Raoul Walsh (1887--1980) was known as one of Hollywoods most adventurous; iconoclastic; and creative directors. He carved out an illustrious career and made films that transformed the Hollywood studio yarn into a thrilling art form. Walsh belonged to that early generation of directors -- along with John Ford and Howard Hawks -- who worked in the fledgling film industry of the early twentieth century; learning to make movies with shoestring budgets. Walshs generation invented a Hollywood that made movies seem bigger than life itself.In the first ever full-length biography of Raoul Walsh; author Marilyn Ann Moss recounts Walshs life and achievements in a career that spanned more than half a century and produced upwards of two hundred films; many of them cinema classics. Walsh originally entered the movie business as an actor; playing the role of John Wilkes Booth in D. W. Griffiths The Birth of a Nation (1915). In the same year; under Griffiths tutelage; Walsh began to direct on his own. Soon he left Griffiths company for Fox Pictures; where he stayed for more than twenty years. It was later; at Warner Bros.; that he began his golden period of filmmaking. Walsh was known for his romantic flair and playful persona. Involved in a freak auto accident in 1928; Walsh lost his right eye and began wearing an eye patch; which earned him the suitably dashing moniker "the one-eyed bandit." During his long and illustrious career; he directed such heavyweights as Humphrey Bogart; James Cagney; Errol Flynn; and Marlene Dietrich; and in 1930 he discovered future star John Wayne.
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