Tim Whelan

Director

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Birth Place

Cannelton, Indiana, USA

Born

November 02, 1893

Died

August 12, 1957

Biography

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Tim Whelan was an accomplished director with a unique attention to detail that really made his productions stand out from the norm. Whelan's career began with his screenplays being featured in comedy films such as "Safety Last" (1923) starring Harold Lloyd, "The Freshman" (1925) with Harold Lloyd and Jobyna Ralston and "Exit Smiling" (1926) with Beatrice Lillie and Jack Pickford. He a...

Filmography

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The Mountain Road (1960)

Assistant Director

Texas Lady (1955)

Rage at Dawn (1955)

This Was a Woman (1948)

Badman's Territory (1946)

Swing Fever (1944)

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Swing Fever (1943) -- (Movie Clip) You're So Indifferent

Seven Days' Leave (1942) -- (Movie Clip) A Touch Of Texas

Biography

Tim Whelan was an accomplished director with a unique attention to detail that really made his productions stand out from the norm. Whelan's career began with his screenplays being featured in comedy films such as "Safety Last" (1923) starring Harold Lloyd, "The Freshman" (1925) with Harold Lloyd and Jobyna Ralston and "Exit Smiling" (1926) with Beatrice Lillie and Jack Pickford. He also appeared in "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp" (1926) with Harry Langdon and "Hook, Line and Sinker" (1930). He continued to work in film in the thirties, directing motion pictures like "It's a Boy" (1933), the Spencer Tracy crime picture "The Murder Man" (1935) and "Action For Slander" (1937). Nearing the end of his career, Whelan directed "Seven Days Leave" (1942) with Victor Mature, "Twin Beds" (1942) and the adaptation "Higher and Higher" (1943) with Michèle Morgan. He also appeared in the musical "Step Lively" (1944) with Frank Sinatra and the musical comedy "Swing Fever" (1944) with Kay Kyser. Whelan last directed the Claudette Colbert western "Texas Lady" (1955). Whelan passed away in August 1957 at the age of 64.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

The Mountain Road (1960)

Assistant Director

Texas Lady (1955)

Rage at Dawn (1955)

This Was a Woman (1948)

Badman's Territory (1946)

Swing Fever (1944)

Step Lively (1944)

Higher and Higher (1943)

Twin Beds (1942)

Nightmare (1942)

Seven Days' Leave (1942)

International Lady (1941)

The Mad Doctor (1941)

The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

Clouds over Europe (1939)

The Divorce of Lady X (1938)

St. Martin's Lane (1938)

Action for Slander (1938)

Troopship (1937)

Smash and Grab (1937)

The Mill On The Floss (1937)

Two's Company (1936)

Murder Man (1935)

The Perfect Gentleman (1935)

It's a Boy (1934)

Along Came Sally (1934)

The Camels Are Coming (1934)

Aunt Sally (1933)

Adam's Apple (1928)

Cast (Feature Film)

The Perfect Gentleman (1935)

Writer (Feature Film)

The Mill On The Floss (1937)

Smash and Grab (1937)

Two's Company (1936)

Murder Man (1935)

Murder Man (1935)

Along Came Sally (1934)

The Camels Are Coming (1934)

Out All Night (1933)

Girl Crazy (1932)

The Crooked Circle (1932)

Additional Dialogue

Hold 'Em Jail (1932)

Everything's Rosie (1931)

Peach-O-Reno (1931)

Adapted and dial

Peach-O-Reno (1931)

Hook, Line and Sinker (1930)

The Fall Guy (1930)

Hook, Line and Sinker (1930)

The Fall Guy (1930)

Hook, Line and Sinker (1930)

Adam's Apple (1928)

My Best Girl (1927)

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926)

Exit Smiling (1926)

The Strong Man (1926)

Girl Shy (1924)

Hot Water (1924)

Safety Last! (1923)

Producer (Feature Film)

Higher and Higher (1943)

Seven Days' Leave (1942)

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)

Scen, <I>The Freshman</I>

Life Events

1920

Screenwriting debut

1928

Directing debut with "Adam's Apple"

Videos

Swing Fever (1943) -- (Movie Clip) You're So Indifferent Kay Kyser introduces the song, Lena Horne as herself, with You're So Indifferent, by Sammy Fain and Mitchell Parish, edited so that it could be removed by theater owners in the South, as was MGM's regular practice at the time, in Swing Fever, 1943.

