Name	John Cromwell
Age	121
Build	Slim
Date of Birth	December 23, 1887
Birthplace	Toledo, Ohio, USA
Star Sign	Capricorn
Nationality	American
Ethnicity	White
Occupation	Director
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Trivia and Quotes

Quotes

[on Lana Turner] Probably the very worst actress that ever made it to the top.

Movies (lana turner)

[on Gary Cooper] Gary Cooper never understood a thing about real acting but had the most marvelous presence.

Movies (gary cooper)

[on Irene Dunne] Underrated on every count.

Movies (irene dunne)

[on Jean Arthur] A difficult person out in the street, so they say -- I never knew her -- but everyone who went to the movies liked her, and that`s unusual. Every movie star is disliked by some people -- Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich certainly, even Greta Garbo, Ronald Colman -- but everyone liked Jean Arthur.

Movies (jean arthur)

[on Hedy Lamarr] She was a nice girl, or she was then. Hedy didn`t make trouble, didn`t have an ego problem. The problem was that she couldn`t act.

Movies (Hedy Lamarr)

Trivia

Often appeared on screen in uncredited cameos in films which he directed.

Has directed 10 actors to Oscar nominations: Bette Davis, Charles Boyer, Gene Lockhart, Raymond Massey, Monty Woolley, Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Gale Sondergaard, Eleanor Parker and Hope Emerson. None of them won. Davis` was a write-in nomination.

1945: Hosted the Academy Awards alongside Bob Hope.

1952: Won Broadway`s Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for "Point of No Return.".

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 155-159. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.

1951-58: He was blacklisted in Hollywood during the McCarthy "Red Scare" period.

1944-46: President of the Screen Directors Guild.

Father of actor James Cromwell.

See also Trivia Index (J) :: Quotes Index (J) :: Connections Index (J)

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