- In 1952 he allegedly made a deathbed confession to his friend, Chester Morris, that it was indeed he who murdered Thelma Todd in 1935.
- Was involved and living with actress Thelma Todd in Santa Monica at the time of her still-unsolved death in 1935. Neighbors heard them quarreling the night before she was found in her garage, overcome by carbon monoxide poisoning. Though a suspect, he was never arrested.
- Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 1194-1197. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
- Directed one Oscar-nominated performance: Chester Morris in Alibi (1929).
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