William Hughes Curran (1893-1940) was an American film director. He directed several

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The Freshie ''The Freshie'' is a 1922 American silent Western comedy film directed by William Hughes Curran and starring Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Molly Malone and Lincoln Stedman.Munden, p. 275 Synopsis A vacationing professor convinces cowboy Charles T ...

'' and '' Broadway Buckaroo'' and appeared as Pablo in '' Blaze Away''.

Filmography

*'' The Trail of Hate'' (1922) *'' Blaze Away'' (1922) *''

'' (1922), Curran wrote the story and directed the film *'' Dangerous Hour'' (1923) *'' Prepared to Die'' (1923) *'' The Knock on the Door'' (1923) *'' Westbound'' (1924) *'' The Taming of the Shrewd'' (1925) *'' The Merchant of Weenies'' (1925) *'' Battling Romeo'' (1925) *'' Scarlet Youth'' (1928) *''

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'' (1928) *'' Unguarded Girls'' (1929)

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* Film directors from New York (state) 1893 births 1940 deaths {{US-film-director-1890s-stub