Irving Pichel
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Irving Pichel was an American actor and film director. He married Violette Wilson, daughter of Jackson Stitt Wilson
, a Methodist minister and Socialist mayor of Berkeley, California
. Her sister was actress Viola Barry
. The Pichels had three sons, Pichel Wilson, Julian Irving, and Marlowe Agnew.
was as a technical director
for the Bohemian Club
's summer pageants at the Bohemian Grove
. He was soon loaned out to Wallace Rice
as the main narrator in Rice's Primavera, the Masque of Santa Barbara in 1920. Pichel achieved significant notoriety as the title character in the landmark Pasadena Playhouse
production of Eugene O'Neill
's play "Lazarus Laughed
" in 1927.
Among his most notable screen roles were the servant Sandor in Dracula's Daughter
, and Fagin
in the 1933
adaptation of Oliver Twist
. He directed several films, including The Miracle of the Bells
, Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
, and Destination Moon
. His voice was heard as narrator in How Green Was My Valley
, and as the voice of Jesus in the film The Great Commandment
.
By the mid 1940s, Pichel played small parts in several of the films that he directed, performed on radio, and was the narrator of John Ford
's She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
in 1949
. His last films as a director were sectarian church-basement favorites Martin Luther in 1953
, and Day of Triumph in 1954
.
during the United States' second Red Scare
. This group became known as the "Hollywood Nineteen" and the "Unfriendly Nineteen". While Pichel was ultimately not called to testify, he was blacklisted
, although he got around the blacklist by leaving the United States.
Jackson Stitt Wilson
Jackson Stitt Wilson , commonly known as J. Stitt Wilson, was a leading Christian Socialist American politician during the first decades of the 20th Century. He is best remembered as the mayor of the city of Berkeley, California from 1911 to 1913.-Background and Ideas:J. Stitt Wilson was born in...
, a Methodist minister and Socialist mayor of Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
. Her sister was actress Viola Barry
Viola Barry
-Biography:She was born Gladys Viola Wilson in Evanston, Illinois the daughter of Jackson Stitt Wilson. She moved with her family to Berkeley, California where her father would become the socialist mayor from 1911-1913....
. The Pichels had three sons, Pichel Wilson, Julian Irving, and Marlowe Agnew.
Career
Pichel's first work in musical theatreMusical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
was as a technical director
Technical director
The Technical Director or Technical Manager is usually a senior technical person within a software company, film studio, theatrical company or television studio...
for the Bohemian Club
Bohemian Club
The Bohemian Club is a private men's club in San Francisco, California, United States.Its clubhouse is located at 624 Taylor Street in San Francisco...
's summer pageants at the Bohemian Grove
Bohemian Grove
Bohemian Grove is a campground located at 20601 Bohemian Avenue, in Monte Rio, California, belonging to a private San Francisco-based men's art club known as the Bohemian Club...
. He was soon loaned out to Wallace Rice
Wallace Rice
Wallace deGroot Cecil Rice was an American author, lecturer, and poet from Chicago, Illinois.-Biography:Wallace Rice was born 10 Nov 1859, to John Asaph Rice and Margaret Van Slyke Rice in Hamilton, Ontario, while his parents were temporarily residing in Canada...
as the main narrator in Rice's Primavera, the Masque of Santa Barbara in 1920. Pichel achieved significant notoriety as the title character in the landmark Pasadena Playhouse
Pasadena Playhouse
The Pasadena Playhouse is a historic performing arts venue located 39 S El Molino Avenue in Pasadena, California. The 686-seat auditorium produces a variety of cultural and artistic events, professional shows, and community engagements each year.-History:...
production of Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in Literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into American drama techniques of realism earlier associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish...
's play "Lazarus Laughed
Lazarus Laughed
Lazarus Laughed is a play by Eugene O'Neill written in 1925. Its sub-title was A Play for Imaginative Theatre. It is a long theo-philosophical meditation with more than a hundred actors making up a masked chorus. In theatrical format, Lazarus Laughed appears to be a Greek tragedy. But the...
" in 1927.
