Millard Webb

Nacimiento : 1893-12-06,

Muerte : 1935-04-21

Películas

The Happy Ending
Director
A father who deserted his family some years before returns home only to find that his wife has told his children and neighbours that he died as a hero.
The Golden Calf
Director
In this pygmalionesque musical, a drab secretary leads a boring life until a good friend intervenes. The friend begins a total make-over upon her friend. First she slathers her in mud-packs, and then she encases her in lovely silk dresses. Soon the plain woman is transformed into an extraordinary beauty. It is no surprise that her boss, not knowing her true identity, falls hopelessly in love with her. Singing, dancing and romancing ensues. Songs include: "A Picture No Artist Can Paint," "You Gotta Be Modernistic," "I'm Telling the World About You," "Maybe Someday," and "Can I Help It."
Glorifying the American Girl
Director
A young woman, who wants to be in the Follies, is making ends meet by working at a department store's sheet music department, where she sings the latest hits. She is accompanied on piano by her childhood boyfriend, who is in love with her, despite her single-minded interest in her career. When a vaudeville performer asks her to join him as his new partner, she sees it as an opportunity to make her dream come true. Upon arriving in New York City, our heroine finds out that her new partner is only interested in sleeping with her and makes this a condition of making her a star. Soon, however, she is discovered by a representative of Ziegfeld.
The Painted Angel
Director
The Painted Angel is a 1929 black and white American film. The storyline is based on a story by Fannie Hurst, "Give This Little Girl a Hand."
Gentlemen Of The Press
Director
A newsman is drawn away from family life by the needs of his paper until a new woman enters his life.
La gran jugada
Director
Jack Hamill, el pateador y capitán de la Selección de fútbol americano del Shoreham College, ve peligrar su reputación al hacer una inocente visita a una mujer cuyo marido se suicida, y ser falsamente acusado de su asesinato.
Naughty But Nice
Director
Naughty But Nice was based on The Bigamists, a story by Lewis Alen Brown. Gawky country girl Berenice Summers (Colleen Moore) is catapulted head-first into High Society when her Uncle Seth (Burr McIntosh) strikes oil. Shipped off to a fancy boarding school, Berenice suffers at the hands of her snooty classmates, but the last straw comes when she's publicly humiliated by local wise-guy Paul Carroll (Donald Reed).
An Affair of the Follies
Director
Young husband Jerry, a clerk, loses his job, and in order to bring money into the house, his wife Tamara goes back to her old job as a dancer in the Follies. The husband doesn't like the idea at all, and they wind up separating. One night the clerk and his friend, an inventor, are dining at a restaurant, and the inventor is lamenting that he has a great invention but can't get in to see a millionaire named Hammersley in order get get financial backing. They don't know that Hammersley happens to be sitting at the next table. The three strike up a conversation and become friends. However, there's another thing Jerry also doesn't know--Hammersley is in love with Tamara and, in fact, she is going to his house that night to see him.
The Sea Beast
Director
Based on Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick."
The Golden Cocoon
Director
The story of a much put-upon woman who becomes involved with a professor of political economy only to be thrown over by him for the daughter of a wealthy businessman.
My Wife and I
Director
In a wealthy society family, the mother is forced to sit by and watch while her husband and son both compete for the affections of a pretty young temptress.
My Wife and I
Screenplay
In a wealthy society family, the mother is forced to sit by and watch while her husband and son both compete for the affections of a pretty young temptress.
The Dark Swan
Director of Photography
An American drama based on a novel
The Dark Swan
Director
An American drama based on a novel
Tiger Rose
Writer
Originally a Broadway play by Willard Macks, Lenore Ulric played the lead on Broadway and reprises her role for this film. At the Wutchi Wum trading post In the peaceful Loon River Valley, deep in the Canadian Northwest comes a story of love, vengeance and sacrifice. Having lived at the trading post following the death of her father, Rose will soon fall in love. But when her new love is in trouble, Rose will discover that she is capable of much more than she thought in order to keep him safe.
Where the North Begins
Writer
Action adventure set in the wilds of Alaska
The Fighting Shepherdess
Director
A young woman fights to keep her Wyoming sheep ranch from being overrun and destroyed by cattle ranchers.
The Fighting Shepherdess
Writer
A young woman fights to keep her Wyoming sheep ranch from being overrun and destroyed by cattle ranchers.
Reaching for the Moon
Mr. Mann
A button factory worker has always dreamed that he was meant for better things, to be rich and famous and in "the company of kings". One day he discovers that he is indeed the only heir to the throne of a small European kingdom. However, there are forces at work who don't want him to survive to take the throne.
Going Straight
Assistant Director
A man and his wife both have criminal pasts, but have quit crime and are now respectable citizens. One day a member of their old gang shows up and threatens to expose them if they don't help him pull a heist.
The Children in the House
Assistant Director
A woman is stuck with an unfaithful husband until he is killed robbing a bank.