Alan Crosland
American actor and film director (1894-1936)
0.91body-of-work score · ranked #941 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- August 10, 1894 · New York City
- Died
- July 16, 1936 · Hollywood
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter

Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1927 · United States · romance, musical, drama
AFI 100 (1998) #90 · National Film Registry (inducted 1996) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies
0.623 citations - 20.291 citation
Complete filmography
All 60 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1917Chris and His Wonderful Lamp
- 1917Kidnapped
- 1917The Apple Tree Girl
- 1917The Light in Darkness
- 1917The Little Chevalier
- 1918The Unbeliever
- 1918The Whirlpool
- 1919The Country Cousin
- 1920Broadway and Home
- 1920Everybody's Sweetheart
- 1920Greater Than Fame
- 1920The Flapper
- 1920The Point of View
- 1920Youthful Folly
- 1921Is Life Worth Living?
- 1921Room and Board
- 1921Worlds Apart
- 1922Shadows of the Sea
- 1922Slim Shoulders
- 1922The Face in the Fog
- 1922The Prophet's Paradise
- 1922The Snitching Hour
- 1922Why Announce Your Marriage?
- 1923Enemies of Women
- 1923Under the Red Robe
- 1924Miami
- 1924Sinners in Heaven
- 1924Three Weeks
- 1924Unguarded Women
- 1925Bobbed Hair
- 1925Compromise
- 1925Contraband
- 1926Don Juan
- 1927Old San Francisco
- 1927The Beloved Rogue
- 1927The Jazz Singer
- 1927When a Man Loves
- 1928Glorious Betsy
- 1928The Scarlet Lady
- 1929On with the Show
- 1930Big Boy
- 1930Captain Thunder
- 1930Children of Dreams
- 1930General Crack
- 1930Song of the Flame
- 1930The Furies
- 1930Viennese Nights
- 1932The Silver Lining
- 1932Week Ends Only
- 1933Hello, Sister!
- 1934Massacre
- 1934Midnight Alibi
- 1934The Case of the Howling Dog
- 1934The Personality Kid
- 1935It Happened in New York
- 1935King Solomon of Broadway
- 1935Lady Tubbs
- 1935Mister Dynamite
- 1935The Great Impersonation
- 1935The White Cockatoo