Among his most notable screen roles were the servant Sandor in Dracula's Daughter
Dracula's Daughter
Dracula's Daughter is a 1936 American vampire horror film produced by Universal Studios, a sequel to the 1931 film Dracula. Directed by Lambert Hillyer from a screenplay by Garrett Fort, the film stars Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden, Marguerite Churchill and, as the only cast member to return from the...
, and Fagin
Fagin
Fagin is a fictional character who appears as an antagonist of the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist, referred to in the preface of the novel as a "receiver of stolen goods", but referred to more frequently within the actual story as the "merry old gentleman" or simply the "Jew".-Character:Born...
in the 1933
1933 in film
-Events:* March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City.* June 6 - The first drive-in theater opens, in Camden, New Jersey.* British Film Institute founded....
adaptation of Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist (1933 film)
Oliver Twist is a 1933 American film directed by William J. Cowen. It is an adaptation of Charles Dickens's popular novel with the same name and was the first sound version of the classic. It stars Irving Pichel as Fagin, Dickie Moore as Oliver, Doris Lloyd as Nancy, and William "Stage" Boyd as...
. He directed several films, including The Miracle of the Bells
The Miracle of the Bells
The Miracle of the Bells is a 1948 film produced by RKO. It stars Fred MacMurray, Alida Valli, Frank Sinatra, and Lee J. Cobb. Directed by Irving Pichel, with a script by Quentin Reynolds and Ben Hecht.The film is based on a novel by Russell Janney....
, Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid is a 1948 fantasy film starring William Powell and Ann Blyth in the title roles. Irene Hervey played Mr. Peabody's wife.- Plot :...
, and Destination Moon
Destination Moon (film)
Destination Moon is an American science fiction feature film produced by George Pal, who later produced When Worlds Collide, The War of the Worlds, and The Time Machine. Pal commissioned the script by James O'Hanlon and Rip Van Ronkel...
. His voice was heard as narrator in How Green Was My Valley
How Green Was My Valley (film)
How Green Was My Valley is a 1941 drama film directed by John Ford. The film, based on the 1939 Richard Llewellyn novel, was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and written by Philip Dunne. The film stars Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp, and Roddy McDowall...
, and as the voice of Jesus in the film The Great Commandment
The Great Commandment
The Great Commandment is a Christian film directed by Irving Pichel, which portrays the conversion to Christianity of a young Zealot, Joel, and the Roman soldier Longinus through the teachings of Jesus in his Parable of the Good Samaritan. It was co-produced by Rev. James K. Friedrich and released...
.
By the mid 1940s, Pichel played small parts in several of the films that he directed, performed on radio, and was the narrator of John Ford
John Ford
John Ford was an American film director. He was famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath...
's She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon is a 1949 Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne. The film was the second of Ford's trilogy of films focusing on the US Cavalry ; the other two films were Fort Apache and Rio Grande...
in 1949
1949 in film
The year 1949 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :- Awards :Academy Awards:*Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello...
. His last films as a director were sectarian church-basement favorites Martin Luther in 1953
1953 in film
The year 1953 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*September 16 — The Robe debuts as the first anamorphic, widescreen CinemaScope film.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:A...
, and Day of Triumph in 1954
1954 in film
The year 1954 in film involved some significant events and memorable ones.-Events:*May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda...
.
Blacklist
In 1947, Pichel was one of 19 members of the Hollywood community who were subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities CommitteeHouse Un-American Activities Committee
The House Committee on Un-American Activities or House Un-American Activities Committee was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. In 1969, the House changed the committee's name to "House Committee on Internal Security"...
during the United States' second Red Scare
Red Scare
Durrell Blackwell Durrell Blackwell The term Red Scare denotes two distinct periods of strong Anti-Communism in the United States: the First Red Scare, from 1919 to 1920, and the Second Red Scare, from 1947 to 1957. The First Red Scare was about worker revolution and...
