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W.S. Van Dyke (1889-1943)

Alias:
Maj. W. S. Van Dyke II
Maj. W.S. Van Dyke II
Major W. S. Van Dyke II
Major W.S. Van Dyke II
One-Take Woody
W. S. Van Dyke
W. S. Van Dyke II
W.S. Van Dyke II
William S. Van Dyke
Woodbridge Strong "Woody" Van Dyke
Woodbridge Strong "Woody" Van Dyke, Jr.
Woodbridge Strong Van Dyke II
Woody Van Dyke
В.С. Ван Дайк

Birthplace:
San Diego, California, USA

Born:
March 21, 1889

Died:
February 5, 1943

Biography from TheMovieDB

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  Woodbridge Strong "W. S." Van Dyke II (Woody) (March 21, 1889 – February 5, 1943) was an American film director and writer who made several successful early sound films, including Tarzan the Ape Man in 1932, The Thin Man in 1934, San Francisco in 1936, and six popular musicals with Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald. He received two Academy Award nominations for Best Director for The Thin Man and San Francisco, and directed four actors to Oscar nominations: William Powell, Spencer Tracy, Norma Shearer, and Robert Morley. Known as a reliable craftsman who made his films on schedule and under budget, he earned the name "One Take Woody" for his quick and efficient style of filming.

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Film Production

Assistant Director:
1915  The Birth of a Nation

Co-Director:
1915  The Birth of a Nation
1935  Broadway Melody of 1936
1937  The Prisoner of Zenda

Director:
1915  The Birth of a Nation
1917  Men of the Desert
1917  On Trial
1917  The Land of Long Shadows
1918  The Lady of the Dugout
1919  The Hawk's Trail
1920  The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
1921  Double Adventure
1922  According to Hoyle
1922  Forget Me Not
1922  The Boss of Camp 4
1923  The Little Girl Next Door
1924  Gold Heels
1924  Loving Lies
1924  The Battling Fool
1924  The Beautiful Sinner
1924  Winner Take All
1925  Hearts and Spurs
1925  Ranger of the Big Pines
1925  The Desert's Price
1925  The Timber Wolf
1925  The Trail Rider
1926  The Gentle Cyclone
1926  War Paint
1927  California
1927  Foreign Devils
1927  Spoilers of the West
1927  The Eyes of the Totem
1927  Winners Of The Wilderness
1928  Under the Black Eagle
1928  White Shadows in the South Seas
1929  The Pagan
1931  Guilty Hands
1931  Never the Twain Shall Meet
1931  The Cuban Love Song
1931  Trader Horn
1932  Night Court
1932  Tarzan the Ape Man
1933  Eskimo
1933  Penthouse
1933  The Prizefighter and the Lady
1934  Forsaking All Others
1934  Hide-Out
1934  Laughing Boy
1934  Manhattan Melodrama
1934  The Thin Man
1935  Broadway Melody of 1936
1935  I Live My Life
1935  Naughty Marietta
1936  After the Thin Man
1936  His Brother's Wife
1936  Love on the Run
1936  Rose Marie
1936  San Francisco
1936  The Devil is a Sissy
1937  Personal Property
1937  Rosalie
1937  The Prisoner of Zenda
1937  They Gave Him a Gun
1938  Marie Antoinette
1938  Sweethearts
1939  Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939  Another Thin Man
1939  It's a Wonderful World
1939  Stand Up and Fight
1940  Bitter Sweet
1940  I Love You Again
1940  I Take This Woman
1940  New Moon
1941  Rage in Heaven
1941  Shadow of the Thin Man
1941  The Feminine Touch
1942  Cairo
1942  Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942  I Married an Angel
1942  Journey for Margaret

