Charles Marquis Warren
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Charles Marquis Warren (December 16, 1912 – August 11, 1990) was an American motion picture
and television
writer
, producer
, and director
who specialized in the western
genre
. He is notable for his involvement in the creation of the television series Gunsmoke and Rawhide
.
, Maryland
, and was the son of a real estate
broker and the godson of American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald
. He was educated at Baltimore High School and Baltimore City College
. During his college years he developed an interest in writing, resulting in a play entitled No Sun, No Moon, which was staged at Princeton University
. Warren decided to go to Hollywood in 1933 when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
took an option on the play. With the help of his godfather, Warren secured a position as a staff writer for the studio. His early assignments included working on the scripts for Mutiny on the Bounty
(1935) starring Charles Laughton
and Clark Gable
, and Top Hat
(1935) with Fred Astaire
and Ginger Rogers
. He made the latter film on loan out to RKO Radio pictures. Warren eventually left Hollywood for New York
where he found success as a fiction writer for various pulp magazines. Several of his writings were published in The Saturday Evening Post
. Three of his Post stories, Only the Valiant, Bugles Are for Soldiers, and Valley of the Shadow, were published as novels and became best-sellers.
In 1941 he married Anna Crawford Tootle. They had a daughter, Anne.
During World War II
Warren joined the United States Navy
and served in the Photo Science Laboratory. He rose to the rank of commander and, while serving in the South Pacific
in 1944, was wounded by a Japanese grenade. For his wounds and service he received a Purple Heart
, a Bronze Star
and five battle stars. During his recovery at Guadalcanal
his novel, Only the Valiant, was purchased by Warner Bros.
Following his discharge, Warren returned to Hollywood and re-established himself as a screenwriter specializing in westerns. He was the screenwriter for Beyond Glory (1948) starring Alan Ladd
, Streets of Laredo
(1949) with William Holden
and Macdonald Carey
, Oh! Susanna (1951) with Rod Cameron
, The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951) with Glenn Ford
and Rhonda Fleming
, and Springfield Rifle
(1952) with Gary Cooper
. Only the Valiant
was adapted by other writers for a 1951 film starring Gregory Peck
.
In 1951 Warren began directing films as well as writing them, starting with Little Big Horn, a western starring Lloyd Bridges
. He followed this with Hellgate (1952) with James Arness
and produced by Commander Films Corporation, a company that Warren founded. In 1953 he moved to Paramount
where he wrote the screenplay for Pony Express
starring Charlton Heston
as Buffalo Bill
. In the same year he wrote and directed Arrowhead
with Heston and Jack Palance
, and the 3-D
adventure Flight to Tangier with Palance and Joan Fontaine
. Warren also directed Seven Angry Men (1955), an Allied Artists
production starring Raymond Massey
.
In 1955 CBS
offered Warren the position of director and producer of Gunsmoke, a new television series based on the popular radio series of the same name and produced by Norman Macdonnell. Initially interested in only making motion pictures, Warren accepted the offer when CBS agreed to pay him $7000 per week. He produced the entire first season of the series and directed the first 26 of its 39 episodes. Warren continued as producer for the second season of Gunsmoke but left the series in mid-season due to a difficult professional relationship with Macdonnell, who worked as the series' associate producer.
After leaving Gunsmoke, Warren returned to working in the cinema as a writer, director, and producer. His films from this era include the horror films Back From the Dead (1957) with Peggie Castle
and The Unknown Terror (1958) with John Howard
, and the war film Desert Hell (1958) with Brian Keith
. His westerns include Trooper Hook (1957) with Joel McCrea
and Barbara Stanwyck
, Copper Sky (1957) with Jeff Morrow, Ride a Violent Mile (1958) with John Agar
, Blood Arrow (1958) with Scott Brady
, and Cattle Empire (1958) with Joel McCrea.
Warren also continued working in television. In 1957 he wrote, produced, and directed an episode of the anthology series Playhouse 90
entitled "Without Incident", which starred Errol Flynn
. In 1959 he became producer and occasional writer and director for the series Rawhide
starring Eric Fleming
and Clint Eastwood
. He also served briefly as producer or executive producer for two other western series, The Iron Horse with Dale Robertson
and The Virginian
with James Drury
. He returned to films as the writer of Day of the Evil Gun
(1968) with Glenn Ford
and as the writer and director of Charro!
