Millard Webb

Millard Webb
Born(1893-12-06)December 6, 1893
Clay City, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedApril 21, 1935(1935-04-21) (aged 41)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Burial placeForest Lawn Memorial Park
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, film director
Years active1916–1933
Spouse
Lydia Stocking
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(m. 1918; death 1923)​
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(m. 1929)​
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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,[1] costarring Dolores Costello.[2] Webb also directed the early sound Florenz Ziegfeld produced talkie Glorifying the American Girl released by Paramount in 1929.[3] In 1927 he directed Naughty but Nice, produced by John McCormick and First National Pictures.[4] 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.[5]

He was born in Clay City, Kentucky, U.S., and died in Los Angeles, California of intestinal ailment at the age of 41.[6]

  1. ^ Rondoni, Davide (August 1, 2010). "Se il capitano Achab approda in Parlamento". Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian). Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  2. ^ "En 1926, le combat pour le droit à la libre critique des films". The Conversation (in French). November 5, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  3. ^ Hole, Kristin Lené; Jelača, Dijana; Kaplan, E. Ann; Petro, Patrice (November 10, 2016). The Routledge Companion to Cinema & Gender. Taylor & Francis. p. 366. ISBN 978-1-317-40805-5.
  4. ^ Leider, Emily W. (2011). Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood. University of California Press. p. 349. ISBN 978-0-520-25320-9.
  5. ^ Reid, John Howard (August 1, 2011). Silent Movies & Early Sound Films on DVD: New Expanded Edition. Lulu.com. p. 336. ISBN 978-0-557-43335-3.
  6. ^ "Millard Webb". NY Times. The New York Times Company. April 22, 1935. p. 17. Retrieved March 16, 2019.