Which feature film marked W.S. Van Dyke's directing debut in 1917?

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W.S. Van Dyke W.S. Van Dyke (standing, right) directing Myrna Loy and William Powell during the filming of *The Thin Man* (1934); cinematographer James Wong Howe is on the left.

W.S. Van Dyke's feature film directing debut in 1917 was The Land of Long Shadows.1

Prior to this, he gained experience in the film industry as an uncredited assistant director on D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation in 1915. Following his debut, he went on to direct various serials and established a career known for his work on westerns.1