Robert Arthur (producer)

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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

literature

  • International Television Almanac 1985, Quigley Publishing Company, New York 1985, p. 11

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personal data
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