Rex Ingram
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Rex Ingram started his film career as a set designer and painter. His directorial debut was The Great Problem (1916). A true master of the medium, Ingram despised the business haggling required in the Hollywood system. He was also unhappy with the level of writing he found in American writers. This led him to work with such foreign writers as Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, which resulted in the first major role for the young Rudolph Valentino. Ingram was a great friend of Erich von Stroheim, who, like Ingram, was a great filmmaker, but often went way over budget. In 1924, Ingram moved to Nice, France, where, in his own studios, he directed films of his own choosing, often with his then-wife Alice Terry. In his later career he acted as a mentor to the young director Michael Powell.
Known for
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The Prisoner of Zenda (1922)
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
Director
The Magician (1926)
Director
Scaramouche (1923)
Director
The Garden of Allah (1927)
Director
Where the Pavement Ends (1923)
Director
Humdrum Brown (1918)
Director
The Conquering Power (1921)
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The Great Problem (1916)
Director
His Robe of Honor (1918)
Director
Baroud (1932)
Director
The Three Passions (1928)
Director
Mare Nostrum (1926)
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Turn to the Right (1922)
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Baroud (1933)
Director
The Reward of the Faithless (1917)
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The Little Terror (1917)
Director
Trifling Women (1922)
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The Arab (1924)
Director
Black Orchids (1917)
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The Day She Paid (1919)
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The Chalice of Sorrow (1916)
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Broken Fetters (1916)
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The Pulse of Life (1917)
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Under Crimson Skies (1920)
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Shore Acres (1920)
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Hearts Are Trumps (1920)
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The Flower of Doom (1917)
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