H. W. Kier
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Harley William Kier was an American
film producer
who produced many low-budget short films and a few feature film
s almost exclusively in and around San Antonio, Texas
.
Kier partnered with A.A. Phillips in 1926 and founded Kier-Phillips productions. They produced short commercial and industrial films. They created National Pictures Gulf Coast Studios in the 1930s and continued making shorts, most of which have not survived.
Kier did little producing in the 1940s but worked on some of the race films made in Texas by Sack Amusement Company. In 1955 and 1956, Kier produced a series of comedy shorts in Spanish
called Chepo y Kayote
United States
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film 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...
who produced many low-budget short films and a few feature film
Feature film
In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...
s almost exclusively in and around San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
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Kier partnered with A.A. Phillips in 1926 and founded Kier-Phillips productions. They produced short commercial and industrial films. They created National Pictures Gulf Coast Studios in the 1930s and continued making shorts, most of which have not survived.
Kier did little producing in the 1940s but worked on some of the race films made in Texas by Sack Amusement Company. In 1955 and 1956, Kier produced a series of comedy shorts in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
called Chepo y Kayote
Filmography
- Border Fence (1951) (also directed)
- The Girl in Room 20The Girl in Room 20The Girl in Room 20 is a 1949 race film directed by and starring Spencer Williams. The focuses on Daisy Mae Walker an aspiring singer from a small town in Texas, who comes to New York City to pursue a show business career, only to fall prey to a sleazy nightclub owner...
(1946) (also edited) - Of One BloodOf One Blood (film)Of One Blood is a 1944 race film directed by and starring Spencer Williams. The film focuses on two orphaned African American brothers who grow up to become a lawyer and a police officer, and who work together to break up a crime ring that is run by a miscreant who turns out to be their long-lost...
(1944) - Marching On!Marching On!Marching On! is a 1943 American race film directed and written by Spencer Williams.The film is also known as Where's My Man To-nite .- Plot summary :...
(1943) - The Alamo: Shrine of Texas Liberty (1938)
- Clipped WingsClipped Wings (1937 film)-Cast:*Lloyd Hughes as Capt. Jerry Brown aka Jim Lofton*Rosalind Keith as Molly McGuire*William Janney as Mickey Lofton*George Regas as Fernando, Moran's Henchman*Henry Otho as Sergeant Phalen*Richard Cramer as Moran, Jones' Henchman...
(1937)