(1969) starring Elvis Presley
.
Warren died of a heart aneurysm
in 1990 at the age of 77, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Film
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and television
Television
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writer
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
, and director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
who specialized in the western
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
genre
Genre
Genre , Greek: genos, γένος) is the term for any category of literature or other forms of art or culture, e.g. music, and in general, any type of discourse, whether written or spoken, audial or visual, based on some set of stylistic criteria. Genres are formed by conventions that change over time...
. He is notable for his involvement in the creation of the television series Gunsmoke and Rawhide
Rawhide (TV series)
Rawhide is an American Western series that aired for eight seasons on the CBS network on Friday nights, from January 9, 1959 to September 3, 1965, before moving to Tuesday nights from September 14, 1965 until January 4, 1966, with a total of 217 black-and-white episodes...
.
Biography
Warren was born in BaltimoreBaltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
, and was the son of a real estate
Real estate
In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...
broker and the godson of American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigm writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost...
. He was educated at Baltimore High School and Baltimore City College
Baltimore City College
The Baltimore City College , also referred to as The Castle on the Hill, historically as The College, and most commonly City, is a public high school in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. The City College curriculum includes the International Baccalaureate Programme and emphasizes study in the classics...
. During his college years he developed an interest in writing, resulting in a play entitled No Sun, No Moon, which was staged at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
. Warren decided to go to Hollywood in 1933 when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs. MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer...
took an option on the play. With the help of his godfather, Warren secured a position as a staff writer for the studio. His early assignments included working on the scripts for Mutiny on the Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film)
Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1935 film starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable, and directed by Frank Lloyd based on the Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall novel Mutiny on the Bounty.The film was one of the biggest hits of its time...
(1935) starring Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton was an English-American stage and film actor, screenwriter, producer and director.-Early life and career:...
and Clark Gable
Clark Gable
William Clark Gable , known as Clark Gable, was an American film actor most famous for his role as Rhett Butler in the 1939 Civil War epic film Gone with the Wind, in which he starred with Vivien Leigh...
, and Top Hat
Top Hat
Top Hat is a 1935 screwball comedy musical film in which Fred Astaire plays an American dancer named Jerry Travers, who comes to London to star in a show produced by Horace Hardwick . He meets and attempts to impress Dale Tremont to win her affection...
(1935) with Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of 76 years, during which he made 31 musical films. He was named the fifth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute...
and Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers was an American actress, dancer, and singer who appeared in film, and on stage, radio, and television throughout much of the 20th century....
. He made the latter film on loan out to RKO Radio pictures. Warren eventually left Hollywood for New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
where he found success as a fiction writer for various pulp magazines. Several of his writings were published in The Saturday Evening Post
The Saturday Evening Post
The Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971.-History:...
. Three of his Post stories, Only the Valiant, Bugles Are for Soldiers, and Valley of the Shadow, were published as novels and became best-sellers.
In 1941 he married Anna Crawford Tootle. They had a daughter, Anne.
During World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
Warren joined the United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
and served in the Photo Science Laboratory. He rose to the rank of commander and, while serving in the South Pacific
Pacific Ocean theater of World War II
The Pacific Ocean theatre was one of four major naval theatres of war of World War II, which pitted the forces of Japan against those of the United States, the British Commonwealth, the Netherlands and France....
in 1944, was wounded by a Japanese grenade. For his wounds and service he received a Purple Heart
Purple Heart
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York...
, a Bronze Star
Bronze Star Medal
The Bronze Star Medal is a United States Armed Forces individual military decoration that may be awarded for bravery, acts of merit, or meritorious service. As a medal it is awarded for merit, and with the "V" for valor device it is awarded for heroism. It is the fourth-highest combat award of the...
and five battle stars. During his recovery at Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal is a tropical island in the South-Western Pacific. The largest island in the Solomons, it was discovered by the Spanish expedition of Alvaro de Mendaña in 1568...
his novel, Only the Valiant, was purchased by Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
Following his discharge, Warren returned to Hollywood and re-established himself as a screenwriter specializing in westerns. He was the screenwriter for Beyond Glory (1948) starring Alan Ladd
Alan Ladd
-Early life:Ladd was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He was the only child of Ina Raleigh Ladd and Alan Ladd, Sr. He was of English ancestry. His father died when he was four, and his mother relocated to Oklahoma City where she married Jim Beavers, a housepainter...
