Lloyd Bacon

Highest Rated: 100% It Happens Every Spring (1949)

Lowest Rated: 67% Boy Meets Girl (1938)

Birthday: Dec 4, 1889

Birthplace: Not Available

Born into an American theatrical family, Lloyd Bacon was the son of Frank Bacon, the actor who made the stage play Lightnin' virtually his life's work. Lloyd pursued the family business early in life, appearing in stock companies and touring shows, before entering films as a small-part player at Essanay Studios, where he worked with pioneer western star Broncho Billy Anderson. Another Essanay player, Charlie Chaplin, continued employing Lloyd as an actor and production assistant long after both had moved to other studios. Never comfortable as a performer, Bacon followed Chaplin's lead by becoming a director himself. His first directorial assignment was Private Izzy Murphy (1926), which starred Broadway entertainer George Jessel. The film inaugurated Bacon's long association with Warner Bros., where over the next two decades he would direct such notables as James Cagney, Bette Davis, Edward G. Robinson John Barrymore, Joe E. Brown, Humphrey Bogart and Ronald Reagan. Most of Bacon's assignments came his way not because he was uniquely talented but because he was quick and efficient; while many stars welcomed this businesslike approach, others were unhappy that the Bacon technique left no time to properly "develop" a performance or to experiment with new ideas. But since producers and not actors make the final decisions, and since producers like to have craftsmen around who save time and money, Bacon worked steadily throughout the 1940s and 1950s. After leaving Warners, the director spent some time at 20th Century-Fox, where he made one of his best films, It Happens Every Spring (1949). Slapstick comedy fans especially enjoy Bacon's collaborations with screenwriter Frank Tashlin at both Columbia and MGM, notably the Red Skelton vehicle The Good Humor Man (1950) and the baseball farce Kill the Umpire (1950). Just before his death, Lloyd Bacon directed a pair of Howard Hughes-produced comedies for RKO, The French Line (1954) and She Couldn't Say No (1954). The Bacon family tradition was carried on by Lloyd's younger brother, ubiquitous character actor Irving Bacon.

Highest Rated Movies

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RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	She Couldn't Say No	Director	—	1954
No Score Yet	The French Line	Director	—	1954
No Score Yet	The Great Sioux Uprising	Director	—	1953
No Score Yet	The Frogmen	Director	—	1951
No Score Yet	The Fuller Brush Girl	Director	—	1950
No Score Yet	Kill the Umpire	Director	—	1950
No Score Yet	The Good Humor Man	Director	—	1950
No Score Yet	Miss Grant Takes Richmond	Director	—	1949
100%	It Happens Every Spring	Director	—	1949
No Score Yet	You Were Meant for Me	Director	—	1948
No Score Yet	I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now	Director	—	1947
No Score Yet	Sunday Dinner For A Soldier	Director	—	1944
No Score Yet	The Fighting Sullivans	Director	—	1944
No Score Yet	Action in the North Atlantic	Director	—	1943
No Score Yet	Silver Queen	Director	—	1942
No Score Yet	Larceny, Inc.	Director	—	1942
No Score Yet	Affectionately Yours	Director	—	1941
No Score Yet	Footsteps in the Dark	Director	—	1941
No Score Yet	Honeymoon for Three	Director	—	1941
No Score Yet	Brother Orchid	Director	—	1940
No Score Yet	Three Cheers for the Irish	Director	—	1940
83%	Knute Rockne---All American	Director	—	1940
No Score Yet	Invisible Stripes	Director	—	1939
No Score Yet	Espionage Agent	Director	—	1939
No Score Yet	Wings of the Navy	Director	—	1939
No Score Yet	The Oklahoma Kid	Director	—	1939
67%	Boy Meets Girl	Director	—	1938
No Score Yet	Cowboy from Brooklyn	Director	—	1938
No Score Yet	A Slight Case of Murder	Director	—	1938
No Score Yet	Racket Busters	Director	—	1938
No Score Yet	Submarine D-1	Director	—	1937
No Score Yet	San Quentin	Director	—	1937
No Score Yet	Ever Since Eve	Director	—	1937
100%	Marked Woman	Director	—	1937
No Score Yet	Gold Diggers of 1937	Director	—	1937
No Score Yet	Cain and Mabel	Director	—	1936
No Score Yet	Frisco Kid	Director	—	1935
No Score Yet	The Irish in Us	Director	—	1935
No Score Yet	In Caliente	Director	—	1935
No Score Yet	Devil Dogs of the Air	Director	—	1935
No Score Yet	Here Comes the Navy	Director	—	1934
No Score Yet	A Very Honorable Guy	Director	—	1934
No Score Yet	He Was Her Man	Director	—	1934
No Score Yet	Wonder Bar	Director	—	1934
100%	Footlight Parade	Director	—	1933
No Score Yet	Picture Snatcher	Director	—	1933
95%	42nd Street	Director	—	1933
No Score Yet	You Said a Mouthful	Director	—	1932
No Score Yet	Crooner	Director	—	1932
No Score Yet	Miss Pinkerton	Director	—	1932
No Score Yet	Fireman, Save My Child	Screenwriter Director	—	1932
No Score Yet	Alias The Doctor	Director	—	1932
No Score Yet	Kept Husbands	Director	—	1931
No Score Yet	Sit Tight	Director	—	1931
No Score Yet	Moby Dick	Director	—	1930
No Score Yet	Say It with Songs	Director	—	1929
No Score Yet	So Long Letty	Director	—	1929
No Score Yet	The Singing Fool	Director	—	1928
No Score Yet	Wagon Tracks	Actor	—	1919
No Score Yet	The Grave Undertaking	Actor	—	1917
No Score Yet	The Rink	Guest	—	1916
No Score Yet	Behind the Screen	Director of Comedies	—	1916
No Score Yet	The Vagabond	Artist	—	1916
No Score Yet	The Fireman	Her Father	—	1916
No Score Yet	Charlie Chaplin	Assistant Manager	—	1916
No Score Yet	Charlie Chaplin	Drug Addict	—	1916
No Score Yet	The Bank	Bank Robber	—	1915
No Score Yet	The Tramp	Edna's Fiance	—	1915
No Score Yet	Charlie Chaplin	Butler	—	1915
No Score Yet	The Champion	Trainer	—	1915

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