Producer:
1915  The Birth of a Nation
1917  Men of the Desert
1917  On Trial
1917  The Land of Long Shadows
1918  The Lady of the Dugout
1919  The Hawk's Trail
1920  The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
1921  Double Adventure
1922  According to Hoyle
1922  Forget Me Not
1922  The Boss of Camp 4
1923  The Little Girl Next Door
1924  Gold Heels
1924  Loving Lies
1924  The Battling Fool
1924  The Beautiful Sinner
1924  Winner Take All
1925  Hearts and Spurs
1925  Ranger of the Big Pines
1925  The Desert's Price
1925  The Timber Wolf
1925  The Trail Rider
1926  The Gentle Cyclone
1926  War Paint
1927  California
1927  Foreign Devils
1927  Spoilers of the West
1927  The Eyes of the Totem
1927  Winners Of The Wilderness
1928  Under the Black Eagle
1928  White Shadows in the South Seas
1929  The Pagan
1931  Guilty Hands
1931  Never the Twain Shall Meet
1931  The Cuban Love Song
1931  Trader Horn
1932  Night Court
1932  Tarzan the Ape Man
1933  Eskimo
1933  Penthouse
1933  The Prizefighter and the Lady
1934  Forsaking All Others
1934  Hide-Out
1934  Laughing Boy
1934  Manhattan Melodrama
1934  The Thin Man
1935  Broadway Melody of 1936
1935  I Live My Life
1935  Naughty Marietta
1936  After the Thin Man
1936  His Brother's Wife
1936  Love on the Run
1936  Rose Marie
1936  San Francisco
1936  The Devil is a Sissy
1937  Personal Property
1937  Rosalie
1937  The Prisoner of Zenda
1937  They Gave Him a Gun
1938  Marie Antoinette
1938  Sweethearts
1939  Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939  Another Thin Man
1939  It's a Wonderful World
1939  Stand Up and Fight
1940  Bitter Sweet
1940  I Love You Again
1940  I Take This Woman
1940  New Moon
1941  Rage in Heaven
1941  Shadow of the Thin Man
1941  The Feminine Touch
1942  Cairo
1942  Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942  I Married an Angel
1942  Journey for Margaret

Scenario Writer:
1915  The Birth of a Nation
1917  Men of the Desert
1917  On Trial
1917  The Land of Long Shadows
1918  The Lady of the Dugout
1919  The Hawk's Trail
1920  The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
1921  Double Adventure
1922  According to Hoyle
1922  Forget Me Not
1922  The Boss of Camp 4
1923  The Little Girl Next Door
1924  Gold Heels
1924  Loving Lies
1924  The Battling Fool
1924  The Beautiful Sinner
1924  Winner Take All
1925  Hearts and Spurs
1925  Ranger of the Big Pines
1925  The Desert's Price
1925  The Timber Wolf
1925  The Trail Rider
1926  The Gentle Cyclone
1926  War Paint
1927  California
1927  Foreign Devils
1927  Spoilers of the West
1927  The Eyes of the Totem
1927  Winners Of The Wilderness
1928  Under the Black Eagle
1928  White Shadows in the South Seas
1929  The Pagan
1931  Guilty Hands
1931  Never the Twain Shall Meet
1931  The Cuban Love Song
1931  Trader Horn
1932  Night Court
1932  Tarzan the Ape Man
1933  Eskimo
1933  Penthouse
1933  The Prizefighter and the Lady
1934  Forsaking All Others
1934  Hide-Out
1934  Laughing Boy
1934  Manhattan Melodrama
1934  The Thin Man
1935  Broadway Melody of 1936
1935  I Live My Life
1935  Naughty Marietta
1936  After the Thin Man
1936  His Brother's Wife
1936  Love on the Run
1936  Rose Marie
1936  San Francisco
1936  The Devil is a Sissy
1937  Personal Property
1937  Rosalie
1937  The Prisoner of Zenda
1937  They Gave Him a Gun
1938  Marie Antoinette
1938  Sweethearts
1939  Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939  Another Thin Man
1939  It's a Wonderful World
1939  Stand Up and Fight
1940  Bitter Sweet
1940  I Love You Again
1940  I Take This Woman
1940  New Moon
1941  Rage in Heaven
1941  Shadow of the Thin Man
1941  The Feminine Touch
1942  Cairo
1942  Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942  I Married an Angel
1942  Journey for Margaret

