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John Cromwell
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Director Born: December 23, 1888 in Toledo, OH Death: September 26, 1979 in Santa Barbara, CA Biography:American director "John Cromwell" spent the first phase of his career as a romantic stage leading man. As a theatrical director, he was spirited to Hollywood to "show" silent filmmakers how to do things right, but his cinematic flair in such early pictures as "The Racket" (1928), "Close Harmony" (1929) and "Tom Sawyer" (1931) indicate that Cromwell learned a lot from the Hollywood veterans. Film critic Andrew Sarris has summed up Cromwell's career as "cherchez la femme," meaning that he seemed to have a knack for drawing first-rate performances out of actresses. Directorial assignments like "Ann Vickers" (1933) starring "Irene Dunne", "Of Human Bondage" (1934) starring "Bette Davis", and "I Dream Too Much" (1935) starring Opera diva "Lily Pons" would appear to bear out Sarris' typecasting of Cromwell. Like most such auteurist theories, however, Sarris' assessment was limited: Cromwell was also... Full Biography
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