Millard Webb, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Millard Webb

American film director

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1893

Place of Birth: Clay City, Kentucky, United States

Date of Death: 21-Apr-1935

Profession: screenwriter, actor, film director

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Millard Webb

  • Millard Webb (6 December 1893 – 21 April 1935), was an American screenwriter and director.
  • He directed 20 films between 1920 and 1933.
  • His best-known film is the 1926 silent John Barrymore adventure The Sea Beast, a version of Moby Dick, costarring Dolores Costello.
  • Webb also directed the early sound Florenz Ziegfeld produced talkie Glorifying the American Girl released by Paramount in 1929.
  • In 1927 he directed Naughty But Nice, produced by John McCormick and First National Pictures.
  • His active years were from 1916 to 1933. He was married to Lydia Stocking (1918–1923).
  • Mary Eaton married Webb in 1929, but they separated.He was born in Clay City, Kentucky, U.S., and died in Los Angeles, California of intestinal ailment at the age of 40.

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