Known for Production
Born
June 12, 1922 (age 104)
Filmography
40 films


Rendezvous in Space
1964 · 16m · US
This documentary, the final film directed by Frank Capra, explores America's plans for the future of space exploration. It was produced by the Martin-Marietta Corporation for exhibition in the Hall of Science at the 1964 New York World's Fair.


Tea and Sympathy
1956 · 2h 2m · US
A sensitive young man recalls his time in boarding school when the only person who seemed compassionate towards him was his housemaster's wife.


It's a Dog's Life
1955 · 1h 28m · US
A bull terrier tells his life story, from the streets of the Bowery to a life of luxury.


Bad Day at Black Rock
1955 · 1h 21m · US
One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.


Green Fire
1954 · 1h 40m · US
In Colombia, mining engineer Rian Mitchell discovers Carrero, the lost emerald mine of the Conquistadors, but has to contend with notorious local bandit El Moro's gang and with coffee planter Catherine Knowland's love.


Valley of the Kings
1954 · 1h 26m · US
Hard-boiled archeologist Mark Brandon is searching for ancient tombs in Egypt when he is approached by beautiful Ann Mercedes, who convinces him to help her fulfill her deceased father's life's ambition - to provide solid proof of the biblical Joseph's travels in ancient Egypt. As an ex-pupil of Ann's father, Mark accepts and the two embark on a search for the tomb of the Pharoah Ra Hotep, said to have had some connection with Joseph. The trail to the tomb is fraught with intrigue, betrayal, murder, and the possibility that the tomb itself has been emptied of all its artifacts by ancient looters.


Men of the Fighting Lady
1954 · 1h 19m · US
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.


Tennessee Champ
1954 · 1h 13m · US
A boxer desperate for money falls in with a shady promoter.


The Long, Long Trailer
1954 · 1h 36m · US
A newly wed couple, Tacy and Nicky, travel in a trailer for their honeymoon. The journey is a humorous one that could end up destroying their marriage.


The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1953 · 1h 12m · US
Grainbelt University has one attraction for Dobie Gillis - women, especially Pansy Hammer. Pansy's father, even though and maybe because she says she's in dreamville, does not share her affection for Dobie. An English essay which almost revolutionizes English instruction, and Dobie's role in a chemistry lab explosion convinces Mr. Hammer he is right. Pansy is sent off broken-hearted to an Eastern school, but with the help of Happy Stella Kolawski's all-girl band, several hundred students and an enraged police force, Dobie secures Pansy's return to Grainbelt.


Cry of the Hunted
1953 · 1h 20m · US
A prison convict escapes through the Louisiana swamps.


Jeopardy
1953 · 1h 9m · US
A woman is kidnapped when she goes to get help for her husband who is trapped on a beach with the tide coming in to surely drown him.


Plymouth Adventure
1952 · 1h 45m · US
During the Mayflower pilgrims' long voyage across the Atlantic Ocean on their way to America, Captain Christopher Jones falls in love with William Bradford's wife Dorothy.


Desperate Search
1952 · 1h 13m · US
A man (Howard Keel), his wife (Jane Greer) and his famous-aviator ex-wife (Patricia Medina) search for their two children lost with a cougar.


Holiday for Sinners
1952 · 1h 12m · US
Three old friends reunite during Mardi Gras and try to forget their problems.


The Tall Target
1951 · 1h 18m · US
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.


The Magnificent Yankee
1950 · 1h 20m · US
Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.


Summer Stock
1950 · 1h 48m · US
To Jane Falbury's New England farm comes a troup of actors to put up a show, invited by Jane's sister. At first reluctant she has them do farm chores in exchange for food. Her reluctance becomes attraction when she falls in love with the director, Joe, who happens to be her sister's fiance.


Adam's Rib
1949 · 1h 41m · US
A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of Adam and Amanda, a pair of happily married lawyers who end up on opposite sides of the case in court.


Easy Living
1949 · 1h 17m · US
A football halfback has a heart condition, a nagging wife and a team secretary who loves him.


The Set-Up
1949 · 1h 13m · US
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.


Station West
1948 · 1h 27m · US
When two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.


Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948 · 1h 34m · US
An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the country, only to find the transition fraught with problems.