Empire
 
1929 The Iron Mask
 
1928 The Big Noise
 
1927 French Dressing
 
1927 The Joy Girl
 
1927/I West Point (documentary short)
 
1926 Tin Gods
 
1926 Padlocked
 
1926 Sea Horses
 
1925 Stage Struck
 
1924 Argentine Love
 
1924 Wages of Virtue
 
1924 Her Love Story
 
1924 Manhandled
 
1923 Big Brother
 
1923 Zaza
 
1923 Lawful Larceny
 
1922 Superstition
 
1922 Robin Hood
 
1921 A Broken Doll
 
1921 A Perfect Crime
 
1920 The Scoffer
 
1919 The Dark Star
 
1918 Mr. Fix-It
 
1918 Headin' South
 
1917 Fighting Odds
 
1917 An Artist's Intrigue (short)
 
1917 Mouth-Organ Jack (short)
 
1917 The Old Sheriff (short)
 
1917 Nature's Calling (short)
 
1917 Double Revenge (short)
 
1917 Panthea
 
1916 Accusing Evidence (short)
 
1916/I Fifty-Fifty
 
1916 The Half-Breed
 
1915 May Blossom
 
1915 The Love Route
 
1915 David Harum
 
1915 A Small Town Girl (short)
 
1915 The Foundling (destroyed version)
 
1914 The Conspiracy
 
1914 The County Chairman (uncredited)
 
1914/I Wildflower
 
1914 Richelieu
 
1914 The Great Universal Mystery (documentary short)
 
1914 The Hopes of Blind Alley (short)
 
1914 The Forbidden Room (short)
 
1914 The Unlawful Trade (short)
 
1914 The End of the Feud (short)
 
1914/I The Embezzler (short)
 
1914 The Menace to Carlotta (short)
 
1914 Discord and Harmony (short)
 
1914 Remember Mary Magdalen (short)
 
1914 The Honor of the Mounted (short)
 
1914/I The Lie (short)
 
1913 The Field Foreman (short)
 
1913 Bloodhounds of the North (short)
 
1913 Red Margaret, Moonshiner (short)
 
1913 The Barrier of Bars (short)
 
1913/I Back to Life (short)
 
1913 Jewels of Sacrifice (short)
 
1913 The Restless Spirit (short)
 
1913 Criminals (short)
 
1913 The Echo of a Song (short)
 
1913 The Wall of Money (short)
 
1913 Travelers of the Road (short)
 
1913 The Animal (short)
 
1913 Man's Duty (short)
 
1913 Mental Suicide (short)
 
1913 The Picket Guard (short)
 
1913 The Powder Flash of Death (short)
 
1913 Women and War (short)
 
1913 In Love and War (short)
 
1913 The Spirit of the Flag (short)
 
1913 The Wishing Seat (short)
 
1913 Her Big Story (short)
 
1913 Ashes of Three (short)
 
1913 The Great Harmony (short)
 
1913 Angel of the Canyons (short)
 
1913 Human Kindness (short)
 
1913/II The Road to Ruin (short)
 
1913 Oil on Troubled Waters (short)
 
1913 Boobs and Bricks (short)
 
1913 In Another's Nest (short)
 
1913 Woman's Honor (short)
 
1913 Cupid Throws a Brick (short)
 
1913 Matches (short)
 
1913 Calamity Anne's Beauty (short)
 
1913 Cupid Never Ages (short)
 
1913 An Eastern Flower (short)
 
1913 When a Woman Won't (short)
 
1913 Calamity Anne, Detective (short)
 
1913 The Transgression of Manuel (short)
 
1913 Jocular Winds (short)
 
1913/II The Greater Love (short)
 
1913 High and Low (short)
 
1913 Love Is Blind (short)
 
1913 The Finer Things (short)
 
1913 The Romance (short)
 
1913 Calamity Anne's Vanity (short)
 
1913 Andrew Jackson (short)
 
1913 Women Left Alone (short)
 
1913 The Silver-Plated Gun (short)
 
1913 His Old-Fashioned Mother (short)
 
1913/I The Awakening (short)
 
1913 Their Masterpiece (short)
 
1913 Calamity Anne's Inheritance (short)
 
1913 Another Man's Wife (short)
 
1913 The Fraud That Failed (short)
 
1913 The Chase (short)
 
1913 The Battle of Wills (short)
 
1912 Loneliness of Neglect (short)
 
1912 The Girl of the Manor (short)
 
1912 The Blackened Hills (short)
 
1912 The Recognition (short)
 
1912 The Power of Love (short)
 
1912 The Heart of a Soldier (short)
 
1912 Nell of the Pampas (short)
 
1912 The Law of God (short)
 
1912 The Animal Within (short)
 
1912/II Pals (short)
 
