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Archie Mayo
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Director Born: 1891 in New York City, NY Death: December 4, 1968 in Guadalajara, Mexico Biography:In films as a utility player and comedy gag man from the mid-teens, "Archie Mayo"'s first directing assignments consisted of slapstick 2-reelers. He began making features at Warner Bros. in 1926, just in time for that studio's switchover to sound. An efficient craftsman during his talkie years with Warners, Goldwyn and 20th Century-Fox, Mayo's great talent lay in not putting his personal stamp on his films; instead he allowed the personalities of his stars to dictate his films' style and substance. "John Barrymore" was the dominant force in the Mayo-directed "Svengali" (1931), just as "James Cagney" dominated "The Mayor of Hell" (1933) and "George Raft" and "Bette Davis" did the same in "Bordertown" (1935). Curiously, when Mayo became a free-lancer in the mid-1940s, he began asserting himself on the set in a most unattractive and obstreperous fashion. He fought constantly with "Paul Muni" during... Full Biography
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