title: Frank Ryan (filmmaker)
text: # Frank Ryan (filmmaker)
  
  Frank Ryan (1907 - 1948) was an American writer and director of films, best known for his films with Deanna Durbin. In 1942 he was given a producer-director-writer contract at Universal.
  
  ## Select filmography
  
  * A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1940) - writer
  * Obliging Young Lady (1942) - writer
  * The Mayor of 44th Street (1942) - writer
  * Call Out the Marines (1942) - director
  * The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943) - writer
  * Hers to Hold (1943) - director
  * Can't Help Singing (1944) - writer, director
  * Patrick the Great (1945) - director
  * So Goes My Love (1946) - director
  