Millard Webb (6 December 1893 â€" 21 April 1935), was an American
screenwriter and director. He directed 20 films between 1920 and 1933.
His best-known film is the 1926 silent John Barrymore adventure The
Sea Beast, a version of Moby Dick, costarring Dolores Costello. Webb
also directed the early sound Florenz Ziegfeld produced talkie
Glorifying the American Girl released by Paramount in 1929. In 1927 he
directed Naughty But Nice, produced by John McCormick and First
National Pictures. His active years were from 1916 to 1933.He was
married to Lydia Stocking (1918â€"1923). Mary Eaton married Webb in
1929, but they separated.He was born in Clay City, Kentucky, U.S., and
died in Los Angeles, California of intestinal ailment at the age of
40.
screenwriter and director. He directed 20 films between 1920 and 1933.
His best-known film is the 1926 silent John Barrymore adventure The
Sea Beast, a version of Moby Dick, costarring Dolores Costello. Webb
also directed the early sound Florenz Ziegfeld produced talkie
Glorifying the American Girl released by Paramount in 1929. In 1927 he
directed Naughty But Nice, produced by John McCormick and First
National Pictures. His active years were from 1916 to 1933.He was
married to Lydia Stocking (1918â€"1923). Mary Eaton married Webb in
1929, but they separated.He was born in Clay City, Kentucky, U.S., and
died in Los Angeles, California of intestinal ailment at the age of
40.
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