Lloyd Francis Bacon (December 4, 1889 – November 15, 1955) was a screen, stage, and vaudeville actor and film director.
Life
Bacon started in films with Charlie Chaplin and Bronco Billy Anderson and appeared in more than 40 total. As an actor he is best known for supporting Chaplin in such films as 1915's The Tramp, The Champion and 1917's Easy Street.
He also directed over a hundred films between 1920 and 1955. He is best known as director of such classics as 1933's 42nd Street, 1937's Ever Since Eve from a screenplay by the playwright Lawrence Riley et al., 1938's A Slight Case of Murder with Edward G. Robinson, 1939's Invisible Stripes with George Raft and Humphrey Bogart, 1939's The Oklahoma Kid with James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart, 1940's Knute Rockne, All American with Pat O'Brien and Ronald Reagan (as "the Gipper"), 1943's Action in the North Atlantic[1], and 1944's The Fighting Sullivans with Anne Baxter and Thomas Mitchell. He also directed Wake Up and Dream (1946).
Bacon was not related to Irving Bacon, who was a film actor who appeared in a number of Bacon's films. Irving's parents were Millar and Myrtle Bacon of St. Joseph, Missouri. Lloyd's father, Frank Bacon, was the co-author and star of Lightnin' (1918), which for a while was the longest-running play in Broadway history. His mother was Jennie (Weidman) Bacon, whom he adored.
At the time of his death, he was survived by numerous ex-wives, and a son (Frank, b.1937-d.2009) and a daughter (Betsey).
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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. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Busco (Cerco, I looking for):
VERDE ------- OFRECIDA O EN MI PODER / I GOT
AZUL --------- PRESENTE EN KARAGARGA
NARANJA ---- DESCARGA INCOMPLETA O DIFÍCIL EN E-MULE
ROJO --------- SIN RASTRO / "Without a Trace" / Senza Traccia (Manca)
SILENT
The Speeder (1922)
The Educator (1922)
The Host (1923)
No Luck (1923)
Extra! Extra! (1923)
Uneasy Feet (1923)
F.O.B. (1923)
Radio Romeo (1923)
Good Morning (1924)
Wedding Showers (1924)
Don't Fail (1924)
Empty Heads (1924)
The Wild Goose Chaser (1925)
The Raspberry Romance (1925)
Merrymakers (1925)
He Who Gets Smacked (1925)
Good Morning, Nurse (1925)
Hurry, Doctor! (1925)
A Rainy Knight (1925)
Good Morning, Madam! (1925)
Take Your Time (1925)
Isn't Love Cuckoo? (1925)
The Window Dummy (1925)
Wide Open Faces (1926/I)
The Funnymooners (1926)
Meet My Girl (1926)
Circus Today (1926)
Two Lips in Holland (1926)
Broken Hearts of Hollywood (1926)
A Prodigal Bridegroom (1926)
Private Izzy Murphy (1926)
Finger Prints (1927)
Smith's Customer (1927)
White Flannels (1927)
The Heart of Maryland (1927)
A Sailor's Sweetheart (1927)
Brass Knuckles (1927)
The Question of Today (1928)
Pay as You Enter (1928)
The Lion and the Mouse (1928)
SONORAS
- Women They Talk About (1928)
- The Singing Fool (1928)
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- Stark Mad (1929)
- No Defense (1929)
- Honky Tonk (1929)
- Say It with Songs (1929)
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- So Long Letty (1929)
- The Other Tomorrow (1930)
- She Couldn't Say No (1930)
- A Notorious Affair (1930)
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- Moby Dick (1930) La fiera del mar
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- The Office Wife (1930) .KG ----- rg2
- 50 Million Frenchmen (1931)
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- Kept Husbands (1931)
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- Sit Tight (1931) El tigre del ring
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- Gold Dust Gertie (1931)
- Honor of the Family (1931)
- Manhattan Parade (1931)
- Fireman, Save My Child (1932) ¡Hola, bombero! .KG ----- rg2
- Alias the Doctor (1932) (uncredited) Su gran sacrificio
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- The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)
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- Miss Pinkerton (1932) .KG ----- rg2
- Crooner (1932)
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- You Said a Mouthful (1932) .KG ----- rg2
- 42nd Street (1933) Calle 42
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- Picture Snatcher (1933) Ha entrado un fotógrafo
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- Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933)
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- Footlight Parade (1933) Desfile de candilejas
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- Son of a Sailor (1933) Marinero en tierra ----- rg2
- Wonder Bar (1934)
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- He Was Her Man (1934) .KG ----- rg2
- A Very Honorable Guy (1934) .KG ----- rg2
- Here Comes the Navy (1934) Aquí viene la Armada .KG ----- rg2
- 6 Day Bike Rider (1934) .KG ----- rg2
- Devil Dogs of the Air (1935) Diablos del aire .KG ----- rg2
- In Caliente (1935) .KG ----- serdar202
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- Broadway Gondolier (1935) El gondolero de Broadway
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- The Irish in Us (1935)
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- Frisco Kid (1935) La ciudad siniestra .VOSP
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- Sons o' Guns (1936)
- Cain and Mabel (1936)
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- Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936) .KG
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- Marked Woman (1937) Mujer marcada
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- Ever Since Eve (1937) .KG ----- rg2
- San Quentin (1937)
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- Submarine D-1 (1937)
- A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
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- Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938) El cowboy de Brooklyn .KG
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- Racket Busters (1938)
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- Boy Meets Girl (1938) .KG ----- rg2
- Wings of the Navy (1939) .KG ----- rg2
- The Oklahoma Kid (1939) El chico de Oklahoma (AKA El valiente de Oklahoma)
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- Indianapolis Speedway (1939) .KG ----- rg2
- Espionage Agent (1939)
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- A Child Is Born (1939)
- Invisible Stripes (1939)
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- Three Cheers for the Irish (1940) .KG ----- rg2
- Brother Orchid (1940) El hermano orquídea
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- Knute Rockne All American (1940)
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- Honeymoon for Three (1941) .KG ----- rg2
- Footsteps in the Dark (1941) Pasos en la oscuridad
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- Affectionately Yours (1941)
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- Navy Blues (1941)
- Larceny, Inc. (1942)
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- Wings for the Eagle (1942)
- Silver Queen (1942) Reina de plata La reina de la plata .VOSE
- Action in the North Atlantic (1943) Acción en el Atlántico Norte
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- The Sullivans (1944) Eran cinco hermanos
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- Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944) Sucedió un domingo
- Captain Eddie (1945) El capitán Eddie
- Wake Up and Dream (1946) .KG ... rg2
- Home, Sweet Homicide (1946) En busca del asesino .KG ----- rg2
- I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947) .KG ----- rg2
- You Were Meant for Me (1948)
- Give My Regards to Broadway (1948)
- An Innocent Affair (1948) Don't Trust Your Husband No te fíes de tu marido
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- Mother Is a Freshman (1949) Mamá es mi rival
- It Happens Every Spring (1949) .KG
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- Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
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- The Good Humor Man (1950) .KG ----- rg2
- Kill the Umpire (1950)
- The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) Los apuros de Sally
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- Call Me Mister (1951) .KG ----- rg2
- The Frogmen (1951) Luchas submarinas Lucha submarina
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- Golden Girl (1951) La chica de oro
- The I Don't Care Girl (1953)
- The Great Sioux Uprising (1953)
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- Walking My Baby Back Home (1953)
- The French Line (1953) .KG ----- rg2 vose
- She Couldn't Say No (1954) Guapa pero peligrosa
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