Person
Melville Shyer
Directing
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Sep 28, 1895
- Died
- Sep 14, 1968
- From
- Memphis - Tennessee - USA
From Wikipedia Melville Jacob Shyer (September 28, 1895 – September 14, 1968) was an American film director, screenwriter and producer and one of the founders of the Directors Guild of America. His career spanned over 50 years, during which he worked with Mack Sennett and D. W. Griffith. Shyer was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the son of Hattie (Schwarzenberg) and Charles Richard Shyer. His family was of German Jewish background. His son is writer and director Charles Shyer.
Credits
The Road to Ruin
The Drifter
The Woman in Green
Sucker Money
The Murder in the Museum
The Girl Who Came Back
Confessions of a Vice Baron
Grief Street
Smart Politics
Gypsy Wildcat
I Have Lived
By Appointment Only
Notorious But Nice
Dance, Girl, Dance
A Man of Sentiment
Murder on the Campus
In the Money
Twin Husbands