Lowell Sherman

Lowell J. Sherman was an American actor and film director. At a time when it was highly unusual, he was both the actor and director on several films in the early 1930s, before completely transitioning to the role of director. At the height of his career, after scoring huge successes with his directing the films She Done Him Wrong and Morning Glory , he succumbed to pneumonia after a brief illness.

In 1933 he would focus on his directing duties. 1932s The Greeks Had a Word for Them would be his last acting role, either on stage or screen. The five films where his sole responsibility was directing were all critical and financial successes. He directed Mae West in her first starring film She Done Him Wrong , and followed that with Katharine Hepburns Oscarwinning performance in Morning Glory . He also directed Broadway Through a Keyhole with Russ Columbo, and Born to Be Bad with Loretta Young and Cary Grant . His final work, Night Life of the Gods , was released in 1935, after Shermans death, and was another critical and financial success.

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