Seven Days' Leave (1942) -- (Movie Clip) A Touch Of Texas G-I Johnny (Victor Mature), about to inherit big money on the condition that he marry a daughter of the Havelock-Allen family, with buddies Speak and Bitsy (Peter Lind Hayes, Arnold Stang) and lawyer Gildersleeve (Harold Peary) meets singing Mickey (Marcy McGuire, rehearsing a Jimmy McHugh/Frank Loesser tune with Freddy Martin’s group) and dishy Terry (Lucille Ball), in RKO’s Seven Days’ Leave, 1942.

Seven Days' Leave (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Can't Get Out Of This Mood Following complex machinations, G-I Johnny (Victor Mature) is about to confess to heiress Terry (Lucille Ball) that his romancing is motivated partly by a big inheritance, not realizing she’s way ahead of him, we cut to Ginny Simms with the Freddy Martin Orchestra, and another Jimmy McHugh/Frank Loesser tune, in RKO’s Seven Days’ Leave, 1942.

Seven Days' Leave (1942) -- (Movie Clip) You Speak My Language With Les Brown’s band playing at a G-I sendoff, the three ex-member buddies (Peter Lind Hayes as “Speak,” singer Buddy Clark as himself and Victor Mature as trumpeter Johnny) are asked to join, along with Vic/Johnny’s gal, Mapy Cortes, leading in a Jimmy McHugh/Frank Loesser original, in RKO’s Seven Days’ Leave, 1942, choreography by Chuck Walters.

Thief Of Bagdad, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) This Is No Dog Plenty of spectacle in the opening scene, introducing the evil magician Jaffar (Conrad Veidt) arriving in Basra, and the not-much-explained "Blind Man" (John Justin), in Alexander Korda's The Thief Of Bagdad, 1940.

Thief Of Bagdad, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Free, Free, After Two Thousand Years Abu (Sabu), shipwrecked by his evil magician enemy, discovers a bottle, the not overly bright Djinn (Rex Ingram) inside, one of the more famous effects from producer Alexander Korda's The Thief Of Bagdad, 1940.

Murder Man, The (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Very Fatally Dead In the press room at the precinct, crime beat reporters (William Demarest, Bobby Watson, Lucien Littlefield, Fuzzy Knight, and James Stewart as "Shorty") get word of a big time killing, early in The Murder Man, 1935.

Murder Man, The (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Cynical Drunken Bum First appearance for the much sought after murder specialist reporter Steve Grey (Spencer Tracy), returned from a bender and visiting Mary (Virginia Bruce) and Robins (Robert Barrat) in the newsroom, in The Murder Man, 1935.

Murder Man, The (1936) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Be At Sing Sing Advice columnist Mary (Virginia Bruce) drops in on vacationing crime reporter Steve (Spencer Tracy), not realizing Shorty (James Stewart) has arrived in her rumble seat with a message from their editor, in The Murder Man, 1935.

Everything's Rosie (1931) -- (Movie Clip) I Couldn't Swipe A Piano First appearance for Anita Louise, age 16, as the title character, now grown-up Rosie, with Robert Woolsey (working without his comedy partner Bert Wheeler) as carnival snake-oil salesman Droop, ten years after he added her to his act, in RKO’s Everything’s Rosie, 1931.

Everything's Rosie (1931) -- (Movie Clip) We've Been In Muddier Towns Now doing a gypsy schtick at the traveling carnival, Anita Louise, the title character, meets good-natured local law student Billy (John Darrow), while her partner (Robert Woolsey as Droop, now telling fortunes) processes an uncredited customer, in RKO’s Woolsey-without-Wheeler programmer Everything’s Rosie, 1931.

Thief Of Bagdad, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) You Talk In Riddles In Basra, blind Ahmad, King of Bagdad (John Justin), closely observed by sneaky Halima (Mary Morris) and her master Jaffar (Conrad Veidt), reveals his back-story and his dog's too, introducing Sabu as "Abu," early in Alexander Korda's The Thief Of Bagdad, 1940.

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