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Malcolm St. Clair
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Director Born: May 17, 1897 Death: June 1, 1952 Biography:Malcolm Saint Clair (usually billed as Mal St. Clair) inaugurated his film career in 1915, when he joined "Mack Sennett"'s Keystone studio as a bit player and gag writer. Graduating to director in 1919, St. Clair left Sennett in 1921 to join "Buster Keaton"'s production company as co-director, writer, and (when the need arose) supporting actor. He then directed a Rin Tin Tin feature before attaining his 1920s reputation as the "new Lubitsch," helming such frothy romantic comedies as "Are Parents People?" (1924), "Grand Duchess and the Waiter" (1926), and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1928). When talkies arrived, he directed the silent versions of two famous "transitional" films, Paramount's "Canary Murder Case" (1929) and "Harold Lloyd"'s "Welcome Danger" (1929), while the sound versions were credited to other directors. On either side of the talkie revolution, he functioned as producer of "Knockout... Full Biography
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