Joshua Logan

Birthday: 5 October 1908, Texarkana, Texas, USA

Birth Name: Joshua Lockwood Logan III

Joshua Logan started directing plays while he was still at Princeton and among the first actors he directed were Henry Fonda and James Stewart. His graduation from Princeton was delayed to accompany a ...Show More

[As a perfectionist who strove for naturalism among his actors] When people tell me the direction wa Show more [As a perfectionist who strove for naturalism among his actors] When people tell me the direction was wonderful, I know I've failed. The audience should be entranced, hypnotized, transported like children listening to a fairy tale. The individual actor, playwright, or director who breaks the spell by drawing attention to himself and crowing 'See how clever I am!' is a crook. Hide

[on Marilyn Monroe] As near genius as any actress I ever knew. [on Marilyn Monroe] As near genius as any actress I ever knew.

Not since Attila the Hun swept across Europe, leaving five hundred years of total blackness, has the Show more Not since Attila the Hun swept across Europe, leaving five hundred years of total blackness, has there been a man like Lee Marvin. Hide

Joshua Logan's FILMOGRAPHY

All as Actor (1) as Director (1) as Creator (2)

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