Gordon Douglas
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Also Known As
Gordon M. Douglas
Birth Place
New York City, New York, USA
Born
December 15, 1907
Died
September 30, 1993
Cause of Death
Cancer
Biography
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Before he was a well-respected film director, Gordon Douglas was a lowly teenage production intern whose go-getter attitude convinced his boss, famed media mogul Hal Roach, to cast him in the youthfully mischievous short-film series "Our Gang." Already too old to join the central Little Rascals, he was instead given a succession of bit parts. In short order, he gleaned a thorough enough ...
Biography
Before he was a well-respected film director, Gordon Douglas was a lowly teenage production intern whose go-getter attitude convinced his boss, famed media mogul Hal Roach, to cast him in the youthfully mischievous short-film series "Our Gang." Already too old to join the central Little Rascals, he was instead given a succession of bit parts. In short order, he gleaned a thorough enough sense of the series' ins and outs to take on writing and directing roles, eventually emerging as "Gang"'s most dedicated (and prosperous) overseer, even going so far as to follow the eternally celebrated franchise when it moved to MGM. He ultimately realized, however, that he much preferred the homespun stylings of Roach's studio, and he returned there, sans Rascals, to find further success as the director of such freewheeling comedies as the gleefully daft Laurel and Hardy adventure "Saps at Sea" (1940). A skilled features director by the time Hal Roach Studios folded altogether, he found a new permanent residence at Warner Bros. in 1950. Over the course of the following three decades, Douglas spread his wings as a multi-genre filmmaker, directing the quintessential atomic-age creeper "Them!" before making a distinct move toward savvier, more sophisticated projects such as the hard-edged detective dramas "They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!" and the forthrightly titled "The Detective." He retired from the business in 1977 and died of cancer years later at the age of 85.
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Viva Knievel!
(1977)
Director
Nevada Smith
(1975)
Director
Slaughter 2
(1973)
Director
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
(1973)
Director
Skin Game
(1971)
Fill-In Director
Skullduggery
(1970)
Director
Barquero
(1970)
Director
They Call Me MISTER Tibbs
(1970)
Director
The Detective
(1968)
Director
Lady in Cement
(1968)
Director
In Like Flint
(1967)
Director
Chuka
(1967)
Director
Tony Rome
(1967)
Director
Stagecoach
(1966)
Director
Way ... Way Out
(1966)
Director
Sylvia
(1965)
Director
Harlow
(1965)
Director
Rio Conchos
(1964)
Director
Robin and the 7 Hoods
(1964)
Director
Call Me Bwana
(1963)
Director
Follow That Dream
(1962)
Director
Gold of the Seven Saints
(1961)
Director
Claudelle Inglish
(1961)
Director
The Sins of Rachel Cade
(1961)
Director
Up Periscope
(1959)
Director
Yellowstone Kelly
(1959)
Director
The Fiend Who Walked the West
(1958)
Director
Fort Dobbs
(1958)
Director
Bombers B-52
(1957)
Director
The Big Land
(1957)
Director
Santiago
(1956)
Director
The McConnell Story
(1955)
Director
Sincerely Yours
(1955)
Director
Them!
(1954)
Director
Young at Heart
(1954)
Director
The Eddie Cantor Story
(1954)
Director
She's Back on Broadway
(1953)
Director
So This Is Love
(1953)
Director
The Charge at Feather River
(1953)
Director
The Iron Mistress
(1952)
Director
Mara Maru
(1952)
Director
Come Fill the Cup
(1951)
Director
I Was a Communist for the F.B.I.
(1951)
Director
The Great Missouri Raid
(1951)
Director
Only the Valiant
(1951)
Director
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
(1950)
Director
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
(1950)
Director
The Nevadan
(1950)
Director
Between Midnight and Dawn
(1950)
Director
Fortunes of Captain Blood
(1950)
Director
The Doolins of Oklahoma
(1949)
Director
Mr. Soft Touch
(1949)
Director
Walk a Crooked Mile
(1948)
Director
The Black Arrow
(1948)
Director
If You Knew Susie
(1948)
Director
San Quentin
(1946)
Director
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
(1946)
Director
Zombies on Broadway
(1945)
Director
First Yank into Tokyo
(1945)
Director
The Falcon in Hollywood
(1944)
Director
A Night of Adventure
(1944)
Director
Gildersleeve's Ghost
(1944)
Director
Girl Rush
(1944)
Director
Gildersleeve on Broadway
(1943)
Director
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
(1943)
Director
The Great Gildersleeve
(1942)
Director
The Devil with Hitler
(1942)
Director
Broadway Limited
(1941)
Director
Niagara Falls
(1941)
Director
Road Show
(1941)
Associate Director
Saps at Sea
(1940)
Director
A Chump at Oxford
(1940)
Director of addl scenes
Zenobia
(1939)
Director
Captain Fury
(1939)
2nd Unit Director
General Spanky
(1936)
Director
Cast (Feature Film)
Mystery of Edwin Drood
(1935)
Coroner
Writer (Feature Film)
Topper Returns
(1941)
Original Screenplay
The Housekeeper's Daughter
(1939)
Screenwriter
Kelly the Second
(1936)
Adaptation
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
The Terminal Man
(1974)
Other
Director (Short)
Aladdin's Lantern
(1938)
Director
The Little Ranger
(1938)
Director
Hearts are Thumps
(1937)
Director
Rushin' Ballet
(1937)
Director
Our Gang Follies of 1938
(1937)
Director
Bored of Education
(1936)
Director
Two Too Young
(1936)
Director
Cast (Short)
Love Pains
(1932)
Birthday Blues
(1932)
The Knockout
(1932)
Too Many Women
(1932)
You're Telling Me
(1932)
Love Fever
(1931)
On the Loose
(1931)
One Good Turn
(1931)
The Rap
(1931)
Chickens Come Home-
(1931)
The Kick-Off!
(1931)
Come Clean
(1931)
Looser Than Loose
(1930)
Life Events
1936
First short film as director ("Our Gang" comedies)
1936
Feature film co-directing debut with "General Spanky"
1939
First feature film as sole director
Photo Collections
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Them! - Lobby Cards
Here are a few Lobby Cards from Them! (1954). Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.
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First Yank Into Tokyo - Movie Poster
Here is an original release movie poster from RKO's First Yank Into Tokyo (1945), starring Tom Neal. This is an Insert poster, measuring 14 x 36 inches.
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