Millard Webb

{{Short description|American film director (1893–1935)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Millard Webb | image = Mary Eaton and Millard Webb marriage 1929.jpg | caption = Mary Eaton and Millard Webb on their wedding day. | birth_date = {{birth date|1893|12|06}} | birth_place = Clay City, Kentucky, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1935|04|21|1893|12|06}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | burial_place = Forest Lawn Memorial Park | occupation = Screenwriter, film director | years_active = 1916–1933 | spouse = {{married|Lydia Stocking|1918|1923|reason=death}} {{married|Mary Eaton|1929}} | children = 1 }}

'''Millard Webb''' (December 6, 1893 – April 21, 1935) was an American screenwriter and director who directed 20 films between 1920 and 1933. His best-known film is the 1926 silent John Barrymore adventure ''The Sea Beast'', a version of ''Moby Dick'',<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/cultura/2010-08-01/capitano-achab-approda-parlamento-152023.shtml?refresh_ce=1 |title=Se il capitano Achab approda in Parlamento |first=Davide |last=Rondoni |date=August 1, 2010 |access-date=April 5, 2019 |newspaper=Il Sole 24 Ore |language=it}}</ref> costarring Dolores Costello.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theconversation.com/en-1926-le-combat-pour-le-droit-a-la-libre-critique-des-films-86810 |title=En 1926, le combat pour le droit à la libre critique des films |date=November 5, 2017 |access-date=April 5, 2019 |language=fr |work=The Conversation}}</ref> Webb also directed the early sound Florenz Ziegfeld produced talkie ''Glorifying the American Girl'' released by Paramount in 1929.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=czQlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA366 |title=The Routledge Companion to Cinema & Gender |first=Kristin Lené |last=Hole |first2=Dijana |last2=Jelača |first3=E. Ann |last3=Kaplan |first4=Patrice |last4=Petro |publisher=Taylor & Francis |date=November 10, 2016 |page=366 |isbn=978-1-317-40805-5}}</ref> In 1927 he directed ''Naughty but Nice'', produced by John McCormick and First National Pictures.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k3lp2ftWpgwC&pg=PT349 |title=Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood |first=Emily W. |last=Leider |publisher=University of California Press |year=2011 |page=349 |isbn=978-0-520-25320-9}}</ref> His active years were from 1916 to 1933.

He was married to Lydia Stocking (1918–1923). Mary Eaton married Webb in 1929, but they separated.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wDzGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA336 |title=Silent Movies & Early Sound Films on DVD: New Expanded Edition |first=John Howard |last=Reid |publisher=Lulu.com |date=August 1, 2011 |page=336 |isbn=978-0-557-43335-3}}</ref>

He was born in Clay City, Kentucky, U.S., and died in Los Angeles, California of intestinal ailment at the age of 41.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/04/22/archives/millard-webb.html |title=Millard Webb |date=April 22, 1935 |access-date=March 16, 2019 |newspaper=NY Times |publisher=The New York Times Company |page=17}}</ref>

== Filmography == {| class="wikitable sortable" background: #F9F9F9;" ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Assistant director ! Writer ! Actor ! Cinematographer |- | rowspan=2| 1916 | ''Let Katie Do It'' | | align="center"| ✓ | | | |- | ''The Little School Ma'am'' | | | | align="center"| ✓ | |- | rowspan=2| 1917 | ''The Man from Painted Post'' | | align="center"| ✓ | | | |- | ''Reaching for the Moon'' | | | | align="center"| ✓ | |- | 1919 | ''Molly of the Follies'' | | | | align="center"| ✓ | |- | 1921 | ''Oliver Twist, Jr.'' | align="center"| ✓ | | | | |- | 1921 | ''Hearts of Youth'' | align="center"| ✓ | | align="center"| ✓ | | |- | 1920 | ''The Fighting Shepherdess'' | align="center"| ✓ | | | | |- | 1922 | ''Where's My Wandering Boy Tonight?'' | | align="center"| ✓ | | | |- | rowspan=2 | 1923 | ''Tiger Rose'' | | | align="center"| ✓ | | |- | ''Where the North Begins'' | align="center"| ✓ | | align="center"| ✓ | | |- | rowspan=2 | 1924 | ''Her Marriage Vow'' | align="center"| ✓ | | align="center"| ✓ | | |- | ''The Dark Swan'' | align="center"| ✓ | | | | align="center"| ✓ |- | 1925 | ''My Wife and I'' | align="center"| ✓ | | align="center"| ✓ | | |- | 1925 | ''The Golden Cocoon'' | align="center"| ✓ | | | | |- | 1926 | ''The Sea Beast'' | align="center"| ✓ | | | | |- | rowspan=4| 1927 | ''An Affair of the Follies'' | align="center"| ✓ | | | | |- | ''The Drop Kick'' | align="center"| ✓ | | | | |- | ''Naughty but Nice'' | align="center"| ✓ | | | | |- | ''The Love Thrill'' | align="center"| ✓ | | align="center"| ✓ | | |- | 1928 | ''Honeymoon Flats'' | align="center"| ✓ | | | | |- | rowspan=3| 1929 | ''Gentlemen of the Press'' | align="center"| ✓ | | | | |- | ''The Painted Angel'' | align="center"| ✓ | | | | |- | ''Glorifying the American Girl'' | align="center"| ✓ | | align="center"| ✓ | | |- | 1930 | ''Her Golden Calf'' | align="center"| ✓ | | | | |- | 1931 | ''The Happy Ending'' | align="center"| ✓ | | | | |- | 1933 | ''The Woman Who Dared'' | align="center"| ✓ | | | | |}

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * {{Commons category-inline|Millard Webb}} * {{Wikisource author-inline}} * {{IMDb name|id=0916224|name=Millard Webb}} * [http://www.allmovie.com/artist/millard-webb-p116157 Millard Webb biog] * [http://worthpoint.com/worthopedia/colleen-moore-director-millard-webb-1972059411 M. Webb] with Colleen Moore; 1927

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