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Rouben Zachary Mamoulian (/ r uː ˈ b ɛ n m ɑː m uː l ˈ j ɑː n / roo-BEN mah-mool-YAHN; Armenian: Ռուբէն Մամուլեան; October 8, 1897 – December 4, 1987) was an American film and theater director.
Rouben Mamoulian was born on 8 October 1897 in Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]. He was a director and writer, known for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), Applause (1929) and Becky Sharp (1935). He was married to Catharine Azadia Newman. He died on 4 December 1987 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Rouben Mamoulian was a Georgian-born American theatrical and motion-picture director noted for his contribution to the development of cinematic art at the beginning of the sound era. His achievements included the skillful blending of music and sound effects with an imaginative visual rhythm.
- Michael Barson
Rouben Mamoulian was born on October 8, 1897 in Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]. He was a director and writer, known for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), Applause (1929) and Becky Sharp (1935). He was married to Catharine Azadia Newman.
- October 8, 1897
- December 4, 1987
Dec 6, 1987 · Rouben Mamoulian, the director of such benchmark musical shows as ''Porgy and Bess'' and ''Oklahoma!'' and more than a dozen innovative and distinctive movies, died Friday night.
Feb 13, 2007 · Mamoulian is hardly as forgotten, neglected or under-celebrated as some other early 1930s Hollywood directors, but the discussion of his career does not match the achievement and volume of his work in the cinema and theatre, and his significance to both. His place in cinema history is thus complex.
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August 12–September 2, 2016. Rouben Mamoulian, Reconsidered. Much of the history of studio-era Hollywood has remained locked into calcified and uncurious categories, chapters in a larger, technologically driven narrative that leaves little room to consider the subtle, often sublime, art and artistry uniquely possible withinthe studio system.