. This group became known as the "Hollywood Nineteen" and the "Unfriendly Nineteen". While Pichel was ultimately not called to testify, he was blacklisted
Hollywood blacklist
The Hollywood blacklist—as the broader entertainment industry blacklist is generally known—was the mid-twentieth-century list of screenwriters, actors, directors, musicians, and other U.S. entertainment professionals who were denied employment in the field because of their political beliefs or...
, although he got around the blacklist by leaving the United States.
Actor
- The Right to Love (1930)
- The Cheat (1931)
- The Road to RenoThe Road to RenoThe Road to Reno is a drama film, directed by Richard Wallace.-Plot:Twice divorced Jackie Millet tries one more time with number three...
(1931) - An American Tragedy (1931)
- Murder by the ClockMurder by the ClockMurder by the Clock is a murder mystery film starring William "Stage" Boyd and Lilyan Tashman. It is based on the novel of the same name by Rufus King and the play Dangerously Yours by Charles Beahan. After a wealthy woman dies, her heirs start to follow suit.-Cast:*William "Stage" Boyd as Lt...
(1931) - Madame ButterflyMadame Butterfly (1932 film)Madame Butterfly is a 1932 Paramount dramatic film. It is based on the play by David Belasco which is based on the story by John Luther Long, and is adapted by Josephine Lovett and Joseph Moncure March. It stars Cary Grant and Sylvia Sidney. Music is credited to W...
(1932) - Wild GirlWild Girl (film)Wild Girl is a 1932 film starring Charles Farrell, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy, and Eugene Pallette. The movie was directed by Raoul Walsh, based on a play by Paul Armstrong, Jr. which in turn was based on the story "Salomy Jane's Kiss" by Bret Harte....
(1932) - Strange Justice (1932)
- The Painted Woman (1932)
- Westward PassageWestward PassageWestward Passage is a 1932 American drama film directed by Robert Milton and starring Ann Harding, Laurence Olivier, Zasu Pitts and Irving Pichel. A woman falls in love and marries, but soon discovers how unpleasant her new husband is. The film marked Olivier's first major role in the United States...
(1932) - Forgotten Commandments (1932)
- The Miracle ManThe Miracle Man (1932 film)The Miracle Man is a 1932 drama film directed by Norman Z. McLeod, starring Sylvia Sidney and featuring Boris Karloff. It is a remake of the 1919 film of the same name. The film was originally supposed to star Tyrone Power Sr, as the Preacher/Patriarch, but he died before major filming got underway...
(1932) - Two Kinds of Women (1932)
- The Right to Romance (1933)
- I'm No AngelI'm No AngelI'm No Angel is Mae West's third motion picture. West received sole story and screenplay credit. A young Cary Grant plays her leading man for the second time. Being Pre-Code, this was one of the few Mae West movies that was not subjected to heavy censorship...
(1933) - Night FlightNight Flight (1933 film)Night Flight is a 1933 aviation drama film produced and distributed by MGM and directed by Clarence Brown. The film stars Lionel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Clark Gable, and Helen Hayes among the star-studded cast...
(1933) - Before Dawn (1933)
- The Story of Temple DrakeThe Story of Temple DrakeThe Story of Temple Drake is a 1933 Pre-Code drama film adapted from the highly controversial novel Sanctuary by William Faulkner. Though watered down, the movie was still so scandalous, it was one of reasons for the introduction of the Hays Code...
(1933) - King of the Jungle (1933)
- Oliver TwistOliver Twist (1933 film)Oliver Twist is a 1933 American film directed by William J. Cowen. It is an adaptation of Charles Dickens's popular novel with the same name and was the first sound version of the classic. It stars Irving Pichel as Fagin, Dickie Moore as Oliver, Doris Lloyd as Nancy, and William "Stage" Boyd as...
(1933) - The Woman AccusedThe Woman AccusedThe Woman Accused is a 1933 drama film about a young engaged couple on a sea cruise, starring Nancy Carroll and Cary Grant. The movie was directed by Paul Sloane.-Cast:Nancy Carroll ... Glenda O'BrienCary Grant ... Jeffrey BaxterJohn Halliday ......
