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Milton Sperling is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 6 july 1912 at New York City (USA)
Milton Sperling est un scénariste et un producteur de cinéma et de télévision américain né le 6 juillet 1912 à New York (État de New York) et mort le 26 août 1988 à Los Angeles (Californie).
Il part ensuite à Hollywood où il devient secrétaire de Darryl F. Zanuck et Hal Wallis. En 1945, Sperling crée avec Joseph Bernhard sa propre société de production, United States Pictures .
C'est un des membres fondateurs de la Writers Guild of America.
(1965)
(Writer)
(1951)
(Producer)
(1931)
(Production Assistant)
(1943)
(Producer)
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Milton Sperling
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Nationality USA
Birth 6 july 1912 at New York City (USA)
Death 26 august 1988 (at 76 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 6 july 1912 at New York City (USA)
Death 26 august 1988 (at 76 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Biography
Après des études au City College of New York, il entre comme petit employé au sein des studios de Paramount situés à Long Island (État de New York).Il part ensuite à Hollywood où il devient secrétaire de Darryl F. Zanuck et Hal Wallis. En 1945, Sperling crée avec Joseph Bernhard sa propre société de production, United States Pictures .
C'est un des membres fondateurs de la Writers Guild of America.
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(1965)(Writer)
(1951)(Producer)
(1931)(Production Assistant)
(1943)(Producer)
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To the Shores of Iwo Jima (1945)
Directed by Milton Sperling
Genres War, Documentary
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Rating64%
Scriptwriter
Captain Apache (1971)
, 1h34Directed by Alexander Singer
Genres Action, Western
Actors Lee Van Cleef, Carroll Baker, Stuart Whitman, Percy Herbert, Tony Vogel, Dan van Husen
Rating47%
Lee Van Cleef stars as Captain Apache, a Native American US army officer on the case of solving the last words of a dead Commissioner, “April morning”. Each time he nears discovering the meaning of the phrase, a character dies and throws him off the trail. The journey eventually takes the captain to a train, one which pulls a private rail road car named “April Morning”, transporting President Ulysses S. Grant. Putting the information together leads the Captain to the realizing an assassination is about to take place and he is the only one who can prevent it.
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
, 2h48Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Charles Bronson, Ty Hardin, Pier Angeli
Roles Writer
Rating68%
Military Intelligence officer and former policeman Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley (Fonda) and his pilot, Joe, are flying a reconnaissance mission over the Ardennes forest, spotting a German staff car. Under the ground in a subterranean lair, German Col. Martin Hessler (Shaw), a fictional character loosely based on SS-Standartenführer Jochen Peiper, is briefed by his superior, Gen. Kohler (Werner Peters). Kohler points out a clock with a 50-hour countdown, which is the time allotted for the operation, beyond which Germany has no resources for full-scale attack. At the same time German soldiers disguised as American troops, led by Lt. Schumacher (Ty Hardin), are tasked with seizing vital bridges and sowing confusion behind the Allied lines.
Merrill's Marauders (1962)
, 1h35Directed by Samuel Fuller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Jeff Chandler, Ty Hardin, Andrew Duggan, Claude Akins, Peter Brown, Will Hutchins
Rating65%
The film begins with off-screen narration over black-and-white historical footage of the WWII Burmese campaign, including mention of all American allies who participated. The film then segues into Technicolor as we observe Lt. Stockton’s (Ty Hardin) platoon moving through the jungle toward their first objective, the Japanese-held town of Walawbum. After Stockton radios Gen. Merrill (Jeff Chandler) that they are nearing their goal, he and the rest of the brigade carry out a successful raid.
The Bramble Bush (1960)
, 1h33Directed by Daniel Petrie
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about euthanasia, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality
Actors Richard Burton, Angie Dickinson, Jack Carson, Barbara Rush, Carl Benton Reid, Tom Drake
Roles Writer
Rating55%
Dr. Guy Montford moves back to his seaside Massachusetts hometown at the request of old friend Larry McFie, who is dying of cancer. Over the objections of Larry's father, hospital administrator Dr. Sol Kelsey puts the patient in Guy's personal care.
