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Frank Lloyd

December 20, 2023

For other people named Frank Lloyd, see Frank Lloyd (disambiguation).

Frank William George Lloyd (2 February 1886 – 10 August 1960) was a British-born American film director, actor, scriptwriter, and producer. He was among the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,[2] and was its president from 1934 to 1935.

Frank Lloyd
Lloyd c. 1939
Born
Frank William George Lloyd[1]

2 February 1886
Glasgow, Scotland
Died10 August 1960 (aged 74)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
Occupations
  • Film director
  • actor
  • scriptwriter
  • film producer
Years active1913–1955
Spouse(s)Alma (died 1952)
Virginia Kellogg (1957-his death)

He is Scotland's first Academy Award winner and is unique in film history, having received three Oscar nominations in 1929 for his work on a silent film (The Divine Lady), a part-talkie (Weary River) and a full talkie (Drag). He won for The Divine Lady. He was nominated and won again in 1933 for his adaptation of Noël Coward's Cavalcade and received a further Best Director nomination in 1935 for perhaps his most successful film, Mutiny on the Bounty.

In 1957, he was awarded the George Eastman Award, given by George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film.[3]

On 8 February 1960, Lloyd received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion pictures industry, at 6667 Hollywood Boulevard.[4][5]

Early life and career edit

Lloyd was born in Cambuslang, on the outskirts of Glasgow, the youngest of seven children. His mother Jane was Scottish and his father Edmund was Welsh, a mechanical engineer.[1] The family travelled the country until his father was injured and gave up engineering. They settled in Shepherd's Bush, London, where the family ran a pub. Lloyd worked in a shoe shop, sang in choral groups and joined a vaudeville group.

In 1909 he emigrated to Canada where he worked on a ranch in Alberta for a year. He also erected poles and wrote for a telephone company, then joined a travelling show as an actor and singer.[6] The show wound up in Los Angeles in 1913 and Lloyd decided to stay there and act in Hollywood films.[7]

Film director edit

Paramount edit

He began directing shorts for Paramount and moved to longer running films: The Gentleman from Indiana (1915), Jane (1915), The Reform Candidate (1916), The Tongues of Men (1916), The Call of the Cumberlands (1916), Madame la Presidente (1916) with Anna Held, The Code of Marcia Gray (1916), David Garrick (1916 film) (1916), The Making of Maddalena (1916), An International Marriage (1916), and The Stronger Love (1916). The Intrigue (1916) was produced through Pallas Films and released through Paramount. Lloyd's biographer argued his early films "are not 'masterpieces,' but they are on a par with films from other secondary directors of the period. In other words, they are not comparable to those directed by D.W. Griffith, but are as good as those directed by Allan Dwan."[8]

Fox edit

Lloyd directed Sins of Her Parent (1916) at Fox, and The World and the Woman (1916) with Jeanne Eagles for Tranhouser. Back at Fox he did The Kingdom of Love (1917), and a series of films starring William Farnum" The Price of Silence (1917), A Tale of Two Cities (1917) from the novel by Charles Dickens, American Methods (1917), When a Man Sees Red (1917), Les Misérables (1917), The Heart of a Lion (1917), True Blue (1918), Riders of the Purple Sage (1918) from the novel by Zane Grey and its sequel The Rainbow Trail (1918), For Freedom (1918), and The Man Hunter (1919). Without Farnum, Lloyd directed The Blindness of Divorce (1918).

Goldwyn edit

At Goldwyn he made Pitfalls of a Big City (1919),The World and Its Woman (1919), The Loves of Letty (1919), The Woman in Room 13 (1920), The Silver Horde (1920 film) (1920), Madame X (1920) with Pauline Frederick, The Great Lover (1920), A Tale of Two Worlds (1921), Roads of Destiny (1921) with Frederick, A Voice in the Dark (1921), The Invisible Power (1921), The Grim Comedian (1921), and The Man from Lost River (1921) plus The Sin Flood (1922) with Richard Dix.

First National edit

Lloyd directed some films for First National with Norma Talmadge: The Eternal Flame (1921), The Voice from the Minaret (1922), Within the Law (1923) and Ashes of Vengeance (1923).

Also for that studio was Oliver Twist (1922) with Lon Chaney and Jackie Coogan, and Black Oxen (1924).

He had his own company at First National, Frank Lloyd Productions. They made The Sea Hawk (1924), a swashbuckler with Milton Sills, then The Silent Watcher (1924), Her Husband's Secret (1925), Winds of Chance (1925), The Splendid Road (1926), and The Wise Guy (1926).

