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Dorothy Arzner


Birth name: Dorothy Emma Arzner
Birth: 3 January 1897
Died: 1 October 1979
Nationality: American

Career / Biography

Dorothy Arzner was a director of films from silent films in the 1920's, through to the early 1940's. She was the only female director in the studio system during this period. She was the first woman to direct a sound film and the first woman to join the Directors Guild Of America.

Director

Dance Girl Dance (1940)
The Bride Wore Red (1937)
Craigs Wife (1936)
Christopher Strong (1933)
Anybody's Woman (1930)
Sarah And Son (1930)
Wild Party (1929)
Get Your Man (1927) - Silent

Producer


Oscars

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