Wissenswertes

Died of a heart ailment in 1942, complicated by a streptococcus infection brought on by the stresses of filming the movie Tennessee Johnson (1942).

A graduate of Columbia University, he worked briefly as a stage actor, publicity flack and vaudeville gag writer before becoming a regional distributor for the newly formed MGM in 1924. He graduated to screenwriting in 1927, to directing in 1931, and later became a producer..

Son Christopher (1941) with Virginia Bruce.

He was the son of Ruth (Walter) and Max Ruben. His parents were Russian Jewish immigrants.

Great-grandfather of actor and painter Hutch Dano.