Occupation: Actor Birth: January 29, 1892 Death: November 30, 1947
The job of the director is to suggest two plus two. Let the viewer say four..
You could name the great stars of the silent screen who were finished; the great directors gone; the great title writers who were washed up. But reme….
There are a thousand ways to point a camera, but really only one..
Any good movie is filled with secrets. If a director doesn't leave anything unsaid, it's a lousy picture. If a picture's unsaid, it's a lousy picture….
I sometimes make pictures which are not up to my standard, but then it can only be said of a mediocrity that all his work is up to his standard..
I've been to Paris, France, and I've been to Paris, Paramount. I think I prefer Paris, Paramount.
It is the task of the scenarist to invent little pieces of business that are so characteristic and give so deep an insight into his creatures, that t….
In Hollywood we acquire the finest novels in order to smell the leather bindings..
Nobody should try to play comedy unless they have a circus going on inside..