Known for Art
Born
February 28, 1906
Died
May 4, 1987 (age 81)
Birthplace
Hungary
Filmography
39 films


In the Heat of the Night
1967 · 1h 49m
country: United States
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.


Mister Buddwing
1966 · 1h 40m
country: United States
An amnesiac wanders the streets of Manhattan, trying to solve the mystery of who he is.


Assault on a Queen
1966 · 1h 46m
country: United States
A group of adventurers refloat a WWII German submarine and prepare to use it to pull a very large heist; The Queen Mary which they plan to rob on the high seas.


Once a Thief
1965 · 1h 47m
country: France
Ex-convict Eddie and his wife, Kristine, attempt to build a new life for themselves and their daughter Kathy in San Francisco, but police officer Mike Vido is determined to send Eddie back to prison.


Twilight of Honor
1963 · 1h 55m
country: United States
A young lawyer defends a drifter accused of a murder that he has already confessed to. He asks his mentor, a retired, legendary lawyer for help.


Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962 · 2h 25m
country: United States
Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an eventful cross-country journey. He is touched and affected by his encounters with a punch-drunk ex-boxer, a sympathetic telegrapher, and an alcoholic advanceman for a burlesque show. After failing to get a job as reporter in New York, he enlists in the Italian army during World War I as an ambulance driver. His camaraderie with fellow soldiers and a romance with a nurse he meets after being wounded propel him to manhood.


The Music Man
1962 · 2h 31m
country: United States
Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' bandleader to raise money before he can skip town.


The Gazebo
1959 · 1h 40m
country: United States
TV writer Elliott Nash buries a blackmailer under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let the body rest there.


The World, the Flesh and the Devil
1959 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Ralph Burton is a miner who is trapped for several days as a result of a cave-in. When he finally manages to dig himself out, he realizes that all of mankind seems to have been destroyed in a nuclear holocaust. He travels to New York City only to find it deserted. Making a life for himself there, he is flabbergasted to eventually find Sarah Crandall, who also managed to survive. Together, they form a close friendship until the arrival of Benson Thacker who has managed to pilot his small boat into the city's harbor. At this point, tensions rise between the three, particularly between Thacker, who is white, and Burton, who is black.


Handle with Care
1958 · 1h 22m
country: United States
A law student working on a class project discovers a real-life crime.


Until They Sail
1957 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Four sisters in New Zealand fall for soldiers en route to the Pacific theater in WWII.


This Could Be the Night
1957 · 1h 43m
country: United States
To earn extra money, a prim schoolteacher takes a second job as secretary to the uncouth owner of a boisterous nightclub.


The Catered Affair
1956 · 1h 34m
country: United States
An Irish cabby in the Bronx watches his wife go overboard planning their daughter's wedding.


Tribute to a Bad Man
1956 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Jeremy Rodock is a tough horse rancher who strings up rustlers as soon as looks at them. Fresh out of Pennsylvania, Steve Miller finds it hard to get used to Rodock’s ways, although he takes an immediate shine to his Greek girl Jocasta.


Hit the Deck
1955 · 1h 52m
country: United States
Sailors on leave in San Francisco get mixed up in love and show business.


Athena
1954 · 1h 36m
country: United States
A stuffy young lawyer's outlook on life drastically changes when he meets a perky health food enthusiast and her wacky family.


Men of the Fighting Lady
1954 · 1h 19m
country: United States
A writer visits an aircraft carrier during the Korean war to learn more about it and the way it's run. He also gets to find out more about the Navy and Marine aviators themselves, their internal and external conflicts and dangers of their job.


Lili
1953 · 1h 21m
country: United States
Members of a circus troupe "adopt" Lili Daurier when she finds herself stranded in a strange town. The magician who first comes to her rescue already has romantic entanglements and thinks of her as a little girl. Who can she turn to but the puppets, singing to them her troubles, forgetting that there are puppeteers? A crowd gathers around Lili as she sings. The circus has a new act. She now has a job. Will she get her heart's desire?


The Merry Widow
1952 · 1h 45m
country: United States
Marshovia, a small European kingdom, is on the brink of bankruptcy but the country may be saved if the wealthy American Crystal Radek, widow of a Marshovian, can be convinced to part with her money and marry the king's nephew count Danilo. Arriving to Marshovia on a visit, Crystal Radek change places with her secretary Kitty. Following them to Paris, Danilo has a hard time wooing the widow after meeting an attractive young woman at a nightclub, the same Crystal Radek who presents herself as Fifi the chorus girl. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.


Too Young to Kiss
1951 · 1h 31m
country: United States
Eric Wainwright, a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their big break. One of them is Cynthia Potter, a talented pianist... but she can't get in to see him. When she learns that Wainwright is auditioning young musicians for a children's concert tour, Cynthia dons braces and bobby sox and passes herself off as a child prodigy.


No Questions Asked
1951 · 1h 20m
country: United States
With the help of some seedy gangsters, young attorney Steve Keiver makes some quick cash by bending the law, and in the process, he impresses the mobsters so much that they invite him to work for them on a regular basis. But when Police Inspector Matt Duggan realizes that Steve is working as a middleman for the mob, the young lawyer finds himself in a life-threatening situation. In order to clear his name, he must betray the deadly crooks he's been working for.


Mr. Imperium
1951 · 1h 27m
country: United States
An exiled king and a film star try to rekindle a romance from the past.


Grounds for Marriage
1951 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Opera singer Ina Massine tries to win back former husband Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett.


King Solomon's Mines
1950 · 1h 43m
country: United States
Fortune hunter Allan Quatermain teams up with a resourceful woman to help her find her missing husband lost in the wilds of 1900s Africa while being pursued by hostile tribes and a rival German explorer.


The Big Hangover
1950 · 1h 22m
country: United States
A young law school graduate is hired by a prestigious firm, but he neglects to inform them he is allergic to even a single whiff of alcohol.


Annie Get Your Gun
1950 · 1h 47m
country: United States
Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.


The Stratton Story
1949 · 1h 46m
country: United States
Star major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms.


Little Women
1949 · 2h 1m
country: United States
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.


A Date with Judy
1948 · 1h 53m
country: United States
Best friends Judy and Carol compete for the affection of an older man during their high school dance. As Carol tries to rekindle Judy's relationship with Carol's bumbling brother, Oogie, Judy suspects that her father is having an affair with a beautiful dance instructor. The two girls team up to expose Judy's father -- who is only taking innocent dance lessons.


The Sea of Grass
1947 · 2h 3m
country: United States
On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.


The Yearling
1946 · 2h 8m
country: United States
Jody convinces his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?


The Valley of Decision
1945 · 1h 59m
country: United States
Mary Rafferty comes from a poor family of steel mill workers in 19th Century Pittsburgh. Her family objects when she goes to work as a maid for the wealthy Scott family which controls the mill. Mary catches the attention of handsome scion Paul Scott, but their romance is complicated by Paul's engagement to someone else and a bitter strike among the mill workers.


The Human Comedy
1943 · 1h 58m
country: United States
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.


The Shining Hour
1938 · 1h 16m
country: United States
A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.