WD Flick
William Donald "Don" Flick (* 15. August 1900 in Cleveland , Ohio ; † 20th February 1965 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American engineer who at the Academy Awards in 1950 along with senior Roger Heman with an Oscar in the "Best Sound" category for the film The Commander ( Twelve O'Clock High ) was awarded.
Career
Flick's first film in which he was responsible for the sound was a 1929 crook story called Pleasure Crazed . He was featured in the film as Donald Flick. From then on he was responsible for or co-responsible for the sound in many films, for example in the 1930 John Wayne film Der große Treck , where he traded as WD Flick. Films like The Hound of Baskerville and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (both 1939) followed. With the 1949 film drama The Commander of Henry King with Gregory Peck in the lead role, Flick was able to record his greatest professional success. Together with Roger Heman senior, he was awarded an Oscar in the “Best Sound” category.
Flick also contributed to the success of Joseph L. Mankiewicz's films All About Eva (1950) with Bette Davis , Viva Zapata! (1952) by Elia Kazan with Marlon Brando and the biographical drama Das Tagbuch der Anne Frank (1959) by George Stevens with Millie Perkins . He delivered his last film work in Vincente Minnelli's fantasy film Goodbye Charlie from 1964 with Tony Curtis and Debbie Reynolds .
Flick, who died in 1965 at the age of 64, was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.
Filmography (selection)
- 1929: Pleasure Crazed
- 1930: The Big Trail ( The Big Trail )
- 1936: The Prisoner of Shark Island ( The Prisoner of Shark Iceland )
- 1938: The Golden Whip ( Kentucky )
- 1939: The Hound of the Baskervilles ( The Hound of the Baskervilles )
- 1939: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ( The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes )
- 1940: Revenge for Jesse James ( The Return of Frank James )
- 1940: The Mark of Zorro ( The Mark of Zorro )
- 1941: King of the Toreros ( Blood and Sand )
- 1942: Six Fates ( Tales of Manhattan )
- 1943: The Orphan of Lowood ( Jane Eyre )
- 1944: Home in Indiana (Home in Indiana)
- 1944: Sweet and Low-Down
- 1945: The House on 92nd Street ( The House on 92nd Street )
- 1946: Enemy in the Dark ( The Dark Corner )
- 1946: White Oleander (Dragonwyck)
- 1946: Centennial Summer
- 1948: Password 777 ( Call Northside 777 )
- 1949: The Commander ( Twelve O'Clock High )
- 1950: All About Eve ( All About Eve )
- 1951 Fourteen hours ( 14 hours / Fourteen hours )
- 1952: Viva Zapata!
- 1952: Honey, I'm Getting Younger ( Monkey Business )
- 1953: Niagara
- 1954: Broken Lance ( Broken Lance )
- 1957: Boy on a Dolphin ( Boy on a Dolphin )
- 1959: The Diary of Anne Frank ( The Diary Of Anne Frank )
- 1960: Can-Can
- 1960: Let's Make Love ( Let's Make Love )
- 1963: The Lost Rose ( The Stripper )
- 1963: In love a 1 ( Take Her, She's Mine )
- 1964: Goodbye Charlie
Web links
- WD Flick in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- WD Flick at Turner Classic Movies (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ William Donald "WD" Flick in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved July 27, 2020 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Flick, WD |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Flick, William Donald (full name); Flick, William D .; Flick, W. Donald; Flick, Donald; Flick, Don; High, Twelve O'Clock |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sound engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th August 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cleveland |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1965 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California |