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Born June 5, 1909 • Trenton • New Jersey
Died May 1, 1980 (aged 70) • Los Angeles • California
Notable Works “Cry of the Werewolf” • “Journey to the Center of the Earth” • “The Bandit of Sherwood Forest” • “Where the Boys Are”

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Scene from Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) showing Thayer David, James Mason as Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook, Arlene Dahl, and Peter Ronson standing among giant mushrooms in a cavern.
Pat Boone as Alec McKuen, shirtless and holding bread, stands with James Mason and Arlene Dahl in a dim, ancient-looking room in Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959).
Laurence Harvey, center rear in a white shirt, poses with costumed cast members from The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, including characters like Little Red Riding Hood and dwarfs, against a studio backdrop.
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Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford in Gilda
Charles Vidor
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Jacques Tourneur
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John Ford, left, and Henry Hathaway, right, both wearing hats and casual jackets, stand together outdoors on the set of How the West Was Won.
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Vincente Minnelli, seated at right, discusses a storyboard with actress Lana Turner, seated at left in costume, on the set of The Bad and the Beautiful.
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Billy Wilder poses in a suit and hat, leaning against a streetlamp with a sign reading Sunset Blvd. in a promotional photo for the film Sunset Boulevard.
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Clint Eastwood wearing a light suit and olive shirt with tie, standing outdoors at the Cannes Film Festival.
Clint Eastwood
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Director Norman Taurog, wearing a hat and glasses, sits beside actor Mickey Rooney, who is smiling, on the set of the film Boys Town, with camera equipment visible behind them.
Norman Taurog
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John Sturges stands beside a film camera on the set of Bad Day at Black Rock, wearing sunglasses, a cap, and casual clothing.
John Sturges
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Overhead view of a Busby Berkeley dance sequence from Footlight Parade, showing dancers arranged in a precise, symmetrical circular formation with outstretched arms and legs.
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John Ford
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Sam Peckinpah wearing a patterned headband looks through a film camera viewfinder while directing Cross of Iron. Another crew member is partially visible in the background.
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Bob Fosse with a beard and open-collared shirt, looking to the side in a black and white publicity still from the film All That Jazz.
Bob Fosse
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