William K Howard June 16 1899 in St Marys Ohio February 21 1954 in Los Angeles California was a film director writer and producer Howard began his work in Hollywood as an assistant director on the 1920 release The Adorable Savage The following year he received his first directing credits for Get Your Man Play Square and What Love Will Do He wrote The OneMan Trail that same year Some of his better known works as a director are The Thundering Herd Surrender Transatlantic Sherlock Holmes This Side of Heaven Fire Over England When the Lights Go on Again and A Guy Could Change His film The Power and the Glory directed by Howard from a screenplay by Preston Sturges was neglected for decades but in recent years has received significant reappraisal due to recognition that this movie was a major influence on the structure of Citizen Kane Howard has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Description above from the Wikipedia article William K Howard licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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