1912 The Hidden Treasure (short) (uncredited)
 
1912 Her Own Country (short)
 
1912 Jack's Word (short)
 
1912 The Would-Be Heir (short)
 
1912 The Thief's Wife (short)
 
1912 The Intrusion at Lompoc (short)
 
1912 Man's Calling (short)
 
1912 God's Unfortunates (short)
 
1912 Maiden and Men (short)
 
1912 The Wanderer (short)
 
1912 One, Two, Three (short)
 
1912 The Wooers of Mountain Kate (short)
 
1912/II The Best Man Wins (short)
 
1912 The New Cowpuncher (short)
 
1912 The Promise (short)
 
1912 The Lost Watch (short)
 
1912 Jack of Diamonds (short)
 
1912 Father's Favorite (short)
 
1912 Calamity Anne's Ward (short)
 
1912 Their Hero Son (short)
 
1912 White Treachery (short)
 
1912 The Foreclosure (short)
 
1912 The Fear (short)
 
1912 The Vengeance That Failed (short)
 
1912 The Dawn of Passion (short)
 
1912 The Stranger at Coyote (short)
 
1912 The Will of James Waldron (short)
 
1912 The Jealous Rage (short)
 
1912 The Bandit of Point Loma (short)
 
1912 The Land of Death (short)
 
1912 The Outlaw Colony (short)
 
1912 The Bad Man and the Ranger (short)
 
1912 The Girl and the Gun (short)
 
1912 The Meddlers (short)
 
1912 A Life for a Kiss (short)
 
1912 It Pays to Wait (short)
 
1912 The Canyon Dweller (short)
 
1912 San Diego (documentary short)
 
1912 Indian Jealousy (short)
 
1912 The Tell-Tale Shells (short)
 
1912 Point Loma (documentary short)
 
1912 The Fatal Mirror (short)
 
1912 The Vanishing Race (short)
 
1912 Where There's a Heart (short)
 
1912 Under False Pretenses (short)
 
1912 The Girl Back Home (short)
 
1912 The Marauders (short)
 
1912 The Evil Inheritance (short)
 
1912 The Wordless Message (short)
 
1912 A Fifty-Mile Auto Contest (documentary short)
 
1912 The Weaker Brother (short)
 
1912 The Simple Love (short)
 
1912 For the Good of Her Men (short)
 
1912 Cupid Through Padlocks (short)
 
1912/II The Green-Eyed Monster (short)
 
1912 The Brand (short)
 
1912 The Reward of Valor (short)
 
1912 The Wandering Gypsy (short)
 
1912 The Thread of Life (short)
 
1912 The Haters (short)
 
1912 The Other Wise Man (short)
 
1912 The Myth of Jamasha Pass (short)
 
1912 The Wedding Dress (short)
 
1912/III The End of the Feud (short)
 
1912 The Pensioners (short)
 
1912 The Eastern Girl (short)
 
1912/II Driftwood (short)
 
1912 The Range Detective (short)
 
1912 The Distant Relative (short)
 
1912 The Coward (short)
 
1912 The Ranchman's Marathon (short)
 
1912 Checkmate (short)
 
1912 The Agitator (short)
 
1912 The Maid and the Man (short)
 
1912 Winter Sports and Pastimes of Coronado Beach (documentary short)
 
1912 Fidelity (short)
 
1912 The Tramp's Gratitude (short)
 
1912 The Full Value (short)
 
1912 A Bad Investment (short)
 
1912 After School (short)
 
1912 The Broken Ties (short)
 
1912/I An Assisted Elopement (short)
 
1912 The Land Baron of San Tee (short)
 
1912 A Leap Year Comedy (short)
 
1912 Society and Chaps (short)
 
1912 An Innocent Grafter (short)
 
1912 The Grub Stake Mortgage (short)
 
1912 The Real Estate Fraud (short)
 
1912 The Best Policy (short)
 
1912 Love and Lemons (short)
 
1912 The Mormon (short)
 
1912 Objections Overruled (short)
 
1912 Justice of the Sage (short)
 
1912 The Relentless Law (short)
 
1912 The Locket (short)
 
1912 The Winning of La Mesa (short)
 
1912 Broncho Busting for 'Flying A' Pictures (documentary short)
 
1912 A Midwinter Trip to Los Angeles (documentary short)
 
1911 Bonita of El Cajon (short)
 
1911 The Gold Lust (short)
 
1911 The Last Notch (short)
 
1911 The Man Hunt (short)
 
1911 The Smoke of the .45 (short)
 
1911 The Angel of Paradise Ranch (short)
 
1911 The Sheriff's Sisters (short)
 
1911 The Master of the Vineyard (short)
 
1911 Jolly Bill of the Rocking R (short)
 
1911/II The Test (short)
 
