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Melville Shyer

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1895 - 1968

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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.

Birthday: 1895-09-28

Born At: Memphis - Tennessee - USA

Crewed In:

The Killers

Scarlet Street

Condemned to Live

Beginning of the End

Mad Youth

The Road to Ruin

The Drifter

The Ghost Walks

Cross-Examination

Grief Street

The King Murder

Forgotten

By Appointment Only

The Lady in Scarlet

Murder on the Campus

Circumstantial Evidence

Notorious But Nice

The Murder in the Museum

In Love with Life

Port of Lost Dreams

Symphony of Living

A Shot in the Dark

Death from a Distance

False Pretenses

The Bridge of Sighs

The Dark Hour

It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)

Confessions of a Vice Baron

The Midnight Lady

Dance, Girl, Dance

Happiness C.O.D.

Women Won't Tell

It Comes Up Love

A Man of Sentiment

Today

The Lady from Nowhere

Hurricane Horseman

A Scarlet Week-End

The Secrets of Wu Sin

The Wyoming Whirlwind

Fugitive Road

Gun Smoke

All by Myself

Smashing the Vice Trust

Souls in Pawn