Norman Foster

Director

About

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Also Known As

Norman Hoeffer

Birth Place

Richmond, Indiana, USA

Born

December 13, 1900

Died

July 07, 1976

Filmography

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The Legend of Custer (1968)

Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1966)

Indian Paint (1965)

The Sign of Zorro (1958)

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)

Photos & Videos

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Father Was A Bachelor (1950) -- (Movie Clip) MacNamara's Band

Father Was A Bachelor (1950) -- (Movie Clip) We Don't Have Shoes!

Family & Companions

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Claudette Colbert

Companion

Actor.

Sally Blane

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Biography

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

The Legend of Custer (1968)

Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1966)

Indian Paint (1965)

The Sign of Zorro (1958)

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)

Sombrero (1953)

Sky Full of Moon (1952)

Father Is a Bachelor (1950)

Woman on the Run (1950)

Tell It to the Judge (1949)

Rachel and the Stranger (1948)

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)

El Ahijado de la Muerte (1946)

Journey into Fear (1942)

Scotland Yard (1941)

Ride, Kelly, Ride (1941)

Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)

Northwest Passage (Book I--Rogers' Rangers) (1940)

2nd unit Director

Maryland (1940)

2nd Unit Director

High School (1940)

Fill-In Director

Viva Cisco Kid (1940)

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)

Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939)

20,000 Men a Year (1939)

2nd Unit Director

Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938)

Walking Down Broadway (1938)

Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938)

Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937)

Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937)

Fair Warning (1937)

I Cover Chinatown (1936)

Cast (Feature Film)

The Other Side of the Wind (2018)

The Merry Wives of Windsor (1966)

Sir John Falstaff

Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938)

Hoodlum in tavern

The Fire Trap (1937)

Bill Farnsworth

Fatal Lady (1936)

I Cover Chinatown (1936)

High Tension (1936)

The Leavenworth Case (1936)

Everybody's Old Man (1936)

Ronald Franklin

The Bishop Misbehaves (1935)

Donald [Meadows]

The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1935)

Suicide Squad (1935)

Ladies Crave Excitement (1935)

Behind the Green Lights (1935)

Superspeed (1935)

Behind the Evidence (1935)

Escape from Devil's Island (1935)

Orient Express (1934)

Elinor Norton (1934)

Strictly Dynamite (1934)

Nick [Montgomery]

State Fair (1933)

Professional Sweetheart (1933)

Walls of Gold (1933)

Rafter Romance (1933)

Pilgrimage (1933)

Skyscraper Souls (1932)

Under Eighteen (1932)

Week-end Marriage (1932)

Steady Company (1932)

Alias the Doctor (1932)

Stephan Brenner

Play Girl (1932)

Girl of the Rio (1932)

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932)

Melville [Cohen]

Prosperity (1932)

Strange Justice (1932)

Up Pops the Devil (1931)

No Limit (1931)

It Pays to Advertise (1931)

Men Call It Love (1931)

Confessions of a Co-ed (1931)

Reckless Living (1931)

Young Man of Manhattan (1930)

Love at First Sight (1930)

Gentlemen of the Press (1929)

Writer (Feature Film)

Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1966)

The Merry Wives of Windsor (1966)

Indian Paint (1965)

The Sign of Zorro (1958)

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)

Sombrero (1953)

Sky Full of Moon (1952)

Woman on the Run (1950)

Last of the Duanes (1941)

Contract Writer

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

Original Screenplay

Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939)

Original Screenplay

Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938)

Original Screenplay

Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938)

Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937)

Fair Warning (1937)

Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937)

Producer (Feature Film)

The Bawdy Adventures Of Tom Jones (1976)

Associate Producer

The Merry Wives of Windsor (1966)

Music (Feature Film)

Indian Paint (1965)

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Cast (Short)

Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937)

Life Events

1926

Broadway actor

1936

film director

Photo Collections

Rafter Romance - Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Here are several photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of RKO's Rafter Romance (1933), directed by William Seiter and starring Ginger Rogers and Norman Foster.

Rafter Romance - Movie Posters

Here are two styles of Window Card from RKO's Rafter Romance (1933), starring Ginger Rogers. Window Cards were mini posters designed to be placed in store windows around town during a film's engagement. A blank space at the top of the poster featured theater and playdate infromation.

Rafter Romance - Publicity Stills

Here are a number of Publicity Stills from RKO's Rafter Romance (1933), starring Ginger Rogers and Norman Foster. Publicity stills were specially-posed photos, usually taken off the set, for purposes of publicity or reference for promotional artwork.

Rafter Romance - Scene Stills

Here are a number of scene stills from RKO's Rafter Romance (1933), starring Ginger Rogers and Norman Foster.