1911 The Way of the West (short)
 
1911 The Eastern Cowboy (short)
 
1911/II The Mexican (short)
 
1911 The Three Shell Game (short)
 
1911 The Water War (short)
 
1911 The Stronger Man (short)
 
1911 The Trail of the Eucalyptus (short)
 
1911 The Horse Thief's Bigamy (short)
 
1911 The Lonely Range (short)
 
1911 The Caves of La Jolla (documentary short)
 
1911 Three Daughters of the West (short)
 
1911 The Cowboy and the Outlaw (short)
 
1911 The Land Thieves (short)
 
1911 The Miner's Wife (short)
 
1911 The Love of the West (short)
 
1911 The Rustler Sheriff (short)
 
1911 The Circular Fence (short)
 
1911 The Claim Jumper (short)
 
1911 The Gun Man (short)
 
1911 The Mother of the Ranch (short)
 
1911 Three Million Dollars (short)
 
1911 The Cowboy and the Artist (short)
 
1911 The Diamond Smugglers (short)
 
1911 The Western Doctor's Peril (short)
 
1911 Auntie and the Cowboys (short)
 
1911 The Blotted Brand (short)
 
1911 The Brand of Fear (short)
 
1911 The Poisoned Flume (short)
 
1911 The Ranch Girl (short)
 
1911 Cattle, Gold and Oil (short)
 
1911 The Parting of the Trails (short)
 
1911 The Cattle Thief's Brand (short)
 
1911 The Cowboy's Deliverance (short)
 
1911 The Ranchman's Nerve (short)
 
1911 The Outlaw's Trail (short)
 
1911 Cupid in Chaps (short)
 
1911 The Schoolm'am of Snake (short)
 
1911 The Ranch Chicken (short)
 
1911 The Call of the Open Range (short)
 
1911 A Western Waif (short)
 
1911 The Actress and the Cowboys (short)
 
1911 The Hermit's Gold (short)
 
1911 The Broncho Buster's Bride (short)
 
1911 The Yiddisher Cowboy (short)
 
1911 The Cowboy's Ruse (short)
 
1911 The Witch of the Range (short)
 
1911 $5000 Reward, Dead or Alive (short)
 
1911 The Sage-Brush Phrenologist (short)
 
1911 The Sheepman's Daughter (short)
 
1911 The Ranch Tenor (short)
 
1911 Rattlesnakes and Gunpowder (short)
 
1911 A Trooper's Heart (short)
 
1911 A Daughter of Liberty (short)
 
1911/II As in a Looking Glass (short)
 
1911 A Western Dream (short)
 
1911 Branding a Bad Man (short)
 
1911 A Cowboy's Sacrifice (short)
 
1911 The Ranchman's Vengeance (short)
 
1911 The Sheriff's Captive (short)
 
1911 The Opium Smuggler (short)
 
1911 Crazy Gulch (short)
 
1911 A California Love Story (short)
 
1911 The Boss of Lucky Ranch (short)
 
1911 Bud Nevins, Bad Man (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1911 Strategy (short) (unconfirmed)
 
Show ShowWriter (53 titles)
1955 Tennessee's Partner (screenplay - uncredited)
 
1948 The Inside Story (story - uncredited)
 
1935 Black Sheep (story)
 
1934 I Spy
 
1929 The Iron Mask (uncredited)
 
1928 The Big Noise (uncredited)
 
1925 Fifty-Fifty (story)
 
1922 Robin Hood (uncredited)
 
1921 A Broken Doll
 
1921 A Perfect Crime
 
1920 The Forbidden Thing (scenario)
 
1919 Soldiers of Fortune (writer)
 
1918 Arizona (writer)
 
1918 Bound in Morocco (writer)
 
1918 Mr. Fix-It (writer)
 
1918 Headin' South (writer)
 
1917 A Modern Musketeer (photoplay)
 
1917 Panthea
 
1916/I Fifty-Fifty (story)
 
1915 The Love Route
 
1915 David Harum
 
1914 The Conspiracy
 
1914 Damon and Pythias (adaptation)
 
1914/I Wildflower
 
1914 Richelieu
 
1914 The Hopes of Blind Alley (short)
 
1914 The Unlawful Trade (short)
 
1914/I The Test (short) (scenario)
 
