Dudley Murphy
Directing
Born: 1867-07-10 · Winchester, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1968-02-22
Biography
Dudley Bowles Murphy (July 10, 1897 – February 22, 1968) was an American film director. In his first short film, Soul of the Cypress (1921), a variation on the Orpheus myth, the film's protagonist falls in love with a dryad (a wood nymph whose soul dwells in an ancient tree) and throws himself into the sea to become immortal and spend eternity with her. Murphy's then-wife Chase Harringdine played the dryad. Murphy followed this with Danse Macabre (1922) featuring Adolph Bolm, Olin Howland, and
🎬 Movies (27)
Alma de bronce
1944
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Yolanda
1943
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Yes, Indeed!
1941
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The Merry-Go-Roundup
1941
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Alabamy Bound
1941
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Lazybones
1941
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Abercrombie Had a Zombie
1941
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I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire
1941
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One Third of a Nation
1939
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Main Street Lawyer
1939
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Don't Gamble with Love
1936
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The Night Is Young
1935
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Emperor Jones
1933
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The Sport Parade
1932
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Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931
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He Was Her Man
1931
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Dracula
1931
Dialogue
Drácula
1931
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Black and Tan
1929
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St. Louis Blues
1929
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Jazz Heaven
1929
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Skyscraper
1928
Story
Alex The Great
1928
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Stocks and Blondes
1928
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Ballet Mécanique
1924
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Danse macabre
1922
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Soul of the Cypress
1921
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