Walter MacEwen
Walter MacEwen (* 23. September 1906 in Ayr in the county of Ayrshire , Scotland ; † 15. April 1986 in Woodland Hills (Los Angeles) , California ) was a Scottish film producer and filmmaker, who in 1944 for an Oscar in the category "Best Short Film “(2 film roles) was nominated.
Life
Walter McEwen, who was born in Scotland, started his film career working for British International Pictures and Gainsborough Pictures . In 1930 he emigrated to the USA and joined Warner Bros. , a BIP sales partner for the American market. There he was responsible for historical accuracy in film sequences. He began his work as a producer in 1948 with the tragic comedy Im Schatten des Herzens with Kay Francis and Walter Huston, which was followed in the same year by the film The Great Gangster with Humphrey Bogart and Irene Manning . For RKO Pictures he appeared in 1948 for the literary film The Bells of Coaltown with Fred MacMurray , Alida Valli and Frank Sinatra as a producer.
MacEwen also worked as a production manager at Warner Bros. and oversaw numerous films, such as Jezebel - The Malicious Lady with Bette Davis , ... because they don't know what they are doing with James Dean and Natalie Wood or Bonnie and Clyde with Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway .
In the 1940s, MacEwen joined Paramount Pictures as a producer . After about ten years, he returned to Warner Bros., of which he was Vice President until the late 1960s.
The 19-minute short music film Mardi Gras , which he supervised as a producer, earned him an Oscar nomination. However, the trophy went to Jerry Bresler and Sam Coslow and the fantasy short film Heavenly Music .
Filmography (selection)
- unless otherwise stated, as producer -
- 1937: The Adventurous Blonde (Production Manager)
- 1938: Jezebel - The Malicious Lady ( Jezebel ; Production Manager )
- 1942: In the shadow of the heart ( Always in My Heart )
- 1942: The Great Gangster ( The Big Shot )
- 1943: Salute for Three
- 1943: Paramount Victory Short No. T2-3: The Price of Victory (documentary)
- 1943: Henry Aldrich Gets Glamor
- 1943: Night Plane from Chungking
- 1943: Henry Aldrich Swings It
- 1943: The Good Fellows
- 1943: Mardi Gras (short film)
- 1944: Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
- 1944: You Can't Ration Love
- 1944: Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
- 1944: National Barn Dance
- 1945: The Man in Half Moon Street
- 1948: The Bells of Coaltown ( The Miracle of the Bells )
- 1955: ... because they don't know what they're doing ( Rebel Without a Cause ; supervising)
- 1967: Bonnie and Clyde (supervising)
Award
- Academy Awards 1944 : Nominated for the short film Mardi Gras
Web links
- Walter MacEwen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Walter MacEwen at Turner Classic Movies (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Walter MacEwen biography at hollywood.com (English), accessed January 10, 2016.
- ^ Douglas L. Rathgeb: The Making of Rebel Without a Cause , p. 233
- ↑ Patrick Goldstein: Blasts From the Past at cinetropic.com (English), accessed on January 10, 2016.
- ↑ The 16th Academy Awards | 1944 at oscars.org, accessed January 10, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | MacEwen, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish film producer and filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ayr , Ayrshire , Scotland |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1986 |
| Place of death | Woodland Hills (Los Angeles) , California |