Rouben Zachary Mamoulian was an American film and theatre director.
19 Facts About Rouben Mamoulian
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Rouben Mamoulian's mother, Virginia, was a director of the Armenian theatre, and his father, Zachary Mamoulian, was a bank president.
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Rouben Mamoulian moved to England and started directing plays in London in 1922.
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Rouben Mamoulian was brought to the United States the next year by Vladimir Rosing to teach at the Eastman School of Music and was involved in directing opera and theatre.
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In 1925, Rouben Mamoulian was head of the School of Drama, where Martha Graham was working at the time.
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Rouben Mamoulian left Eastman shortly after, and Graham chose to leave, even though she was asked to stay.
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In 1930, Rouben Mamoulian became a naturalized citizen of the United States.
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Child star Jackie Cooper stated in his autobiography that Rouben Mamoulian was his uncle, and this fact helped establish Cooper's early movie career.
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Rouben Mamoulian directed Wings Over Europe from late 1928 to 1929.
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Rouben Mamoulian directed Applause, his first feature film in 1929, which was one of the early sound films.
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Rouben Mamoulian directed the first three-strip Technicolor film Becky Sharp, based on Thackeray's Vanity Fair, as well as the 1937 musical High, Wide, and Handsome.
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Rouben Mamoulian's foray into screwball comedy in 1942 was a success with Rings on Her Fingers starring Henry Fonda and Gene Tierney.
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Rouben Mamoulian's last completed musical film was Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 1957 film version of the Cole Porter musical Silk Stockings.
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Rouben Mamoulian previously had been fired as director of Laura.
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Rouben Mamoulian personally was recruited by Directors Guild of America co-founder King Vidor in 1936 to help unionize fellow movie directors.
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Rouben Mamoulian is considered one of the great filmmakers of his generation, whose films were seminal in their genres.
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On February 9,1960, Rouben Mamoulian received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Rouben Mamoulian was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1981.
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In 1982 Rouben Mamoulian received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Directors Guild of America.