, Streets of Laredo
Streets of Laredo (film)
Streets of Laredo is a 1949 western film starring William Holden, Macdonald Carey and William Bendix as three outlaws who rescue a young girl, played by Mona Freeman...
(1949) with William Holden
William Holden
William Holden was an American actor. Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1954 and the Emmy Award for Best Actor in 1974...
and Macdonald Carey
Macdonald Carey
Edward Macdonald Carey was an American actor, best known for his role as the patriarch Dr. Tom Horton on NBC's soap opera Days of our Lives...
, Oh! Susanna (1951) with Rod Cameron
Rod Cameron
Rod Cameron was a Canadian-born movie actor whose career extended from the 1930s to the 1970s. He appeared in horror, war, action and science fiction movies, but is best remembered for his many Westerns....
, The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951) with Glenn Ford
Glenn Ford
Glenn Ford was a Canadian-born American actor from Hollywood's Golden Era with a career that spanned seven decades...
and Rhonda Fleming
Rhonda Fleming
Rhonda Fleming , is an American film and television actress.She acted in more than 40 films, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s, and became renowned as one of the most beautiful and glamorous actresses of her day...
, and Springfield Rifle
Springfield Rifle (1952 film)
Springfield Rifle is a western film, directed by Andre de Toth and released by Warner Bros. Pictures in 1952. The film is set during the American Civil War and stars Gary Cooper in the lead role as Major Alex Kearney. Phyllis Thaxter played the lead female role as Erin Kearney. The film also...
(1952) with Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper
Frank James Cooper, known professionally as Gary Cooper, was an American film actor. He was renowned for his quiet, understated acting style and his stoic, but at times intense screen persona, which was particularly well suited to the many Westerns he made...
. Only the Valiant
Only the Valiant
Only the Valiant is a 1951 western film produced by William Cagney , directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Gregory Peck and Barbara Payton. The screenplay was written by Edmund H...
was adapted by other writers for a 1951 film starring Gregory Peck
Gregory Peck
Eldred Gregory Peck was an American actor.One of 20th Century Fox's most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1960s, Peck continued to play important roles well into the 1980s. His notable performances include that of Atticus Finch in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird, for which he won an...
.
In 1951 Warren began directing films as well as writing them, starting with Little Big Horn, a western starring Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr. was an American actor who starred in a number of television series and appeared in more than 150 feature films. Bridges is best known for his role of Mike Nelson in Sea Hunt, the most-popular syndicated American TV series in 1958...
. He followed this with Hellgate (1952) with James Arness
James Arness
James King Arness was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon in the television series Gunsmoke for 20 years...
and produced by Commander Films Corporation, a company that Warren founded. In 1953 he moved to Paramount
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
where he wrote the screenplay for Pony Express
Pony Express (film)
Pony Express is a 1953 American western film directed by Jerry Hopper and starring Charlton Heston as Buffalo Bill, Forrest Tucker as Wild Bill Hickok, Jan Sterling as a Calamity Jane type characterand Rhonda Fleming that was filmed in Kanab, Utah...
starring Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston was an American actor of film, theatre and television. Heston is known for heroic roles in films such as The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, El Cid, and Planet of the Apes...
as Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody was a United States soldier, bison hunter and showman. He was born in the Iowa Territory , in LeClaire but lived several years in Canada before his family moved to the Kansas Territory. Buffalo Bill received the Medal of Honor in 1872 for service to the US...
. In the same year he wrote and directed Arrowhead
Arrowhead (film)
Arrowhead is a 1953 western film directed by Charles Marquis Warren and starring Charlton Heston and Jack Palance. The film is based on the novel Adobe Walls by W.R.Burnett. The screenplay was also by Charles Marquis Warren.-Plot synopsis:...
with Heston and Jack Palance
Jack Palance
Jack Palance , was an American actor. During half a century of film and television appearances, Palance was nominated for three Academy Awards, all as Best Actor in a Supporting Role, winning in 1991 for his role in City Slickers.-Early life:Palance, one of five children, was born Volodymyr...
, and the 3-D
3-D film
A 3-D film or S3D film is a motion picture that enhances the illusion of depth perception...
adventure Flight to Tangier with Palance and Joan Fontaine
Joan Fontaine
Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland , known professionally as Joan Fontaine, is a British American actress. She and her elder sister Olivia de Havilland are two of the last surviving leading ladies from Hollywood of the 1930s....
