Stuart Heisler
Stuart Heisler (born September 5, 1894 in Los Angeles , California , † August 21, 1979 there ) was an American film director .
Life
Stuart Heisler began his career in film with the production company Famous Players and then quickly moved through other companies such as Fox Film Corporation , First National and Goldwyn Picture Corporation . Activities in props followed other areas of responsibility, film editing for several years and a directing assignment for the first time in 1936. "Heisler was seen as a veteran without too great demands, but with some manual skill." His specialties were adventure and gangster films as well as westerns. The most important directorial work of his career is the film noir classic Der gläserne Schlüssel (1942) with Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake . From the mid-1950s, Heisler worked almost exclusively for television on series such as Lawman , A Thousand Miles of Dust, and The People of Shiloh Ranch . In 1964 he retired from the Hollywood business.
Stuart Heisler was married to Olive Beryl Pittman until his death in 1979 at the age of 82; they had one child.
Filmography (selection)
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- 1925: The Victim of Stella Dallas ( Stella Dallas )
- 1929: Escape from Devil's Island ( Condemned )
- 1930: Raffles
- 1930: Whoopee!
- 1934: Shipwreck under palm trees ( We're not dressing )
- 1935: Peter Ibbetson
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- 1937: ... then came The Hurricane - anonymous
- 1941: Doomed to Live ( Among the Living )
- 1942: The Glass Key ( The Glass Key )
- 1942: The Remarkable Andrew
- 1945: The vagabond of Texas
- 1946: Blue is the sky (Blues Skies)
- 1947: Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
- 1949: Tokio-Joe ( Tokyo Joe )
- 1949: Tulsa
- 1950: The Devil's Pilot (Chain Lightning)
- 1950: Mortal Enmity ( Dallas )
- 1950: The Prisoner of the Ku Klux Klan ( Storm Warning )
- 1950: The Devil's Pilot ( Chain Lightning )
- 1952: Island of promise ( Iceland of Desire )
- 1952: The Star
- 1954: Bridgehead X (Beachhead)
- 1955: Against All Violence (I Died a Thousand Times)
- 1956: The White Rider (The Lone Ranger)
- 1956: Horizon in Flames (The Burning Hills)
- 1962: Hitler
Web links
- Stuart Heisler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 3: F - H. Barry Fitzgerald - Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 620.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heisler, Stuart |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heisler, Stuart R. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 1979 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California |