Paramount edit

At Paramount Lloyd made The Eagle of the Sea (1926), Children of Divorce (1927 film) (1927), Adoration (1928) with Billie Dove, The Divine Lady (1929) with Corinne Griffith, and Dark Streets (1929). Lloyd won the Academy Award for Best director for The Divine Lady.

There were several films starring Richard Barthemless: Weary River (1929), Drag (1929), Young Nowheres (1930), Son of the Gods (1930), and The Lash (1930). He was Oscar nominated for Best Director for Drag and Weary River.

There was also The Way of All Men (1930), a remake of Lloyds' own The Sin Flood, The Right of Way (1931), and East Lynne (1931).[9]

For Howard Hughes, Lloyd did The Age for Love (1931).[10] Back at Fox he made A Passport to Hell (1932) then Cavalcade (1933), which won Lloyd the Oscar for Best Director.

Lloyd then made what was his favourite film, Berkeley Square (1933), starring Leslie Howard, followed by Hoop-La (1933) the final film of Clara Bow and Servants' Entrance (1934) with Janet Gaynor.[8]

Mutiny on the Bounty and later career edit

Lloyd had a huge hit with Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) at MGM which earned him another Oscar nomination for Best Director.

He followed it with Under Two Flags (1936) at Fox, a French Foreign Legion tale with Ronald Colman.

Paramount edit

At Paramount Lloyd made more historical films: Maid of Salem (1937) with Claudette Colbert, Wells Fargo (1937) with Joel McCrea,[11] If I Were King (1938) with Colman and Rulers of the Sea (1938) with Douglas Fairbanks Jnr, which was a commercial disappointment.[12][13]

Universal edit

Lloyd made The Howards of Virginia (1940) at Columbia with Cary Grant. At Universal he set up his own company. He directed This Woman Is Mine (1941), and The Lady from Cheyenne (1941),[14] and his company produced Saboteur (1942) from Alfred Hitchcock, The Spoilers (1942) with John Wayne and Randolph Scott, and Invisible Agent (1942).

He was one of several directors on RKO's Forever and a Day (1943). Lloyd had a big hit with James Cagney's Blood on the Sun (1945). He was Oscar nominated for Best Director of a Documentary with The Last Bomb (1945). Lloyd also served in the air force. He retired from filmmaking in 1946, intending to live on a ranch.[8]

Final films edit

Lloyd's wife died in 1952 and he came out of retirement to make two films at Republic, The Shanghai Story (1954) and The Last Command (1955) a film about Jim Bowie.[15][16] When he remarried in 1955 he retired again.[8]

Personal life edit

Frank Lloyd was married to actress Alma Haller from 11 July 1913, until her death on 16 March 1952. By 1955, Lloyd married Virginia Kellogg, and remained married until Lloyd's death on 10 August 1960 at age 74. Lloyd was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

Reputation edit

Frank Lloyd does not have a significant reputation. His biographer puts this down partly to the dismissal of Lloyd's work by Andrew Sarris (who compared the director unfavorably with Cecil B. de Mille) and "because he was what is best described as a studio director. His style is as much the style of the studio as it is his own. He did not make waves; he did not overly publicize and promote himself. What he did was for the good of the studio – not for his own ego."[8]

Selected filmography edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Pawlak, Debra Ann (12 January 2012). Bringing Up Oscar: The Story of the Men and Women Who Founded the Academy. Pegasus Books. ISBN 9781605982168.
  2. ^ Pawlak, Debra. . The Mediadrome. Archived from the original on 30 December 2006. Retrieved 23 April 2007.
  3. ^ The George Eastman Award 15 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Frank Lloyd | Hollywood Walk of Fame". www.walkoffame.com. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Frank Lloyd". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  6. ^ "THE MAN BEHIND THE PICTURE Frank Lloyd Is Brilliant". Daily Standard. No. 6356. Queensland, Australia. 1 June 1933. p. 7. Retrieved 24 April 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "FRANK LLOYD". The Maitland Daily Mercury. No. 21, 400. New South Wales, Australia. 15 November 1939. p. 5. Retrieved 24 April 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ a b c d e Soares, Andre (2010). . Thinking Film. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023.
  9. ^ "DIRECTOR BEST WOODSMAN". The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers' Advocate. Vol. LXV, no. 3788. New South Wales, Australia. 19 October 1931. p. 2. Retrieved 24 April 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ ""The Age for Love"". The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press. New South Wales, Australia. 18 January 1933. p. 2. Retrieved 24 April 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "Frank Lloyd--Epic Maker". The News. Vol. XXXI, no. 4, 713. South Australia. 1 September 1938. p. 16. Retrieved 24 April 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "PARAMOUNT LISTS NEW PRODUCTIONS: 1937–38 Schedule-Includes 22 'Million-Dollar' Films, the Company Announces BUDGET IS UP $10,000,000 Provides for an Unprecedented Number of Musicals-50 to 60 Features Planned Some of the Features Cartoon and Short Subjects". New York Times. 11 June 1937. p. 26.
  13. ^ "Screen Fare". The Newcastle Sun. No. 6858. New South Wales, Australia. 8 December 1939. p. 3. Retrieved 24 April 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ "Loretta Young's Newest Film". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 29, no. 1, 503. South Australia. 15 March 1941. p. 21. Retrieved 24 April 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ^ "Censor upset director". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 44, no. 2, 214. South Australia. 13 November 1954. p. 66. Retrieved 24 April 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ^ "MOVIE NOTES". Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder. Vol. 44, no. 4157. New South Wales, Australia. 10 September 1954. p. 4. Retrieved 24 April 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

