Millard Webb | |
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Born |
Clay City, Kentucky, U.S. | December 6, 1893
Died | April 21, 1935
Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 41)
Burial place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park |
Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, film director |
Years active | 1916–1933 |
Spouse |
Lydia Stocking
(
m. 1918; death 1923) |
Children | 1 |
Millard Webb (December 6, 1893 – April 21, 1935) was an American screenwriter and director who directed 20 films between 1920 and 1933. His best-known film is the 1926 silent John Barrymore adventure The Sea Beast, a version of Moby Dick, [1] costarring Dolores Costello. [2] Webb also directed the early sound Florenz Ziegfeld produced talkie Glorifying the American Girl released by Paramount in 1929. [3] In 1927 he directed Naughty but Nice, produced by John McCormick and First National Pictures. [4] His active years were from 1916 to 1933.
He was married to Lydia Stocking (1918–1923). Mary Eaton married Webb in 1929, but they separated. [5]
He was born in Clay City, Kentucky, U.S., and died in Los Angeles, California of intestinal ailment at the age of 41. [6]
Year | Title | Director | Assistant director | Writer | Actor | Cinematographer |
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1916 | Let Katie Do It | ✓ | ||||
The Little School Ma'am | ✓ | |||||
1917 | The Man from Painted Post | ✓ | ||||
Reaching for the Moon | ✓ | |||||
1919 | Molly of the Follies | ✓ | ||||
1921 | Oliver Twist, Jr. | ✓ | ||||
1921 | Hearts of Youth | ✓ | ✓ | |||
1920 | The Fighting Shepherdess | ✓ | ||||
1922 | Where's My Wandering Boy Tonight? | ✓ | ||||
1923 | Tiger Rose | ✓ | ||||
Where the North Begins | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
1924 | Her Marriage Vow | ✓ | ✓ | |||
The Dark Swan | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
1925 | My Wife and I | ✓ | ✓ | |||
1925 | The Golden Cocoon | ✓ | ||||
1926 | The Sea Beast | ✓ | ||||
1927 | An Affair of the Follies | ✓ | ||||
The Drop Kick | ✓ | |||||
Naughty but Nice | ✓ | |||||
The Love Thrill | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
1928 | Honeymoon Flats | ✓ | ||||
1929 | Gentlemen of the Press | ✓ | ||||
The Painted Angel | ✓ | |||||
Glorifying the American Girl | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
1930 | Her Golden Calf | ✓ | ||||
1931 | The Happy Ending | ✓ | ||||
1933 | The Woman Who Dared | ✓ |