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Jack Smith is a Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography and Editor American born on 14 november 1932 at Columbus (USA)

Jack Smith

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Nationality USA
Birth 14 november 1932 at Columbus (USA)
Death 25 september 1989 (at 56 years) at New York City (USA)

Jack Smith (November 14, 1932 – September 25, 1989) was an American filmmaker, actor, and pioneer of underground cinema. He is generally acclaimed as a founding father of American performance art, and has been critically recognized as a master photographer, though his photographic works are rare and remain largely unknown.

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Tony Conrad
Tony Conrad
(2 films)
Ken Jacobs
Ken Jacobs
(3 films)
Judith Malina
Judith Malina
(3 films)
Taylor Mead
Taylor Mead
(3 films)
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
(3 films)
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Filmography of Jack Smith (11 films)

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Star Spangled to Death
Star Spangled to Death (2004)
, 6h42
Directed by Ken Jacobs
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about historical events
Actors Jack Smith, Ken Jacobs
Roles The Spirit Not of Life But of Living
Rating72% 3.6027953.6027953.6027953.6027953.602795
Night of the Dark Full Moon
Night of the Dark Full Moon (1972)
, 1h25
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about families, Christmas films, Films about sexuality
Actors Patrick O'Neal, James Patterson, Mary Woronov, John Carradine, Astrid Heeren, Walter Abel
Roles Inmate
Rating52% 2.6009452.6009452.6009452.6009452.600945
On Christmas Eve 1950, Wilfred Butler runs out of his rural house and appears to have been set on fire. He collapses in the snow and is believed to be dead.
The Barefoot Executive
The Barefoot Executive (1971)
, 1h36
Directed by Robert Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Films about television, Films about apes, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Joe Flynn, Wally Cox, Johnny Flynn, Heather North, John Ritter, Harry Morgan
Roles Clathworthy
Rating58% 2.9480352.9480352.9480352.9480352.948035
A satire of network television, the movie follows the adventures of an ambitious mailroom clerk, Steven Post (Russell) at the fictional UBC Network who discovers his girlfriend Jennifer Scott's (Heather North) pet chimpanzee has the supernatural ability to predict which television programs will receive the highest ratings, in which he blows a raspberry to shows that will bomb, or claps his hands in applause to shows that will be hits.
Camp
Camp (1965)
, 1h7
Directed by Andy Warhol
Origin USA
Actors Gerard Malanga, Jack Smith
Rating54% 2.7412352.7412352.7412352.7412352.741235
On Moonlight Bay
On Moonlight Bay (1951)
, 1h35
Directed by Roy Del Ruth, Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Christmas films, Musical films
Actors Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Jack Smith, Billy Gray, Leon Ames, Rosemary DeCamp
Roles Hubert Wakely
Rating68% 3.4460753.4460753.4460753.4460753.446075
On Moonlight Bay centers on the character Marjorie Winfield, a tomboy played by Doris Day. When the Winfield family moves into a new house in a small town in Indiana, the daughter, Marjorie, begins a romance with the boy next door, William Sherman, played by Gordon MacRae. Marjorie has to learn how to dance and behave like a proper young lady. Unfortunately Mr. Winfield doesn't approve of William and some of his unconventional ideas about marriage and money, which causes the course of true love to run less smoothly than could be desired. Everything is resolved in time for a happy ending.
Cheyenne Rides Again
Cheyenne Rides Again (1937)
, 56minutes
Directed by Robert Hill
Origin USA
Genres Romance, Western
Actors Tom Tyler, Lon Chaney, Jr., Carmen Laroux, Lucile Browne, Theodore Lorch, Merrill McCormick
Roles Jack
Rating57% 2.8762652.8762652.8762652.8762652.876265
Tom 'Cheyenne Tommy' Wade (Tom Tyler), is a lawman who poses as a gang member in an attempt to expose Girard (Lon Chaney, Jr.), a fraudulent cattle thief. He steals one thousand dollars from the thief, promising to return it if he can join the gang, while plotting a way to expose them as thieves. As Cheyenne is let into the gang, he begins to blackmail the leader, forcing him to let more law enforcers join the gang, eventually outnumbering them and finally arresting the thieves for good.

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