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David Macdonald
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David MacDonald (9 May 1904 in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire – 22 June 1983 in London) was a Scottish film director, writer and producer. MacDonald was the son of a wealthy landowner. His intention was to become a doctor but changed his mind and aged 17 went to Malaya to work on a rubber plantation for seven and a half years. When he had leave to return to Scotland, he travelled via Hollywood and became interested in filmmaking. He returned to Malaya and worked at a plantation in Kedah. According to one story, while in Malaya he met Douglas Fairbanks who encouraged MacDonald to try his luck in Hollywood. MacDonald broke into Hollywood by getting a job as technical adviser on a film Prestige. After that he was out of work for nine months. He eventually gained a job working for Cecil B. DeMille. MacDonald worked as DeMille's assistant on The Sign of the Cross (1932), Four Frightened People (1934), Cleopatra (also 1934) and The Crusades (1935). He worked on Lives of a Bengal Lancer (also 1935) with Henry Hathaway. He also worked for King Vidor and Raoul Walsh. He returned to England with Walsh when the latter came to direct O.H.M.S. (1937) and elected to stay.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1904-05-09
- event Death Date 1983-06-22
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 1.3
- info Birth Place Helensburgh, Scotland, UK
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by David MacDonald
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6.5
Alias John Preston
1955-12-14
6.5
Devil Girl from Mars
1954-05-01
6.5
The Rocking Horse Winner
1982-11-25
6.5
The Big Frame
1952-09-01
6.5
The Brothers
1947-05-07
6.5
Good-Time Girl
1948-04-28
6.5
Diamond City
1949-09-20
6.5
Desert Victory
1943-04-12
6.5
It's Never Too Late to Mend
1937-03-01
6.5
Tread Softly
1952-12-01
6.5
Christopher Columbus
1949-10-12
6.5
Snowbound
1948-03-23
6.5
This Man in Paris
1939-07-01
6.5
Petticoat Pirates
1961-11-01
6.5
This England
1941-07-22
6.5
This Man Is News
1938-09-16
6.5
Cairo Road
1950-06-21
6.5
The Moonraker
1958-08-02
6.5
The Brothers
1947-05-07
6.5
Operation Malaya
1953-09-17
6.5
Operation Malaya
1953-09-17
6.5
Fortune in Diamonds
1951-03-07
6.5
Dead Men Tell No Tales
1938-02-01
6.5
Our Mother's House
1967-09-14
6.5
Men of the Lightship
1940-01-02
6.5
One Just Man
6.5
Man in Demand
6.5
The Golden Rabbit
1962-02-01
6.5
Triple Blackmail
6.5
Final Column
6.5
Make It Three
6.5
The Yellow Robe
6.5
Death Croons the Blues
1937-10-01
6.5
Meet Mr. Penny
6.5
Small Hotel
1957-10-14
6.5
The Bad Lord Byron
1949-04-18
6.5
Riding High
1939-12-04
6.5
Jack the Ripper
1958-03-08
6.5
Three Cornered Fate
1955-01-01
6.5
Big Brown Eyes
1936-04-03
6.5
Spies of the Air
1939-03-30
6.5
The Midas Touch
1940-05-04
6.5
A Spot of Bother
1938-01-01
6.5
Cleopatra
1934-10-05
6.5
The Last Curtain
1938-01-31
6.5
Desert Victory
1943-04-12
6.5
A Lady Mislaid
1958-01-01
6.5
Law and Disorder
1940-07-06
6.5
Ivanhoe
1958-01-05
6.5
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956-02-20
6.5
Mark Saber
1954-10-01
6.5
Interpol Calling
1959-09-13
6.5
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955-09-28
6.5
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955-09-28