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Also Known As Albert Edward Walsh
Born March 11, 1887 • New York City • New York
Died December 31, 1980 (aged 93) • Simi Valley • California
Notable Works “A Distant Trumpet” • “A Lion Is in the Streets” • “High Sierra” • “Hitting a New High” • “Manpower” • “Sea Devils” • “The Revolt of Mamie Stover” • “The Roaring Twenties” • “The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw” • “The Strawberry Blonde” • “The Tall Men” • “The Thief of Bagdad” • “They Died with Their Boots On” • “White Heat”

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High Sierra
Douglas Fairbanks as the Thief and Julanne Johnston as the Princess ride a flying carpet above a cityscape in a special effects scene from the 1924 silent film The Thief of Bagdad.
Humphrey Bogart as George Hally and James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett, both in dark uniforms and caps, stand indoors as Cagney holds a bottle in a scene from The Roaring Twenties.
High Sierra
Humphrey Bogart as Roy Earle stands facing Ida Lupino as Marie, who sits on a chair holding a newspaper with a dog beside her, in a scene from High Sierra (1941).
James Cagney as Cody Jarrett, surrounded by smoke, fires a shotgun during the climactic shootout at a chemical factory in the film White Heat.
James Cagney as Cody Jarrett grabs Edmond O'Brien as Hank Fallon by the collar in a tense scene from the film White Heat, with other men in prison uniforms in the background.
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Humphrey Bogart as Roy Earle stands facing Ida Lupino as Marie, who sits on a chair holding a newspaper with a dog beside her, in a scene from High Sierra (1941).
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Jesse Lasky
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Judith Malina
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Joel Coen
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Stan Brakhage
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Harold Ramis
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David Maysles
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James Ivory
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Master of suspense
Alfred Hitchcock
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Steven Spielberg wearing a tuxedo and bow tie, smiling at the camera on the red carpet at the Cannes International Film Festival.
Steven Spielberg
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Woody Allen speaking into a microphone with hands raised beside his face during a press conference, against a red background.
Woody Allen
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Orson Welles
Orson Welles
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Martin Scorsese smiling in a tuxedo and bow tie, holding an Oscar statuette at the Academy Awards, with a gold Oscar statue in the background.
Martin Scorsese
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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.
Vincente Minnelli
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Frank Capra
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