FILM DIRECTOR

Dorothy Arzner

1897 - 1979

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Dorothy Emma Arzner (January 3, 1897 – October 1, 1979) was an American film director whose career in Hollywood spanned from the silent era of the 1920s into the early 1940s. With the exception of long-time silent film director Lois Weber, from 1927 until her retirement from feature directing in 1943, Arzner was the only female director working in Hollywood. She was one of a very few women able to establish a successful and long career in Hollywood as a film director until the 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dorothy Arzner has received more than 423,524 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Dorothy Arzner is the 699th most popular film director (up from 848th in 2019), the 4,398th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,544th in 2019) and the 176th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Dorothy Arzner ranks 699 out of 2,041. Before her are Timur Bekmambetov, Fred Niblo, Riccardo Freda, Sergei Bodrov, Walter Salles, and Richard Marquand. After her are Artavazd Peleshyan, Ruben Östlund, Mario Camerini, Tsai Ming-liang, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, and David Chase.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Dorothy Arzner ranks 176. Before her are Maximus V of Constantinople, Werner Voss, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, Kurt Feldt, Adolfo Baloncieri, and Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia. After her are Paavo Talvela, Kazimierz Nowak, Bud Abbott, Zhou Fohai, Harald Sæverud, and Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller. Among people deceased in 1979, Dorothy Arzner ranks 136. Before her are Minnie Riperton, Georges Florovsky, Paul Dessau, Amedeo Nazzari, Ethel Smith, and Juana de Ibarbourou. After her are István Örkény, Ted Cassidy, Immanuel Velikovsky, Amedeo Biavati, Zeppo Marx, and Henri Anspach.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dorothy Arzner ranks 4,398 out of 20,380. Before her are Melanie Thornton (1967), Clark Terry (1920), Marion Ross (1928), Robert M. Parker Jr. (1947), Susan Strasberg (1938), and Mickey Mantle (1931). After her are Jimmy Buffett (1946), Norman Lloyd (1914), Cuba Gooding Jr. (1968), Walter Tewksbury (1876), Michael Graves (1934), and Lenny Montana (1926).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Dorothy Arzner ranks 176. Before her are Burt Kennedy (1922), Billy Hayes (1947), Paul Mazursky (1930), Aaron Russo (1943), John Stagliano (1951), and Fred Niblo (1874). After her are David Chase (1945), Barry Sonnenfeld (1953), Jack Arnold (1916), Emile Ardolino (1943), Dan O'Bannon (1946), and Ryan Murphy (1965).

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Filmography

Dance, Girl, Dance
Director
Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.
Aug 30th 19406.4 / 10
Merrily We Go to Hell
Director
A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.
Jun 10th 19326.4 / 10
Christopher Strong
Director
A romance develops between a happily married middle-aged British politician and an adventurous young aviatrix.
Mar 9th 19335.9 / 10