Advanced search
- TITLES
- NAMES
- COLLABORATIONS
Search filters
Enter full date
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
Only includes names with the selected topics
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
1-9 of 9
- Director
- Additional Crew
- Actor
William Keighley's professional career spanned three distinct mediums: the theatre, motion pictures and, finally, radio. Initially trained as a stage actor and Broadway director, he arrived in Hollywood shortly after the advent of sound, landing a job with Warner Brothers (where he spent most of his career) as an assistant director and dialog director before helming his first film there in 1932. Keighley's gangster films of the period, such as 'G' Men (1935) and Bullets or Ballots (1936), are models of the kind of fast-paced, tightly made, exciting films that Warner's specialized in--and which kept the cash flowing in during the studio's devastating losses of the period. Interestingly, although his career is closely associated with the meteoric ascent of James Cagney, the two men did not particularly care for each other, as Cagney was somewhat put off by what he felt were Keighley's phony European affectations (something the director acquired during his tenure on Broadway in the early 1920s and which would carry over into his later career in radio). However, much like the working relationship between Errol Flynn and director Michael Curtiz (although far less volatile), both Cagney and Keighley did some of their best work together.
Keighley also directed comedies, the best of which is The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941). He was assigned by Warners to its prestigious Technicolor epic The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) with Flynn (although initially it was to be with a wildly miscast Cagney in the lead!), but following several weeks of shooting he was replaced by Curtiz (although receiving co-director credit) when studio executives thought that he was taking too long, they weren't satisfied with the film's pace and the costly epic--the most expensive picture in Warners history up to that time--was not going in the direction they thought it should. Keighley's film output declined in the late 1940s and early 1950s, roughly coinciding with his newfound interest as a radio host (his aristocratic voice was ideal for the medium) and his films met with less success, although he did turn out a crackerjack crime drama, The Street with No Name (1948). He retired from directing after his last film, The Master of Ballantrae (1953)--a beautifully shot but somewhat lumbering swashbuckler with an out-of-shape Errol Flynn--and he and his wife, actress Genevieve Tobin, moved to Paris, France, after he left CBS Radio in 1955.- Tommy Godfrey was born on 20 June 1916 in Lambeth, South London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Love Thy Neighbour (1972), Passport to Pimlico (1949) and The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975). He died on 24 June 1984 in London, England, UK.
- Eva Damien was born on 12 October 1934 in Nanterre, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France. She was an actress, known for Going Places (1974), Les yeux de l'amour (1959) and Le chevalier Tempête (1967). She died on 24 June 1984 in Nanterre, France.
- Art Department
- Soundtrack
Guy McDonough was born on 17 October 1955 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Guy is known for At Last... Bullamakanka: The Motion Picture (1983), The Getting of Wisdom (1977) and Five Bedrooms (2019). Guy died on 24 June 1984 in South Yarra, Victoria, Australia.- Writer
- Additional Crew
William Kozlenko was born on 1 October 1907 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for A Stranger in Town (1943), Holiday in Mexico (1946) and Matinee Theatre (1955). He died on 24 June 1984 in Marin County, California, USA.- Yigael Yadin was born on 20 March 1917 in Jerusalem, Israel. He died on 24 June 1984 in Jerusalem, Israel.
- Otto Lang was born on 24 August 1906 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. He was an actor, known for Solange Leben in mir ist (1965), The Divided Heaven (1964) and Zeit zu leben (1969). He died on 24 June 1984 in Weimar, German Democratic Republic.
- Clarence Campbell died on 24 June 1984 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- David Overstreet was born on 20 September 1958 in Big Sandy, Texas, USA. He died on 24 June 1984 in Winona, Texas, USA.