Английская Википедия:Ford Beebe
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Ford Beebe (November 26, 1888 – November 26, 1978) was a screenwriter and director. He entered the film business as a writer around 1916 and over the next 60 years wrote and/or directed almost 200 films.
He specialized in B-movies – mostly Westerns – and action serials, working on the "Buck Rogers" and "Flash Gordon" serials for Universal Pictures.
Life
Ford Beebe was born on November 26, 1888, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.Шаблон:Sfn[1] Before moving to Hollywood he was a freelance writer who was also experienced in advertising.[2]Шаблон:Sfn He arrived in Hollywood in 1916 and began working as a writer for Western films.Шаблон:Sfn His first credit was as scenario writer for the 1916 film A Youth of Fortune.[1] Beebe directed for the first time when Leo D. Maloney, who had been directing a film called The Test, fell ill.Шаблон:Sfn[1] Beebe became known as a director of low-budget films and serials.Шаблон:Sfn He was once described as being "an expert at making something out of nothing."Шаблон:Sfn The first serial directed by Beebe was 1932's The Shadow of the Eagle.[3] He went on to direct several other serials, notably Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, Buck Rogers, The Green Hornet, and Don Winslow of the Navy; these were noted by film historian Hal Erickson to be the best of Beebe's works.[4]
Beebe preferred to direct westerns; speaking to the Evening Independent, he said that westerns were the "bread and butter" of film studios.[5] He was listed as a director on over 100 films.[1] Alfred Hitchcock commended Beebe for his 1942 film Night Monster, impressed with the speed and economy of the production.Шаблон:Sfn
Beebe was married to writer Frances Wiley.[6] The couple had eight children. Their only son, Ford Beebe, Jr., became a director like his father.Шаблон:Sfn They lost twin daughters in infancy and had five daughters who survived it: Frances, Mary, Ruthann, Maxine, and Martha. In Beebe's later life he was married to Kitty Delevanti, with whom he had one son, Mike.
Selected filmography
References
- Notes
- Bibliography
External links
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- ↑ Ford Beebe with Signal. The Moving Picture World, volume 28, p. 995.
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