Archie Mayo

Archie Mayo

Director · Producer · Writer

New York City, New York, USA
January 29, 1891

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Archie Mayo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Representative Works

Convention City
Convention City
4.2
/ English
Unknown Treasures
Unknown Treasures
10.0
/ English
Crash Dive
Crash Dive
6.4
/ English
Bordertown
Bordertown
5.9
/ English
Orchestra Wives
Orchestra Wives
6.5
/ English
Ever in My Heart
Ever in My Heart
5.6
/ English
Go Into Your Dance
Go Into Your Dance
7.2
/ English
Black Legion
Black Legion
6.6
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Convention City
1933Nominee

Best Director

Convention City

Unknown Treasures
1926Winner

Best Director

Unknown Treasures

Crash Dive
1943Nominee

Best Director

Crash Dive

Career Highlights

A Night in Casablanca
1946Highlight

Best Director

A Night in Casablanca

The Petrified Forest
1936Highlight

Best Director

The Petrified Forest

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