(1933) - The Mysterious Rider (1933)
- Billion Dollar Scandal (1933)
- Hamlet - Act I: Scene V (1933)
- The Silver Streak (1934)
- I Am a Thief (1934)
- CleopatraCleopatra (1934 film)Cleopatra is a 1934 epic film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and distributed by Paramount Pictures, which retells the story of Cleopatra VII of Egypt....
(1934) - British AgentBritish AgentBritish Agent is a 1934 espionage film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Leslie Howard and Kay Francis. It is based on Memoirs of a British Agent, the 1932 autobiography of R. H. Bruce Lockhart, who had spent a number of years working for the British Secret Service...
(1934) - She Was a Lady (1934)
- Return of the Terror (1934)
- Such Women Are Dangerous (1934)
- Fog Over FriscoFog Over FriscoFog Over Frisco is a 1934 American drama film directed by William Dieterle. The screenplay by Robert N. Lee and Eugene Solow was based on the short story The Five Fragments by George Dyer.-Plot:...
(1934) - Three Kids and a Queen (1935)
- Special Agent (1935)
- General SpankyGeneral SpankyGeneral Spanky is a 1936 American comedy film produced by Hal Roach. A spin-off of Roach's popular Our Gang short subjects, the film stars George "Spanky" McFarland, Phillips Holmes, Rosina Lawrence, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, and Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer...
(1936) - Down to the Sea (1936)
- Hearts in BondageHearts in Bondage- Cast :*James Dunn as Lieutenant Kenneth Reynolds*Mae Clarke as Constance Jordan*David Manners as Raymond Jordan*Charlotte Henry as Julie Buchanan*Henry B. Walthall as Captain Buchanan*Fritz Leiber as Captain John Ericsson*George Irving as Commodore Jordan...
(1936) - Dracula's DaughterDracula's DaughterDracula's Daughter is a 1936 American vampire horror film produced by Universal Studios, a sequel to the 1931 film Dracula. Directed by Lambert Hillyer from a screenplay by Garrett Fort, the film stars Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden, Marguerite Churchill and, as the only cast member to return from the...
(1936) - The House of a Thousand Candles (1936)
- Don't Gamble with Love (1936)
- The Sheik Steps Out (1937)
- Special Agent K-7 (1937)
- High, Wide, and HandsomeHigh, Wide, and HandsomeHigh, Wide, and Handsome is a 1937 American musical film starring Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott, Alan Hale, Sr., Charles Bickford, and Dorothy Lamour....
(1937) - Armored Car (1937)
- Join the Marines (1937)
- Topper Takes a TripTopper Takes a TripTopper Takes a Trip is a 1938 film sequel of Topper . Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke and Alan Mowbray reprised their roles from the earlier movie; only Cary Grant was missing . A ghost tries to reunite a couple who she had a hand in splitting up in the prior film...
(1938) - Newsboys' HomeNewsboys' HomeNewsboys' Home is a 1938 Universal Studios film that starred Jackie Cooper and The Little Tough Guys.-Cast:The Little Tough Guys:*Harris Berger as Sailor*Hal E...
(1938) - Gambling Ship (1938)
- There Goes My HeartThere Goes My HeartThere Goes My Heart is a 1938 romantic comedy film starring Virginia Bruce as a wealthy heiress who goes to work under an alias at a department store owned by her grandfather. Fredric March plays the reporter who tracks her down. The film is based on a story by Ed Sullivan, better known for his...
(1938) - Jezebel (1938)
- Old Hickory (1939)
- Torture ShipTorture Ship- Plot summary :A mad scientist performs experiments on "the criminal mind" on captured criminals on board his private ship.- Cast :*Lyle Talbot as Lt. Bob Bennett*Irving Pichel as Dr...
(1939) - Rio (1939)
- Dick Tracy's G-MenDick Tracy's G-MenDick Tracy's G-Men is a 15-Chapter Republic Movie Serial based on the Dick Tracy comic strip by Chester Gould. It was directed by William Witney and John English....
