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Zigzag (1963 Film)
''Zigzag'' is a 1963 film directed by Ronald Remy and starring George Nader. Produced by Albert Zugsmith, it was made in the Philippines. Cast * George Nader as The Blind Hunter * Sylvia Lawrence as Sylvia Lawrence Production Filming took place in the Philippines in May 1963. It was the first of a five-picture deal Nader signed with Medallion Pictures. He was meant to follow it with ''Walk by the Sea'', directed by himself, in Hong Kong. Nader had previously made '' The Great Space Adventure'' for producer Albert Zugsmith Albert Zugsmith (April 24, 1910 – October 26, 1993) was an American film producer, film director and screenwriter who specialized in low-budget exploitation films through the 1950s and 1960s. With a background in music promotion (Ted Weems, P ... in the Philippines.Bernhardt to Direct Film Here for Son: MacMurray Will Star in It; Rita Tushingham With Finch Scheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times 2 Apr 1963: C11. References External links * 1963 films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Zugsmith
Albert Zugsmith (April 24, 1910 – October 26, 1993) was an American film producer, film director and screenwriter who specialized in low-budget exploitation films through the 1950s and 1960s. With a background in music promotion (Ted Weems, Paul Whiteman), public relations (one of his clients in Depression-era Chicago was Al Capone), journalism, and brokering communication properties (radio, newspaper, early television), Zugsmith became independently wealthy and began producing films at RKO during the Howard Hughes years. Zugsmith's most significant credits are a string of four genre masterpieces produced in the late 1950s, all for Universal Studios: the science-fiction classic ''The Incredible Shrinking Man'', Orson Welles' ''Touch of Evil'', Douglas Sirk's ''Written on the Wind'', and the camp exploitation films (produced for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) '' High School Confidential'' and ''The Girl in the Kremlin''. An archive of some of his shooting scripts and screenplays are ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Nader
George Garfield Nader, Jr. (October 19, 1921 – February 4, 2002) was an American actor and writer. He appeared in a variety of films from 1950 to 1974, including ''Sins of Jezebel'' (1953), ''Congo Crossing'' (1956), and ''The Female Animal'' (1958). During this period, he also did episodic television and starred in several series, including NBC's ''The Man and the Challenge'' (1959–60). In the 1960s he made several films in Germany, playing FBI agent Jerry Cotton. He is remembered for his first starring role, in the low-budget 3-D sci-fi film ''Robot Monster'' (1953), known as "one of the worst films ever made.” Discreetly gay during his acting career, he and his life partner Mark Miller were among Rock Hudson's closest friends. After retiring from acting, he wrote ''Chrome'' (1978), a science-fiction novel dealing positively with a same-sex relationship. Early life Nader was born in Pasadena, California, the son of Alice (née Scott), who was from Kansas, and George Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Space Adventure
''The Great Space Adventure'' is a 1963 film from Albert Zugsmith starring George Nader and Fay Spain. Nader was signed in January 1963. The film was shot in the Philippines. Production Produced by Famous Players Corporation References External links''The Great Space Adventure''at BFI The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, ... * 1963 films 1960s science fiction films American science fiction films 1960s English-language films Films directed by Albert Zugsmith 1960s American films {{1960s-US-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 Films
The year 1963 in film involved some significant events, including the big-budget epic ''Cleopatra'' and two films with all-star casts, '' How the West Was Won'' and ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1963 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 9 – Joseph Vogel resigns as president of MGM and is replaced by Robert O'Brien. * February 20 – The classic epic western '' How the West Was Won'' premieres in the United States. It is an instant success with both audiences and critics and becomes the biggest moneymaker for MGM since '' Ben-Hur''. * June 12 – ''Cleopatra'', starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton, premieres at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City. Its staggering production costs nearly bankrupted Twentieth Century Fox and the adulterous affair between Taylor and Burton made the publicity even worse. ''Cleopatra'' marked the only instance that a film would be t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Action Drama Films
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republika sang Filipinas * ibg, Republika nat Filipinas * ilo, Republika ti Filipinas * ivv, Republika nu Filipinas * pam, Republika ning Filipinas * krj, Republika kang Pilipinas * mdh, Republika nu Pilipinas * mrw, Republika a Pilipinas * pag, Republika na Filipinas * xsb, Republika nin Pilipinas * sgd, Republika nan Pilipinas * tgl, Republika ng Pilipinas * tsg, Republika sin Pilipinas * war, Republika han Pilipinas * yka, Republika si Pilipinas In the recognized optional languages of the Philippines: * es, República de las Filipinas * ar, جمهورية الفلبين, Jumhūriyyat al-Filibbīn is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It is situated in the western Pacific Ocean and consists of around 7,641 islands t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