. Warren also directed Seven Angry Men (1955), an Allied Artists
Monogram Pictures
Monogram Pictures Corporation is a Hollywood studio that produced and released films, most on low budgets, between 1931 and 1953, when the firm completed a transition to the name Allied Artists Pictures Corporation. Monogram is considered a leader among the smaller studios sometimes referred to...
production starring Raymond Massey
Raymond Massey
Raymond Hart Massey was a Canadian/American actor.-Early life:Massey was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Anna , who was born in Illinois, and Chester Daniel Massey, the wealthy owner of the Massey-Ferguson Tractor Company. Massey's family could trace their ancestry back to the American...
.
In 1955 CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
offered Warren the position of director and producer of Gunsmoke, a new television series based on the popular radio series of the same name and produced by Norman Macdonnell. Initially interested in only making motion pictures, Warren accepted the offer when CBS agreed to pay him $7000 per week. He produced the entire first season of the series and directed the first 26 of its 39 episodes. Warren continued as producer for the second season of Gunsmoke but left the series in mid-season due to a difficult professional relationship with Macdonnell, who worked as the series' associate producer.
After leaving Gunsmoke, Warren returned to working in the cinema as a writer, director, and producer. His films from this era include the horror films Back From the Dead (1957) with Peggie Castle
Peggie Castle
Peggie Castle was an American actress who specialized in playing the "other woman" in B-movies. She was also billed under the names Peggy Castle and Peggie Call.-Career:...
and The Unknown Terror (1958) with John Howard
John Howard (American actor)
John Howard was an American actor noted for his work in film and television.-Background:Born John R. Cox, Jr. in Cleveland, Ohio, he was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of what is now Case Western Reserve University. At college he discovered a love for the theater, and took part in student productions...
, and the war film Desert Hell (1958) with Brian Keith
Brian Keith
Brian Keith was an American film, television, and stage actor who in his four decade-long career gained recognition for his work in movies such as the 1961 Disney family film The Parent Trap, the 1966 comedy The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, and the 1975 adventure saga The Wind and...
. His westerns include Trooper Hook (1957) with Joel McCrea
Joel McCrea
Joel Albert McCrea was an American actor whose career spanned 50 years and appearances in over 90 films.-Early life:...
and Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck was an American actress. She was a film and television star, known during her 60-year career as a consummate and versatile professional with a strong screen presence, and a favorite of directors including Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang and Frank Capra...
, Copper Sky (1957) with Jeff Morrow, Ride a Violent Mile (1958) with John Agar
John Agar
John George Agar was an American actor. He starred alongside John Wayne in the films Sands of Iwo Jima, Fort Apache and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, but was later relegated to B movies, such as Tarantula, The Mole People, The Brain from Planet Arous, Flesh and the Spur, and Hand of Death...
, Blood Arrow (1958) with Scott Brady
Scott Brady
Scott Brady was an American film and television actor.Born as Gerard Kenneth Tierney, he was the younger brother of fellow actor Lawrence Tierney. Brady served in the Navy during World War II, where he was a boxing champ...
, and Cattle Empire (1958) with Joel McCrea.
Warren also continued working in television. In 1957 he wrote, produced, and directed an episode of the anthology series Playhouse 90
Playhouse 90
Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California...
entitled "Without Incident", which starred Errol Flynn
Errol Flynn
Errol Leslie Flynn was an Australian-born actor. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles in Hollywood films, being a legend and his flamboyant lifestyle.-Early life:...
. In 1959 he became producer and occasional writer and director for the series Rawhide
Rawhide (TV series)
Rawhide is an American Western series that aired for eight seasons on the CBS network on Friday nights, from January 9, 1959 to September 3, 1965, before moving to Tuesday nights from September 14, 1965 until January 4, 1966, with a total of 217 black-and-white episodes...
starring Eric Fleming
Eric Fleming
Eric Fleming was an American actor, known primarily for his role as Gil Favor in the long running CBS television series Rawhide.-Early life:...
and Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...
