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Dorothy Arzner

Dorothy Arzner

ActorDirectorWriterEditorDirecting Jan 3 (died age 82) San Francisco, California, USA 1919–2016 (97 year career)
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Biography

Dorothy Emma Arzner (January 3, 1897 – October 1, 1979) was an American film director whose career in Hollywood spanned from the silent era of the 1920s into the early 1940s. From 1927 until her retirement from feature directing in 1943, Arzner was the only female director working in Hollywood. Additionally, she was one of a very few women able to establish a successful and long career in Hollywood as a film director until the 1970s. Arzner made a total of twenty films between 1927 and 1943 and …

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Dance, Girl, Dance
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Dance, Girl, Dance

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Merrily We Go to Hell
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Merrily We Go to Hell

Director
Christopher Strong
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Christopher Strong

Director
The Bride Wore Red
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The Bride Wore Red

Director
Blood and Sand
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Blood and Sand

Assistant Director
Craig's Wife
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Craig's Wife

Director
The Covered Wagon
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The Covered Wagon

Editor
The Wild Party
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The Wild Party

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