James Flood

James Joseph Flood (July 31, 1895 – February 5, 1953) was an American film director.

Born in New York City, Flood became an assistant director with Biograph in 1912^[1] and was active through 1952.

When working on The Swellhead, Flood decided he wanted to change a scene. He told his plan to actor James Gleason who was also an accomplished playwright and he re-wrote the scene. Actress Marion Shilling then had to quickly learn and execute the new dialogue. "I was a fast study, memorized the scene in a few minutes and we did the scene in one take. Mr. Flood put his arms around me and said, 'You g.d. little trouper.'"^[2]

Fellow director William Beaudine was his longtime friend and brother-in-law; actor and producer Bobby Anderson was his nephew (Bobby's mother was James's wife's sister).

Flood died of complications after surgery in Hollywood on February 4, 1953. He was 57.^[1]

• Times Have Changed (1923)
• The Woman Hater (1925)
• The Man Without a Conscience (1925)
• The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted (1925)
• Satan in Sables (1925)
• Why Girls Go Back Home (1926)
• The Lady in Ermine (1927)
• Three Hours (1927)
• The Count of Ten (1928)
• Domestic Meddlers (1928)
• Marriage by Contract (1928)
• Mister Antonio (1929)
• Whispering Winds (1929)
• Midstream (1929)
• The Swellhead (1930)
• The She-Wolf (1931)
• Under Cover Man (1932)
• The Mouthpiece (1932) co-directed with Elliott Nugent
• Life Begins (1932) co-directed with Elliott Nugent
• All of Me (1934)
• Such Women Are Dangerous (1934)
• Wings in the Dark (1935)
• Shanghai (1935)
• Lonely Road (1936), aka Scotland Yard Commands
• The Big Fix (1947)
• Stepchild (1947)

• James Flood at IMDb