, 1h40Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Gary Cooper, Charles Bickford, Rod Steiger, Ralph Bellamy, Elizabeth Montgomery, Peter Graves
Roles Story
Rating67%
Brigadier General William Mitchell tries to prove the worth of the Air Service as an independent service by sinking a battleship under restrictive conditions agreed to by Army and Navy. He disobeys their orders to limit the attack to bombs under 1,000 pounds and instead loads 2,000 pounders. With these, he proves his aircraft can sink the ex-German World War I battleship Ostfriesland, previously considered unsinkable. But his superiors are outraged.
Retreat, Hell! (1952)
, 1h34Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Frank Lovejoy, Richard Carlson, Anita Louise, Russ Tamblyn, Nedrick Young, Robert Ellis
Roles Story
Rating63%
A Marine battalion is assembled from various sources and sent to Korea. The film depicts the formation and training of the battalion, the amphibious landing at the Battle of Inchon, the advance through North Korea, and the Winter Chinese Communist Offensive sends the Marines into a fighting withdrawal to the staging area at Hŭngnam Harbor "...with rifles, grenades, bayonets, our bare fists if we have to" (quoting the battalion commander).
Four Sons (1940)
, 1h29Directed by Archie Mayo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Don Ameche, Sig Ruman, Eugenie Leontovich, Mary Beth Hughes, Alan Curtis, Christian Rub
Roles Dialogue
Rating64%
The Great Profile (1940)
, 1h22Directed by Walter Lang
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors John Barrymore, Mary Beth Hughes, Gregory Ratoff, John Payne, Lionel Atwill, Anne Baxter
Rating60%
, 1h38Directed by Irving Cummings
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Children's films
Actors Don Ameche, Loretta Young, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Beryl Mercer, Gene Lockhart
Rating69%
The first half of the film concentrates on the hero's romantic, financial, and scientific struggles, starting in 1873. Most scenes are set in Boston and vicinity; a few late scenes are in London.
The Return of the Cisco Kid (1939)
, 1h10Directed by Herbert I. Leeds
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Warner Baxter, Lynn Bari, Cesar Romero, Henry Hull, Kane Richmond, C. Henry Gordon
Roles Writer
Rating65%
Here I Am a Stranger (1939)
, 1h22Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Richard Greene, Richard Dix, Brenda Joyce, Roland Young, Gladys George, Kay Aldridge
Roles Writer
Rating69%
Happy Landing (1938)
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Don Ameche, Jean Hersholt, Ethel Merman, Cesar Romero, Billy Gilbert, Wally Vernon
Roles Writer
Rating63%
A bandleader, Duke Sargent, and his manager Jimmy Hall are flying from New York to Paris when they must make a forced landing in Norway. A misunderstanding results in local girl Trudy Ericksen being romantically committed to Duke, but he has Flo Kelly waiting for him back in New York and slips away.
I'll Give a Million (1938)
, 1h10Directed by Walter Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Marjorie Weaver, Warner Baxter, Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt, John Carradine, J. Edward Bromberg
Roles Writer
Rating64%
Louie, a tramp (Peter Lorre) saved from suicide. A bet. And a million to be given to a tramp. So, a lot of tramps try to get the million, and under all of them there is the millionaire Tony Newlander (Warner Baxter), that wanted to give away the million. A woman is always involved. So Jean Hofmann (Marjorie Weaver) is finally asked to marry Newlander. And he puts it as a condition: if she marries him, he donates the Million to the poor of the city. During the ceremony, where rich and poor are sitting together, some of them are strangely scratching themselves.
Thin Ice (1937)
, 1h19Directed by Sidney Lanfield
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Arthur Treacher, Raymond Walburn, Joan Davis, Sig Ruman, Alan Hale
Rating62%
The plot follows ski instructor Lili Heiser (Henie), who works at a local luxury hotel in the Swiss Alps. She falls in love with a man who goes skiing every morning (Power). She thinks he's an everyday tourist, not knowing that he's actually a prince trying to escape the pressures of royal life.