Charles Lamont
Charles Lamont (born May 5, 1895 in Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire , † September 12, 1993 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American film director and screenwriter .
He made his debut as a director in 1923 with the short film The Big Game . Lamont shot a total of more than 200 films, mostly staging (mostly cheap) comedies. He directed Buster Keaton and Shirley Temple , among others , the latter he is said to have discovered for the film. He directed his first feature films from the mid-1930s. From 1942 he worked for the film studio Universal Studios . In 1943 he made his first film with Abbott and Costello on black ice with the film couple Abbott and Costello , and numerous others followed in the 1950s. He made his last film in 1956.
Filmography (selection)
- 1932: Was Babies
- 1943: Abbott and Costello on Black Ice (Hit the Ice)
- 1944: The Merry Monahans
- 1945: The hostel to the red horse (Frontier Gal)
- 1946: The Runaround
- 1947: the wrong slave girl
- 1949: The black devils of Baghdad (Baghdad)
- 1950: I was a shoplifter
- 1950: Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
- 1950: Trouble in Cactus Creek (Curtain Call in Cactus Creek)
- 1951: The Flame of Araby
- 1951: In the footsteps of Sherlock Holmes (Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man)
- 1952: Abbott and Costello as unwilling pirates (Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd)
- 1954: Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Cops
- 1955: Abbott and Costello as mummy robbers (Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy)
Web links
- Charles Lamont in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lamont, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 5, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 12, 1993 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , USA |