William Hughes Curran
American film director (1893-1940)
William Hughes Curran (June 18 1893 – January 6, 1940) was an American film director. He directed several Western films.
He was an assistant director to Lambert Hillyer at William S. Hart Productions before heading the production unit for Famous Players–Lasky executives' spinoff Di Lorenzo, Inc.
He directed an early nickelodeon adaptation of William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.
According to IMDb he wrote The Freshie and Broadway Buckaroo and appeared as Pablo in Blaze Away.
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