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''Womanhunt'' is a 1962 American drama film directed by Maury Dexter and written by Russ Bender and Edward J. Lakso. The film stars Steven Piccaro, Lisa Lu, Berry Kroeger, Bob Okazaki, Ann Carroll, Tom Daly and Ivan Bonar. The film was released on June 3, 1962, by 20th Century Fox. Plot Cast *Steven Piccaro as Hal Weston *Lisa Lu as Li Sheng *Berry Kroeger as Petrie / Osgood *Bob Okazaki as Dr. Sheng *Ann Carroll Ann Carroll is a camogie player. twice an All Ireland inter-county medalist and the outstanding personality in the first decade of the history of the All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship winning medals with both St Patrick’s, Gleng ... as Janet Oberon *Tom Daly as Mr. Davalos * Ivan Bonar as Jacobs Production ''Womanhunt'' was an original story by Jesse Lasky Jr and Pat Silver. The film was shot in and around Los Angeles. References External links * 1962 films 20th Century Fox films American drama films 1962 drama films Films dir ...
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Ivan Bonar
Ivan Eugene Bonar (October 31, 1924 – December 8, 1988) was an American character actor whose career in Hollywood, in films and television, spanned four decades, from the mid 1950s into the 1980s. Life and career A vaunted character actor, Bonar made appearances in many films, such as '' Night of the Quarter Moon'' (1959), '' Air Patrol'' and ''Womanhunt'' (1962), ''Gable and Lombard'' (1976), '' MacArthur'' (1977), where he played U.S. Army Lt. General Richard K. Sutherland, '' Same Time Next Year'' (1978, with Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn) and the 1983 made-for-TV movie '' Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess'' as Hollywood film director Howard Hawks. Bonar is perhaps better known for his career in television, as he guest starred in episodes of many hit TV series such as ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'', ''McHale's Navy'', ''Perry Mason'', '' Dennis the Menace'', the ABC-TV version of ''My Three Sons'', '' I Dream of Jeannie'', where he served as the voice of the announ ...
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Maury Dexter
Maury Dexter (born Morris Gene Poindexter; June 12, 1927 – May 28, 2017) was an American producer and director of film and TV. He worked several times for Robert Lippert and American International Pictures. Life and career Dexter was born in Paris, Arkansas, to William Henry and Emma (née Foster) Poindexter. He has three brothers, Foster, William Jr., and James. Dexter first entered show business as a teenaged actor in The Three Stooges short, '' Uncivil War Birds'' (1946). After a few additional movie roles, he busied himself with stage and television work until the Korean War and military service intervened; following his discharge, he landed an acting job on ''The Hank McCune Show'' (1950) and was soon working there behind the scenes. A clerical job at filmmaker Robert L. Lippert's Regal Films eventually led to Dexter producing and directing gigs at that independent production company, where many of the movies were shot in seven days on $100,000 budgets. A member of the ...
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Lisa Lu
Lisa Lu Yan (; born January 19, 1927) is a Chinese actress. She won the Golden Horse Awards three times in the 1970s. She is the only person who is a member of both the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Life Lu was born in Beijing in 1927. Her husband was Shelling Hwong (1922-1996). They had three children, including composer Lucia Hwong.(incorrect birth date of December 5, 1931) Career During Lu's teen years, she was active in Chinese opera, or Kunqu, before emigrating to the United States, where, beginning in the 1950s, she enjoyed a long career in television. During the 1958–59 television season, she had a recurring role as Miss Mandarin on the cult western show ''Yancy Derringer'', set in New Orleans in 1868. In 1961 she had a recurring role as "Hey Girl" on the television series ''Have Gun – Will Travel''. She made numerous other appearances on television, with guest starring roles on ''Bonanza'', ''Th ...
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Berry Kroeger
Berry Kroeger (October 16, 1912 – January 4, 1991) was an American film, television and stage actor. Career Kroeger was born in San Antonio, Texas. He got his acting start on radio as an announcer on ''Suspense'' and as an actor, playing for a time '' The Falcon'' in the radio seriesSies, Luther F. (2014). ''Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960, 2nd Edition, Volume 1''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . pg. 13. Also on radio, he portrayed Dr. Reed Bannister on ''Big Sister'', narrated ''Salute to Youth'', and was a regular as Sam Williams on ''Young Doctor Malone''. Kroeger made his Broadway debut on December 6, 1943, at the Royale Theatre as Miley in Nunnally Johnson's ''The World's Full of Girls'', which was adapted from Thomas Bell's 1943 novel ''Till I Come Back to You''. He went on to appear in ''Reclining Figure'' (1954), ''Julius Caesar'' (1950), and '' The Tempest'' (1944). He portrayed the High Lama in the 1956 musical adaptation of ''Lost Horizon'' titled ''Shangri ...
