William Hughes Curran Explained

William Hughes Curran
Birth Date:	18 June 1893
Birth Place:	New York, United States
Death Place:	Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality:	American
Occupation:	Film director
Years Active:	1922-1939

William Hughes Curran (1893-1940) was an American film director. He directed several Western films.^[1]

He was an assistant director to Lambert Hillyer at William S. Hart Productions before heading the production unit for Famous Players–Lasky executives' spinoff Di Lorenzo, Inc.^[2]

He directed an early nickelodeon adaptation of William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.^[3]

According to IMDb he wrote The Freshie and Broadway Buckaroo and appeared as Pablo in Blaze Away.

Filmography

• The Trail of Hate (1922)
• Blaze Away (1922)
• The Freshie (1922), Curran wrote the story and directed the film^[4]
• Dangerous Hour (1923)^[5]
• Prepared to Die (1923)
• The Knock on the Door (1923)
• Westbound (1924)^{[6] [7]}
• The Taming of the Shrewd (1925)
• The Merchant of Weenies (1925)
• Battling Romeo (1925)
• Scarlet Youth (1928)^[8]
• Trial Marriage (1928)
• Unguarded Girls (1929)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Motion Picture Daily: Formerly Exhibitors Daily Review and Motion Pictures Today. August 3, 1921. Exhibitors Trade Review, Incorporated. Google Books.
2. Web site: Motion Picture Daily: Formerly Exhibitors Daily Review and Motion Pictures Today. August 3, 1921. Exhibitors Trade Review, Incorporated. Google Books.
3. Book: Shakespeare in the Movies: From the Silent Era to Shakespeare in Love. Douglas. Brode. DOUGLAS C.. BRODE. Professor of Film S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communication Douglas. Brode. August 3, 2000. Oxford University Press. 9780195139587. Google Books.
4. Book: Langman, Larry. A Guide to Silent Westerns. August 3, 1992. Greenwood Publishing Group. 9780313278587. Google Books.
5. Book: The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. Kenneth White. Munden. American Film. Institute. August 3, 1997. University of California Press. 9780520209695. Google Books.
6. Book: Langman, Larry. A Guide to Silent Westerns. August 3, 1992. Greenwood Publishing Group. 9780313278587. Google Books.
7. Web site: W. Hughes Curran. https://web.archive.org/web/20190803123259/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fae0d6e. dead. August 3, 2019. BFI.
8. Book: Motion Picture Guide Silent Film 1910-1936. Jay Robert. Nash. Robert. Connelly. Stanley Ralph. Ross. January 3, 1988. Cinebooks. 9780933997103. Google Books.