John Cromwell was a very tasteful and intelligent filmmaker who seemed to have been David O. Selznick’s director of choice during the late 1930s. To his credit he tended to thrive when the material was more esoteric or emotionally demanding (Algiers, Since You Went Away, The Enchanted Cottage, Caged), but like many of his 1930s and ’40s directing peers he lost much steam in the post-war years.

1933  Sweepings ***
1933  The Silver Chord ***
1934  Spitfire ***
1934  This Man Is Mine ***
1934  Of Human Bondage ***1/2
1934  The Fountain ***
1936  Little Lord Fauntleroy ***
1936  Banjo on My Knee ***
1937  The Prisoner of Zenda ***1/2
1938  Algiers ***1/2
1939  Made for Each Other ***1/2
1939  In Name Only ***1/2
1940  Abe Lincoln in Illinois ***
1941  So Ends Our Night ***
1942  Son of Fury ***1/2
1944  Since You Went Away ***1/2
1945  The Enchanted Cottage ***1/2
1946  Anna and the King of Siam ***
1947  Dead Reckoning ***1/2
1947  Night Song ***
1950  Caged ***1/2
1950  The Company She Keeps ***
1951  The Racket ***1/2
1958  The Goddess ***