Rowland V. Lee
Directing
- Born
- September 5, 1891 · Findlay, Ohio, USA
- Died
- December 21, 1975 (age 84)
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Rowland Vance Lee (born September 6, 1891, Findlay, Ohio — died December 21, 1975, Palm Desert, California) was a U.S. film actor, director, writer, and producer. His acting profession was fairly short lived. His main profession was directing, but he would write scripts on occasion. He worked at Fox, Paramount , Warners and RKO.
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Lee directed the 1940 black-and-white film The Son of Monte Cristo, starring Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett and George Sanders. He was one of the 11 co-directors of Paramount Pictures' all-star revue Paramount on Parade (1930).
He also directed The Guilty Generation (1931), Zoo in Budapest (1933), Son of Frankenstein (1939), The Tower of London (1939) and The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944).
He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Known for
Son of Frankenstein
January 13, 1939
The Count of Monte Cristo
September 6, 1934
Tower of London
November 17, 1939
Captain Kidd
November 22, 1945
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
May 2, 1930
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
May 12, 1932
Zoo in Budapest
April 28, 1933
The Toast of New York
July 22, 1937
Love from a Stranger
April 18, 1937
The Son of Monte Cristo
December 5, 1940
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu
August 10, 1929
One Rainy Afternoon
May 13, 1936
Behind the camera59
- 1959The Big Fisherman Writer, Producer
- 1945Captain Kidd Director
- 1944The Bridge of San Luis Rey Producer, Director
- 1942Powder Town Director
- 1940The Son of Monte Cristo Director, Producer
- 1939Tower of London Director, Producer
- 1939The Sun Never Sets Director, Producer
- 1939Son of Frankenstein Producer, Director
- 1938Service de Luxe Director
- 1938Mother Carey's Chickens