Delmer Daves

Delmer Daves (1904, San Francisco, California – 1977, La Jolla, California), American director, screenwriter, and actor, began working in film while studying law, assisting John Ford on the 1923 silent classic The Iron Horse. In the 1930s he became better known as a writer, penning the Bette Davis vehicle The Petrified Forest (1936) and Leo McCarey's 1939 romantic comedy Love Affair. He debuted as a director in 1943 with the war drama Destination Tokyo, casting… (more)