. He also served briefly as producer or executive producer for two other western series, The Iron Horse with Dale Robertson
Dale Robertson
Dayle Lymoine "Dale" Robertson is an American actor best known for his starring roles on television. He played the role of Jim Hardie in the TV series, Tales of Wells Fargo, and the owner of an incomplete railroad line in ABC's The Iron Horse, often appearing as the deceptively thoughtful but...
and The Virginian
The Virginian (TV series)
The Virginian is an American Western television series starring James Drury and Doug McClure, which aired on NBC from 1962 to 1971 for a total of 249 episodes. Filmed in color, The Virginian became television's first 90-minute western series...
with James Drury
James Drury
James Child Drury, Jr. is an American actor probably best known for his success in playing the title role in the 90-minute weekly Western television series The Virginian, broadcast on NBC from 1962-1971...
. He returned to films as the writer of Day of the Evil Gun
Day of the Evil Gun
Day of the Evil Gun is a 1968 American traditional western starring Glenn Ford, Arthur Kennedy and Dean Jagger. It was directed by Jerry Thorpe.-Plot:...
(1968) with Glenn Ford
Glenn Ford
Glenn Ford was a Canadian-born American actor from Hollywood's Golden Era with a career that spanned seven decades...
and as the writer and director of Charro!
Charro!
Charro! is a 1969 Western film starring Elvis Presley. It was his only role that didn't feature him singing on-screen, and is the only Presley film to feature no songs at all except for the main title theme. It also features a bearded Presley for the first and last time in any of his films.The film...
(1969) starring Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
.
Warren died of a heart aneurysm
Aneurysm of heart
An aneurysm of heart is a condition that can occur after a myocardial infarction due to the inadequate resistance of the new scar tissue to the systolic pressure....
in 1990 at the age of 77, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Filmography
| Year | |Title | |Credited as | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The... | |Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... | |Screenwriter Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | |Story | ||
| 1948 | Beyond Glory | ||||
| 1949 | Streets of Laredo Streets of Laredo (film) Streets of Laredo is a 1949 western film starring William Holden, Macdonald Carey and William Bendix as three outlaws who rescue a young girl, played by Mona Freeman... |
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| 1951 | Oh! Susanna | ||||
| The Redhead and the Cowboy | |||||
| Only the Valiant Only the Valiant Only the Valiant is a 1951 western film produced by William Cagney , directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Gregory Peck and Barbara Payton. The screenplay was written by Edmund H... |
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| Fighting Coast Guard | |||||
| Little Big Horn | |||||
| 1952 | Woman of the North Country | ||||
| Hellgate | |||||
| Springfield Rifle Springfield Rifle (1952 film) Springfield Rifle is a western film, directed by Andre de Toth and released by Warner Bros. Pictures in 1952. The film is set during the American Civil War and stars Gary Cooper in the lead role as Major Alex Kearney. Phyllis Thaxter played the lead female role as Erin Kearney. The film also... |
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| 1953 | Pony Express Pony Express (film) Pony Express is a 1953 American western film directed by Jerry Hopper and starring Charlton Heston as Buffalo Bill, Forrest Tucker as Wild Bill Hickok, Jan Sterling as a Calamity Jane type characterand Rhonda Fleming that was filmed in Kanab, Utah... |
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| Arrowhead Arrowhead (film) Arrowhead is a 1953 western film directed by Charles Marquis Warren and starring Charlton Heston and Jack Palance. The film is based on the novel Adobe Walls by W.R.Burnett. The screenplay was also by Charles Marquis Warren.-Plot synopsis:... |
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| Flight to Tangier | |||||
| 1955 | Seven Angry Men | ||||
| 1956 | The Black Whip | ||||
| 1957 | Trooper Hook | ||||
| The Unknown Terror The Unknown Terror The Unknown Terror is a 1957 science fiction/horror film. The film was written by Kenneth Higgins and produced by Charles Marquis Warren. The director and other cast and credits were here, too, until the first 2007 entry shown, which actually represents a complete erasure of the original entry.The... |
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| Back from the Dead | |||||
| Copper Sky | |||||
| Ride a Violent Mile | |||||
| 1958 | Blood Arrow | ||||
| Cattle Empire | |||||
| Desert Hell | |||||
| 1968 | Day of the Evil Gun Day of the Evil Gun Day of the Evil Gun is a 1968 American traditional western starring Glenn Ford, Arthur Kennedy and Dean Jagger. It was directed by Jerry Thorpe.-Plot:... |
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| 1969 | Charro! Charro! Charro! is a 1969 Western film starring Elvis Presley. It was his only role that didn't feature him singing on-screen, and is the only Presley film to feature no songs at all except for the main title theme. It also features a bearded Presley for the first and last time in any of his films.The film... |