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Born Joseph Aloysius Dwan in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, his family moved to the United States when he was eleven years of age. At university, he trained as an engineer and began working for a lighting company in Chicago. However, he had a strong interest in the fledgling motion picture industry and when Essanay Studios offered him the opportunity to become a scriptwriter, he took the job. At that time, some of the East Coast movie makers began to spend winters in California where the climate allowed them to continue productions requiring warm weather. Soon, a number of movie companies worked there year-round and, in 1911, Dwan began working part time in Hollywood. While still in New York, in 1817 he was the founding president of the East Coast chapter of the Motion Picture Directors Association. Motto: Diversity Our Strength Map of Ontario Counties, Toronto being red Area: 641 sq. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... Essanay Studios was a motion picture company founded in Chicago, Illinois by George K. Spoor and Bronco Billy Anderson under the name Essanay (S and A). It produced silent films with such stars as Ben Turpin, Wallace Beery, Francis X. Bushman, Gloria Swanson and Charlie Chaplin. ... The East Coast (also known as the Eastern Seaboard) is a term referencing the easternmost coastal states in the United States of America. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... 1911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue... The East Coast (also known as the Eastern Seaboard) is a term referencing the easternmost coastal states in the United States of America. ... The Motion Picture Directors Association (MPDA) was an American non-profit fraternal organization formed by twenty-six film directors on June 18, 1915 in Los Angeles, California. ...

Allan Dwan became a true innovator in the motion picture industry. After making a series of westerns and comedies, he directed fellow Canadian, Mary Pickford in several very successful movies as well as her husband, Douglas Fairbanks, notably in the acclaimed 1922 Robin Hood. Mary Pickford Mary Pickford (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was a motion picture star, known as Americas Sweetheart and the girl with the curl. ... Douglas Fairbanks (May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer, who became noted for his swashbuckling roles in silent movies such as The Mark of Zorro (1920), The Three Musketeers (1921), Robin Hood (1922), The Thief of Bagdad (1924) and The Black Pirate (1926). ... See also: 1921 in film 1922 1923 in film 1920s in film years in film film Events November 26 - Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so but it was not widely... Robin Hood is the archetypal English folk hero, an outlaw who, in modern versions of the legend, stole from the rich to give to the poor (some would say from the tax collector to refund the taxpayer). ...

Following the introduction of the talkies, in 1937 he directed child-star Shirley Temple in Heidi and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm the following year. A sound film (or talkie) is a motion picture with synchronized sound, as opposed to a silent movie. ... See also: 1936 in film 1937 category:1937 films 1938 in film 1930s in film years in film film Events Top grossing films Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Conquest Damaged Lives Parnell La Grande illusion Annapolis Salute Pépé le Moko Green Fields Academy Awards Best Picture: The Life... Shirley Temple - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Heidi is a childrens book by Johanna Spyri. ...

Over his long and successful career spanning over fifty years, he directed over 400 motion pictures, many of them highly acclaimed, such as the 1949 box office smash, The Sands of Iwo Jima. His last movie was in 1961. See also: 1948 in film 1949 1950 in film 1940s in film 1950s in film years in film film Events Top grossing films North America Adams Rib Jolson Sings Again Pinky I Was a Male War Bride, The Snake Pit, Joan of Arc Academy Awards Best Picture: All the... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Dwan is one of the directors who spanned the silent to sound era. Most of the silent movies he directed are lost due to poor preservation. Little historical writing has been devoted to Dwan, but some believe that he will be the last "discovered" great director from the Classic Hollywood Era.

He died in Los Angeles at the age of ninety-six, and is interred in the San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Mission Hills, California. The San Fernando Mission Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery operated by the Los Angeles Archdiocese since 1800, and is located at 11160 Stranwood Avenue in the Mission Hills community of northern Los Angeles, California, near the Mission San Fernando Rey de España. ... For the community in Los Angeles, see Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California. ...

Allan Dwan has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6263 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. A small part of the Walk of Fame The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, California, United States, which is embedded with more than 2,000 five-pointed stars featuring the names of celebrities honored by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce... Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue...

Selected films

As director:

• Manhattan Madness (1916)
• Fairbanks Fine Arts (1916)
• Fairbanks Fragments (1916-1918) also screenwriter
• Robin Hood (1922)
• The Iron Mask (1929)
• Heidi (1937)
• Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm/The Little Colonel (1938)
• Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
• The Three Musketeers (1939)
• The Gorilla (1939)
• Young People (1940)
• Look Who's Laughing (1941) also producer
• Friendly Enemies (1942)
• Around the World (1943) also producer
• Up in Mabel's Room (1944)
• Abroad With Two Yanks (1944)
• Getting Gertie's Garter (1945) also screenwriter
• Brewster's Millions (1945)
• Driftwood (1947)
• Calendar Girl (1947)
• Northwest Outpost (1947) also associate producer
• Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
• Montana Belle (1952)
• Silver Lode (1954)
• Passion (1954)
• Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)
• Tennessee's Partner (1955)
• Pearl of the South Pacific (1955)
• Escape to Burma (1955)
• Slightly Scarlet (1956)
• The Restless Breed (1957)
• Enchanted Island (1958)

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External link

• Allan Dwan at the Internet Movie Database