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James Anderson is a Actor, Director, Unit Production Manager and Assistant Director American born on 6 november 1902 at Springfield (USA)

James Anderson

James Anderson
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Nationality USA
Birth 6 november 1902 at Springfield (USA)
Death 26 november 1960 (at 58 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

James Anderson, also known as James A. Anderson or James H. Anderson, was an American filmmaker during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He is sometimes confused with James K. Anderson, the actor, because their careers overlapped, and obviously the similarity in their names. Born on November 6, 1902, in his twenty-five year career, Anderson worked on almost 75 pictures. He began his career in film as an actor with a featured role in the silent era, in 1925's The Freshman, starring Harold Lloyd. After appearing in several silent films, with the advent of sound he moved behind the camera, where he was a perennial assistant directors. He would spend almost his entire career with RKO Radio Pictures, from their inception in 1929 through 1949.

As an assistant director he would work with such famous directors as George Archainbaud, William A. Wellman, Walter Lang, Garson Kanin, Dorothy Arzner, Leo McCarey, and Ida Lupino. Late in his career he would also work as a unit or production manager on several films, including the classic Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House in 1948. In 1950 he would become a freelance filmmaker, although he mostly worked with Lupino's independent production company, "The Filmakers", participating in nine of the twelve films they produced between 1949-54. His final film credit would be on the small screen, as the assistant director and production manager for the 1957 episode "The Mothers", on Lupino's television series, Mr. Adams & Eve. Anderson died on November 26, 1960 in Los Angeles, California.

Best films

Love Affair (1939)
(Director)

Usually with

Darrell Silvera
Darrell Silvera
(22 films)
Roy Webb
Roy Webb
(14 films)
Ida Lupino
Ida Lupino
(7 films)
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Filmography of James Anderson (63 films)

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Actor

Hellgate
Hellgate (1952)
, 1h27
Directed by Charles Marquis Warren
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Prison films
Actors Sterling Hayden, Joan Leslie, Ward Bond, Sheb Wooley, James Arness, John M. Pickard
Roles Vern Brechene
Rating63% 3.196733.196733.196733.196733.19673
Hellgate Prison is an aptly named facility in the desert where the worst criminals are sent. Hanley, a veterinarian and former Civil War soldier, is falsely accused and convicted of a crime. He is sentenced to this hellish place.
The Freshman, 1h16
Directed by Sam Taylor, Fred C. Newmeyer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Grady Sutton, James Anderson, Brooks Benedict, Charles Farrell
Roles Chet Trask
Rating74% 3.7441153.7441153.7441153.7441153.744115
Harold Lamb (Harold Lloyd), a bright-eyed but naïve young man, enrolls at Tate University. On the train there, he meets Peggy (Jobyna Ralston). They are attracted to each other.

