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Rouben Zachary Mamoulian (/ r uː ˈ b ɛ n m ɑː m uː l ˈ j ɑː n / roo-BEN mah-mool-YAHN; Armenian: Ռուբէն Մամուլեան; October 8, 1897 – December 4, 1987) was an American film and theater director.
Rouben Mamoulian was born on 8 October 1897 in Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]. He was a director and writer, known for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), Applause (1929) and Becky Sharp (1935). He was married to Catharine Azadia Newman.
Rouben Mamoulian was a Georgian-born American theatrical and motion-picture director noted for his contribution to the development of cinematic art at the beginning of the sound era. His achievements included the skillful blending of music and sound effects with an imaginative visual rhythm.
Feb 13, 2007 · Mamoulian is hardly as forgotten, neglected or under-celebrated as some other early 1930s Hollywood directors, but the discussion of his career does not match the achievement and volume of his work in the cinema and theatre, and his significance to both. His place in cinema history is thus complex.
Dec 6, 1987 · Rouben Mamoulian, the director of such benchmark musical shows as ''Porgy and Bess'' and ''Oklahoma!'' and more than a dozen innovative and distinctive movies, died Friday night.
Such is the case of Rouben Mamoulian (1897-1987), an immeasurably talented director who glided high, at a remarkable pinnacle of artistic and commercial success, throughout the Thirties and Forties yet has been granted only a minor footnote in dominant histories of the studio era, often reduced to an Icarus-inspired cautionary tale.
Oct 7, 2022 · Rouben Mamoulian interviewed in 1961. The great Hollywood and theatre director sat down with us to discuss his career from early sound cinema to an abortive stint on the infamous production of Cleopatra, as well as his love of colour… and cats.