Videos

Father Was A Bachelor (1950) -- (Movie Clip) MacNamara's Band With his informally adopted clan (Gary and Billy Gray, Warren and Wayne Farlow and Mary Jane Saunders), drifter and singer Johnny (William Holden, dubbed by the popular singer Buddy Clark, who had died in a plane crash by the time the picture was released) offers the 1889 Irish music-hall standard (by Shamus O’Connor and John J. Stamford) , producing an unexpected job offer (from Sig Ruman), in Father Was A Bachelor, 1950.

Father Was A Bachelor (1950) -- (Movie Clip) We Don't Have Shoes! Still not committed to the Chalotte kids (Gary Gray with Billy Gray, Warren and Wayne Farlow and Mary Jane Saunders) who have mostly adopted him, drifter-singer Johnny (William Holden) is assailed by do-gooder Prudence (second billed Colleen Gray, in her first scene) in Father Was A Bachelor, 1950.

Father Was A Bachelor (1950) -- (Movie Clip) I Kinda Steer Clear Of Houses After an opening scene singing in blackface in a minstrel-medicine show, in which his colleague (Charles Winninger) wound up jailed, Johnny (William Holden) takes up fishing and meets the Chalotte kids (Mary Jane Saunders, Gary Gray and Billy Gray, Warren and Wayne Farlow) in Father Was A Bachelor, 1950.

Journey Into Fear (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Dearest Stephanie Star Joseph Cotten narrates from a letter to his wife (Ruth Warrick) from the screenplay he co-wrote with co-star Orson Welles from an Eric Ambler novel, meeting local arms rep Kopeikin (Everett Sloane) in WWII Istanbul, and singer Josette (Dolores del Rio), in Journey Into Fear, 1943.

Journey Into Fear (1943) -- (Movie Clip) A Crazy Man Just Shot At Me From the climax on the ledge of a Black Sea hotel, Graham (Joseph Cotten) chased by an assassin and spy (Jack Moss, Eustace Wyatt), his wife (Ruth Warrick) downstairs, Turkish officer Haki (Orson Welles, in a scene he never quite took credit for directing) rescuing, in Journey Into Fear, 1943.

Journey Into Fear (1943) -- (Movie Clip) I Like The Turks Hustled onto a steamer out of Istanbul by officials who insist he’s in danger, American engineer Graham (Joseph Cotten), narrating from a letter to his wife, with acquaintances on board, singer Josette (Dolores del Rio), Kuvetli (Edgar Barrier) and Haller (Eustace Wyatt), in Journey Into Fear, 1943.

Journey Into Fear (1943) -- (Movie Clip) C'est Mon Couer Opening features Banat (Jack Moss), whom we will learn is a freelance assassin in WWII Istanbul, and an an unattributed recording of an old French song, in Journey Into Fear, 1943, screenplay by star Joseph Cotten and supporting player Orson Welles, from an Eric Ambler novel.

Woman On The Run (1950) -- (Movie Clip) That's His Burlesque Period San Francisco detective Ferris (Robert Keith, with aide Frank Jenks) debriefing Eleanor Johnson (Ann Sheridan), the not-devoted wife of artist Frank, who witnessed a murder that night, then disappeared, in the newly-restored Woman On The Run, 1950.

Woman On The Run (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Why Don't You Drop Dead? Eleanor (Ann Sheridan) waits for the cops to leave her San Francisco apartment before she can go look for her artist husband, whom she doesn’t much like, who fled after witnessing a murder, but reporter Leggett (Dennis O’Keefe) intervenes, in Woman On The Run, 1950.

Woman On The Run (1950) -- (Movie Clip) There's Been A Murder Opening credits establishing San Francisco, then Ross Elliott as a guy walking his dog, and Thomas P. Dillon as a guy getting murdered, opening Woman On The Run, 1950, discovered and restored largely through the efforts of TCM’s Film Noir expert Eddie Muller.

Woman On The Run (1950) -- (Movie Clip) It's Our First Murder Eleanor (Ann Sheridan), hunting her semi-estranged husband who skedaddled after witnessing a murder, leaves the San Francisco store where he worked, where she hoped to find a letter, a cop (Robert Keith) and reporter Leggett (Dennis O’Keefe) on her trail, in Woman On The Run, 1950.

Rafter Romance (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Zip You Zoup Benevolent New York landlord Eckbaum (George Sidney) appeals first to Jack (Norman Foster) then to Mary (Ginger Rogers), introducing them as unmarried tenants in arrears and the basic premise for RKO's Rafter Romance, 1933.

Companions

Claudette Colbert

Companion

Actor.

Sally Blane

Companion

Actor.

Bibliography

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