George B. Seitz(1888-1944)
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Former playwright George B. Seitz left the theater for Hollywood in
1913, and before long he was turning out screenplays for action serials
such as The Perils of Pauline (1914), The Exploits of Elaine (1914), and The Iron Claw (1916). In addition to writing and
sometimes starring in these productions, he began to direct them as
well, with great success. A prolific director, Seitz, unlike many of
his B-picture colleagues, survived the transition from silents to
talkies quite well, and directed everything from comedies to dramas to
westerns at most of the studios around town. Although he spent a good
amount of time at Columbia, he came to be most closely associated with
MGM, where he directed - among others - almost all of the entries in
the fondly remembered "Andy Hardy" series.
