* 1987 – Rouben Mamoulian, Armenian-American film director ( b. 1897 )

1929 was a watershed year: William Wellman with Chinatown Nights and The Man I Love, Rouben Mamoulian with Applause, Alfred Hitchcock with Blackmail ( Britain's first sound feature ), were among the directors to bring greater fluidity to talkies and experiment with the expressive use of sound ( Eyman, 1997 ).

A decade before the classic era, a story of Hammett's was the source for the gangster melodrama City Streets ( 1931 ), directed by Rouben Mamoulian and photographed by Lee Garmes, who worked regularly with Sternberg.

* 1897 – Rouben Mamoulian, Armenian-American film director ( d. 1987 )

In 1931, Rouben Mamoulian used the technique in his Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

* Rings on Her Fingers ( 1942 ), d. Rouben Mamoulian

* October 8 – Rouben Mamoulian, Armenian-American film and theatre director ( d. 1987 )

* December 4 – Rouben Mamoulian, Armenian-American film director ( b. 1898 )

It was directed by Rouben Mamoulian.

The hardworking Rodgers later regretted these relatively fallow years, but he and Hart did write a number of classic songs and film scores while out west, including Love Me Tonight ( 1932 ) ( directed by Rouben Mamoulian, who would later direct Rodgers ' Oklahoma!

Featuring songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, it was directed by Rouben Mamoulian, who, with the help of the songwriters, was able to put his ideas of the integrated musical ( a musical which blends songs and dialogue so the songs advance the plot ).

Columbia Pictures originally purchased Lewis R. Foster's unpublished story, variously called The Gentleman from Montana and The Gentleman from Wyoming, as a vehicle for Ralph Bellamy, but once Frank Capra came on board as director – after Rouben Mamoulian had expressed interest – the film was to be a sequel to his Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, called Mr. Deeds Goes to Washington, with Gary Cooper reprising his role as Longfellow Deeds. Because Cooper was unavailable, Capra then " saw it immediately as a vehicle for Jimmy Stewart and Jean Arthur ," and Stewart was borrowed from MGM.

It also provided the basis of a 1957 film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse.

Several directors, including Lewis Milestone, were offered and rejected Laura until Rouben Mamoulian finally agreed to direct.

Love Me Tonight is a 1932 musical comedy film produced and directed by Rouben Mamoulian, with music by Rodgers and Hart.

Extra features included screenplay excerpts of deleted scenes, audio commentary by Miles Kreuger ( Founder and President of the Institute of the American Musical, Inc. and also a good friend of Rouben Mamoulian ), production documents, censorship records, and performances from Maurice Chevalier ( Louise ) and Jeanette MacDonald ( Love Me Tonight ) from the 1932 short Hollywood on Parade.

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* Rouben Mamoulian ( United States )

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1931 American Pre-Code horror film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Fredric March.

* Venice Film Festival: Audience Referendum ; Most Favorite Actor, Fredric March ; Most Original Fantasy Story, Rouben Mamoulian ; 1932.

Category: Films directed by Rouben Mamoulian

Scott's more than 30 years as a motion picture actor resulted in his working with many acclaimed screen directors, including Henry King, Rouben Mamoulian, Michael Curtiz, John Cromwell, King Vidor, Alan Dwan, Fritz Lang, and Sam Peckinpah.

This last film, a musical directed by Rouben Mamoulian, featured Scott in his " most ambitious performance ," The film is …

Directed by Rouben Mamoulian.

The opinion was shared by director Rouben Mamoulian, who said that the " little fellow at Universal ," in one bold stroke, had " asserted the primacy of the studio over the director " and forever altered the balance of power in the movie industry.

* Venice Film Festival: Best Color Film, Rouben Mamoulian ; 1935.

* Venice Film Festival: Mussolini Cup, Rouben Mamoulian ; 1935.

* Rouben Mamoulian – ( 1897 – 1987 ) film and theater director

Fleming's version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ( 1941 ), with Spencer Tracy, was generally rated below Rouben Mamoulian's 1931 Pre-Code version, which had starred Fredric March.

The original production of Carousel was directed by Rouben Mamoulian and opened at Broadway's Majestic Theatre on April 19, 1945, running for 890 performances and closing on May 24, 1947.

The production was supervised and directed by Rouben Mamoulian and choreographed by La Verne French.

Boyd was originally chosen to play Mark Antony opposite Elizabeth Taylor in 20th Century-Fox's epic production of Cleopatra ( 1963 ) under the direction of Rouben Mamoulian, but eventually withdrew from the problem-plagued production when he committed to star in The Fall of the Roman Empire.

In 1925, Graham was employed at the Eastman School of Music where Rouben Mamoulian was head of the School of Drama.

The director and choreographer was Jack Cole, with sets and costumes by Rouben Ter-Arutunian.

This technique was used in 1927 in France by Abel Gance for Napoléon and in 1931 by the director Rouben Mamoulian for the first five minutes of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

An embassy was established in February 1993 with the arrival of Ambassador Rouben Shugarian.

* The 1941 version was directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starred Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, and Rita Hayworth.

The film was directed by Rouben Mamoulian in 1933, and written by H. M. Harwood and Salka Viertel, with dialogue by S. N. Behrman, based on a story by Salka Viertel and Margaret P. Levino.

Production design was by Rouben Ter-Arutunian and lighting design was by Jean Rosenthal.

* " Herostratus " is a 2001 Armenian film co-written ( with Armen Vatyan ) and directed by Rouben Kochar.

Today's Armenian traditional songs can be associated with performers such as Rouben Matevosian, Ophelia Hambardzumyan, Varduhi Khachatrian, and Papin Poghosian.

According to Thomas de Waal, the dispute over Syunik resulted in the ethnic cleansing of region's local Azeri minority through direct military action by Armenian guerilla commanders Andranik Ozanian, Rouben Ter Minassian and later Garegin Nzhdeh.

Another Armenian chronicler, Vahram, a personal secretary of King Levon II refers to Roupen as ‘ a famous chief of the blood royal, Rouben by name ’.