External links edit

 
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For other people named Frank Lloyd see Frank Lloyd disambiguation Frank William George Lloyd 2 February 1886 10 August 1960 was a British born American film director actor scriptwriter and producer He was among the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 2 and was its president from 1934 to 1935 Frank LloydLloyd c 1939BornFrank William George Lloyd 1 2 February 1886Glasgow ScotlandDied10 August 1960 aged 74 Santa Monica California U S Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale OccupationsFilm directoractorscriptwriterfilm producerYears active1913 1955Spouse s Alma died 1952 Virginia Kellogg 1957 his death He is Scotland s first Academy Award winner and is unique in film history having received three Oscar nominations in 1929 for his work on a silent film The Divine Lady a part talkie Weary River and a full talkie Drag He won for The Divine Lady He was nominated and won again in 1933 for his adaptation of Noel Coward s Cavalcade and received a further Best Director nomination in 1935 for perhaps his most successful film Mutiny on the Bounty In 1957 he was awarded the George Eastman Award given by George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film 3 On 8 February 1960 Lloyd received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion pictures industry at 6667 Hollywood Boulevard 4 5 Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Film director 2 1 Paramount 2 2 Fox 2 3 Goldwyn 2 4 First National 2 5 Paramount 3 Mutiny on the Bounty and later career 3 1 Paramount 3 2 Universal 3 3 Final films 4 Personal life 5 Reputation 6 Selected filmography 7 References 8 External linksEarly life and career editLloyd was born in Cambuslang on the outskirts of Glasgow the youngest of seven children His mother Jane was Scottish and his father Edmund was Welsh a mechanical engineer 1 The family travelled the country until his father was injured and gave up engineering They settled in Shepherd s Bush London where the family ran a pub Lloyd worked in a shoe shop sang in choral groups and joined a vaudeville group In 1909 he emigrated to Canada where he worked on a ranch in Alberta for a year He also erected poles and wrote for a telephone company then joined a travelling show as an actor and singer 6 The show wound up in Los Angeles in 1913 and Lloyd decided to stay there and act in Hollywood films 7 Film director editParamount edit He began directing shorts for Paramount and moved to longer running films The Gentleman from Indiana 1915 Jane 1915 The Reform Candidate 1916 The Tongues of Men 1916 The Call of the Cumberlands 1916 Madame la Presidente 1916 with Anna Held The Code of Marcia Gray 1916 David Garrick 1916 film 1916 The Making of Maddalena 1916 An International Marriage 1916 and The Stronger Love 1916 The Intrigue 1916 was produced through Pallas Films and released through Paramount Lloyd s biographer argued his early films are not masterpieces but they are on a par with films from other secondary directors of the period In other words they are not comparable to those directed by D W Griffith but are as good as those directed by Allan Dwan 8 Fox edit Lloyd directed Sins of Her Parent 1916 at Fox and The World and the Woman 1916 with Jeanne Eagles for Tranhouser Back at Fox he did The Kingdom of Love 1917 and a series of films starring William Farnum The Price of Silence 1917 A Tale of Two Cities 1917 from the novel by Charles Dickens American Methods 1917 When a Man Sees Red 1917 Les Miserables 1917 The Heart of a Lion 1917 True Blue 1918 Riders of the Purple Sage 1918 from the novel by Zane Grey and its sequel The Rainbow Trail 1918 For Freedom 1918 and The Man Hunter 1919 Without Farnum Lloyd directed The Blindness of Divorce 1918 Goldwyn edit At Goldwyn he made Pitfalls of a Big City 1919 The World and Its Woman 1919 The Loves of Letty 1919 The Woman in Room 13 1920 The Silver Horde 1920 film 1920 Madame X 1920 with Pauline Frederick The Great Lover 1920 A Tale of Two Worlds 1921 Roads of Destiny 1921 with Frederick A Voice in the Dark 1921 The Invisible Power 1921 The Grim Comedian 1921 and The Man from Lost River 1921 plus The Sin Flood 1922 with Richard Dix First National edit Lloyd directed some films for First National with