Director Ida Lupino reunites with director Allan Dwan in July 1953, on the set of her film “The Bigamist”.

Dwan had launched Lupino’s film acting career by casting her in the lead in “Her First Affaire” in England in 1932 when she was 14.

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Ida Lupino, 1959

“The famed film star is directing ‘The Only Man in Town’, an episode of CBS-TV’s weekly series ‘Hotel de Paree’. Viewers can judge Ida’s behind-the -scenes talent when the show is presented on November 27.”

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Jane Withers and Joan Fontaine huddle with director Ida Lupino for General Electric Theater’s 1961 episode, “A Possibility of Oil”.

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Director Ida Lupino working on “Hard, Fast and Beautiful” — photo by John Florea for Collier’s magazine, 1951

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Director Ida Lupino confers with Edmond O’Brien and William Talman on the set of “The Hitch-Hiker” (1953)

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Director Ida Lupino and assistant director Howard Joslin working on the set of “Have Gun, Will Travel” — episode “The Man Who Lost”, Dec. 1958

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1959 — “Ida Lupino, (left), who makes her debut as a comedy director with ABC-TV's ‘The Donna Reed Show,’ Thursday, Dec. 10 (8-8:30 PM, EST), goes over the script with Donna Reed and guest star Ann Rutherford (right).”

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Director Ida Lupino working with Sally Forrest and Claire Trevor on the set of “Hard, Fast and Beautiful” (1951)

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Director Ida Lupino on the set of “Not Wanted” in the Oct. 1949 issue of Screen Stars, accompanying an article written by Ida about the problem of unwed mothers. Keefe Brasselle is at right.

“Co-producer Ida Lupino, whose latest picture was ‘Roadhouse’ for 20th Century, took over duties seriously on ‘Not Wanted.’”

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Producer-writer Ida Lupino with crew on the set of her first production “Not Wanted” (1949). Director Elmer Clifton is seated behind her. Lupino took over the directing duties when Clifton fell ill just before shooting started. #IdaLupinoDirecting #IdaLupino #NotWanted