(1939) - Exile ExpressExile Express- Cast :*Anna Sten as Nadine Nikolas*Alan Marshal as Steve Reynolds*Jerome Cowan as Paul Brandt*Walter Catlett as Gus*Jed Prouty as Hanley*Stanley Fields as Tony Kassan*Leonid Kinskey as David*Etienne Girardot as Caretaker*Irving Pichel as Victor...
(1939) - Juarez (1939)
- How Green Was My ValleyHow Green Was My Valley (film)How Green Was My Valley is a 1941 drama film directed by John Ford. The film, based on the 1939 Richard Llewellyn novel, was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and written by Philip Dunne. The film stars Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp, and Roddy McDowall...
(1941) - The Moon Is Down (1943)
- December 7thDecember 7th (film)December 7th is a propaganda film produced by the US Navy and directed by John Ford, about the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the event which sparked the Pacific War and American involvement in World War II.-Production background:...
(1943) - Tomorrow Is ForeverTomorrow Is ForeverTomorrow Is Forever is a 1946 black-and-white film distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, directed by Irving Pichel, starring Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles and George Brent. The music score is by Max Steiner...
(1946) - Something in the WindSomething in the WindSomething in the Wind is an American feature film directed by Irving Pichel, released by Universal Studios, and starring Donald O'Connor and Deanna Durbin....
(1947) - They Won't Believe MeThey Won't Believe MeThey Won't Believe Me is a 1947 drama film starring Susan Hayward. The black-and-white film noir was directed by Irving Pichel. The film was produced by Alfred Hitchcock's longtime assistant and collaborator, Joan Harrison.-Plot:...
(1947) - She Wore a Yellow RibbonShe Wore a Yellow RibbonShe Wore a Yellow Ribbon is a 1949 Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne. The film was the second of Ford's trilogy of films focusing on the US Cavalry ; the other two films were Fort Apache and Rio Grande...
(1949) - Destination MoonDestination Moon (film)Destination Moon is an American science fiction feature film produced by George Pal, who later produced When Worlds Collide, The War of the Worlds, and The Time Machine. Pal commissioned the script by James O'Hanlon and Rip Van Ronkel...
(1950) - QuicksandQuicksand (1950 film)Quicksand is a United Artists film noir starring Mickey Rooney and Peter Lorre in a story about a garage mechanic's descent into crime. The film has been described as "film noir in a teacup.....
(1950) - The Great RupertThe Great RupertThe Great Rupert, is a 1950 comedy family film, produced by George Pal, directed by Irving Pichel and starring Jimmy Durante, Tom Drake and Terry Moore...
(1950) - Santa FeSanta Fe (1951 film)Santa Fe is a 1951 western film directed by Irving Pichel and starring Randolph Scott. The film is based on the novel Santa Fe by James Vance Marshall.-Plot synopsis:...
(1951) - Martin LutherMartin Luther (1953 film)Martin Luther is a 1953 film biography of Martin Luther. It was directed by Irving Pichel, , and stars Niall MacGinnis as Luther. It was produced by Louis de Rochemont and RD-DR Corporation in collaboration with Lutheran Church Productions and Luther-Film-G.M.B.H.The National Board of Review named...
(1953)
Director
- The Most Dangerous GameThe Most Dangerous Game (film)The Most Dangerous Game is a 1932 Pre-Code adaptation of the 1924 short story of the same name by Richard Connell, the first film version of that story. The plot concerns a big game hunter on an island who chooses to hunt humans for sport. The film stars Joel McCrea, Leslie Banks, and King Kong...
(1932) - Before DawnBefore DawnBefore Dawn was an American Champion filly racehorse bred and raced by Lucille Markey's Calumet Farm of Lexington, Kentucky,Trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, John Veitch, in 1981 she was voted the American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly. Retired to broodmare duty, Before Dawn was...
(1933) - SheShe (1935 film)She is a 1935 film produced by Merian C. Cooper. The film is based on H. Rider Haggard's novel of the same name. It stars Helen Gahagan, Randolph Scott and Nigel Bruce, with music by Max Steiner...
