Alfred E. Green(1889-1960)
- Director
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
One of the more prolific American directors, Alfred E. Green entered
films in 1912 as an actor for the Selig Polyscope Co. He became an
assistant to director
Colin Campbell and started
directing two-reelers, turning to features in 1917. His career lasted
into the mid-1950s but his output was mostly routine, though there were
some gems among them. A solid, dependable journeyman, not given to
flashy directorial touches, he was picked by
Mary Pickford to direct quite a few of her
pictures in the 1920s, and he guided
Wallace Reid and
Colleen Moore in several of their
bigger hits. He directed Bette Davis in her
Oscar-winning performance in
Dangerous (1935) and was responsible
for the commercial and critical success of
The Jolson Story (1946). That
film, however, was followed by a string of routine B pictures.
Green had suffered for many years from arthritis, which got worse as he got older. In an interview, producer Albert Zugsmith recalled that during the filming of Top Banana (1954) Green was so crippled by the disease that he was seldom able to move from the director's chair.
He made his last feature in 1954 and spent the remainder of his career directing episodic TV series.
Green had suffered for many years from arthritis, which got worse as he got older. In an interview, producer Albert Zugsmith recalled that during the filming of Top Banana (1954) Green was so crippled by the disease that he was seldom able to move from the director's chair.
He made his last feature in 1954 and spent the remainder of his career directing episodic TV series.
