
Rex Ingram started his film career as a set designer and painter. His directorial debut was The Great Problem (1916). A true master of the medium, Ingram despised the business haggling required in the Hollywood system. He was also unhappy with the level of writing he found in American writers. This led him to work with such foreign writers as Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, which resulted in the first major role for the young Rudolph Valentino. Ingram was a great friend of Erich von Stroheim, who, like Ingram, was a great filmmaker, but often went way over budget. In 1924, Ingram moved to Nice, France, where, in his own studios, he directed films of his own choosing, often with his then-wife Alice Terry. In his later career he acted as a mentor to the young Michael Powell.

Scaramouche

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The Prisoner of Zenda

The Magician

The Conquering Power

Mare Nostrum

The Three Passions

The Arab

Baroud

Black Orchids

Trifling Women

Humdrum Brown

Under Crimson Skies

Where the Pavement Ends

The Garden of Allah

The Chalice of Sorrow

The Flower of Doom

The Great Problem

Broken Fetters

The Reward of the Faithless

The Little Terror

Turn to the Right

The Pulse of Life

The Day She Paid

His Robe of Honor