Frank Lloyd

Frank Lloyd was a film director, scriptwriter and producer. Lloyd was among the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and its president from 1934 to 1935. Frank Lloyd was Scotland's first Academy Award winner and is unique in film history having received three Oscar nominations in 1929 for his work on a silent film (The Divine Lady), a part-talkie (Weary River) and a full talkie (Drag). He won for The Divine Lady. He was nominated and won again in 1933 for his adaptation of Noel Coward's Cavalcade and received a further Best Director nomination in 1935 for perhaps his most successful film, Mutiny on the Bounty.

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Blood on the Sun (1945)

Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset Japanese provides the action, but this is overshadowed by the propaganda of the time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Sylvia Sidney  •  Porter Hall  •  John Emery

Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset Japanese provides the action, but this is overshadowed by the propaganda of the time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Sylvia Sidney  •  Porter Hall  •  John Emery

Cavalcade (1933)

A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic and the Great War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Diana Wynyard  •  Clive Brook  •  Una O'Connor  •  Herbert Mundin

A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic and the Great War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Diana Wynyard  •  Clive Brook  •  Una O'Connor  •  Herbert Mundin

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

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Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Charles Laughton  •  Clark Gable  •  Franchot Tone  •  Herbert Mundin

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Charles Laughton  •  Clark Gable  •  Franchot Tone  •  Herbert Mundin

The Howards of Virginia (1940)

Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against England. Matt will meet Jane's father in the battlefield.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Martha Scott  •  Cedric Hardwicke  •  Alan Marshal

Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against England. Matt will meet Jane's father in the battlefield.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Martha Scott  •  Cedric Hardwicke  •  Alan Marshal

The Divine Lady (1929)

Lady Hamilton's love affair with Admiral Horatio Nelson rocks the British Empire.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Corinne Griffith  •  Victor Varconi  •  H.B. Warner  •  Ian Keith

Lady Hamilton's love affair with Admiral Horatio Nelson rocks the British Empire.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Corinne Griffith  •  Victor Varconi  •  H.B. Warner  •  Ian Keith

Berkeley Square (1933)

A young American man is transported back to London in the time shortly after the American Revolution and meets his ancestors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Leslie Howard  •  Heather Angel  •  Valerie Taylor  •  Colin Keith-Johnston

A young American man is transported back to London in the time shortly after the American Revolution and meets his ancestors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Leslie Howard  •  Heather Angel  •  Valerie Taylor  •  Colin Keith-Johnston

If I Were King (1938)

King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on Villon ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Ronald Colman  •  Basil Rathbone  •  Frances Dee  •  Ellen Drew

King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on Villon ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Ronald Colman  •  Basil Rathbone  •  Frances Dee  •  Ellen Drew

A Tale of Two Worlds (1921)

A white child is adopted and raised by a Chinese citizen and brought to San Francisco, where no one surmises that she is actually not Chinese.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  J. Frank Glendon  •  Leatrice Joy  •  Wallace Beery  •  E. Alyn Warren

A white child is adopted and raised by a Chinese citizen and brought to San Francisco, where no one surmises that she is actually not Chinese.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  J. Frank Glendon  •  Leatrice Joy  •  Wallace Beery  •  E. Alyn Warren

Within the Law (1923)

When Mary Turner is sent to prison for a crime she did not commit, she vows upon her release to take vengeance on those who wronged her, always staying however within the letter of the law.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Norma Talmadge  •  Lew Cody  •  Eileen Percy  •  Jack Mulhall

When Mary Turner is sent to prison for a crime she did not commit, she vows upon her release to take vengeance on those who wronged her, always staying however within the letter of the law.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Norma Talmadge  •  Lew Cody  •  Eileen Percy  •  Jack Mulhall

The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)

Fictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the new-founded railroad town of Laraville, Boss Jim Cork hopes to manipulate the sale of town lots to give him control, but Quaker schoolmarm Annie Morgan bags one of the key ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Loretta Young  •  Robert Preston  •  Edward Arnold  •  Frank Craven

Fictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the new-founded railroad town of Laraville, Boss Jim Cork hopes to manipulate the sale of town lots to give him control, but Quaker schoolmarm Annie Morgan bags one of the key ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Loretta Young  •  Robert Preston  •  Edward Arnold  •  Frank Craven

The Shanghai Story (1954)

Shanghai, China. The last expatriate Westerners still living in the city are imprisoned in a hotel by the communist authorities in order to find the spy hiding among them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Edmond O'Brien  •  Ruth Roman  •  Richard Jaeckel  •  Barry Kelley

Shanghai, China. The last expatriate Westerners still living in the city are imprisoned in a hotel by the communist authorities in order to find the spy hiding among them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Edmond O'Brien  •  Ruth Roman  •  Richard Jaeckel  •  Barry Kelley

Ashes of Vengeance (1923)

This historical piece, set in the Huguenot days of France, is Norma Talmadge's 37th feature film and the longest to date at two hours. The plot involves a man forced into servitude who falls in love with the sister of his persecutor. It was Ms. Talmadge's fourth ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Norma Talmadge  •  Conway Tearle  •  Wallace Beery  •  Josephine Crowell

