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Harold D. Schuster is a Actor, Director, Assistant Camera and Editor American born on 1 august 1902 at Cherokee (USA)

Harold D. Schuster

Harold D. Schuster
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Birth name Harold D. Schuster
Nationality USA
Birth 1 august 1902 at Cherokee (USA)
Death 19 july 1986 (at 83 years) at Westlake Village (USA)

Harold D. Schuster ( August 1, 1902 – July 19, 1986) was an American editor and film director. In 1937 he made Wings of the Morning, the first-ever three-strip Technicolor film shot in Europe.

While the majority of Schuster's directorial output can be considered routine, there are two acknowledged gems among them. His 1954 film noir triller Loophole is a fast-paced, well-acted drama about a bank teller framed for a $50,000 embezzlement and his efforts to clear his name, and his 1957 Dragoon Wells Massacre is, despite its potboiler title, an actionful, tightly made western with some surprising plot twists in which many of the characters aren't quite what they seem to be.

Biography

C'est comme acteur que Harold D. Schuster fit ses débuts au cinéma, une carrière qu'il ne mit pas longtemps à abandonner, pour s'orienter vers la technique cinématographique, devenant monteur — c'est lui qui réalisa le montage de L'Aurore (Sunrise : A Song of Two Humans, 1927) de Murnau, et il travailla notamment sur des films d'Allan Dwan, Alexander Korda, Victor Fleming et Frank Lloyd —, puis finalement réalisateur.

Parmi bon nombre de réalisations sans grande ambition, on trouve néanmoins dispersées çà et là dans son œuvre quelques perles. Ainsi, Mon amie Flicka (My friend Flicka, 1943), qui raconte l'histoire d'un garçon et d'un cheval extraordinaire, remporta un vif succès au moment de sa sortie. Schuster a également tourné quelques thrillers dignes d'intérêt, comme Loophole (1954), dans lequel le guichetier d'une banque est pris dans une histoire de détournement de fonds. De lui également La Poursuite fantastique (Dragoon Wells Massacre, 1957), un solide western, avec pour protagonistes deux groupes de voyageurs obligés de se liguer pour venir à bout d'Indiens belliqueux.

À la fin de sa carrière, Schuster se tourna vers la télévision, pour laquelle il tourna des épisodes de différentes séries.

Best films

7th Heaven (1927)
(Assistant Camera)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
(Editor)
4 Devils (1928)
(Editor)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Harold D. Schuster (40 films)

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Actor

The Iron Horse, 2h13
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Historical, Western
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Children's films, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy, J. Farrell MacDonald, Cyril Chadwick, Will Walling, George Waggner
Rating71% 3.5903753.5903753.5903753.5903753.590375
The film presents an idealized image of the construction of the American first transcontinental railroad. It culminates with the scene of driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit on May 10, 1869. There is a note in the title before this scene that the two original locomotives from the 1869 event are used in the film, although this is false - both engines (Union Pacific No. 119 and Jupiter) were scrapped before 1910. Of course, a romantic story with love, treachery and revenge is also here. Main stars were George O'Brien and Madge Bellamy.

