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Fred M. Wilcox (director)
Fred McLeod Wilcox (December 22, 1907 – September 23, 1964) was an American motion picture director. He worked for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for many years best remembered for directing ''Lassie Come Home'' (1943) and ''Forbidden Planet'' (1956). These films were entered in the National Film Preservation Board's National Film Registry in 1993 and 2013 respectively. Filmography * ''Joaquin Murrieta'' (1938) * ''Lassie Come Home'' (1943) * ''Courage of Lassie'' (1946) * ''Three Daring Daughters'' (1948) * ''Hills of Home (film), Hills of Home'' (1948) * ''The Secret Garden (1949 film), The Secret Garden'' (1949) * ''Shadow in the Sky'' (1952) * ''Code Two'' (1953) * ''Tennessee Champ'' (1954) * ''Forbidden Planet'' (1956) * ''I Passed for White'' (1960) External links * 1907 births 1964 deaths People from Tazewell, Virginia Film directors from Virginia Science fiction film directors {{US-film-director-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tazewell, Virginia
Tazewell () is a town in Tazewell County, Virginia, Tazewell County, Virginia, United States. The population was 4,627 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Bluefield, West Virginia, Bluefield, West Virginia, WV-VA Bluefield micropolitan area, micropolitan area, which has a population of 107,578. It is the county seat of Tazewell County. History Named Jeffersonville until 1892, Tazewell was developed near the headwaters of the Clinch River. It is one of the smallest towns in the United States to have once operated a street car. It is in a county that underwent rapid growth in population at the end of the 19th century during the period of the coal and iron boom, as resources of the Pocahontas Coalfields were exploited. The Big Crab Orchard Site, Bull Thistle Cave Archeological Site, Burke's Garden Rural Historic District, Chimney Rock Farm, Tazewell Historic District, George Oscar Thompson House (now demolished), and James Wynn House are listed on the National Register of Historic P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
