Robert Stevenson
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Also Known As
Robert R. Stevenson,
Bob Stevenson
Born
March 31, 1905
Died
April 30, 1986
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Robert Stevenson was a director whose flair for whimsy garnered him a role as one of the silver screen's most distinguished wizards of childlike wonder. Starting out in his native England, he became known for helming (and writing) several royal sagas, B-movie thrillers, and high-minded horrors, most notably the darkly ontological Boris Karloff chiller "The Man Who Changed His Mind" (1936...
Biography
Robert Stevenson was a director whose flair for whimsy garnered him a role as one of the silver screen's most distinguished wizards of childlike wonder. Starting out in his native England, he became known for helming (and writing) several royal sagas, B-movie thrillers, and high-minded horrors, most notably the darkly ontological Boris Karloff chiller "The Man Who Changed His Mind" (1936). By the time he relocated to Hollywood in the 1940s, however, he had settled on the more stately side of his creative leanings, and his ensuing involvement with a fervidly romantic rendition of the literary classic "Jane Eyre" set him on a path peppered by frequent cinematic adaptations. His proclivities inevitably landed him in the employment of the like-minded Walt Disney Pictures, for whom he exclusively directed nearly 20 book-based family adventures between the late '50s and mid-'70s, including the rural tearjerker "Old Yeller" and the wildly inventive witching tale "Bedknobs and Broomsticks." His most celebrated film remains "Mary Poppins," the phenomenally popular movie musical about a delightful, supernatural nanny and her endless bag of tricks. Having retired from Disney (and the directing business altogether) by the onset of the '80s, Stevenson died several years thereafter at the age of 81.
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
The Shaggy D.A.
(1976)
Director
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
(1975)
Director
The Island at the Top of the World
(1974)
Director
Herbie Rides Again
(1974)
Director
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
(1971)
Director
The Love Bug
(1969)
Director
Blackbeard's Ghost
(1968)
Director
The Gnome-Mobile
(1967)
Director
That Darn Cat
(1965)
Director
The Monkey's Uncle
(1965)
Director
Mary Poppins
(1964)
Director
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
(1964)
Director
Son of Flubber
(1963)
Director
In Search of the Castaways
(1962)
Director
The Absent-Minded Professor
(1961)
Director
Kidnapped
(1960)
Director
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
(1959)
Director
Old Yeller
(1958)
Director
Johnny Tremain
(1957)
Director
The Liberty Story
(1957)
Director
Macao
(1952)
Director of addl scenes
The Las Vegas Story
(1952)
Director
My Forbidden Past
(1951)
Director
Walk Softly, Stranger
(1950)
Director
The Woman on Pier 13
(1950)
Director
To the Ends of the Earth
(1948)
Director
Bonnie Prince Charlie
(1948)
Director () Directo) (Uncredited)
Dishonored Lady
(1947)
Director
Jane Eyre
(1944)
Director
Forever and a Day
(1943)
Director
Joan of Paris
(1942)
Director
Back Street
(1941)
Director
Tom Brown's School Days
(1940)
Director
Return to Yesterday
(1940)
Director
To the Victor
(1938)
Director
The Ware Case
(1938)
Director
The Two of Us
(1937)
Director
King Solomon's Mines
(1937)
Director
Non-Stop New York
(1937)
Director
Nine Days a Queen
(1936)
Director
The Man Who Lived Again
(1936)
Director
Falling For You
(1933)
Director
Cast (Feature Film)
Du bist Musik
(1962)
Spartacus
(1960)
Legionary
Gun Fever
(1958)
Norris
Zero Hour!
(1957)
Calgary operator
Fangs of the Wild
(1954)
Deputy Sheriff Ridgeway
A Star Is Born
(1954)
Boom man
Carson City
(1952)
Worker
The Thing from Another World
(1951)
Capt. Smith
All That I Have
(1951)
Attorney
Hollywood Story
(1951)
Police sergeant
Where Danger Lives
(1950)
Assistant clerk
I Was a Male War Bride
(1949)
Lieutenant
The Cross of Lorraine
(1944)
Guard
Till We Meet Again
(1944)
German soldier
Action in the North Atlantic
(1943)
German
Valley of Hunted Men
(1942)
Kruger
The Navy Comes Through
(1942)
First officer of <I>Odin</I>
Secret Enemies
(1942)
Spy
South of Suez
(1940)
Policeman
Castle on the Hudson
(1940)
Sailor
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
(1940)
Merk, patient
The Lady's from Kentucky
(1939)
Second gambler
Union Pacific
(1939)
Irish Paddy
Polygamy
(1937)
Esau
The Garden of Allah
(1936)
De Trevignac's patrolman
Riffraff
(1936)
Fisherman
The White Angel
(1936)
Soldier
Student Tour
(1934)
Bartender
White Heat
(1934)
Mac
Writer (Feature Film)
Kidnapped
(1960)
Written for Screen by
Jane Eyre
(1944)
Screenwriter
Tom Brown's School Days
(1940)
Additional Dialogue
Return to Yesterday
(1940)
Screenwriter
The Ware Case
(1938)
Screenwriter
Nine Days a Queen
(1936)
Writer
Thunder in the East
(1934)
Dial
Faithful Heart
(1933)
Scen
Michael and Mary
(1932)
Scen
The Ringer
(1932)
Scen
Bachelor's Folly
(1932)
Scen
Producer (Feature Film)
Little Friend
(1934)
Associate Producer
Director (Special)
Miracle on 34th Street
(1955)
Director
Life Events
Photo Collections
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks - Pressbook
Here is the original campaign book (pressbook) for Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). Pressbooks were sent to exhibitors and theater owners to aid them in publicizing the film's run in their theater.
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