Director

Dragoon Wells Massacre, 1h28
Directed by Harold D. Schuster
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Barry Sullivan, Dennis O'Keefe, Mona Freeman, Katy Jurado, Sebastian Cabot, Max Showalter
Rating60% 3.0041353.0041353.0041353.0041353.004135
This script must be run from the command line
Portland Exposé, 1h12
Directed by Harold D. Schuster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Political films, Gangster films
Actors Ed Binns, Carolyn Craig, Virginia Gregg, Lawrence Dobkin, Frank Gorshin, Jeanne Carmen
Rating60% 3.001813.001813.001813.001813.00181
The owner of a tavern is pressured by the local mob into going into business with them. However, after seeing the changes at his bar, and particularly after a mobster attempts to rape his daughter, he decides to fight them.
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle, 1h13
Directed by Harold D. Schuster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about children, Tarzan films
Actors Gordon Scott, Vera Miles, Jack Elam, Charles Fredericks, Peter van Eyck, Richard Reeves
Rating54% 2.706072.706072.706072.706072.70607
Two hunters come into the jungle intent on killing as many animals as they can in order to get barrels of animal fat, lion skins and elephant tusks. Tarzan tries to help a baby elephant, one of their first victims. He takes the elephant to an animal doctor and his female assistant, who have pitched their tents in the jungle to do business. The hunters turn up and pretend they are photographers and have the doctor escort them to where the animals are. They leave the doctor and start killing animals. His assistant finds out what they're really up to and goes after them but needs Tarzan's help when she stumbles into quicksand. He rescues her, and she says she needs a bath so Tarzan throws her into the river.
Finger Man
Finger Man (1955)
, 1h22
Directed by Harold D. Schuster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Frank Lovejoy, Forrest Tucker, Peggie Castle, Timothy Carey, Hugh Sanders, Joi Lansing
Rating63% 3.186173.186173.186173.186173.18617
Ex-convict Casey Martin (Lovejoy) is caught heisting a truck shipment. In exchange for immunity from prosecution, he agrees to work undercover to nail mobster Dutch Becker (Tucker). Torn between the two men is Martins's ex-girlfriend and gangster's moll Gladys Baker (Castle). When she casts her lot with Martin, she gets murdered by Becker's sadistic chief henchmen Lou Terpe (Carey). In the end Martin brings down the gang and is allowed to go on his way.
Loophole
Loophole (1954)
, 1h20
Directed by Harold D. Schuster
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Barry Sullivan, Dorothy Malone, Charles McGraw, Don Haggerty, Mary Beth Hughes, Don Beddoe
Rating66% 3.338173.338173.338173.338173.33817
The film tells the story of bank teller Mike Donovan (Sullivan) who failed to report a $49,000 shortage from his drawer. He's accused of theft and quickly fired from his job. He is then prevented from finding other employment by insurance investigator Gus Slavin (McGraw), who is convinced Donovan took the money.
Kid Monk Baroni, 1h19
Directed by Harold D. Schuster
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Richard Steven Rauber, Bruce Cabot, Allene Roberts, Mona Knox, Leonard Nimoy, Jack Larson
Rating61% 3.095483.095483.095483.095483.09548
From the New York Times: "In the words of its star Leonard Nimoy, Kid Monk Baroni was the sort of film that "made unknowns out of celebrities." The young Nimoy is actually quite good as the title character, a boxer whose misshapen face has earned him the unwelcome nickname "Monk." Formerly an unregenerate street punk, Baroni is set on the proper path by parish priest Father Callahan (Richard Rober). Unfortunately, a run-in with his old gang forces Baroni to skip town. He becomes a professional pugilist under the aegis of manager Hellman (Bruce Cabot), taking out his pent-up frustrations in the ring. Able to afford plastic surgery, Baroni buys himself a handsome new face — and, with it, a dangerously oversized ego. Hoping to protect his new face from harm, Baroni washes out in the boxing ring, but redemption — and a lasting romance with Emily Brooks (Allene Roberts) -- await just around the corner. Kid Monk Baroni was well-directed by Harold Schuster, whose previous efforts included My Friend Flicka and So Dear to My Heart. A flop at the box office, the film did nothing for the career of Leonard Nimoy, who was obliged to spend the next 15 years in relative obscurity before attaining a second chance at big-time stardom with TV's Star Trek.
