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Jack Conway
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Starred in one of the earliest movies ever filmed in Hollywood,
Her Indian Hero (1912)
.
Directed the first "talkie" for MGM,
Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928)
.
Directed four Oscar Best Picture nominees:
Viva Villa! (1934)
,
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
,
Libeled Lady (1936)
and
A Star Is Born (1937)
(uncredited).
His career move from acting to directing occurred after he had refused to step into a cage and wrestle a lion.
Father, with
Virginia Bushman
, of actor
Pat Conway
. Also, father of
Rosemary Foster
with
Viola Barry
.
There is a street in Pacific Palisades , CA, named after him: Jacon Way.
Along with
Ernst Lubitsch
,
Michael Curtiz
,
Victor Fleming
,
John Ford
,
Alfred Hitchcock
,
Sam Wood
,
Francis Ford Coppola
,
Herbert Ross
and
Steven Soderbergh
, he is one of ten directors to have more than one film nominated for Best Picture in the same year.
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
and
Libeled Lady (1936)
were both so nominated at the 9th Academy Award in 1937.
Survived by his widow,
Virginia Bushman
, and sons
Pat Conway
and Michael and daughter Mrs. Rosemary Foster, who were at his bedside when he died.
Son-in-law of actor
Francis X. Bushman
.
Brother-in-law of art director
Bruce Bushman
, actor
Francis X. Bushman Jr.
,
Lenore Bushman
and Josephine Bushman.
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