Norma Talmadge The Eternal Flame 1921 The Voice from the Minaret 1922 Within the Law 1923 and Ashes of Vengeance 1923 Also for that studio was Oliver Twist 1922 with Lon Chaney and Jackie Coogan and Black Oxen 1924 He had his own company at First National Frank Lloyd Productions They made The Sea Hawk 1924 a swashbuckler with Milton Sills then The Silent Watcher 1924 Her Husband s Secret 1925 Winds of Chance 1925 The Splendid Road 1926 and The Wise Guy 1926 Paramount edit At Paramount Lloyd made The Eagle of the Sea 1926 Children of Divorce 1927 film 1927 Adoration 1928 with Billie Dove The Divine Lady 1929 with Corinne Griffith and Dark Streets 1929 Lloyd won the Academy Award for Best director for The Divine Lady There were several films starring Richard Barthemless Weary River 1929 Drag 1929 Young Nowheres 1930 Son of the Gods 1930 and The Lash 1930 He was Oscar nominated for Best Director for Drag and Weary River There was also The Way of All Men 1930 a remake of Lloyds own The Sin Flood The Right of Way 1931 and East Lynne 1931 9 For Howard Hughes Lloyd did The Age for Love 1931 10 Back at Fox he made A Passport to Hell 1932 then Cavalcade 1933 which won Lloyd the Oscar for Best Director Lloyd then made what was his favourite film Berkeley Square 1933 starring Leslie Howard followed by Hoop La 1933 the final film of Clara Bow and Servants Entrance 1934 with Janet Gaynor 8 Mutiny on the Bounty and later career editLloyd had a huge hit with Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 at MGM which earned him another Oscar nomination for Best Director He followed it with Under Two Flags 1936 at Fox a French Foreign Legion tale with Ronald Colman Paramount edit At Paramount Lloyd made more historical films Maid of Salem 1937 with Claudette Colbert Wells Fargo 1937 with Joel McCrea 11 If I Were King 1938 with Colman and Rulers of the Sea 1938 with Douglas Fairbanks Jnr which was a commercial disappointment 12 13 Universal edit Lloyd made The Howards of Virginia 1940 at Columbia with Cary Grant At Universal he set up his own company He directed This Woman Is Mine 1941 and The Lady from Cheyenne 1941 14 and his company produced Saboteur 1942 from Alfred Hitchcock The Spoilers 1942 with John Wayne and Randolph Scott and Invisible Agent 1942 He was one of several directors on RKO s Forever and a Day 1943 Lloyd had a big hit with James Cagney s Blood on the Sun 1945 He was Oscar nominated for Best Director of a Documentary with The Last Bomb 1945 Lloyd also served in the air force He retired from filmmaking in 1946 intending to live on a ranch 8 Final films edit Lloyd s wife died in 1952 and he came out of retirement to make two films at Republic The Shanghai Story 1954 and The Last Command 1955 a film about Jim Bowie 15 16 When he remarried in 1955 he retired again 8 Personal life editFrank Lloyd was married to actress Alma Haller from 11 July 1913 until her death on 16 March 1952 By 1955 Lloyd married Virginia Kellogg and remained married until Lloyd s death on 10 August 1960 at age 74 Lloyd was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale California Reputation editFrank Lloyd does not have a significant reputation His biographer puts this down partly to the dismissal of Lloyd s work by Andrew Sarris who compared the director unfavorably with Cecil B de Mille and because he was what is best described as a studio director His style is as much the style of the studio as it is his own He did not make waves he did not overly publicize and promote himself What he did was for the good of the studio not for his own ego 8 Selected filmography editDamon and Pythias 1914 actor The Test 1914 actor short The Spy 1914 actor The Opened Shutters 1914 actor The Black Box 1915 actor The Gentleman from Indiana 1915 Jane 1915 The Reform Candidate 1915 Sins of Her Parent 1916 The Tongues of Men 1916 The Code of Marcia Gray 1916 The Intrigue 1916 David Garrick 1916 The Call of the Cumberlands 1916 Madame la Presidente 1916 The Making of Maddalena 1916 An International Marriage 1916 The Stronger Love 1916 Sins of Her Parent 1916 The World and the Woman 1916 A Tale of Two Cities 1917 The Kingdom of Love 1917 The Heart of a Lion 1917 Les Miserables 1917 When a Man Sees Red 1917 American Methods 1917 The Price of Silence 1917 The Rainbow Trail 1918 