Known for Directing
Born
December 23, 1910
Died
March 1, 1979 (age 68)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Filmography
27 films, 1 show


Dear Heart
1965 · 1h 54m
country: United States
A lonely Ohio spinster hopes to find romance when she travels to New York City for a postmasters' convention.


How to Murder Your Wife
1965 · 1h 58m
country: United States
Stanley Ford is a successful cartoonist and happily single. That is, until he gets drunk at a friend's bachelor party and impulsively proposes to the beautiful woman who pops out of the cake. Once sober, he regrets the decision, but she won't agree to a divorce. Stanley jokingly vents his frustrations in his comic strip by having the main character kill his wife. But when his actual wife goes missing and Stanley is arrested for her murder, he has a change of heart.


Days of Wine and Roses
1963 · 1h 57m
country: United States
An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.


The Notorious Landlady
1962 · 2h 3m
country: United States
An American junior diplomat in London rents a house from, and falls in love with, a woman suspected of murder.


The Young Savages
1961 · 1h 43m
country: United States
A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy.


Song Without End
1960 · 2h 21m
country: United States
The romantic story of Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt, whose scandalous love affair forced him to abandon his adoring audiences.


Storm Center
1956 · 1h 25m
country: United States
Politicians go after a small-town librarian when she refuses to ban a book. She's quickly labeled a Communist.


Picnic
1955 · 1h 54m
country: United States
Labor Day in a small Kansas farm town. Hal, a burly and resolute drifter, jumps off a dusty freight train car with the purpose of visiting Alan, a former college classmate and son of the richest man in town.


Phffft
1954 · 1h 28m
country: United States
Robert and Nina Tracey resolve to live separate lives when their eight-year marriage dissolves into disagreements and divorce. But their separate attempts to get back out on the dating scene have a funny way of bringing them together.


The Caine Mutiny
1954 · 2h 4m
country: United States
When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.


Valley of Head Hunters
1953 · 1h 7m
country: United States
Bad guys trying to steal the mineral rights away from African natives find it isn't so easy fighting Jungle Jim.


The Juggler
1953 · 1h 24m
country: United States
A Holocaust survivor moves to Israel and experiences difficulty adjusting to life.


Loose Loot
1953 · 16m
country: United States
The stooges are willed a lot of dough from a rich uncle, but the executor of the estate, Icabob Slipp, is a crook who absconds with the money. The stooges trail him to a a theater where they engage in a wild chase and ultimately recover their inheritance.


The Brigand
1952 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Carlos Delargo, the banished son of a royal princess of Mandorra, is returned to the kingdom to be tried for a murder change. However, he is freed by King Lorenzo, whom bears a remarkable resemblance to Delargo. When the king is wounded by assassins sent by Napoleon, Delargo takes over the throne at the request of the Prime Minister in a plot to thwart the traitors. He also falls in love with Princess Teresa, the king's fiancée.


David Harding, Counterspy
1950 · 1h 11m
country: United States
A Counterspy in the US military is killed under suspicious circumstances. His friend, Jerry Baldwin, a Navy Commander, is assigned to replace him and stop a saboteur in a torpedo factory.


The Palomino
1950 · 1h 13m
country: United States
A young man helps a pretty girl search for her stolen horse. (A society boy tries to help a beautiful woman save her horse-breeding farm.)


Chinatown at Midnight
1949 · 1h 7m
country: United States
A young man who steals valuable Oriental objects for a crooked antique dealer is hunted down by the police after his latest Chinatown robbery turns violent.


Barbary Pirate
1949 · 1h 5m
country: United States
U.S. agent Major Tom Blake is sent to Tripoli to uncover who it is in Washington that is tipping off the pirates as to what's being shipped where. A fast-moving story with lots of sabers and rapiers.
Rusty's Birthday
Rusty's Birthday
1949 · 1h
country: United States
A lost dog tries to find his way back to his beloved master in the final film of the Rusty series.


Rusty Leads the Way
1948 · 59m
country: United States
Danny Mitchell and his canine pal Rusty befriend blind girl Penny Moffatt. Feeling cheated by life, Penny resists all efforts to cope with her handicap. But with Rusty's help, the girl gains a new lease on life and agrees to adopt a seeing-eye dog.