- Brother-in-law of Rosemary Lane and Priscilla Lane.
- Was at one time engaged to Lucille Ball.
- Directed three actors to Oscar nominations: Robert Montgomery (Best Actor, Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)), James Gleason (Best Supporting Actor, Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)), Rosalind Russell (Best Actress, My Sister Eileen (1942)).
- He has directed one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Little Miss Marker (1934).
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