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George H. Melford (born George Henry Knauff, February 19, 1877 – April 25, 1961) was an American stage and film actor and director. Often taken for granted as a director today, the stalwart Melford's name by the 1920s was, like Cecil B. DeMille's, appearing in big bold letters above the title of his films. [1]
George Melford was born on 19 February 1877 in Rochester, New York, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Love in the Desert (1929), Jungle Menace (1937) and East of Borneo (1931). He was married to Diana Miller and Louise Marsland.
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- Rochester, New York, USA
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- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
George Melford was born on 19 February 1877 in Rochester, New York, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Love in the Desert (1929), Jungle Menace (1937) and East of Borneo (1931). He was married to Diana Miller and Louise Marsland.
- February 19, 1877
- April 25, 1961
The Sheik: Directed by George Melford. With Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, Ruth Miller, George Waggner. A charming Arabian sheik becomes infatuated with an adventurous, modern-thinking Englishwoman and abducts her to his home in the Saharan desert.
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- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- George Melford
- 1921-11-20
Oct 26, 2022 · Drácula’s director, George Melford, had once been an A-list director in the silent era with such hits as Blood and Sand (1922) with Rudolph Valentino. But Melford’s career had gone into decline and by 1930 he was in effect a sort of second-unit director of foreign language Hollywood films.
George H. Melford was an American stage and film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter.
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Dec 21, 2020 · A pivotal sequence in The Sheik (George Melford, 1921), a screen adaptation of E.M. Hull’s novel, acts as a microcosm of the film. We see a lone figure on horseback in the middle of a vast desert; as the camera gets closer to the rider, a medium close-up reveals a man attired in flowing robes and a turban. From under his headdress, a thick ...
