Motion Picture Director. The Indiana native came to LA with his family when he was five years old. After attending Los Angeles High School he started his career in the film industry in 1914 as assistant cutter for Mack Sennett`s Keystone studios in early Chaplin comedies, then working there as gagman and chief editor. After World War I services in France as a member of the Signal Corps he worked for Thomas H. Ince and finally for Warner Brothers, making his debut as a director in 1927 with a Rin Tin Tin adventure. During the 30`s Enright specialized in light fare, helming musicals and romances for Warners and First National. In the 40`s he worked also for Columbia, Universal and RKO, switching to action pictures, including several westerns starring Randolph Scott. Credits include "Tracked by the Police" (1927), "Song of the West" (1930), "The St.Louis Kid" (1934, with James Cagney), "China Clipper" (1936), "Slim" (1937, with Henry Fonda), "Gold Diggers in Paris" (1938), "Brother Rat and a Baby" (1940), "The Wagons Roll at Night" (1941, with Humphrey Bogart), "The Spoilers" (1942, with Marlene Dietrich), "Return of the Badmen" (1948), "Montana" (1950, with Errol Flynn) and his last film, the Italian production "Dramma nella Casbah/The Man from Cairo" (1953, made in Algiers). One of the founders of "The Masquers", he died of a heart attack after a long illness.
Motion Picture Director. The Indiana native came to LA with his family when he was five years old. After attending Los Angeles High School he started his career in the film industry in 1914 as assistant cutter for Mack Sennett`s Keystone studios in early Chaplin comedies, then working there as gagman and chief editor. After World War I services in France as a member of the Signal Corps he worked for Thomas H. Ince and finally for Warner Brothers, making his debut as a director in 1927 with a Rin Tin Tin adventure. During the 30`s Enright specialized in light fare, helming musicals and romances for Warners and First National. In the 40`s he worked also for Columbia, Universal and RKO, switching to action pictures, including several westerns starring Randolph Scott. Credits include "Tracked by the Police" (1927), "Song of the West" (1930), "The St.Louis Kid" (1934, with James Cagney), "China Clipper" (1936), "Slim" (1937, with Henry Fonda), "Gold Diggers in Paris" (1938), "Brother Rat and a Baby" (1940), "The Wagons Roll at Night" (1941, with Humphrey Bogart), "The Spoilers" (1942, with Marlene Dietrich), "Return of the Badmen" (1948), "Montana" (1950, with Errol Flynn) and his last film, the Italian production "Dramma nella Casbah/The Man from Cairo" (1953, made in Algiers). One of the founders of "The Masquers", he died of a heart attack after a long illness.
Bio by: Fritz Tauber
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