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William Glasgow is a Production Design American born on 26 april 1906 at Yuma (USA)
William Glasgow (26 April 1906 – 25 November 1972) was an American art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte.
(1962)
(Art Direction)
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Nationality USA
Birth 26 april 1906 at Yuma (USA)
Death 25 november 1972 (at 66 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 26 april 1906 at Yuma (USA)
Death 25 november 1972 (at 66 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
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Tick... Tick... Tick... (1970)
, 1h37Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Actors George Kennedy, Fredric March, Lynn Carlin, Don Stroud, Clifton James, Janet MacLachlan
Roles Art Direction
Rating66%
In a small Mississippi town, deputy Jim Price is elected sheriff over John Little, the incumbent. Racial tensions exist in the community and Price gets little assistance from Little, leaving office, or from Mayor Parks, who insists he be consulted on any decision the new sheriff makes.
, 1h41Directed by Lee H. Katzin, Bernard Girard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Geraldine Page, Ruth Gordon, Rosemary Forsyth, Robert Fuller, Mildred Dunnock, Peter Bonerz
Roles Art Direction
Rating67%
The opening scene of the film sets the tone. Claire Marrable (Page) is recently widowed and at the funeral, she frantically removes flowers from her husband's coffin, while eerie music plays in the background. A few days later, her husband's will is revealed by the junior partner of a law firm (The Bob Newhart Show's Peter Bonerz, in one
The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
, 2h10Directed by Robert Aldrich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about films, Films about religion, Films about television
Actors Peter Finch, Kim Novak, Ernest Borgnine, Michael Murphy, Milton Selzer, Valentina Cortese
Roles Art Direction
Rating57%
Elsa Brinkmann (Novak), is hired by producer Barney Sheean (Borgnine), who wishes to make a film about the life of 1930s movie star Lylah Clare (also Novak).
The Killing of Sister George (1968)
, 2h18Directed by Robert Aldrich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about television, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Beryl Reid, Susannah York, Coral Browne, Ronald Fraser, Patricia Medina, Hugh Paddick
Roles Art Direction
Rating69%
Sur le petit écran, June est Sister George, religieuse infiniment vertueuse et loyale. Mais dans le privé, June est une actrice "has been", lesbienne dominatrice (la scène de la poupée et du cigare), toxicomane, grossière, alimentant la presse à scandale à tel point que les autorités religieuses font pression sur la chaîne pour que Sister George soit exécutée. June n'en a pas fini de chuter...
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
, 2h22Directed by Robert Aldrich, Oscar Rudolph
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Le désert, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger, Ernest Borgnine, George Kennedy
Roles Art Direction
Rating74%
Frank Towns (James Stewart) is the pilot of a twin-engine Fairchild C-82 Packet cargo plane flying from Jaghbub to Benghazi in Libya. Lew Moran (Richard Attenborough) is the navigator while the passengers are Capt. Harris (Peter Finch) and Sgt. Watson (Ronald Fraser) of the British Army; Dr. Renaud (Christian Marquand), a physician; Heinrich Dorfmann (Hardy Krüger), a German aeronautical engineer; Mr. Standish (Dan Duryea), an oil company accountant; and several oil workers that include Trucker Cobb (Ernest Borgnine), a mentally-disturbed foreman; Ratbags Crow (Ian Bannen), a mean-spirited, sardonic Scot; Carlos (Alex Montoya) and his pet monkey; and Gabriel (Gabriele Tinti). A sudden sandstorm shuts down the engines, forcing Towns to crash-land in the desert. As the aircraft careens to a stop, several oil drums and oil drilling gear break loose and severely injure Gabriel's leg. Two other workers are killed.
, 2h13Directed by Robert Aldrich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Cecil Kellaway, Mary Astor
Roles Art Direction
Rating74%
In 1927, young belle Charlotte Hollis (Bette Davis) and her married lover, John Mayhew (Bruce Dern), plan to elope during a party at the Hollis family's antebellum mansion in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. However, after Charlotte's father intimidates him, telling him that John's wife had visited the day before and revealed the affair, John pretends he no longer loves Charlotte and tells her they must part.
4 for Texas (1963)
, 1h50Directed by Robert Aldrich, Oscar Rudolph
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Actors Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anita Ekberg, Ursula Andress, Charles Bronson, Victor Buono
Roles Art Direction
Rating54%
In 1870, a shipment of $100,000 being transported by stagecoach to Galveston, Texas, is the object of a tug-of-war in the desert between Zack Thomas (Frank Sinatra) and Joe Jarrett (Dean Martin), who first must stave off an outlaw band led by Matson (Charles Bronson).