For Freedom 1918 Riders of the Purple Sage 1918 The Blindness of Divorce 1918 The Loves of Letty 1919 The World and Its Woman 1919 Pitfalls of a Big City 1919 The Man Hunter 1919 Madame X 1920 The Silver Horde 1920 The Woman in Room 13 1920 The Great Lover 1920 The Invisible Power 1921 The Grim Comedian 1921 The Man from Lost River 1921 Roads of Destiny 1921 Oliver Twist 1922 The Eternal Flame 1922 The Sin Flood 1922 Black Oxen 1923 The Voice from the Minaret 1923 Within the Law 1923 Ashes of Vengeance 1923 The Sea Hawk 1924 The Silent Watcher 1924 Her Husband s Secret 1925 The Splendid Road 1925 Winds of Chance 1925 The Wise Guy 1926 The Eagle of the Sea 1926 Children of Divorce 1927 Adoration 1928 The Divine Lady 1929 Young Nowheres 1929 Weary River 1929 Drag 1929 Dark Streets 1929 The Lash 1930 The Way of All Men 1930 The Age for Love 1931 East Lynne 1931 A Passport to Hell 1932 Cavalcade 1933 Berkeley Square 1933 Hoop La 1933 Servants Entrance 1934 Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 Under Two Flags 1936 Wells Fargo 1937 Maid of Salem 1937 If I Were King 1938 Rulers of the Sea 1939 The Howards of Virginia 1940 This Woman is Mine 1941 The Lady from Cheyenne 1941 The Spoilers 1942 producer Forever and a Day 1943 Blood on the Sun 1945 The Shanghai Story 1954 The Last Command 1955 References edit a b Pawlak Debra Ann 12 January 2012 Bringing Up Oscar The Story of the Men and Women Who Founded the Academy Pegasus Books ISBN 9781605982168 Pawlak Debra The Story of the First Academy Awards The Mediadrome Archived from the original on 30 December 2006 Retrieved 23 April 2007 The George Eastman Award Archived 15 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Frank Lloyd Hollywood Walk of Fame www walkoffame com Retrieved 27 June 2016 Frank Lloyd Los Angeles Times Retrieved 27 June 2016 THE MAN BEHIND THE PICTURE Frank Lloyd Is Brilliant Daily Standard No 6356 Queensland Australia 1 June 1933 p 7 Retrieved 24 April 2023 via National Library of Australia FRANK LLOYD The Maitland Daily Mercury No 21 400 New South Wales Australia 15 November 1939 p 5 Retrieved 24 April 2023 via National Library of Australia a b c d e Soares Andre 2010 Frank Lloyd Two Time Best Director Oscar Winner Q amp A interview with Anthony Slide Thinking Film Archived from the original on 31 January 2023 DIRECTOR BEST WOODSMAN The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate Vol LXV no 3788 New South Wales Australia 19 October 1931 p 2 Retrieved 24 April 2023 via National Library of Australia The Age for Love The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press New South Wales Australia 18 January 1933 p 2 Retrieved 24 April 2023 via National Library of Australia Frank Lloyd Epic Maker The News Vol XXXI no 4 713 South Australia 1 September 1938 p 16 Retrieved 24 April 2023 via National Library of Australia PARAMOUNT LISTS NEW PRODUCTIONS 1937 38 Schedule Includes 22 Million Dollar Films the Company Announces BUDGET IS UP 10 000 000 Provides for an Unprecedented Number of Musicals 50 to 60 Features Planned Some of the Features Cartoon and Short Subjects New York Times 11 June 1937 p 26 Screen Fare The Newcastle Sun No 6858 New South Wales Australia 8 December 1939 p 3 Retrieved 24 April 2023 via National Library of Australia Loretta Young s Newest Film The Mail Adelaide Vol 29 no 1 503 South Australia 15 March 1941 p 21 Retrieved 24 April 2023 via National Library of Australia Censor upset director The Mail Adelaide Vol 44 no 2 214 South Australia 13 November 1954 p 66 Retrieved 24 April 2023 via National Library of Australia MOVIE NOTES Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder Vol 44 no 4157 New South Wales Australia 10 September 1954 p 4 Retrieved 24 April 2023 via National Library of Australia External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Frank Lloyd nbsp Biography portalFrank Lloyd at IMDb Frank Lloyd Films website includes additional biographical informationNon profit organization positionsPreceded byJ Theodore Reed President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences1934 1935 Succeeded byFrank Capra Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Frank Lloyd amp oldid 1174898049, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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