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(16 June 1899, St. Marys, Ohio - 21
February 1954, Los Angeles, California)
Howard began his work in Hollywood as an assistant director on the
1920 release The Adorable Savage. The following year, he received
his first directing credits, for Get Your Man, Play Square and What
Love Will Do. He wrote The One-Man Trail that same year.
Some of his better known works as a director are The Thundering
Herd, Surrender, Sherlock Holmes, This Side of Heaven, Fire Over
England, When the Lights Go on Again and A Guy Could Change.
His film The Power and the Glory, directed by Howard from a
screenplay by Preston Sturges, was neglected for decades but in
recent years has received significant reappraisal due to recognition
that this movie was a major influence on the structure of Citizen
Kane.
Howard has a "Star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |
