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W. S. Van Dyke II

Highest Rated: 100% Trader Horn (1931)

Lowest Rated: 40% I Live My Life (1935)

Birthday: Mar 21, 1889

Birthplace: San Diego, California, USA

Van Dyke began his career as an assistant director, notably under D.W. Griffith on "Intolerance" (1916). He took over the direction of "White Shadows of the South Seas" from Robert Flaherty in 1928 and, by the 1930s, had developed into one of MGM's most reliable directors. Van Dyke was a capable craftsman whose nonchalant approach to filming earned him the nickname 'One-Shot Woody'; it also brought him success at the box-office, particularly with the "Thin Man" series, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. His deft touch is evident in films such as "Trader Horn" (1930), "Manhattan Melodrama" (1934), "Sweethearts" and "Marie Antoinette" (both 1938).

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Highest rated movies

100% 33% Trader Horn
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100% 70% Rose Marie
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100% 83% I Love You Again
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100% 69% Tarzan, the Ape Man
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98% 94% The Thin Man
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96% 90% After the Thin Man
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92% 71% San Francisco
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88% 78% Shadow of the Thin Man
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86% 85% Another Thin Man
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W. S. Van Dyke II

W.S. Van Dyke II TARZAN THE APE MAN, director W.S. Van Dyke, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Weissmuller on set, 1932 THE PRIZEFIGHTER AND THE LADY, Max Baer (left), Primo Carnera (second from right), director W.S. Van Dyke (right) on set, 1933 HIDE-OUT, seated around the table from left: Edward Arnold, Robert Montgomery, Maureen O'Sullivan, Elizabeth Patterson, Edward Brophy, Mickey Rooney, director W.S. Van Dyke (straw hat) on set, 1934 THE THIN MAN, from left: Maureen O'Sullivan, William Powell, director W.S. Van Dyke, Myrna Loy visited by Ronald Colman (right) on set, 1934 TARZAN THE APE MAN, director W.S. Van Dyke, Neil Hamilton, Maureen O'Sullivan on set, 1932 TARZAN THE APE MAN, Johnny Weissmuller, Cheetah, director W.S. Van Dyke on set, 1932 TRADER HORN, director W.S. Van Dyke, cameraman Clyde De Vinna, Edwina Booth, on location, 1931 LAUGHING BOY, from left: Ramon Novarro, director W.S. Van Dyke (cap), visitor Myrna Loy, Lupe Velez on set, 1934 THE PRIZEFIGHTER AND THE LADY, director W.S. Van Dyke (crouching in ring), Max Baer, Primo Carnera rehearsing a scene on set, 1933 View more photos

Filmography

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Kildare's Victory Director - 1942
No Score Yet 44% Cairo Director - 1942
No Score Yet 20% I Married an Angel Director - 1942
No Score Yet 59% Journey for Margaret Director - 1942
No Score Yet 78% The Feminine Touch Director - 1941
No Score Yet 54% Rage in Heaven Director - 1941
88% 78% Shadow of the Thin Man Director - 1941
No Score Yet 22% I Take This Woman Director - 1940
No Score Yet 40% Bitter Sweet Director - 1940
100% 83% I Love You Again Director - 1940
86% 85% Another Thin Man Director - 1939
No Score Yet 53% Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever Director - 1939
No Score Yet 78% It's a Wonderful World Director - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stand Up and Fight Director - 1939
No Score Yet 52% Sweethearts Director - 1938
No Score Yet 77% Marie Antoinette Director - 1938
No Score Yet 25% They Gave Him a Gun Director - 1937
No Score Yet 29% Rosalie Director - 1937
No Score Yet 52% Personal Property Director - 1937
100% 70% Rose Marie Director - 1936
No Score Yet 36% The Devil Is a Sissy Director - 1936
96% 90% After the Thin Man Director - 1936
92% 71% San Francisco Director,
Producer 		- 1936
80% 62% Love on the Run Director - 1936
No Score Yet 8% His Brother's Wife Director - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Indian Love Call Director - 1936
56% 76% Naughty Marietta Director - 1935
40% 50% I Live My Life Director - 1935
No Score Yet 49% Forsaking All Others Director - 1934
98% 94% The Thin Man Director - 1934
81% 71% Manhattan Melodrama Director - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Laughing Boy Director - 1934
No Score Yet 42% Hide-Out Director,
Producer 		- 1934
No Score Yet 61% Penthouse Director - 1933
No Score Yet 90% Eskimo Inspector White (uncredited) (Character),
Director,
Producer 		- 1933
No Score Yet 64% The Prizefighter and the Lady Director,
Producer 		- 1933
100% 69% Tarzan, the Ape Man Director - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Night Court Director - 1932
100% 33% Trader Horn Director - 1931
No Score Yet 61% Guilty Hands Director - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Cuban Love Song Director - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Never the Twain Shall Meet Director - 1931
No Score Yet 60% The Pagan Director - 1929
No Score Yet 40% White Shadows in the South Seas Director - 1928
No Score Yet No Score Yet Riders of the Dark Writer - 1928
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wyoming Director - 1928
No Score Yet No Score Yet Under the Black Eagle Director - 1928
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Eyes of the Totem Director - 1927
No Score Yet No Score Yet Foreign Devils Director - 1927
No Score Yet No Score Yet Spoilers of the West Director - 1927
No Score Yet No Score Yet Barriers Burned Away Director - 1925
No Score Yet No Score Yet Loving Lies Director - 1924
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gold Heels Director - 1924
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lady of the Dug-Out Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1918
98% 76% Intolerance Cana Wedding Guest (Character) - 1916
No Score Yet No Score Yet Intolerance - Part 1 Cana Wedding Guest (Character) - 1916
No Score Yet No Score Yet Intolerance - Part 2 Cana Wedding Guest (Character) - 1916