Robert Arthur (producer)
Robert Arthur , born as Robert Arthur Feder , (born November 1, 1909 in New York City , United States , † October 28, 1986 in Beverly Hills , California , United States) was an American film producer .
Live and act
Arthur had studied at the University of Southern California and then, from 1929 to 1936, worked as a so-called oil operator in the American energy sector. In 1937 he went to MGM and was hired by this film company as a screenwriter. In the following years, however, he wrote little more than story templates. From 1942 to 1945 Arthur served in the US Army. Back in community service, Robert Arthur now switched to film production.
For Universal International Pictures he started in 1946 with the production of cheaply produced comedies with the successful team Abbott and Costello . With his occasional move to Columbia Pictures in the early 1950s, Arthur was also entrusted with higher quality productions and worked with A-directors such as Fritz Lang ( Hot Iron ) and John Ford ( Body and Soul ). In later years Arthur worked across all genres and mainly produced rather conventionally kept comedies (including Happy End in September , A Pajama for Two , A Touch of Mink , Two Successful Seducers ), in which world stars like Cary Grant , Tony Curtis , Doris Day , Rock Hudson , Kirk Douglas , Marlon Brando and David Niven starred.
Arthur also presented a melodrama ( Douglas Sirks told World War II history from a German perspective Time to Live and Time to Die ), a spy thriller parody ( New York Express , with Rock Hudson and Claudia Cardinale ), a family drama from the time of the Civil War ( Der Man from the Great River , with James Stewart ), a pirate movie ( The King's Pirate ), an action story ( The Intrepid , with John Wayne ) and even a musical ( Sweet Charity , with Shirley MacLaine ). In 1971 Robert Arthur ended his successful career.
Filmography
- 1947: Two cloudy cups - discharged from the military (Buck Private Come Home)
- 1947: The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
- 1948: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein)
- 1948: Abbott and Costello in the land of the cacti (Mexican Hayride)
- 1949: The black devils of Baghdad (Baghdad)
- 1949: Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
- 1949: Francis - a donkey, Mr. General (Francis)
- 1950: The Pirate Bride (Buccaneer's Girl)
- 1950: Trouble in Cactus Creek (Curtain Call at Cactus Creek)
- 1950: Age does not protect against love (Louisa)
- 1950: Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
- 1951: Genghis Khan - The Golden Horde (The Golden Horde)
- 1951: Starlift
- 1952: The Story of Will Rogers
- 1953: The Big Heat (The Big Heat)
- 1954: The Iron Knight of Falworth ( The Black Shield of Falworth )
- 1954: With body and soul ( The Long Gray Line )
- 1955: The Naked Hostage (Lady Godiva)
- 1955: A Day of Fury
- 1956: Escaped Death (Pillars of the Sky)
- 1956: Mister Cory
- 1957: The man with 1,000 faces (Man of a Thousand Faces)
- 1957: Death Was Faster (The Midnight Story)
- 1958: A Time to Love and a Time to Die (A Time to Love and a Time to Die)
- 1958: Vacation ticket to Paris (The Perfect Furlough)
- 1959: Petticoat Company (Operation Petticoat)
- 1959: Pillow Talk ( Pillow Talk )
- 1960: Happy End in September (Come September)
- 1960: A Charming Impostor (The Great Impostor)
- 1961: A pajama for two (Lover Come Back)
- 1961: That Touch of Mink (That Touch of Mink)
- 1961: On the Black River (The Spiral Road)
- 1962: The Fox Trap (For Love or Money)
- 1963: Captain Newman (Captain Newman MD)
- 1964: My room becomes a harem (The Brass Bottle)
- 1964: Two Successful Seducers (Bedtime Story)
- 1964: The Big Wolf Calls (Father Goose)
- 1964: The Man from the Great River ( Shenandoah )
- 1965: An Apartment for Three (A Very Special Favor)
- 1965: Welcome, Mister B. (A Man Could Get Killed)
- 1965: New York Express (Bindfold)
- 1967: The King (Pirate The King's Pirate )
- 1968: The Intrepid (Hellfighters)
- 1968: Sweet Charity
- 1971: Hot Gold from Calador (One More Train to Rob)
literature
- International Television Almanac 1985, Quigley Publishing Company, New York 1985, p. 11
Web links
- Robert Arthur in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Short biography on allmovie.com
- Obituary on upi.com
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Arthur, Robert |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Feder, Robert Arthur (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film producer |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1909 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , United States |
DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 1986 |
Place of death | Beverly Hills , California , United States |