Birthday:
11-11-1901
Deathday:
12-31-1985 (84 years)
Birthplace:
Jaroslau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Jaroslaw, Podkarpackie, Poland]
Biography
Born in Germany he went to America some time before the second World War and spent a year in Hollywood reading foreign scripts after which he returned to Berlin where he set up his own company to organise the remaking of foreign films into German language versions. One he handled was 'All Quiet on the Western Front', an anti war film that became a kind of personal crusade for him. On the opening night the Nazi's, then in power, put a bomb in the cinema. When the Nazis came into power he left Germany and divided his time between Britain, France and America. He changed his name to the more international sounding S.P. Eagle but changed it back when with 'On the Waterfront' he realised he'd made a film to which any man would be proud to put his name.
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The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
Act like Self
event1958
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A behind-the-scenes look at the building of the bridge in the film The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and the preparations for its destruction.
Faye
Act like Self - Producer (archive footage)
event2024 star_border 6.7
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Through honest reflection, complemented by insight from colleagues and friends, Faye Dunaway contextualizes her life and filmography, laying bare her struggles with mental health while confronting the double standards she was subjected to as a woman in Hollywood.
David Lean: A Self Portrait
Act like Self
event1971
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A television documentary on the life and career of British film director David Lean. Scenes of Lean directing are intercut with personal interviews in which the director explains his methods, the beginnings of his career, and his relationships with actors and actresses.
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2010 star_border 6.7
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The epic story of how the film The African Queen (1951), directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, was shot on real African locations, barely overcoming all kinds of hardships and disasters.
The Oscars
Act like Self (3 ep.)
event1953 star_border 7
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An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
The African Queen
Producer (3 ep.)
event1952 star_border 7.4
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At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down river and face-off a German warship.
On the Waterfront
Producer (3 ep.)
event1954 star_border 7.9
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Terry Malloy is a kindhearted dockworker, and former boxer, who is tricked by his corrupt bosses into leading his friend to death. After falling in love, he tries to leave the waterfront and expose his employers.
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Producer (3 ep.)
event1957 star_border 7.8
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The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
Lawrence of Arabia
Producer (3 ep.)
event1962 star_border 8
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The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.
The Stranger
Producer (3 ep.)
event1946 star_border 7.2
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An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme Court Justice’s daughter.
The Chase
Producer (3 ep.)
event1966 star_border 7.1
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The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.
Suddenly, Last Summer
Producer (3 ep.)
event1959 star_border 7.3
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The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane; now Mrs. Venable wants Catherine lobotomized to cover up the truth.
We Were Strangers
Producer (3 ep.)
event1949 star_border 5.9
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China Valdes joins the Cuban underground after her brother is killed by the chief of the secret police, Ariete. She meets and falls in love with American expatriate Tony Fenner. Tony develops a plan to tunnel under the city's cemetery to a plot owned by a high official, assassinate him, and blow up the whole Cuban hierarchy at the ensuing state funeral. Together with a band of dedicated revolutionaries, they begin digging.
The Happening
Producer (3 ep.)
event1967 star_border 5.9
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A group of young drifters kidnap wealthy businessman Roc Delmonico just for kicks. They keep him captive, demanding a ransom for his safe release. However there is no one - wife, Mafia associates or mother - willing to part with the $200,000 ransom. Demonico is dismayed that no one appears unduly concerned about his fate and joins forces with the kidnappers to plot his revenge, blackmailing his once nearest and dearest into parting with $3,000,000 in hush money.
Tales of Manhattan
Producer (3 ep.)
event1942 star_border 6.2
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Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release.
Melba
Producer (3 ep.)
event1953 star_border 3
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Rural Australian Nellie Melba becomes an opera star in 1900s Europe and the United States.
The Invader
Co-Producer (3 ep.)
event1936 star_border 4
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A bumbling yachtsman sails to the South of Spain with a fiery seductress, only to become the pawn in her dangerous game of love.
The Oil Sharks
Producer (3 ep.)
event1933
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The plot revolves around an oil swindle in a South American country.
The Last Tycoon
Producer (3 ep.)
event1976 star_border 6.4
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Monroe Stahr, a successful movie producer, pursues a beautiful and elusive young woman — all the while working himself to death.
When I Grow Up
Producer (3 ep.)
event1951 star_border 6.5
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Josh is a young boy who feels neglected and misunderstood at home. Preparing to run away, he chances across an old diary once kept by his grandfather. Leafing through the yellowed pages, Josh discovers that Grandpa went through many of the same childhood travails that he is enduring at that moment. Armed with a renewed understanding of and appreciation for his elders, Josh decides to stick around for a while and see how things develop.
The Prowler
Producer (3 ep.)
event1951 star_border 6.8
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Los Angeles, California. A cop who, unhappy with his job, blames others for his work problems, is assigned to investigate the case of a prowler who stalks the home of a married woman.
The Strange One
Producer (3 ep.)
event1957 star_border 6.4
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A military school student develops a destructive power over his fellow cadets.
The Night of the Generals
Producer (3 ep.)
event1967 star_border 6.8
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A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.
Nicholas and Alexandra
Producer (3 ep.)
event1971 star_border 6.9
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Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.
The Swimmer
Executive Producer (3 ep.)
event1968 star_border 7.3
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Well-off ad man Ned Merrill is visiting a friend when he notices the abundance of backyard pools that populate their upscale suburb. Ned suddenly decides that he'd like to travel the eight miles back to his own home by simply swimming across every pool in town. Soon, Ned's journey becomes harrowing; at each house, he is somehow confronted with a reminder of his romantic, domestic and economic failures.
Betrayal
Producer (3 ep.)
event1983 star_border 6
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An affair between a literary agent and his best friend's wife, unfolding in reverse-chronological order.
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