Millard Webb
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, costarring Dolores Costello. Webb also directed the early sound Florenz Ziegfeld produced talkie Glorifying the American Girl released by Paramount in 1929.
Millard Webb

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- Name
- Millard Webb
- Born
- 6 December 1893
- Birthplace
- Clay City, Kentucky, U.S.
- Died
- 21 April 1935
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- Screenwriter, film director
- Spouse
- Lydia Stocking Mary Eaton
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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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, costarring Dolores Costello. Webb also directed the early sound Florenz Ziegfeld produced talkie Glorifying the American Girl released by Paramount in 1929.
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Millard Webb was an actor, film director and screenwriter, of American nationality. The actor was born in Clay City and died in Los Angeles. Languages used include English.
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In 1927 he directed Naughty but Nice, produced by John McCormick and First National Pictures. 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. He was born in Clay City, Kentucky, U.S, and died in Los Angeles, California of intestinal ailment at the age of 41.
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• Name — Millard Webb • Born — 6 December 1893 • Birthplace — Clay City, Kentucky, U.S. • Died — 21 April 1935 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Burial Place — Forest Lawn Memorial Park • Occupation — Screenwriter, film director • Years Active — 1916–1933 • Spouse — Lydia Stocking Mary Eaton • Children — 1
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Filmography
• Year — Title — Director — Assistant director — Writer — Actor — Cinematographer • 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 — ✓
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- 1.Rondoni, Davide. Se il capitano Achab approda in Parlamento. Il Sole 24 Ore. August 1, 2010.
- 2.En 1926, le combat pour le droit à la libre critique des films. The Conversation. November 5, 2017.
- 3.Hole, Kristin Lené. The Routledge Companion to Cinema & Gender. Taylor & Francis. 366. November 10, 2016. 978-1-317-40805-5.
- 4.Leider, Emily W. Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood. University of California Press. 349. 2011. 978-0-520-25320-9.
- 5.Reid, John Howard. Silent Movies & Early Sound Films on DVD: New Expanded Edition. Lulu.com. 336. August 1, 2011. 978-0-557-43335-3.
- 6.The New York Times Company. Millard Webb. NY Times. 17. April 22, 1935.
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