Millard Webb
Millard Webb | |
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Mary Eaton and Millard Webb on their wedding day. | |
| Born | December 6, 1893 Clay City, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | April 21, 1935 (aged 41) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Burial place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, film director |
| Years active | 1916–1933 |
| Spouse |
Lydia Stocking
(m. 1918; death 1923) |
| Children | 1 |
Millard Webb (December 6, 1893 – April 21, 1935) was an American screenwriter and director who directed 20 films between 1920 and 1933. His best-known film is the 1926 silent John Barrymore adventure The Sea Beast, a version of Moby Dick, costarring Dolores Costello. Webb also directed the early sound Florenz Ziegfeld produced talkie Glorifying the American Girl released by Paramount in 1929. In 1927 he directed Naughty but Nice, produced by John McCormick and First National Pictures. His active years were from 1916 to 1933.
He was married to Lydia Stocking (1918–1923). Mary Eaton married Webb in 1929, but they separated.
He was born in Clay City, Kentucky, U.S., and died in Los Angeles, California of intestinal ailment at the age of 41.