Rex Ingram
Biography
Rex Ingram started his film career as a set designer and painter. His directorial debut was The Great Problem (1916). A true master of the medium, Ingram despised the business haggling required in the Hollywood system. He was also unhappy with the level of writing he found in American writers. This led him to work with such foreign writers as Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, which resulted in the first major role for the young Rudolph Valentino. Ingram was a great friend of Erich von Stroheim, who, like Ingram, was a great filmmaker, but often went way over budget. In 1924, Ingram moved to Nice, France, where, in his own studios, he directed films of his own choosing, often with his then-wife Alice Terry. In his later career he acted as a mentor to the young director Michael Powell.
Directed Films
Baroud
The Three Passions
The Garden of Allah
The Magician
Mare Nostrum
The Arab
Scaramouche
Where the Pavement Ends
Trifling Women
The Prisoner of Zenda
Turn to the Right
The Conquering Power
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Under Crimson Skies
The Day She Paid
Humdrum Brown
His Robe of Honor
The Little Terror
The Flower of Doom
The Pulse of Life
The Reward of the Faithless
Black Orchids
The Chalice of Sorrow