Second Assistant Director:
1915  The Birth of a Nation
1916  Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1917  Men of the Desert
1917  On Trial
1917  The Land of Long Shadows
1918  The Lady of the Dugout
1919  The Hawk's Trail
1920  The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
1921  Double Adventure
1922  According to Hoyle
1922  Forget Me Not
1922  The Boss of Camp 4
1923  The Little Girl Next Door
1924  Gold Heels
1924  Loving Lies
1924  The Battling Fool
1924  The Beautiful Sinner
1924  Winner Take All
1925  Hearts and Spurs
1925  Ranger of the Big Pines
1925  The Desert's Price
1925  The Timber Wolf
1925  The Trail Rider
1926  The Gentle Cyclone
1926  War Paint
1927  California
1927  Foreign Devils
1927  Spoilers of the West
1927  The Eyes of the Totem
1927  Winners Of The Wilderness
1928  Under the Black Eagle
1928  White Shadows in the South Seas
1929  The Pagan
1931  Guilty Hands
1931  Never the Twain Shall Meet
1931  The Cuban Love Song
1931  Trader Horn
1932  Night Court
1932  Tarzan the Ape Man
1933  Eskimo
1933  Penthouse
1933  The Prizefighter and the Lady
1934  Forsaking All Others
1934  Hide-Out
1934  Laughing Boy
1934  Manhattan Melodrama
1934  The Thin Man
1935  Broadway Melody of 1936
1935  I Live My Life
1935  Naughty Marietta
1936  After the Thin Man
1936  His Brother's Wife
1936  Love on the Run
1936  Rose Marie
1936  San Francisco
1936  The Devil is a Sissy
1937  Personal Property
1937  Rosalie
1937  The Prisoner of Zenda
1937  They Gave Him a Gun
1938  Marie Antoinette
1938  Sweethearts
1939  Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939  Another Thin Man
1939  It's a Wonderful World
1939  Stand Up and Fight
1940  Bitter Sweet
1940  I Love You Again
1940  I Take This Woman
1940  New Moon
1941  Rage in Heaven
1941  Shadow of the Thin Man
1941  The Feminine Touch
1942  Cairo
1942  Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942  I Married an Angel
1942  Journey for Margaret

Writer:
1915  The Birth of a Nation
1916  Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1917  Men of the Desert
1917  On Trial
1917  The Land of Long Shadows
1918  The Lady of the Dugout
1919  The Hawk's Trail
1920  The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
1921  Double Adventure
1922  According to Hoyle
1922  Forget Me Not
1922  The Boss of Camp 4
1923  The Little Girl Next Door
1924  Gold Heels
1924  Loving Lies
1924  The Battling Fool
1924  The Beautiful Sinner
1924  Winner Take All
1925  Hearts and Spurs
1925  Ranger of the Big Pines
1925  The Desert's Price
1925  The Timber Wolf
1925  The Trail Rider
1926  The Gentle Cyclone
1926  War Paint
1927  California
1927  Foreign Devils
1927  Spoilers of the West
1927  The Eyes of the Totem
1927  Winners Of The Wilderness
1928  Under the Black Eagle
1928  White Shadows in the South Seas
1929  The Pagan
1931  Guilty Hands
1931  Never the Twain Shall Meet
1931  The Cuban Love Song
1931  Trader Horn
1932  Night Court
1932  Tarzan the Ape Man
1933  Eskimo
1933  Penthouse
1933  The Prizefighter and the Lady
1934  Forsaking All Others
1934  Hide-Out
1934  Laughing Boy
1934  Manhattan Melodrama
1934  The Thin Man
1935  Broadway Melody of 1936
1935  I Live My Life
1935  Naughty Marietta
1936  After the Thin Man
1936  His Brother's Wife
1936  Love on the Run
1936  Rose Marie
1936  San Francisco
1936  The Devil is a Sissy
1937  Personal Property
1937  Rosalie
1937  The Prisoner of Zenda
1937  They Gave Him a Gun
1938  Marie Antoinette
1938  Sweethearts
1939  Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939  Another Thin Man
1939  It's a Wonderful World
1939  Stand Up and Fight
1940  Bitter Sweet
1940  I Love You Again
1940  I Take This Woman
1940  New Moon
1941  Rage in Heaven
1941  Shadow of the Thin Man
1941  The Feminine Touch
1942  Cairo
1942  Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942  I Married an Angel
1942  Journey for Margaret

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