Highest rated as cast or director
Archie Mayo's 5 titles from the 1930s have a median Balasaur Score of 73, led by The Petrified Forest (79) and Black Legion (77), against 67 for those from the 1940s.
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Archie Mayo (29 January 1891, New York City – 4 December 1968, Guadalajara, Mexico) was a movie director and stage actor who moved to Hollywood in 1915 and began working as a director in 1917. His films include Is Everybody Happy? (1929) with Ted Lewis, Night After Night (1932) with Mae West, The Doorway to Hell (1930) with James Cagney and Lew Ayres, Convention City (1933) with Joan Blondell, The Mayor of Hell (1933) with James Cagney, The Petrified Forest (1936) with Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart, and The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) with Gary Cooper. Mayo retired in 1946, shortly after completing A Night in Casablanca with the Marx Brothers and Angel on My Shoulder with Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, and Claude Rains. Mayo has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article Archie Mayo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Directed 63
1940s
- 1946
- 1944
Sweet and Low-Down
Director
- 1943
Crash Dive
Director
- 1942
Orchestra Wives
Director
- 1941
Confirm or Deny
Director
Charley's Aunt
Director
The Great American Broadcast
Director
- 1940
Four Sons
Director
The House Across the Bay
Director
1930s
- 1939
They Shall Have Music
Director
- 1938
Youth Takes a Fling
Director
- 1937
Call It a Day
Director
- 1936
Give Me Your Heart
Director
I Married a Doctor
Director
- 1935
Go Into Your Dance
Director
Bordertown
Director
- 1934
Desirable
Director
The Man with Two Faces
Director
Gambling Lady
Director
- 1933
Convention City
Director
Ever in My Heart
Director
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Director
- 1932
Night After Night
Director
Two Against the World
Director
Street of Women
Director
The Expert
Director
Under Eighteen
Director
- 1931
Bought!
Director
Svengali
Director
Illicit
Director
- 1930
Oh, Sailor, Behave!
Director
Courage
Director
Vengeance
Director
Wide Open
Director
1920s
- 1929
The Sap
Director
Is Everybody Happy?
Director
Sonny Boy
Director
- 1928
My Man
Director
On Trial
Director
State Street Sadie
Director
Retribution
Director
The Crimson City
Director
Beware of Married Men
Director
- 1927
The College Widow
Director
Slightly Used
Director
Dearie
Director
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
Director
- 1926
Unknown Treasures
Director
Christine of the Big Tops
Director
Money Talks
Director
Weak, But Willing
Director
- 1925
A Rarin’ Romeo
Director
- 1923
Spring Fever
Director
Wrote 1
1920s
- 1922
The Speeder
Story
Produced 1
1950s
- 1958
The Beast of Budapest
Producer