Hall Bartlett

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Hall Bartlett (born November 27, 1922 in Kansas City , Missouri , † September 7, 1993 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American film producer , screenwriter and director .

Life

Bartlett, whose year of birth there is different information, studied at Yale University . He then served in the Navy for 5 years . He began his film career as a producer for the documentary Navajo , considered the first film to cast a sympathetic look at the Native Americans. With Crazylegs , Bartlett was the first director in 1953 to turn a film about professional American football ; in it he tells the story of Elroy Hirsch . Bartlett's later work, who wrote and produced his own films, included the worldwide hit The Seagull Jonathan , the Western Drango , and All the Young Men , in which he treated the racial problem through an episode of the Korean War. In The Children of Sanchez , Anthony Quinn and Dolores del Río played a Mexican couple.

From 1966 to 1972 Bartlett was married to actress Rhonda Fleming ; it was the second of the filmmaker's three marriages.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1952: Navajo (as producer)
  • 1953: Crazylegs
  • 1955: Escape (Unchained)
  • 1956: Drango
  • 1957: 714 does not answer (Zero Hour!)
  • 1959: And The Lord Be Merciful (All the Young Men)
  • 1963: Women Who Are Not Allowed to Love (The Caretakers)
  • 1969: Free as the Wind (Changes)
  • 1972: The Challenger (The Wild Pack)
  • 1973: Jonathan the Seagull (Jonathan Livingston Seagull)
  • 1978: The Children of Sanchez (The Children of Sanchez)
  • 1983: Operation Comeback (Love Is Forever)

Awards

Bartlett's films received numerous awards; he was nominated for an Oscar in the category of best documentary for Navajo , which he produced, in 1953 . His films achieved greater success abroad than in his home country.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography of Hall Bartlett on Yahoo! Movies
  2. ^ Obituary in the New York Times
  3. ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/1993-09-16/news/mn-35607_1_hall-bartlett
personal data
SURNAME Bartlett, Hall
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film producer, screenwriter, director
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Kansas City , Missouri, United States
DATE OF DEATH 7th September 1993
Place of death Los Angeles , California, United States