Rouben Mamoulian

Biography

Rouben Zachary Mamoulian (October 8, 1897 – December 4, 1987) was an Armenian-American film and theatre director. In the interview compilation book Directing the Film (Acrobat Books), Mamoulian declared a strong preference for a stylized look to his scenes, stating that he was more interested in creating a poetic look to his films than in showing ordinary realism. Parts of Becky Sharp, and almost the whole of Blood and Sand, with their heightened and artificial use of Technicolor, demonstrate what Mamoulian meant by this. He also wrote a book called Applause.

Directed

1. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) — Director
2. The Mark of Zorro (1940) — Director
3. Queen Christina (1934) — Director
4. Love Me Tonight (1932) — Director
5. Blood and Sand (1941) — Director
6. Silk Stockings (1957) — Director
7. City Streets (1931) — Director
8. Golden Boy (1939) — Director
9. Becky Sharp (1935) — Director
10. The Song of Songs (1933) — Director
11. Applause (1929) — Director
12. Rings on Her Fingers (1942) — Director
13. Summer Holiday (1948) — Director
14. The Flute of Krishna (1926) — Director
15. The Gay Desperado (1936) — Director
16. We Live Again (1934) — Director
17. High, Wide and Handsome (1937) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001) — Self (archive footage)
2. George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1985) — Self
3. The Horror of It All (1983) — Self
4. Garbo, by Joan Crawford (1969) — Self
5. Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk (2003) — Self (archive footage)