(1935) - The Gentleman from Louisiana (1936)
- The Duke Comes BackThe Duke Comes BackThe Duke Comes Back in a 1933 novel by Lucian Cary which tells the story of a retired boxing champion lured out of retirement for one final bout. It served as the basis for two films, The Call of the Ring in 1937 and Duke of Chicago in 1949....
(1937) - The Sheik Steps Out (1937)
- Beware of Ladies (1937)
- Larceny on the AirLarceny on the Air- Plot summary :Dr. Lawrence Baxter runs a medical-themed radio show and requently denounces the phony radium-based "medicine" being sold by Ronald Kennedy. After one of his patients his kidnapped by Kennedy's thugs, Baxter teams up with the police, and pretents to join Kennedy's business to gain...
(1937) - The Great CommandmentThe Great CommandmentThe Great Commandment is a Christian film directed by Irving Pichel, which portrays the conversion to Christianity of a young Zealot, Joel, and the Roman soldier Longinus through the teachings of Jesus in his Parable of the Good Samaritan. It was co-produced by Rev. James K. Friedrich and released...
(1939) - The Man I MarriedThe Man I MarriedThe Man I Married is a 1940 drama film starring Joan Bennett and Francis Lederer. An American woman marries a German, only to lose him to the Nazi Party when the couple travel to Germany.-Cast:...
(1940) - EarthboundEarthboundEarthbound may refer to:*EarthBound , a role-playing video game series for Nintendo**Mother , a Japan-only game that was to be called Earth Bound in the US...
(1940) - Dance HallDance hallDance hall in its general meaning is a hall for dancing. From the earliest years of the twentieth century until the early 1960s, the dance hall was the popular forerunner of the discothèque or nightclub...
(1941) - Hudson's Bay (1941)
- Life Begins at Eight-ThirtyLife Begins at Eight-ThirtyLife Begins at Eight-Thirty is a 1942 drama film starring Monty Woolley as a washed-up, alcoholic actor, Ida Lupino as his daughter, and Cornel Wilde as her boyfriend. It is based on the play The Light of Heart by Emlyn Williams.-Synopsis:...
(1942) - The Pied PiperThe Pied Piper (1942 film)The Pied Piper is a 1942 film in which an Englishman on vacation in France is caught up in the German invasion of that country, and finds himself taking an ever-growing group of children to safety. It stars Monty Woolley, Roddy McDowall and Anne Baxter. The movie was adapted by Nunnally Johnson...
(1942) - Secret Agent of JapanSecret Agent of JapanSecret Agent of Japan is the first American anti-Japanese war film produced by a major studio after the attack on Pearl Harbor. It stars Preston Foster as a nightclub owner in Shanghai who becomes involved in espionage revolving around preparations for the infamous sneak attack.-Cast:*Preston...
(1942) - Happy LandHappy Land (film)Happy Land is a 1943 film directed by Irving Pichel and starring Don Ameche.-Synopsis:Lew Marsh, s pharmacist to the small community of Hartfield, Iowa, is lunching with his devoted wife Agnes when a telegram arrives notifying them that their only child, Russell, whom they called Rusty, has been...
(1943) - The Moon Is DownThe Moon Is DownThe Moon Is Down, a novel by John Steinbeck fashioned for adaption for the theatre and for which Steinbeck received the Norwegian Haakon VII Cross of freedom, was published by Viking Press in March 1942...
(1943)
- And Now TomorrowAnd Now TomorrowAnd Now Tomorrow is a 1944 film based on the bestselling novel, published in 1942 by Rachel Field, directed by Irving Pichel and written by Raymond Chandler. Both center around one doctor's attempt for curing deafness. The film stars Alan Ladd and Susan Hayward. Its tagline was Who are you that a...
(1944) - A Medal for BennyA Medal for BennyA Medal for Benny is a 1945 American film directed by Irving Pichel. The story was conceived by writer Jack Wagner, who enlisted his longtime friend John Steinbeck to help him put it into script form. The film was released by Paramount Pictures.-Cast:...
