252:
33:
494:
232:
Hill was severely injured in a June 1934 car accident just when his career was at its peak, and it is rumored that his injuries were the root cause of his apparent suicide two months later on August 10, 1934. His body was found in his Venice beach home with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. At the time
204:(1930), a stark prison drama that is regarded by critics as a major achievement in early sound film artistry. For this film, and many others, he worked with his eventual wife, screenwriter
161:
and others in the years following World War I and was eventually recruited by the burgeoning major studios to be a director, beginning in 1920. Hill directed
176:
Through the following years, Hill's directing career began to gain serious traction and his assignments allowed him access to top stars such as
173:
noted was "a far better production than one is apt to gather from the title" and also that "the story is unfolded with skill and imagination."
157:. A cinematographer of silent films known for his skill in lighting female stars, he worked on a series of independently produced features for
715:
710:
224:'s two top stars for the next couple of years, and formed the basis for many later stereotypical routines about hard-nosed seagoing men.
700:
220:
as alcoholic tugboat owner-operators, again with a script by Marion. This phenomenally popular film made both Beery and
Dressler into
695:
543:
685:
690:
705:
675:
581:
369:
680:
314:
589:
377:
477:
163:
605:
536:
393:
306:
200:
345:
282:
665:
190:
235:
670:
660:
529:
8:
330:
221:
565:
353:
298:
290:
76:
453:
516:
233:
of his death, Hill was preparing to direct, and had done some shooting in China for,
637:
597:
573:
499:
385:
361:
322:
57:
240:
185:
142:
521:
621:
409:
217:
205:
169:
154:
106:
654:
260:
256:
195:
181:
177:
138:
613:
401:
212:
629:
417:
512:
251:
264:
158:
32:
153:
He began his film career at age 13 as a stagehand with director
243:, an Oscar-winning film released to great acclaim in 1937.
267:, and cameraman George W. Hill in a production still for
208:(Hill and Marion married in 1930 and divorced in 1933).
198:
headed the cast of one of Hill's most memorable films,
478:
Frasier, David K. "George W. Hill -- The Lone Wolf" (
489:
137:(April 25, 1895 – August 10, 1934) was an American
551:
652:
537:
544:
530:
31:
16:American film director and cinematographer
250:
653:
246:
525:
716:20th-century American screenwriters
451:
13:
711:20th-century American male writers
438:Hall, Mordaunt, "Married Flirts",
14:
727:
701:Suicides by firearm in California
506:
275:
492:
255:From left to right are director
122:
118:
471:
445:
432:
88:Film director, cinematographer
1:
590:The Callahans and the Murphys
425:
378:The Callahans and the Murphys
696:People from Douglass, Kansas
7:
686:American male screenwriters
338:
10:
732:
691:Film directors from Kansas
194:(1926). Four years later,
706:Screenwriters from Kansas
676:American cinematographers
560:
148:
100:
92:
84:
65:
39:
30:
23:
227:
216:(1931) paired Beery and
188:'s biggest money-maker,
681:American film producers
582:Tell It to the Marines
370:Tell It to the Marines
272:
191:Tell It to the Marines
254:
239:, produced at MGM by
164:The Midnight Express
121: 1930;
442:(November 19, 1924)
421:(1932) (uncredited)
331:The Beloved Traitor
315:Polly of the Circus
247:Partial filmography
222:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
135:George William Hill
44:George William Hill
566:The Foolish Virgin
552:Films directed by
440:The New York Times
354:The Foolish Virgin
307:The Cinderella Man
299:Less Than the Dust
291:The Flying Torpedo
273:
167:(1924), which the
77:Venice, California
648:
647:
452:Brennan, Sandra.
132:
131:
93:Years active
723:
638:Clear All Wires!