This historical piece, set in the Huguenot days of France, is Norma Talmadge's 37th feature film and the longest to date at two hours. The plot involves a man forced into servitude who falls in love with the sister of his persecutor. It was Ms. Talmadge's fourth ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Norma Talmadge  •  Conway Tearle  •  Wallace Beery  •  Josephine Crowell

Black Oxen (1923)

A Manhattan playboy falls for a mysterious European woman, whom he notices is an exact double for a famous socialite who disappeared at the turn of the century. At first he thinks it's just a coincidence, as the beautiful young woman he's romancing is much younger ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Corinne Griffith  •  Clara Bow  •  Conway Tearle  •  Tom Ricketts

A Manhattan playboy falls for a mysterious European woman, whom he notices is an exact double for a famous socialite who disappeared at the turn of the century. At first he thinks it's just a coincidence, as the beautiful young woman he's romancing is much younger ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Corinne Griffith  •  Clara Bow  •  Conway Tearle  •  Tom Ricketts

The Voice from the Minaret (1923)

Lord Carlyle governs a province in India. Although he weds the beautiful Adrienne, he can't make her love him. And no wonder -- he's not only cruel, he's unfaithful. Adrienne leaves him and boards a ship with the intention of returning to England. But on the boat ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Norma Talmadge  •  Eugene O'Brien  •  Edwin Stevens  •  Winter Hall

Lord Carlyle governs a province in India. Although he weds the beautiful Adrienne, he can't make her love him. And no wonder -- he's not only cruel, he's unfaithful. Adrienne leaves him and boards a ship with the intention of returning to England. But on the boat ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Norma Talmadge  •  Eugene O'Brien  •  Edwin Stevens  •  Winter Hall

The Right of Way (1930)

Snobbish attorney Charles 'Beauty' Steele loses his wife due to his drinking and his heirs at the same time that his brother-in-law absconds with funds belonging to one of Steele's clients. In search of the thief, Steele is attacked and left for dead. He is rescued ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Conrad Nagel  •  Loretta Young  •  Fred Kohler  •  William Janney

Snobbish attorney Charles 'Beauty' Steele loses his wife due to his drinking and his heirs at the same time that his brother-in-law absconds with funds belonging to one of Steele's clients. In search of the thief, Steele is attacked and left for dead. He is rescued ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Conrad Nagel  •  Loretta Young  •  Fred Kohler  •  William Janney

The Age for Love (1931)

A comedy-drama about marriage and divorce. A wife does not want children, her husband leaves her and marries a woman who does.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Billie Dove  •  Charles Starrett  •  Lois Wilson  •  Edward Everett Horton

A comedy-drama about marriage and divorce. A wife does not want children, her husband leaves her and marries a woman who does.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Billie Dove  •  Charles Starrett  •  Lois Wilson  •  Edward Everett Horton

A Passport to Hell (1932)

Just prior to the outbreak of World War I, in the British West African town of Akkra, English woman Myra Carson becomes involved in a scandal and is deported. While Myra's ship is docked at Duala, in German West Africa, the war breaks out and she finds herself ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Elissa Landi  •  Paul Lukas  •  Warner Oland  •  Alexander Kirkland

Just prior to the outbreak of World War I, in the British West African town of Akkra, English woman Myra Carson becomes involved in a scandal and is deported. While Myra's ship is docked at Duala, in German West Africa, the war breaks out and she finds herself ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Elissa Landi  •  Paul Lukas  •  Warner Oland  •  Alexander Kirkland

The Lash (1930)

A nobleman returns home to Southern California after the Mexican American War to find his people mistreated by unscrupulous Americans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Richard Barthelmess  •  Mary Astor  •  Fred Kohler  •  Marian Nixon

A nobleman returns home to Southern California after the Mexican American War to find his people mistreated by unscrupulous Americans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Richard Barthelmess  •  Mary Astor  •  Fred Kohler  •  Marian Nixon

East Lynne (1931)

The refined Lady Isabel Carlisle, after leaving her family and enduring nearly a decade of hardships, learns that her son has fallen ill. Despite being nearly blinded as the result of an explosion, she returns home to see her son again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Ann Harding  •  Clive Brook  •  Conrad Nagel  •  Cecilia Loftus

The refined Lady Isabel Carlisle, after leaving her family and enduring nearly a decade of hardships, learns that her son has fallen ill. Despite being nearly blinded as the result of an explosion, she returns home to see her son again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Ann Harding  •  Clive Brook  •  Conrad Nagel  •  Cecilia Loftus

The World and Its Woman (1919)

A Russian peasant girl rises to fame as an operatic diva. She becomes beloved of a Russian prince. When the 1917 revolution overthrows the czar's government, the pair attempts to cross the icy steppes and find their way to America.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Geraldine Farrar  •  Lou Tellegen  •  Mae Giraci  •  Francis Marion

A Russian peasant girl rises to fame as an operatic diva. She becomes beloved of a Russian prince. When the 1917 revolution overthrows the czar's government, the pair attempts to cross the icy steppes and find their way to America.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Geraldine Farrar  •  Lou Tellegen  •  Mae Giraci  •  Francis Marion
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