(1945) - TemptationTemptation (1946 film)Temptation is an American drama film noir directed by Irving Pichel. The drama features Merle Oberon and George Brent. The film was based on Robert Smythe Hichens's novel Bella Donna....
(1946) - O.S.S.O.S.S. (film)O.S.S. is a 1946 war film starring Alan Ladd, Colton Winters and Geraldine Fitzgerald about the Office of Strategic Services....
(1946) - The Bride Wore BootsThe Bride Wore BootsThe Bride Wore Boots is a 1946 romantic comedy film with Barbara Stanwyck in the title role, playing opposite Robert Cummings. A very young Natalie Wood is seen in the film, directed by Irving Pichel....
(1946) - Colonel Effingham's RaidColonel Effingham's RaidColonel Effingham's Raid is a 1946 comedy film made by 20th Century Fox, directed by Irving Pichel. The screenplay was written by Kathryn Scola, based on a novel by Berry Fleming. The music score is by Cyril J. Mockridge...
(1946) - Tomorrow Is ForeverTomorrow Is ForeverTomorrow Is Forever is a 1946 black-and-white film distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, directed by Irving Pichel, starring Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles and George Brent. The music score is by Max Steiner...
(1946) - Something in the WindSomething in the WindSomething in the Wind is an American feature film directed by Irving Pichel, released by Universal Studios, and starring Donald O'Connor and Deanna Durbin....
(1947) - They Won't Believe MeThey Won't Believe MeThey Won't Believe Me is a 1947 drama film starring Susan Hayward. The black-and-white film noir was directed by Irving Pichel. The film was produced by Alfred Hitchcock's longtime assistant and collaborator, Joan Harrison.-Plot:...
(1947) - Mr. Peabody and the MermaidMr. Peabody and the MermaidMr. Peabody and the Mermaid is a 1948 fantasy film starring William Powell and Ann Blyth in the title roles. Irene Hervey played Mr. Peabody's wife.- Plot :...
(1948) - The Miracle of the BellsThe Miracle of the BellsThe Miracle of the Bells is a 1948 film produced by RKO. It stars Fred MacMurray, Alida Valli, Frank Sinatra, and Lee J. Cobb. Directed by Irving Pichel, with a script by Quentin Reynolds and Ben Hecht.The film is based on a novel by Russell Janney....
(1948) - Without HonorWithout HonorWithout Honor is a film noir starring Laraine Day and Dane Clark.-Plot:A housewife is confronted during her daily chores by her married lover . The man, after a long affair, tells the woman that he has to break off their relationship...
(1949) - Destination MoonDestination Moon (film)Destination Moon is an American science fiction feature film produced by George Pal, who later produced When Worlds Collide, The War of the Worlds, and The Time Machine. Pal commissioned the script by James O'Hanlon and Rip Van Ronkel...
(1950) - QuicksandQuicksand (1950 film)Quicksand is a United Artists film noir starring Mickey Rooney and Peter Lorre in a story about a garage mechanic's descent into crime. The film has been described as "film noir in a teacup.....
(1950) - The Great RupertThe Great RupertThe Great Rupert, is a 1950 comedy family film, produced by George Pal, directed by Irving Pichel and starring Jimmy Durante, Tom Drake and Terry Moore...
(1950) - Santa FeSanta Fe (1951 film)Santa Fe is a 1951 western film directed by Irving Pichel and starring Randolph Scott. The film is based on the novel Santa Fe by James Vance Marshall.-Plot synopsis:...
(1951) - Martin LutherMartin Luther (1953 film)Martin Luther is a 1953 film biography of Martin Luther. It was directed by Irving Pichel, , and stars Niall MacGinnis as Luther. It was produced by Louis de Rochemont and RD-DR Corporation in collaboration with Lutheran Church Productions and Luther-Film-G.M.B.H.The National Board of Review named...
(1953) - Day of Triumph (1954)
External links
- Irving Pichel Memorial at Find A GraveFind A GraveFind a Grave is a commercial website providing free access and input to an online database of cemetery records. It was founded in 1998 as a DBA and incorporated in 2000.-History:...