Director

Hard, Fast and Beautiful, 1h18
Directed by Ida Lupino, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Tennis films
Actors Claire Trevor, Sally Forrest, Carleton G. Young, Robert Clarke, Robert C. Schnitzer, Joseph Kearns
Rating61% 3.0974953.0974953.0974953.0974953.097495
Florence Farley, a girl from Santa Monica, California in her late teens, and a tennis prodigy, is torn between fulfilling the dreams of her ambitious mother Millie, who has planned her tennis career, or her own dreams of being with the man she loves.
On the Loose, 1h18
Directed by Charles Davies Lederer, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Joan Evans, Melvyn Douglas, Lynn Bari, Ida Lupino, Hugh O'Brian, Robert Arthur
Rating60% 3.0023153.0023153.0023153.0023153.002315
Just a teenager, Jill Bradley has become suicidal over recent events. Almost everything in her life has gone wrong since her birthday, which her parents all but ignored, going out for the evening and leaving her by herself with a cake.
Outrage
Outrage (1950)
, 1h15
Directed by Ida Lupino, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror, Crime, Politic
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction
Actors Mala Powers, Tod Andrews, Robert Clarke, Hal March, Jerry Paris, Angela Clarke
Rating66% 3.346113.346113.346113.346113.34611
Une jeune employée de bureau, Ann Walton, ne cesse de fuir, tel un être traqué. Violée, à la veille de son mariage, elle sillonne les routes sans but précis. Une entorse à la cheville la cloue bientôt au sol et lui fait perdre connaissance. Elle est alors recueillie par un pasteur, Bruce Ferguson, qui tente de lui redonner goût à la vie. Mais, lors d'un bal de campagne, un homme l'invite à danser et cherche à l'embrasser. Elle croit revoir son agresseur d'autrefois et, à l'aide d'une clef anglaise, lui assène de terribles coups. Récupérée, elle est arrêtée. Le shérif, Charlie Hanlon, raconte à Ferguson le dur passé d'Ann. Le pasteur prend, dès lors, la défense de la jeune femme devant le juge d'instruction et se porte garant de son rétablissement psychologique.
Never Fear
Never Fear (1950)
, 1h22
Directed by Sally Forrest, Ida Lupino, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Hugh O'Brian, Sally Forrest, Keefe Brasselle, Lawrence Dobkin, Eve Miller, Kevin O'Morrison
Rating62% 3.1458853.1458853.1458853.1458853.145885
Carol Williams (played by Sally Forrest) is a beautiful young dancer with a promising career, struck down with and crippled by polio. Williams' dance partner and fiancé, Guy Richards (played by Keefe Brasselle), wants to see her through her illness, but Carol struggles with dealing with her recovery and prefers to go it alone. Her father (played by Herb Butterfield) takes her to the Kabat-Kaiser Institute for rehabilitation, where she meets fellow patients in recovery. One of the patients that inspire Carol's recovery is Len Randall (Hugh O'Brian in his first movie role). Only by allowing others to share her grief is Ms Williams able to pull herself together and go on with her life.
Borderline
Borderline (1950)
, 1h28
Directed by William A. Seiter, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr, José Torvay, Morris Ankrum, Roy Roberts
Rating59% 2.997912.997912.997912.997912.99791
Pete Ritchie (Raymond Burr) runs a narcotics smuggling operation to the USA from Mexico, which the Los Angeles Police Department and the US federal government have unsuccessfully tried to stop. Because of Ritchie's careful operating procedures, US authorities haven't even been able to find out the identities of his sources or customers and are desperate for a breakthrough. As a last resort, Madeleine Haley (Claire Trevor), an LAPD officer and former OSS operative, is sent undercover to Mexico to charm her way into Ritchie's confidence.
Adventure in Baltimore, 1h29
Directed by Richard Wallace, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Robert Young, Shirley Temple, John Agar, Albert Sharpe, Josephine Hutchinson, Charles Kemper
Rating60% 3.0461653.0461653.0461653.0461653.046165
In 1905, Dinah Sheldon (Shirley Temple), an enthusiastic art student, is expelled from Miss Ingram's Seminary for wearing two petticoats instead of five, attending political rallies and insisting that she be allowed to study nudes. When she is sent home to Baltimore, Dinah's understanding father, Dr. Andrew Sheldon (Robert Young), an Episcopalian pastor, easily forgives his headstrong daughter this latest calamity, but her mother Lily (Josephine Hutchinson) encourages her to be more conventionally feminine. Dinah's childhood sweetheart, Tom Wade (John Agar), also believes that she should settle down and confesses that, since her absence, he has begun dating the more "continental" Bernice Eckert (Carol Brannon).
Trail Street, 1h24
Directed by Ray Enright, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan, Anne Jeffreys, George "Gabby" Hayes, Steve Brodie, Billy House
Rating61% 3.099583.099583.099583.099583.09958
The town of Liberal in southwestern Kansas needs the help of a lawman; so does the law-abiding land baron Allen Harper. Deputy Billy Burns hence sends for his longtime friend, the legendary Bat Masterson.
Crack-Up
Crack-Up (1946)
, 1h33
Directed by Irving Reis, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall, Ray Collins, Wallace Ford, Erskine Sanford
Rating64% 3.2419953.2419953.2419953.2419953.241995
Art critic and forgery expert George Steele (O'Brien) is stopped by a policeman as he breaks into the Manhattan Museum. He claims that he was in a train wreck. Police Lieutenant Cochrane (Wallace Ford), however, finds that there has been no recent wreck. Steele, unsure himself what happened, relates the bizarre events leading up to the present. A flashback ensues:
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball, 1h2
Directed by Gordon Douglas, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Morgan Conway, Dick Wessel, Esther Howard, Anne Jeffreys, Rita Corday, Ian Keith
Rating58% 2.9473252.9473252.9473252.9473252.947325
Luxurious diamonds are stolen but before the thief can safely hide them aboard an ocean liner he is strangled by ex-conman Cueball. Cueball takes the valuable diamonds and is given refuge by Filthy Flora, madam of the Dripping Dagger Bar, and then continues on murdering people that he believes are trying to double-cross him. Dick Tracy allows his attractive girlfriend Tess to act as a buyer for the diamonds but is put in grave danger when Cueball vows to eliminate . . .
Lady Luck
Lady Luck (1946)
, 1h37
Directed by Edwin L. Marin, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Robert Young, Barbara Hale, Frank Morgan, Harry Davenport, James Gleason, Lloyd Corrigan
Rating61% 3.095083.095083.095083.095083.09508
Mary Audrey can't stand gambling. Her grandfather, William, whom she calls "Gramps," is a compulsive gambler. Mary puts him to work in her Beverly Hills book store to keep him away from his bad habit.
Nocturne
Nocturne (1946)
, 1h27
Directed by Edwin L. Marin, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors George Raft, Lynn Bari, Virginia Huston, Joseph Pevney, Myrna Dell, Mabel Paige
Rating64% 3.2434653.2434653.2434653.2434653.243465
A Hollywood film composer is found dead. The police think it is suicide but a cop, Joe Warne (Raft), suspects murder. Warne begins looking for "Dolores," a name in a song by the dead man. While investigating, Warne finds out the dead man has had a list of models as girlfriends and that ten of them have a motive for the suspected murder.
The Falcon's Alibi, 1h1
Directed by Ray McCarey, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Crime
Actors Tom Conway, Rita Corday, Vince Barnett, Jane Greer, Elisha Cook, Jr., Emory Parnell
Rating62% 3.1457753.1457753.1457753.1457753.145775
After attending a birthday party for the wealthy Gloria Peabody, The Falcon is employed by her secretary to find some missing jewels which she fears she will be blamed for. Before long, a man is murdered, bringing unwelcome police involvement in the case.