Sam Newfield

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Sam Newfield , born Samuel Neufeld , (born December 6, 1899 in New York City , United States , † November 10, 1964 in Los Angeles ) was an American film director specializing in B-Pictures . Occasionally he wrote scripts and produced films.

Live and act

Samuel Neufeld, son of Simon Neufeld, a German-speaking Jewish immigrant from Budapest, grew up in poor conditions in New York. After his father's death (pneumonia), Sam's teenage older brother Sigmund Neufeld took care of the family and, after he had gained a foothold in the film, was able to accommodate Sam there in 1919. Sam Neufeld, who early Americanized his name in "Newfield", started out in the industry as an errand boy, set assistant and small actor. Newfield was able to direct for the first time in 1923. As a result of Sigmund Neufeld's step into independence as a film producer, Brother Sam became his resident director. For Poverty Row companies like Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC), Sam Newfield directed a plethora of low- cost westerns and other B-movies. With an output of 250 to 300 films in his 35-year career as a director, the New Yorker is considered to be the most productive Hollywood sound film director in history; In 1943 alone he directed 18 full-length films for the production company run by his brother. The production costs for Newfield productions were often less than $ 20,000.

In 1939 Sam Newfield ventured into the anti-Nazi propaganda cinema with Hitler - Beast of Berlin , which brought him some trouble with the American-German Bund . Newfield chose the pseudonym Sherman Scott here. Another pseudonym of Newfield was Peter Stewart. During the Second World War, Newfield staged an abundance of very short, cheap star stars with the weird Al “Fuzzy” St. John in the leading role of the hero's sidekick . These films enjoyed great popularity with a poor and mostly young suburban audience. After 1945 orders for adventure stories and crime films were added. In the 1950s, Newfield also staged for television, including the colonialist and racist series " Ramar of the Jungle ", a great success of the 1953/54 broadcast season. At the end of the 1950s, when the cheap cinema experienced its inexorable decline, Newfield was also unable to land any directing jobs. Known as a limitless gambler, he recently lived in very modest circumstances and was financially supported by his brother Sigmund until his death. Sam Newfield had another brother and sister.

Filmography (small selection)

  • 1926: Please Excuse Me (short film)
  • 1927: Ask Dad (short film)
  • 1928: Watch, George! (Short film)
  • 1929: Magic (short film)
  • 1930: All Wet (short film)
  • 1931: Wedding Belles (short film)
  • 1932: Sweet Patootie (short film)
  • 1933: Reform Girl
  • 1934: Marrying Widows
  • 1934: Undercover Men
  • 1935: Timber War
  • 1935: Northern Frontier
  • 1936: Federal Agent
  • 1936: Ghost Patrol
  • 1936: Border Caballero
  • 1937: Guns in the Dark
  • 1937: Boothill Brigade
  • 1938: Songs and Bullets
  • 1938: Thunder in the Desert
  • 1939: On the Hot Track ( Texas Wildcats )
  • 1939: The Eerie Avenger ( Flaming Lead )
  • 1939: Hitler - Beast of Berlin
  • 1940: Hold That Woman!
  • 1940: Cowboys - The Battle for the Gold Mine ( Frontier Crusader )
  • 1940: Fuzzy out of control ( Billy the Kid in Texas )
  • 1941: Right of Fist in Texas ( The Lone Rider Rides On )
  • 1941: Dangerous Game ( The Lone Rider in Ghost Town )
  • 1941: Fuzzy Breaks Terror ( Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals )
  • 1941: terror at Colorado ( The Lone Rider Ambushed )
  • 1942: Against arbitrariness and violence ( Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns )
  • 1942: The Mad Monster
  • 1942: For Life and Death ( Law and Order )
  • 1942: For Law and Law ( Sheriff of Sage Valley )
  • 1942: Terror in Texas ( Death Rides the Plains )
  • 1943: For Law and Justice ( Cattle Stampede )
  • 1943: To Life and Death ( The Renegade )
  • 1943: Devil of the prairie ( Raiders of Red Gap )
  • 1943: Dead Men Walk
  • 1943: The revenge of the gorilla ( Nabonga )
  • 1944: I Accuse My Parents
  • 1944: The Monster Maker
  • 1944: Death Ride in Texas ( The Drifter )
  • 1944: Swing hostess
  • 1945: Apology for Murder
  • 1945: Prairie Rustlers
  • 1945: White Pongo
  • 1946: Against arbitrariness and violence ( Outlaw of the Plains )
  • 1946: The Flying Serpent
  • 1946: Lady Chaser
  • 1947: Jungle Flight
  • 1947: Three on a Ticket
  • 1948: Miraculous Journey
  • 1948: Money Madness
  • 1949: The China Mission ( State Department: File 649 )
  • 1949: She Shoulda Said No!
  • 1950: Jack the Killer ( Western Pacific Agent )
  • 1950: Gangsters of Chicago ( Hi-Jacked )
  • 1951: Three Desperate Men
  • 1951: Mask of the Dragon
  • 1952: Great Texas Girls ( Outlaw Women )
  • 1952: There is no trace of the perpetrator ( Lady in the Fog )
  • 1953: Ramar of the Jungle (TV series, multiple episodes)
  • 1955: The Sheriff of Lincoln-City ( Last of the Desperados )
  • 1956: Bank robbery in Mexico ( The Three Outlaws )
  • 1956: Frontier Gambler
  • 1957: Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (TV series)
  • 1957: The Pathfinder and the Mohican
  • 1958: Wolf Dog
  • 1958: Flaming Frontier

literature

  • International Motion Picture Almanac 1965, Quigley Publishing Company, New York 1964, p. 211

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Newfield on sensesofcinema.com

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Newfield, Sam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Neufeld, Samuel (maiden name); Scott, Sherman; Stewart, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director, producer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , United States
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1964
Place of death los Angeles