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Jodie Copelan
Jodie Copelan (born Joseph Caplan and sometimes credited as Jodie Caplan) was an American film editor who worked on dozens of B movies and TV shows from the late 1940s through the 1970s. Biography Beginnings Jodie was born in Los Angeles, California, to Julius Caplan and Rosie Siegel. He started going by Jodie Copelan professionally early on in his career. Career He began working as an assistant editor sometime around the early 1930s, and got his first credit as an editor on 1947's '' The Guilty''. He spent the next 30 years editing and directing films and TV episodes; his sole directorial credit on a feature film came in 1958 with the release of ''Ambush at Cimarron Pass'', a Western released by 20th Century Fox featuring a young Clint Eastwood in a supporting role. Personal life He married Lillian Schleifer in 1949. Jodie was a lifelong Dodgers fan who spent his later years tracking prospects from the farm league. "If I had my life to live over again, it would be in ...
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Carl Pierson
Carl Leo Pierson (1891-1977) was an American film editor who edited more than 200 films (primarily low-budget Westerns for Monogram and Republic) and television episodes over the course of his lengthy career in Hollywood. He also produced and directed a handful of movies. Biography Carl Pierson was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was married at least twice: first Minerva Jane Sherwood in 1924, who filed for divorce in 1930; and then to an actress Mary; she sued for divorce in 1939. He had a daughter, Lois, with his first wife. Filmography (as editor) * ''That Tennessee Beat'' (1966) * ''Hand of Death'' (1962) * ''Womanhunt'' (1962) * ''The Two Little Bears'' (1961) * ''The Silent Call'' (1961) * '' The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come'' (1961) * ''Sniper's Ridge'' (1961) * ''Diamond Safari'' (1958) * ''She Devil'' (1958) * ''Stagecoach to Fury'' (1956) * ''Naked Gun'' (1956) * '' Yaqui Drums'' (1956) * ''Massacre'' (1956) * ''The Big Chase'' (1954) * ''The Black Pirat ...
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Robert Lenard Lippert (March 31, 1909 – November 16, 1976) was an American film producer and cinema chain owner. He was president and chief operating officer of Lippert Theatres, Affiliated Theatres and Transcontinental Theatres, all based in San Francisco, and at his height, he owned a chain of 139 movie theaters. He helped finance more than 300 films, including the directorial debuts of Sam Fuller, James Clavell, and Burt Kennedy. His films include ''I Shot Jesse James'' (1949) and '' The Fly'' (1958) and was known as "King of the Bs". In 1962, Lippert said, "the word around Hollywood is: Lippert makes a lot of cheap pictures but he's never made a stinker". Biography Born in San Francisco, California and adopted by the owner of a hardware store, Robert Lippert became fascinated by the cinema at an early age. As a youngster, he worked a variety of jobs in local theaters, including projectionist and assistant manager. As a manager of a cinema during the Depression, Lipper ...
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Ann Carroll (actress)
Anna Lee "Boots" Carroll (October 7, 1930 – April 30, 2017) was an American actress, based in Alabama, whose career included dozens of theaters productions, as well as several movies and television shows. Carroll was best known for her portrayal of Nurse Bradford in the 1968 film, ''The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter'', alongside Alan Arkin. Arkin plays a deaf mute in the film, while Carroll's Nurse Bradford provides the dialogue for his character in their mutual scenes. Carroll's additional film roles included '' Not of This Earth'' in 1957 and ''Marlowe'' in 1969. Early life Carroll was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on October 7, 1930, as the sole child of Frederick L. "Peck" and Ella Corrine "E.C." Carroll. Career She began her professional acting career in 1952 as a cast member for theater director James Hatcher's Town and Gown Theater, a Birmingham theater first opened in 1950. She rose to become one of the leading stage actresses in Alabama, starring in dozens of plays and tra ...
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1962 Films
The year 1962 in film involved some very significant events, with ''Lawrence of Arabia'' winning seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1962 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * February – Warner Bros. buy the film rights for ''My Fair Lady'' for the unprecedented sum of $5.5 million plus 47¼% of the gross over $20 million. * May – The Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards are officially founded by the Taiwanese government. * June 18 – MCA Inc. finalize their merger with Decca-Universal. * July 25 – Darryl F. Zanuck, one of the founders of 20th Century Fox, becomes president, replacing Spyros Skouras. Skouras becomes chairman of the board. * August 5 – Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe is found dead of a drug overdose. * September 7 – Filming of Sergei Bondarchuk's ''War and Peace'' begins and will continue for another 5 years. * October 5 – '' Dr. No'' launch ...
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Films Directed By Maury Dexter
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ...
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1962 Drama Films
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian of ...
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American Drama Films
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