John Farrow Hollywoods Man in the Shadows

John Farrow Hollywoods Man in the Shadows is the first documentary ever made about one of Hollywoods most prolific yet forgotten filmmakers John Villiers Farrow 1904 1963 Part mystery part biography part film noir the documentary follows the stranger than fiction story of this Australian born Oscarwinning filmmaker As one of Hollywoods most enigmatic f igures Farrow was the director of some 50 films a sailor a poet a war hero bestselling author a religious scholar a family man and a philanderer a man who lived many lives yet who left behind no memoirs no interviews and no archival footage and who today is only a shadow in the pages of film history