1914/I The Embezzler (short)
 
1914 Remember Mary Magdalen (short)
 
1913 The Primeval Test (short) (scenario)
 
1913 The Restless Spirit (short) (writer)
 
1913/I Uncle Tom's Cabin (short) (scenario)
 
1913 The Animal (short) (writer)
 
1913 Robinson Crusoe (short) (scenario)
 
1913 The Powder Flash of Death (short) (writer)
 
1913 In Love and War (short)
 
1913 In Slavery Days (short) (writer)
 
1912 Chiquita, the Dancer (short) (scenario)
 
1912 It Pays to Wait (short)
 
1912 The Locket (short)
 
1911 The Claim Jumper (short) (scenario)
 
1911 The Cowboy and the Artist (short) (scenario)
 
1911 The Poisoned Flume (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (38 titles)
1953 Sweethearts on Parade (associate producer)
 
1953 Woman They Almost Lynched (producer)
 
1950 Surrender (associate producer)
 
1948 Angel in Exile (associate producer - uncredited)
 
1948 The Inside Story (associate producer)
 
1947 Driftwood (producer)
 
1947 Northwest Outpost (producer)
 
1947 Calendar Girl (associate producer)
 
1946 Rendezvous with Annie (associate producer)
 
1943 Around the World (producer)
 
1942 Here We Go Again (producer)
 
1941 Look Who's Laughing (producer)
 
1940 Trail of the Vigilantes (producer - uncredited)
 
1930 What a Widow! (producer)
 
1929 South Sea Rose (producer)
 
1928 Harold Teen (producer)
 
1928 The Big Noise (producer)
 
1928 The Whip Woman (producer)
 
1927 French Dressing (producer)
 
1926 Summer Bachelors (producer)
 
1925 Stage Struck (producer)
 
1925 The Coast of Folly (producer)
 
1924 Argentine Love (producer)
 
1924 Her Love Story (producer)
 
1924 Manhandled (producer)
 
1923 Zaza (producer)
 
1922 The Hidden Woman (producer)
 
1921 A Broken Doll (producer)
 
1921 A Perfect Crime (producer)
 
1920 The Forbidden Thing (producer)
 
1920 In the Heart of a Fool (producer)
 
1920 The Scoffer (producer)
 
1920 A Splendid Hazard (producer)
 
1920 The Luck of the Irish (producer)
 
1919 Sahara (producer)
 
1917 Panthea (producer)
 
1913 The Harvest of Flame (short) (producer)
 
1913 The Ways of Fate (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (10 titles)
1937 Time Out for Romance (fill-in director - uncredited)
 
1918 Headin' South (supervisor)
 
1918 From Two to Six (supervisor)
 
1917 For Valour (supervisor)
 
1917 A Case at Law (supervisor)
 
1917 The Man Hater (supervisor)
 
1917 Grafters (supervisor)
 
1917 Her Excellency, the Governor (supervisor)
 
1917 American - That's All (supervisor)
 
1917/II The Man Who Made Good (supervisor)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
1953 Sweethearts on Parade (lyrics: "Young Love" - uncredited, "Wanderin'" - uncredited, "Then You'll Remember Me" - uncredited)
 
1951 The Wild Blue Yonder (lyrics: "The Man Behind the Armor-Plated Desk" - uncredited)
 
1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (second assistant director: Babylon story - uncredited)
 
1915 The Birth of a Nation (assistant director - uncredited)
 
Show ShowEditorial Department (1 title)
1917 A Modern Musketeer (supervising editor - uncredited)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (1 title)
1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (camera elevator engineer - uncredited, dolly grip - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1976 Nickelodeon (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Interviewee
End of an Era (1980) … Himself - Interviewee
Trick of the Light (1980) … Himself
The Man with the Megaphone (1980) … Himself - Interviewee
Swanson and Valentino (1980) … Himself
Hazard of the Game (1980) … Himself
 
1957 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
Gloria Swanson (1957) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2011 Birth of Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2001 Biography (TV series documentary)
 

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Alternate Names:

Alan Dwan

Height:

5' 7½" (1.71 m)
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Personal Quote:

[on his use of tracking shots throughout his 50-year career] There's always a certain amount of camera improvisation. If a man is being pursued and the pursuers are more interesting than the pursued, I'll track to include them. Things would occur on the set and sometimes ahead of time. They turn you loose on the set. See more »

Trivia:

Interviewed in "Talking to the Piano Player: Silent Film Stars, Writers and Directors Remember" by Stuart Oderman (BearManor Media). See more »

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