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<p><b>Allan Dwan</b> (April 3, 1885 – December 28, 1981) was a pioneering <a href="Canada" title="Canada">Canadian</a>-born American <a href="Film" title="film">motion picture</a> <a href="Film_director" title="film director">director</a>, producer and screenwriter.</p>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Early_life">Early life</a>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Career">Career</a>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Selected_films">Selected films</a>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Further_reading">Further reading</a>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#External_links">External links</a>
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<a id="Early_life" name="Early_life"/><h2>Early life</h2>
<p>Born <b>Joseph Aloysius Dwan</b> in <a href="Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>, <a href="Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, <a href="Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, his family moved to the United States when he was 11 years old. At the University of Notre Dame, he trained as an engineer and began working for a lighting company in <a href="Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>. However, he had a strong interest in the fledgling motion picture industry and when <a href="Essanay_Studios" title="Essanay Studios">Essanay Studios</a> offered him the opportunity to become a scriptwriter, he took the job. At that time, some of the <a href="East_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="East Coast of the United States">East Coast</a> movie makers began to spend winters in <a href="California" title="California">California</a> 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 <a href="Hollywood%2C_California" title="Hollywood, California">Hollywood</a>. While still in <a href="New_York" title="New York">New York</a>, in 1917 he was the founding president of the East Coast chapter of the <a href="Motion_Picture_Directors_Association" title="Motion Picture Directors Association">Motion Picture Directors Association</a>.</p>
<a id="Career" name="Career"/><h2>Career</h2>
<p>After making a series of westerns and comedies, Dwan directed fellow Canadian <a href="Mary_Pickford" title="Mary Pickford">Mary Pickford</a> in several very successful movies as well as her husband, <a href="Douglas_Fairbanks" title="Douglas Fairbanks">Douglas Fairbanks</a>, notably in the acclaimed 1922 <i><a href="Robin_Hood_(1922_film)" title="Robin Hood (1922 film)">Robin Hood</a></i>.</p>
<p>Following the introduction of the <a href="Sound_film" title="sound film">talkies</a>, in 1937 he directed child-star <a href="Shirley_Temple" title="Shirley Temple">Shirley Temple</a> in <i><a href="Heidi" title="Heidi">Heidi</a></i> and <i><a href="Rebecca_of_Sunnybrook_Farm_(1938_film)" title="Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938 film)">Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm</a></i> the following year.</p>
<p>Over his long and successful career spanning over 50 years, he directed over 400 motion pictures, many of them highly acclaimed, such as the 1949 box office smash, <i><a href="Sands_of_Iwo_Jima" title="Sands of Iwo Jima">Sands of Iwo Jima</a></i>. He directed his last movie in 1961.</p>
<p>He died in Los Angeles at the age of ninety-six, and is interred in the <a href="San_Fernando_Mission_Cemetery" title="San Fernando Mission Cemetery">San Fernando Mission Cemetery</a>, <a href="Mission_Hills%2C_California" title="Mission Hills, California">Mission Hills, California</a>.</p>
<p>Allan Dwan has a star on the <a href="Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> at 6263 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood.</p>
<a id="Selected_films" name="Selected_films"/><h2>Selected films</h2>
<p>As a director:
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<li><i><a href="The_Gold_Lust" title="The Gold Lust">The Gold Lust</a></i> (1911)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_Restless_Spirit" title="The Restless Spirit">The Restless Spirit</a></i> (1913)</li>
<li><i><a href="Back_to_Life_(1913_film)" title="Back to Life (1913 film)">Back to Life</a></i> (1913)</li>
<li><i><a href="Bloodhounds_of_the_North" title="Bloodhounds of the North">Bloodhounds of the North</a></i> (1913)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_Lie_(1914_film)" title="The Lie (1914 film)">The Lie</a></i> (1914)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_Honor_of_the_Mounted" title="The Honor of the Mounted">The Honor of the Mounted</a></i> (1914)</li>
<li><i><a href="Remember_Mary_Magdelen" title="Remember Mary Magdelen">Remember Mary Magdelen</a></i> (1914)</li>
