James Tinling
# 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)
