James Flood

'''James Joseph Flood''' (July 31, 1895 – February 5, 1953) was an American film director.

Born in New York City, Flood became an assistant director with Biograph in 1912<ref name="gr">{{cite book|last1=Aaker|first1=Everett|title=George Raft: The Films|date=2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786493135|page=34|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qi7JiuIsQbsC&dq=%22Wynne+Gibson%22&pg=PA31|accessdate=8 November 2016|language=en}}</ref> and was active through 1952.

==Career==

When working on ''The Swellhead'', Flood decided he wanted to change a scene. He told his plan to actor James Gleason who was also an accomplished playwright and he re-wrote the scene. Actress Marion Shilling then had to quickly learn and execute the new dialogue. "I was a fast study, memorized the scene in a few minutes and we did the scene in one take. Mr. Flood put his arms around me and said, 'You g.d. little trouper.'"<ref>Ankerich, Michael G. The Sound of Silence: Conversations with 16 Film and Stage Personalities. McFarland & Company, Inc., Jefferson, NC: 1998. p. 205.</ref>

==Personal life== Fellow director William Beaudine was his longtime friend and brother-in-law; actor and producer Bobby Anderson was his nephew (Bobby's mother was James's wife's sister).

==Death== Flood died of complications after surgery in Hollywood on February 4, 1953. He was 57.<ref name=gr/>

==Selected filmography== * ''Times Have Changed'' (1923) * ''The Woman Hater'' (1925) * ''The Man Without a Conscience'' (1925) * ''The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted'' (1925) * ''Satan in Sables'' (1925) * ''Why Girls Go Back Home'' (1926) * ''The Lady in Ermine'' (1927) * ''Three Hours'' (1927) * ''The Count of Ten'' (1928) * ''Domestic Meddlers'' (1928) * ''Marriage by Contract'' (1928) *''Mister Antonio'' (1929) * ''Whispering Winds'' (1929) * ''Midstream'' (1929) * ''The Swellhead'' (1930) * ''The She-Wolf'' (1931) * ''Under Cover Man'' (1932) * ''The Mouthpiece'' (1932) co-directed with Elliott Nugent * ''Life Begins'' (1932) co-directed with Elliott Nugent * ''All of Me'' (1934) * ''Such Women Are Dangerous'' (1934) * ''Wings in the Dark ''(1935) * ''Shanghai'' (1935) * ''Lonely Road'' (1936), aka ''Scotland Yard Commands'' * ''The Big Fix'' (1947) * ''Stepchild'' (1947)

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== External links == * {{IMDB name|0282549}}

{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Flood, James}} Category:1895 births Category:1953 deaths Category:Film directors from New York City