598:The Flying Fleet
574:Zander the Great
546:
539:
532:
523:
522:
502:
500:Biography portal
497:
496:
495:
484:
482:, June 12, 2014)
480:David K. Frasier
475:
469:
468:
466:
464:
454:"George W. Hill"
449:
443:
436:
386:The Flying Fleet
362:Zander the Great
323:The Waiting Soul
184:. Hill directed
126:
124:
120:
72:
58:Douglass, Kansas
53:
51:
35:
21:
20:
731:
730:
726:
725:
724:
722:
721:
720:
651:
650:
649:
644:
556:
550:
509:
498:
493:
491:
488:
487:
476:
472:
462:
460:
450:
446:
437:
433:
428:
341:
278:
249:
241:Irving Thalberg
230:
151:
143:cinematographer
128:
125: 1933)
116:
112:
109:
96:1908–1934
80:
74:
70:
69:August 10, 1934
61:
55:
49:
47:
46:
45:
26:
17:
12:
11:
5:
729:
719:
718:
713:
708:
703:
698:
693:
688:
683:
678:
673:
668:
663:
646:
645:
643:
642:
634:
626:
622:The Secret Six
618:
610:
602:
594:
586:
578:
570:
561:
558:
557:
549:
548:
541:
534:
526:
520:
519:
508:
507:External links
505:
504:
503:
486:
485:
470:
444:
430:
429:
427:
424:
423:
422:
414:
410:The Secret Six
406:
398:
390:
382:
374:
366:
358:
350:
340:
337:
336:
335:
327:
319:
311:
303:
295:
287:
277:
276:Cinematography
274:
269:Sunshine Alley
248:
245:
236:The Good Earth
229:
226:
218:Marie Dressler
206:Frances Marion
170:New York Times
155:D. W. Griffith
150:
147:
130:
129:
114:
110:
107:Frances Marion
105:
104:
102:
98:
97:
94:
90:
89:
86:
82:
81:
75:
73:(aged 39)
67:
63:
62:
56:
54:April 25, 1895
43:
41:
37:
36:
28:
27:
24:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
728:
717:
714:
712:
709:
707:
704:
702:
699:
697:
694:
692:
689:
687:
684:
682:
679:
677:
674:
672:
669:
667:
666:1934 suicides
664:
662:
659:
658:
656:
640:
639:
635:
632:
631:
627:
624:
623:
619:
616:
615:
611:
608:
607:
606:The Big House
603:
600:
599:
595:
592:
591:
587:
584:
583:
579:
576:
575:
571:
568:
567:
563:
562:
559:
555:
547:
542:
540:
535:
533:
528:
527:
524:
518:
514:
511:
510:
501:
490:
483:
481:
474:
459:
455:
448:
441:
435:
431:
420:
419:
415:
412:
411:
407:
404:
403:
399:
396:
395:
394:The Big House
391:
388:
387:
383:
380:
379:
375:
372:
371:
367:
364:
363:
359:
356:
355:
351:
348:
347:
343:
342:
333:
332:
328:
325:
324:
320:
317:
316:
312:
309:
308:
304:
301:
300:
296:
293:
292:
288:
285:
284:
280:
279:
270:
266:
262:
261:Robert Harron
258:
257:John W. Noble
253:
244:
242:
238:
237:
225:
223:
219:
215:
214:
209:
207:
203:
202:
201:The Big House
197:
196:Wallace Beery
193:
192:
187:
183:
182:Jackie Coogan
179:
178:Marion Davies
174:
172:
171:
166:
165:
160:
156:
146:
144:
140:
139:film director
136:
108:
103:
99:
95:
91:
87:
85:Occupation(s)
83:
78:
68:
64:
59:
42:
38:
34:
29:
22:
19:
636:
628:
620:
614:Min and Bill
612:
604:
596:
588:
580:
572:
564:
553:
479:
473:
461:. Retrieved
457:
447:
439:
434:
416:
408:
402:Min and Bill
400:
392:
384:
376:
368:
360:
352:
346:Get Your Man
344:
329:
321:
313:
305:
297:
289:
283:The Sea Wolf
281:
268:
234:
231:
213:Min and Bill
211:
210:
199:
189:
175:
168:
162:
152:
134:
133:
71:(1934-08-10)
18:
671:1934 deaths
661:1895 births
630:Hell Divers
554:George Hill
513:George Hill
418:Hell Divers
25:George Hill
655:Categories
426:References
186:Lon Chaney
50:1895-04-25
265:Mae Marsh
259:, actors
159:Mae Marsh
458:allmovie
339:Director
463:July 5,
127:
115:
111:
641:(1933)
633:(1931)
625:(1931)
617:(1930)
609:(1930)
601:(1929)
593:(1927)
585:(1926)
577:(1926)
569:(1924)
413:(1931)
405:(1930)
397:(1930)
389:(1929)
381:(1927)
373:(1926)
365:(1926)
357:(1924)
349:(1921)
334:(1918)
326:(1917)
318:(1917)
310:(1917)
302:(1916)
294:(1916)
286:(1913)
271:(1917)
149:Career
101:Spouse
79:, U.S.
60:, U.S.
228:Death
117:(
113:
517:IMDb
465:2009
263:and
180:and
141:and
123:div.
66:Died
40:Born
515:at
657::
456:.
145:.
119:m.
545:e
538:t
531:v
467:.
52:)
48:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
