Donald Crisp
Director, Actor
- Broken Blossoms (1919)
- Dir. D.W. Griffith
Feat. Lillian Gish, Donald Crisp, Robert Barthelmess
- D.W. Griffiths low–key lyric tragedy, set in 19th century London's docklands, with Lillian Gish at her most otherworldly.
As the…
- Navigator, The (1924)
- Dir. Buster Keaton, Donald Crisp
Feat. Buster Keaton
- One of Buster Keaton's most evocative silent comedies, playing a naive youth who becomes marooned upon a gigantic yacht drifting out to…
- Black Pirate, The (1926)
- Dir. Albert Parker
Feat. Billie Dove, Tempe Pigott, Donald Crisp…
- An excellent silent swashbuckler with Douglas Fairbanks at his racy best, sliding down sails and flashing his cutlass. Beautifully shot on early…
- Svengali (1931)
- Dir. Archie Mayo
Feat. John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Bramwell Fletcher…
- Adapted from the novel by George du Maurier, this has a hypnotic maniac (Barrymore) turning his evil gaze on a young model and forcing her to…
- Brother Orchid (1940)
- Dir. Lloyd Bacon
Feat. Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sothern…
- Low–key but interesting star vehicle for Edward G. Robinson and Humphrey Bogart with the big guy playing a has–been gangster who joins a…
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
- Dir. Victor Fleming
Feat. Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner…
- Handsomely produced version of the Robert Louis Stevenson's classic, in which a mild doctor transforms himself by night into a murderous maniac.
- Lassie Come Home (1943)
- Dir. Fred M. Wilcox
Feat. Roddy McDowall, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp…
- Brilliant emotional manipulation for all the family, with the impoverished parents of Roddy McDowall forced to sell their beloved Collie, who…
- Uninvited, The (1944)
- Dir. Lewis Allen
Feat. Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp…
- Classic tale of the macabre with Ray Milland discovering that the reason they are able to purchase a beautiful gothic seacoast mansion very cheaply…
- Whispering Smith (1948)
- Dir. Leslie Fenton, Mel Epstein
Feat. Alan Ladd, Robert Preston, Brenda Marshall…
- Swish, action–packed western features Alan Ladd chasing train robbers and sentimental skirt. Good stuff.
- Prince Valiant (1954)
- Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. James Mason, Janet Leigh, Robert Wagner…
- Star studded tale of a young Viking prince striving to become a knight in King Arthur's Court and restore his exiled father to his rightful throne.