Person · Director, screenwriter and producer · Active 1917–1959
Rowland V. Lee
1891–1975, Findlay
American director, screenwriter and producer, born in Findlay. Directed 19 films on this site, including Son of Frankenstein (1939), Captain Kidd (1945) and Paramount on Parade (1930).
He was reunited with Negri for Three Sinners (1928) and Loves of an Actress (1928) then did The First Kiss (1928) with Cooper and Fay Wray.
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He returned to RKO to do Powder Town (1942), then made a film for another independent producer, Benedict Bogeaus, The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944).
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Regulars
- 5Jesse Louis Laskyproduced 5 of 20 films
- 4Paul Lukasacted in 4 of 20 films
- 4Adolph Zukorproduced 4 of 20 films
- 4Victor Milnershot 4 of 20 films
Films in this guide
Best known
- Son of Frankenstein 1939director, producer
- Captain Kidd 1945director
- The Big Fisherman 1959screenwriter, producer
- Paramount on Parade 1930director
- The Toast of New York 1937director
- Tower of London 1939director, producer
1920s
- Loves of an Actress (1928)director, screenwriter
- The First Kiss (1928)director
- Three Sinners (1928)director, producer
- The Wolf of Wall Street (1929)director
1930s
- Ladies Love Brutes (1930)director
- Paramount on Parade (1930)director
- The Ruling Voice (1931)director, screenwriter
- Cardinal Richelieu (1935)director
- The Three Musketeers (1935)director, screenwriter
- One Rainy Afternoon (1936)director
- The Toast of New York (1937)director
- Mother Carey's Chickens (1938)director
- Son of Frankenstein (1939)director, producer
- The Sun Never Sets (1939)director, producer
- Tower of London (1939)director, producer
1940s
- The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)director
- Powder Town (1942)director
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)director
- Captain Kidd (1945)director
1950s
- The Big Fisherman (1959)screenwriter, producer