<li><i><a href="Discord_and_Harmony" title="Discord and Harmony">Discord and Harmony</a></i> (1914)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_Embezzler" title="The Embezzler">The Embezzler</a></i> (1914)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_Lamb%2C_the_Woman%2C_the_Wolf" title="The Lamb, the Woman, the Wolf">The Lamb, the Woman, the Wolf</a></i> (1914)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_End_of_the_Feud" title="The End of the Feud">The End of the Feud</a></i> (1914)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_Tragedy_of_Whispering_Creek" title="The Tragedy of Whispering Creek">The Tragedy of Whispering Creek</a></i> (1914)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_Unlawful_Trade" title="The Unlawful Trade">The Unlawful Trade</a></i> (1914)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_Forbidden_Room" title="The Forbidden Room">The Forbidden Room</a></i> (1914)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_Hopes_of_Blind_Alley" title="The Hopes of Blind Alley">The Hopes of Blind Alley</a></i> (1914)</li>
<li><i><a href="Richelieu_(film)" title="Richelieu (film)">Richelieu</a></i> (1914)</li>
<li><i>Wildflower</i> (1914)</li>
<li><i><a href="A_Small_Town_Girl" title="A Small Town Girl">A Small Town Girl</a></i> (1915)</li>
<li><i><a href="David_Harum" title="David Harum">David Harum</a></i> (1915)</li>
<li><i><a href="Manhattan_Madness" title="Manhattan Madness">Manhattan Madness</a></i> (1916)</li>
<li><i><a href="Fairbanks_Fine_Arts" title="Fairbanks Fine Arts">Fairbanks Fine Arts</a></i> (1916)</li>
<li><i><a href="Fairbanks_Fragments" title="Fairbanks Fragments">Fairbanks Fragments</a></i> (1916-1918) also screenwriter</li>
<li><i><a href="Accusing_Evidence" title="Accusing Evidence">Accusing Evidence</a></i> (1916)</li>
<li><i><a href="An_Innocent_Magdalene" title="An Innocent Magdalene">An Innocent Magdalene</a></i> (1916)</li>
<li><i><a href="Headin'_South" title="Headin' South">Headin' South</a></i> (1918)</li>
<li><i><a href="Robin_Hood_(1922_film)" title="Robin Hood (1922 film)">Robin Hood</a></i> (1922)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_Iron_Mask" title="The Iron Mask">The Iron Mask</a></i> (1929)</li>
<li><i><a href="Tide_of_Empire" title="Tide of Empire">Tide of Empire</a></i> (1929)</li>
<li><i><a href="Heidi_(1937_film)" title="Heidi (1937 film)">Heidi</a></i> (1937)</li>
<li><i><a href="Rebecca_of_Sunnybrook_Farm" title="Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm">Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm</a></i> (1938)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_Three_Musketeers_(film)" title="The Three Musketeers (film)">The Three Musketeers</a></i> (1939)</li>
<li><i>The Gorilla</i> (1939)</li>
<li><i><a href="Young_People" title="Young People">Young People</a></i> (1940)</li>
<li><i><a href="Look_Who's_Laughing" title="Look Who's Laughing">Look Who's Laughing</a></i> (1941) also producer</li>
<li><i><a href="Friendly_Enemies" title="Friendly Enemies">Friendly Enemies</a></i> (1942)</li>
<li><i>Around the World</i> (1943) also producer</li>
<li><i><a href="Up_in_Mabel's_Room" title="Up in Mabel's Room">Up in Mabel's Room</a></i> (1944)</li>
<li><i><a href="Abroad_With_Two_Yanks" title="Abroad With Two Yanks">Abroad With Two Yanks</a></i> (1944)</li>
<li><i><a href="Getting_Gertie's_Garter" title="Getting Gertie's Garter">Getting Gertie's Garter</a></i> (1945) also screenwriter</li>
<li><i><a href="Brewster's_Millions" title="Brewster's Millions">Brewster's Millions</a></i> (1945)</li>
<li><i>Driftwood</i> (1947)</li>
<li><i>Calendar Girl</i> (1947)</li>
<li><i><a href="Northwest_Outpost" title="Northwest Outpost">Northwest Outpost</a></i> (1947) also associate producer</li>
<li><i><a href="Sands_of_Iwo_Jima" title="Sands of Iwo Jima">Sands of Iwo Jima</a></i> (1949)</li>
<li><i><a href="I_Dream_of_Jeanie" title="I Dream of Jeanie">I Dream of Jeanie</a></i> (1952)</li>
<li><i><a href="Montana_Belle" title="Montana Belle">Montana Belle</a></i> (1952)</li>
<li><i><a href="Silver_Lode_(1954_film)" title="Silver Lode (1954 film)">Silver Lode</a></i> (1954)</li>
<li><i><a href="Passion_(1954_movie)" title="Passion (1954 movie)">Passion</a></i> (1954)</li>
<li><i><a href="Cattle_Queen_of_Montana" title="Cattle Queen of Montana">Cattle Queen of Montana</a></i> (1954)</li>
<li><i><a href="Tennessee's_Partner" title="Tennessee's Partner">Tennessee's Partner</a></i> (1955)</li>
<li><i><a href="Pearl_of_the_South_Pacific" title="Pearl of the South Pacific">Pearl of the South Pacific</a></i> (1955)</li>
<li><i><a href="Escape_to_Burma" title="Escape to Burma">Escape to Burma</a></i> (1955)</li>
<li><i><a href="Slightly_Scarlet" title="Slightly Scarlet">Slightly Scarlet</a></i> (1956)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_Restless_Breed" title="The Restless Breed">The Restless Breed</a></i> (1957)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_River's_Edge" title="The River's Edge">The River's Edge</a></i> (1957)</li>
<li><i><a href="Enchanted_Island_(film)" title="Enchanted Island (film)">Enchanted Island</a></i> (1958)</li></ul>

<p>See also: <a href="Canadian_pioneers_in_early_Hollywood" title="Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood">Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood</a></p>
<a id="Further_reading" name="Further_reading"/><h2>Further reading</h2>


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<li>Foster, Charles, <i>Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood</i> (2000) <a class="external text" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1550023489" rel="nofollow" title="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1550023489">ISBN 1-55002-348-9</a></li></ul>

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