Person
Archie Mayo
Directing · 1891–1968 · New York City, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Archie Mayo (29 January 1891, New York City – 4 December 1968, Guadalajara, Mexico) was a movie director and stage actor who moved to Hollywood in 1915 and began working as a director in 1917. His films include Is Everybody Happy? (1929) with Ted Lewis, Night After Night (1932) with Mae West, The Doorway to Hell (1930) with James Cagney and Lew Ayres, Convention City (1933) with Joan Blondell, The Mayor of Hell (1933) with James Cagney, The Petrified Forest (1936) with Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart, and The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) with Gary Cooper. Mayo retired in 1946, shortly after completing A Night in Casablanca with the Marx Brothers and Angel on My Shoulder with Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, and Claude Rains. Mayo has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article Archie Mayo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Unknown Treasures
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Convention City
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Beware of Married Men
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Dearie
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A Night in Casablanca
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Angel on My Shoulder
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The Mayor of Hell
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The Adventures of Marco Polo
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Crash Dive
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The Petrified Forest
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Filmography
- 1958The Beast of BudapestProducer
- 1946Angel on My ShoulderDirector
- 1946A Night in CasablancaDirector
- 1944Sweet and Low-DownDirector
- 1943Crash DiveDirector
- 1942Orchestra WivesDirector
- 1942MoontideDirector
- 1941Confirm or DenyDirector
- 1941Charley's AuntDirector
- 1941The Great American BroadcastDirector
- 1940Four SonsDirector
- 1940The House Across the BayDirector
- 1939They Shall Have MusicDirector
- 1938Youth Takes a FlingDirector
- 1938The Adventures of Marco PoloDirector
- 1937It's Love I'm AfterDirector
- 1937Call It a DayDirector
- 1937Black LegionDirector
- 1936Give Me Your HeartDirector
- 1936I Married a DoctorDirector
- 1936The Petrified ForestDirector
- 1935The Case of the Lucky LegsDirector
- 1935Go Into Your DanceDirector
- 1935BordertownDirector
- 1934DesirableDirector
- 1934The Man with Two FacesDirector
- 1934Gambling LadyDirector
- 1933Convention CityDirector
- 1933Ever in My HeartDirector
- 1933The Mayor of HellDirector
- 1933The Life of Jimmy DolanDirector
- 1932Night After NightDirector
- 1932Two Against the WorldDirector
- 1932Street of WomenDirector
- 1932The ExpertDirector
- 1932Under EighteenDirector
- 1931Bought!Director
- 1931SvengaliDirector
- 1931IllicitDirector
- 1930The Doorway to HellDirector
- 1930Oh, Sailor, Behave!Director
- 1930CourageDirector
- 1930VengeanceDirector
- 1930Wide OpenDirector
- 1929The Sacred FlameDirector
- 1929The SapDirector
- 1929Is Everybody Happy?Director
- 1929Sonny BoyDirector
- 1928My ManDirector
- 1928On TrialDirector
- 1928State Street SadieDirector
- 1928RetributionDirector
- 1928The Crimson CityDirector
- 1928Beware of Married MenDirector
- 1927The College WidowDirector
- 1927Slightly UsedDirector
- 1927DearieDirector
- 1927Quarantined RivalsDirector
- 1927Johnny Get Your Hair CutDirector
- 1926Unknown TreasuresDirector
- 1926Christine of the Big TopsDirector
- 1926Money TalksDirector
- 1926Weak, But WillingDirector
- 1925A Rarin’ RomeoDirector
- 1924Reno or BustDirector
- 1923Spring FeverDirector
- 1922The SpeederStory
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