So Dear to My Heart, 1h19
Directed by Harold D. Schuster, Hamilton Luske
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Bobby Driscoll, Luana Patten, Beulah Bondi, Burl Ives, Harry Carey, John Beal
Rating66% 3.34473.34473.34473.34473.3447
Set in Indiana in 1903, the film tells the tale of Jeremiah Kincaid (Bobby Driscoll) and his determination to raise a black-wool lamb that had been rejected by its mother. Jeremiah names the lamb Danny for the famed race horse, Dan Patch (who is also portrayed in the film). Jeremiah's dream of showing Danny at the Pike County Fair must overcome the obstinate objections of his loving—yet tough—grandmother Granny (Beulah Bondi). Jeremiah's confidant, Uncle Hiram (Burl Ives), is the boy's steady ally. Inspired by the animated figures and stories, the boy perseveres.
Breakfast in Hollywood, 1h30
Directed by Harold D. Schuster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Actors Bonita Granville, Beulah Bondi, Raymond Walburn, Billie Burke, Zasu Pitts, Hedda Hopper
Rating56% 2.807982.807982.807982.807982.80798
This script must be run from the command line
Marine Raiders, 1h28
Directed by Harold D. Schuster, Robert Wise
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan, Ruth Hussey, Frank McHugh, Barton MacLane, Blake Edwards
Rating58% 2.906862.906862.906862.906862.90686
Major Steve Lockhart, commander of a Marine Raider battalion and Captain Dan Craig, commander of the Paramarines are together on Guadalcanal facing a Japanese assault that became the Battle of Edson's Ridge. When Captain Craig discovers the body of one of his lieutenants who had been tortured and executed by the Japanese, he goes on a one-man army kill crazy rampage of revenge in the jungle with his Reising gun (that jams) and his M1911 pistol.
Bomber's Moon, 1h7
Directed by Harold D. Schuster, Edward Ludwig, Robert Florey, John Brahm
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors George Montgomery, Annabella, Kent Taylor, Walter Kingsford, Martin Kosleck, Dennis Hoey
Rating66% 3.306173.306173.306173.306173.30617
Captain Jeff Dakin (George Montgomery) is shot down over Germany on a bombing raid as he sees his brother, Danny (Richard Graham) serving on the same aircraft, shot dead as he parachutes out of the stricken aircraft. Imprisoned in a camp, Dakin conspires with Alexandra "Alec" Zorich (Annabella), a beautiful Russian doctor, and Captain Paul Husnik (Kent Taylor), a Czech resistance leader, to mount an escape. They escape during an air raid and make their way towards safety, but the Czech is not who he seems.
My Friend Flicka, 1h29
Directed by Harold D. Schuster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about horses, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, Rita Johnson, Jeff Corey, James Bell, Jimmy Aubrey
Rating64% 3.2444653.2444653.2444653.2444653.244465
Wyoming ranchers Rob and Nell McLaughlin somewhat reluctantly decide to give their 10-year-old son, Ken, a chance to raise a horse and learn about responsibility. He chooses a one-year-old filly and names her Flicka, which ranch hand Gus informs him is a Swedish word for "girl."
Girl Trouble, 1h21
Directed by Harold D. Schuster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Don Ameche, Joan Bennett, Billie Burke, Frank Craven, Fortunio Bonanova, Alan Dinehart, Sr.
Rating66% 3.3252253.3252253.3252253.3252253.325225
June Delaney belongs to the upper circles of New York City's social life. When she learns that her private money has been impounded by the British government, since most of her investments are made by her father in England before the outbreak of World War II, she is very annoyed. To make the most of what she got and continue living as before she is forced to rent out her upscale apartment. She advertises in a newspaper, and gets a response from a prospective tenant, a Venezuelan playboy and sole heir to an American rubber industry, Pedro Sullivan.
On the Sunny Side, 1h9
Directed by Harold D. Schuster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Roddy McDowall, Jane Darwell, Stanley Clements, Katharine Alexander, Donald Douglas, Ann E. Todd
Rating62% 3.143023.143023.143023.143023.14302
Hugh Aylesworth (Roddy McDowall), is a well-bred English youth who is evacuated to America during the London Blitz. Hugh moves into the home of Mr. and Mrs. Andrews (Don Douglas and Katherine Alexander). The couple's own son Don (Freddie Mercer), feels neglected and considers Hugh a royal pain in the posterior.