Happy Birthday! Happy birthday to Hollywood director, writer, and producer Allan Dwan, who was

Happy Birthday! 

Happy birthday to Hollywood director, writer, and producer Allan Dwan, who was born this date in 1885 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dwan was born Joseph Aloysius Dwan and immigrated to the United States when he was just 7 years old. He studied engineering at Notre Dame and was interested in the new motion picture industry. The opportunity to become a scriptwriter presented itself and the rest, as they say, is history. 

Dwan began working in Hollywood in 1911, and over his 50-year career, he directed 125 motion pictures, working with stars such as Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, John Wayne, and Shirley Temple. He earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and, in 1976, was awarded the Career Achievement Award by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Allan Dwan died on December 28, 1981.