title: James Tinling
text: # James Tinling
  
  James Tinling (May 8, 1889 in Seattle – May 14, 1967 in Los Angeles) was an American film director. He worked during the silent period as a prop boy and stuntman, and directed primarily for 20th Century Fox in the 1930s and 1940s. He has been cited as one of the best B-film directors for Fox, known for directing numerous westerns and lighthearted films, including Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935).
  
  ## Selected filmography
  
  * Don't Marry (1928)
  * Words and Music (1929)
  * One Mad Kiss (1930)
  * For the Love o' Lil (1930)
  * The Flood (1931)
  * Arizona to Broadway (1933)
  * The Last Trail (1933)
  * Jimmy and Sally (1933)
  * Under the Pampas Moon (1935)
  * Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)
  * The Holy Terror (1937)
  * 45 Fathers (1937)
  * Lone Star Ranger (1942)
  * Sundown Jim (1942)
  * The Crime Smasher (1943)
  * Rendezvous 24 (1946)
  * Strange Journey (1946)
  * Roses Are Red (1947)
  * Trouble Preferred (1948)
  * Tales of Robin Hood (May 1951)
  