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Archie Mayo

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Archie Mayo

Born January 29, 1891 in New York City, New York, USADied December 4, 196865 films

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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.

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Filmography

65 films as director
  1. 1946Angel on My ShoulderDirector
  2. 1946A Night in CasablancaDirector
  3. 1944Sweet and Low-DownDirector
  4. 1943Crash DiveDirector
  5. 1942Orchestra WivesDirector
  6. 1942MoontideDirector
  7. 1941Confirm or DenyDirector
  8. 1941Charley's AuntDirector
  9. 1941The Great American BroadcastDirector
  10. 1940Four SonsDirector
  11. 1940The House Across the BayDirector
  12. 1939They Shall Have MusicDirector
  13. 1938Youth Takes a FlingDirector
  14. 1938The Adventures of Marco PoloDirector
  15. 1937It's Love I'm AfterDirector
  16. 1937Call It a DayDirector
  17. 1937Black LegionDirector
  18. 1936Give Me Your HeartDirector
  19. 1936I Married a DoctorDirector
  20. 1936The Petrified ForestDirector
  21. 1935The Case of the Lucky LegsDirector
  22. 1935Go Into Your DanceDirector
  23. 1935BordertownDirector
  24. 1934DesirableDirector
  25. 1934The Man with Two FacesDirector
  26. 1934Gambling LadyDirector
  27. 1933Convention CityDirector
  28. 1933Ever in My HeartDirector
  29. 1933The Mayor of HellDirector
  30. 1933The Life of Jimmy DolanDirector
  31. 1932Night After NightDirector
  32. 1932Two Against the WorldDirector
  33. 1932Street of WomenDirector
  34. 1932The ExpertDirector
  35. 1932Under EighteenDirector
  36. 1931Bought!Director
  37. 1931SvengaliDirector
  38. 1931IllicitDirector
  39. 1930The Doorway to HellDirector
  40. 1930Oh, Sailor, Behave!Director
  41. 1930CourageDirector
  42. 1930VengeanceDirector
  43. 1930Wide OpenDirector
  44. 1929The Sacred FlameDirector
  45. 1929The SapDirector
  46. 1929Is Everybody Happy?Director
  47. 1929Sonny BoyDirector
  48. 1928My ManDirector
  49. 1928On TrialDirector
  50. 1928State Street SadieDirector
  51. 1928RetributionDirector
  52. 1928The Crimson CityDirector
  53. 1928Beware of Married MenDirector
  54. 1927The College WidowDirector
  55. 1927Slightly UsedDirector
  56. 1927DearieDirector
  57. 1927Quarantined RivalsDirector
  58. 1927Johnny Get Your Hair CutDirector
  59. 1926Unknown TreasuresDirector
  60. 1926Christine of the Big TopsDirector
  61. 1926Money TalksDirector
  62. 1926Weak, But WillingDirector
  63. 1925A Rarin’ RomeoDirector
  64. 1924Reno or BustDirector
  65. 1923Spring FeverDirector