Dorothy Arzner
Directing
Born: 1897-01-03 · San Francisco, California, USA
Died: 1979-10-01
Biography
Dorothy Emma Arzner (January 3, 1897 – October 1, 1979) was an American film director whose career in Hollywood spanned from the silent era of the 1920s into the early 1940s. From 1927 until her retirement from feature directing in 1943, Arzner was the only female director working in Hollywood. Additionally, she was one of a very few women able to establish a successful and long career in Hollywood as a film director until the 1970s. Arzner made a total of twenty films between 1927 and 1943 and
🎬 Movies (30)
The Women Who Run Hollywood
2016
Self (archive footage)
To the Ladies
1944
Director
First Comes Courage
1943
Director
Hail and Farewell!
1943
Director
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940
Director
The Bride Wore Red
1937
Director
Craig's Wife
1936
Director
Nana
1934
Director
Christopher Strong
1933
Director
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932
Director
Honor Among Lovers
1931
Director
Working Girls
1931
Director
Sarah and Son
1930
Director
Paramount on Parade
1930
Director
Anybody's Woman
1930
Director
Behind the Make-Up
1930
Director
The Wild Party
1929
Director
Charming Sinners
1929
Director
Manhattan Cocktail
1928
Director
Get Your Man
1927
Director
Ten Modern Commandments
1927
Director
Fashions for Women
1927
Director
Old Ironsides
1926
Scenario Writer
Dancing Days
1926
Scenario Writer
The Red Kimona
1925
Adaptation
When Husbands Flirt
1925
Screenplay
Inez from Hollywood
1924
Writer
Merton of the Movies
1924
Editor
The No-Gun Man
1924
Story
Breed of the Border
1924
Scenario Writer