Stuart Heisler is a Director, Scriptwriter, Assistant Director and Editor American born on 5 december 1896 at Los Angeles (USA)
Stuart Heisler
Stuart Heisler participated to
60 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
3 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Director
, 1h50
Directed by John Ford,
Stuart HeislerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Action,
Adventure,
RomanceThemes La fin du monde,
Seafaring films,
Météorologie,
Prison films,
Transport films,
Catastrophe climatique,
Disaster films,
American disaster filmsActors Dorothy Lamour,
Jon Hall,
Mary Astor,
C. Aubrey Smith,
Thomas Mitchell,
Raymond MasseyRating70%
As a passenger ship sails by the bleak ruins of a deserted island, Dr. Kersaint (Thomas Mitchell) blows his former home a kiss. When a fellow passenger asks him about the place, he tells its tragic story, segueing into a flashback. , 1h31
Directed by William Wyler,
H. C. Potter,
Stuart HeislerOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
Romance,
WesternActors Gary Cooper,
Merle Oberon,
Walter Brennan,
Harry Davenport,
Fuzzy Knight,
Patsy KellyRating64%
Mary Smith (Merle Oberon), daughter of presidential hopeful Horace Smith (Henry Kolker), has lived a cloistered life free of any scandal. Although she is devoted to her father and supports his political aspirations, she longs for a life of her own. Believing she needs some excitement in her life, Mary's free-spirited Uncle Hannibal (Harry Davenport) takes her dancing at a nightclub, which the police raid for gambling. When Horace learns that press reporters have discovered Mary's name on the police report, he sends his daughter off to the family's Palm Beach, Florida mansion.Editor
, 1h20
Directed by George FitzmauriceOrigin USAGenres Drama,
RomanceThemes Films based on playsActors Milton Sills,
Dorothy Mackaill,
George Cooper,
Betty Compson,
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.,
Sylvia AshtonRoles Editor
Rating70%
The film tells the story of a woman (Dorothy Mackaill) who comes between a man (Milton Sills) and his estranged son (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) Sills is a carnival barker who is in love with a dancing girl and is ambitious to have his son, Fairbanks, become a lawyer. Fairbanks has other ideas and during his vacation he hops a freight, joins the carnival, and weds a dancing girl (Mackaill). Eventually, Fairbanks fulfills the ambition his father had for him.