Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Walter Lang: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Born August 10, 1896 • Memphis • Tennessee
Died February 7, 1972 (aged 75) • Palm Springs • California
Notable Works “Call Me Madam” • “Cheaper by the Dozen” • “Coney Island” • “Desk Set” • “Greenwich Village” • “Mother Wore Tights” • “Sentimental Journey” • “Sitting Pretty” • “State Fair” • “The King and I” • “The Little Princess” • “The Magnificent Dope” • “The Marriage-Go-Round” • “There’s No Business Like Show Business”
Role In World War II

Photos and Videos

Cesar Romero, wearing a turban and robe, stands holding a parrot while Shirley Temple, in a dark shawl, looks up at him in an attic room in The Little Princess (1939).
Marilyn Monroe, Mitzi Gaynor, and Donald O'Connor in a lively scene from There's No Business Like Show Business, sitting and posing playfully on a red chaise lounge.
The King and I
View Shirley Temple as Sara and Arthur Treacher as Bertie singing and dancing in a scene from the film “The Little Princess,” 1939
See Shirley Temple in a scene from the film “The Little Princess,” 1939
See All Videos and Images →
Mankiewicz, Joseph L.
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
American filmmaker
The Bishop's Wife
Henry Koster
American director
default image
Harold Ramis
American actor, writer, and director
default image
David Maysles
American documentary filmmaker
default image
Maggie Gyllenhaal
American actress
default image
Judith Malina
American theater director and actress
default image
Stan Brakhage
American filmmaker
default image
Michael Cimino
American director
default image
Ethan Coen
American filmmaker
default image
Joel Coen
American filmmaker
default image
Jesse Lasky
American producer
default image
James Ivory
American director
Master of suspense
Alfred Hitchcock
English-born American director
Steven Spielberg wearing a tuxedo and bow tie, smiling at the camera on the red carpet at the Cannes International Film Festival.
Steven Spielberg
American film director and producer
Woody Allen speaking into a microphone with hands raised beside his face during a press conference, against a red background.
Woody Allen
American director, writer, and actor
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
American actor, director, and writer
Martin Scorsese smiling in a tuxedo and bow tie, holding an Oscar statuette at the Academy Awards, with a gold Oscar statue in the background.
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker
Vincente Minnelli, seated at right, discusses a storyboard with actress Lana Turner, seated at left in costume, on the set of The Bad and the Beautiful.
Vincente Minnelli
American director
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
John Huston
American director, writer, and actor
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Frank Capra
American film director

Related Quizzes

Germany invades Poland, September 1, 1939, using 45 German divisions and aerial attack. By September 20, only Warsaw held out, but final surrender came on September 29.
Pop Quiz: 17 Things to Know About World War II
U.S. marines raising the American flag over Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, in February 1945
World War II Quiz