, 2h8Directed by Robert Aldrich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about films, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about television, Vieillesse, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Gina Gillespie, Wesley Addy, Maidie Norman
Roles Art Direction
Rating79%
In 1917, Baby Jane Hudson is a vaudevillian child star while her sister Blanche Hudson is not famous and overlooked by their father. By 1935, both sisters are movie actors, but Blanche has achieved stardom, while Jane’s films have flopped, leading Jane to drink heavily. One night, returning from a party, one of the sisters (implied to be Blanche) gets out of the car to open the garage door, while the driver (implied to be Jane) attempts to run her over, misses, and crashes into the garage. The accident leaves Blanche paralyzed.
Hitler (1962)
, 1h47Directed by Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres War, Biography, Historical
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Hitler, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Richard Basehart, John Banner, Cordula Trantow, Maria Emo, Martin Kosleck, Narda Onyx
Roles Art Direction
Rating57%
Le film raconte la vie d'Hitler, qui commence avec le Putsch de la brasserie de novembre 1923, et qui se concentre principalement sur sa vie privée, particulièrement sur ses relations avec sa nièce Geli et sa compagne et épouse, Eva Braun.
Gunfighters of Abilene (1960)
, 1h6Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Buster Crabbe, Barton MacLane, Rachel Ames, Arthur Space, Russell Thorson, Richard Devon
Roles Art Direction
Rating52%
A cowboy avenges his brother's death.
Noose for a Gunman (1960)
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Crime, Western
Actors Jim Davis, Harry Carey, Jr., Barton MacLane, Ted de Corsia, Leo Gordon, Lyn Thomas
Roles Art Direction
Rating57%
A gunman takes on a corrupt land baron.
Timbuktu (1959)
, 1h31Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Origin USA
Genres War, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, Films about terrorism
Actors Victor Mature, Yvonne De Carlo, George Dolenz, John Dehner, Robert Clarke, Paul Wexler
Roles Art Direction
Rating56%
In 1940, France is at war with Germany. The French have removed large numbers of troops from their African possessions, leaving the way open for revolt. American soldier of fortune Mike Conway (Victor Mature) sees a chance to pay his way back to the United States by gunrunning to hostile Tuaregs.
Guns, Girls and Gangsters (1959)
, 1h10Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Mamie Van Doren, Gerald Mohr, Lee Van Cleef, Grant Richards, Paul Fix, Sol Gorss
Roles Art Direction
Rating61%
Chuck Wheeler is released from prison and begins to set up an elaborate heist of an armored truck carrying money from a Las Vegas casino. Chuck enlists the help of nightclub owner Joe Darren as well as Vi Victor, a sensational blonde who is married to Chuck's ex-cellmate Mike Bennett. Mike is a very jealous and dangerous man who will not grant Vi a divorce. He escapes from prison just before the armored truck robbery is set to take place and starts to cause havoc when he locates Chuck, Joe and his unfaithful wife.
Vice Raid (1959)
, 1h11Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Mamie Van Doren, Richard Coogan, Brad Dexter, Barry Atwater, Carol Nugent, Chris Alcaide
Roles Art Direction
Rating55%
Police Sgt. Whitey Brandon works for the Vice Squad and is determined to beat corruption in the city. He encounters Carol Hudson who is working as a model. She is sent to frame him and succeeds. Carol's sister comes to visit and is raped and bashed by a thug who knows Carol. Carol, desperate for revenge, enlists the help of Brandon to fight the thugs who attacked her sister.
, 1h10Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Eduard Franz, Valerie French, Boris Karloff, Henry Daniell, Paul Cavanagh, Grant Richards
Roles Art Direction
Rating58%
Jonathan Drake (Eduard Franz), a university professor specializing in the occult, is summoned to the home of his brother, Kenneth Drake (Paul Cavanagh), when a family curse threatens Kenneth's life. Jonathan Drake arrives too late to save his brother from a violent death and subsequent decapitation before his burial. The curse is the work of Dr. Emil Zurich (Henry Daniell), a Swiss agent who was a member of Jonathan Drake's ancestor's exploration party two hundred years previously. Zurich was captured, thus forcing Captain Drake to lead a rescue party into the jungle. Drake's party massacres the tribe (save for the tribal witch doctor Zutai (Paul Wexler), only to find that Zurich has been beheaded. Zutai is assisting the miraculously resurrected Zurich in his pursuit for revenge and supernatural destiny against Captain Drake's male descendants. Zurich and Zutai lay their plans to murder and behead Jonathan Drake, which will end the curse on the Drake family.