Bernard Vorhaus

Director

About

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Birth Place
New York City, New York, USA
Born
December 25, 1904
Died
November 23, 2000

Filmography

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Fanciulle di lusso (1953)
Director
Pardon My French (1951)
Director
So Young, So Bad (1950)
Director
The Spiritualist (1948)
Director
Winter Wonderland (1947)
Director
Bury Me Dead (1947)
Director

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Way Down South (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Bayou Lovelle
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Way Down South (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Good Ground

Family & Companions

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Hetty Vorhaus
Wife
Died in 1997.

Bibliography

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"Saved from Oblivion"
Bernard Vorhaus, Scarecrow Press (2001)

Biography

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

Fanciulle di lusso (1953)
Director
Pardon My French (1951)
Director
So Young, So Bad (1950)
Director
The Spiritualist (1948)
Director
Winter Wonderland (1947)
Director
Bury Me Dead (1947)
Director
Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)
Director
Ice-Capades Revue (1942)
Director
Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941)
Director
Lady from Louisiana (1941)
Director
Hurricane Smith (1941)
Director
Angels with Broken Wings (1941)
Director
Three Faces West (1940)
Director
The Courageous Dr. Christian (1940)
Director
Fisherman's Wharf (1939)
Director
Way Down South (1939)
Director
Meet Dr. Christian (1939)
Director
Tenth Avenue Kid (1938)
Director
King of the Newsboys (1938)
Director
Cotton Queen (1937)
Director
Dusty Ermine (1936)
Director
Ten Minute Alibi (1935)
Director
Street Song (1935)
Director
The Ghost Camera (1933)
Director
Crime on the Hill (1933)
Director
On Thin Ice (1933)
Director
Money For Speed (1933)
Director

Writer (Feature Film)

So Young, So Bad (1950)
Story and Screenplay
Street Song (1935)
From Story
Money For Speed (1933)
From Story
Crime on the Hill (1933)
Screenwriter
No Other Woman (1928)
Scen
Money Talks (1926)
Adaptation
Steppin' Out (1925)
Story

Producer (Feature Film)

Lady from Louisiana (1941)
Associate Producer
King of the Newsboys (1938)
Associate Producer

Life Events

1926

Served as assistant to James Cruze on "The Pony Express"

1928

Directorial debut with the two-reel silent "Sunlight"

1929

Made first visit to England

1937

Returned to Hollywood; shot four films for RKO and 10 for Republic Pictures

Videos

Movie Clip

Way Down South (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Bayou Lovelle Credits notable for their content, co-star Clarence Muse and poet Langston Hughes sharing original screenplay credit, framing scenes at the plantation then Muse, his owner Ralph Morgan, and Edwin Maxwell with exposition, in producer Sol Lesser's musical one-off Way Down South, 1939.
Way Down South (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Good Ground Last piece of a long production number, featuring the Hall Johnson choir, song by screenwriters Clarence Muse and Langston Hughes, ending in a plot twist, as benevolent plantation owner Reid (Ralph Morgan) dies in a mishap, his son (Bobby Breen) suddenly the man, in Way Down South, 1939.
So Young So Bad -- (Movie Clip) Men Like Me Inmate Loretta (Anne Francis, age 18, great hairdo) clashes with a truck driver then is interviewed by Dr. Jason (Paul Henreid) and Miss Levering (Catherine McLeod), in So Young, So Bad, 1950, screenplay by Jean Rouverol.
So Young So Bad -- (Movie Clip) That First Day Dr. Jason (Paul Henreid) beginning a flashback which introduces girls at the reformatory, Loretta (Anne Francis), Dolores (Rita, billed as "Rosita," Moreno), Jane (Enid Pulver) and Jackie (Anne Jackson), in So Young, So Bad, 1950.

Family

Amy Vorhaus
Sister
Born c. 1892.
Gwyneth Vorhaus
Daughter
Died in 1996.
David Vorhaus
Son
Actor, composer. Survived him.

Companions

Hetty Vorhaus
Wife
Died in 1997.

Bibliography

"Saved from Oblivion"
Bernard Vorhaus, Scarecrow Press (2001)

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