1933Nominee
Best Director
Sons of the Desert
Lloyd French
Director · Writer
San Francisco, California, USA
January 11, 1900
Biography
Lloyd French (January 11, 1900 – May 24, 1950) was an American director of short films, most of them comedies. His best remembered films are several Laurel and Hardy comedies in the 1930s. He also made several musical short films featuring many bandleaders of the day; in the 1940s he also directed several shorts starring Edgar Kennedy and Leon Errol; he made his last film in 1946. French was born in San Francisco, California and died in Beverly Hills, California of heart disease.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1932Nominee
Best Director
Towed in a Hole
1933Nominee
Best Director
Busy Bodies
Career Highlights
1936Highlight
Best Director
Shop Talk
1928Highlight
Best Director
Should Married Men Go Home?
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Sons of the Desert
Towed in a Hole
Busy Bodies