Irving Allen
Irving Allen (born November 24, 1905 in Lemberg , Austria-Hungary , † December 17, 1987 in Encino , California ; actually Irving Applebaum ) was an American film producer and director .
Life
Irving Allen came to Hollywood in 1926 , where he was hired by his high school friend, film producer Carl Laemmle Jr. , as a film editor at Universal Pictures and thus succeeded in entering the film business. He was later employed by Paramount Pictures and Republic Pictures.
In the early 1940s he switched to directing. His first short film Forty Boys and a Song (1941) was promptly nominated for an Oscar . After his use in World War II , B-films followed under his direction, such as Avalanche (1946) and 16 Fathoms Deep (1948). In 1947 he appeared as a producer for the first time with his own production company Irving Allen Productions. In 1948 he won the Oscar for his short film Climbing the Matterhorn .
In 1952 he founded the production company Warwick Films in Great Britain together with Albert R. Broccoli . They parted ways back in the 1960s when Broccoli wanted to film Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, which Allen erroneously classified as not profitable. Allen then secured the rights to Donald Hamilton's Matt Helm series and, with Dean Martin in the role of secret agent Matt Helm, produced the three films Quiet The Guns Whisper (1966), The Murderers Stand In Line (1966) and When Killer On The Lie Lauer (1967). In 1975, Allen retired. He died in Encino in 1987 at the age of 82 and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles .
Filmography (selection)
Director
- 1941: Forty Boys and a Song (short film)
- 1946: Avalanche
- 1947: Climbing the Matterhorn (short film)
- 1948: 16 Fathoms Deep
- 1949: Chase of Death (short film)
production
- 1949: The man from the Eiffel Tower ( The Man on the Eiffel Tower )
- 1951: The death rocks of Colorado ( New Mexico )
- 1954: Hell below zero ( Hell Below Zero )
- 1954: Under a black visor ( The Black Knight )
- 1955: Keyword: Berlin-Tempelhof ( A Prize of Gold )
- 1955: suicide mission ( The Cockleshell Heroes )
- 1956: The King of Safari ( Safari )
- 1957: The Man Nobody Knew ( Interpol )
- 1957: Playing with Fire ( Fire Down Below )
- 1958: No Time to Die ( No Time to Die )
- 1958: The man without nerves ( The Man Inside )
- 1959: Rivals under the Hot Sun ( Killers of Kilimanjaro )
- 1960: The Man with the Green Carnation ( The Trials of Oscar Wilde )
- 1961: The Shot Out of Nowhere ( Johnny Nobody )
- 1963: The Viking Raid ( The Long Ships )
- 1965: Genghis Khan ( Genghis Khan )
- 1966: The guns whisper softly ( The Silencers )
- 1966: Murderers' Row ( Murderer's Row )
- 1967: When killers lie in wait ( The Ambushers )
- 1969: Rollkommando ( The Wrecking Crew )
- 1969: The Death Rider ( The Desperados )
- 1970: Cromwell - War to the King ( Cromwell )
Awards
- 1948: Oscar in the Best Short Film category for Climbing the Matterhorn
- 1950: Oscar nomination for Best Short Film for Chase of Death
- 1966: Nomination for the Golden Laurel Award
- 1967: Nomination for the Golden Laurel Award
- 1968: Nomination for the Golden Laurel Award
Web links
- Irving Allen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Irving Allen in the All Movie Guide (English)
- Irving Allen in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Derek Threadgall: Shepperton Studios: An Independent View . British Film Institute , 1994, ISBN 0-85170-421-2 , p. 105.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Allen, Irving |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Applebaum, Irving (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film producer and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lviv , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th December 1987 |
| Place of death | Encino , California |