Allan Dwan
Birthday:
3 April 1885, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Birth Name:
Joseph Aloysius Dwan
Height:
171 cm
Allan Dwan was born on April 3, 1885 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as Joseph Aloysius Dwan. He was a director and writer, known for Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), Heidi (1937) and Robin Hood (1922). He was married to Marie Shelton and Pauline Bush. He died on December 28, 1981 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
If you get your head up above the mob, they try to knock it off. If you stay down, you last forever.
If you get your head up above the mob, they try to knock it off. If you stay down, you last forever.
[on Douglas Fairbanks] Stunt men have had to imitate him and it always looked like a stunt when they did it. With him it always looked right...Show more »
[on Douglas Fairbanks] Stunt men have had to imitate him and it always looked like a stunt when they did it. With him it always looked right. Show less «
[on his use of tracking shots throughout his 50-year career] There's always a certain amount of camera improvisation. If a man is being purs...Show more »
[on his use of tracking shots throughout his 50-year career] There's always a certain amount of camera improvisation. If a man is being pursued and the pursuers are more interesting than the pursued, I'll track to include them. Things would occur on the set and sometimes ahead of time. They turn you loose on the set. Show less «
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