Tacoma, Washington
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– 12 April 1969, in
San Diego, California
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) was an American
film director
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,
film editor
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The film edit ...
, and the father of film editor
David Bretherton
David L. Bretherton (February 29, 1924 – May 11, 2000) was an American film editor with more than 40 credits for films released from 1954 to 1996.
Bretherton, the son of editor/director Howard Bretherton and actress Dorothea McEvoy, was born in ...
.
Career
He began his career as a propman and then became a film editor during the early 1920s for MGM. He directed his first film, ''
While London Sleeps
''While London Sleeps'' is a 1926 Warner Bros. film about a police-dog, Rinty, who helps Scotland Yard defeat a dangerous criminal organisation known as the Mediterranean Brotherhood that operates out of the Limehouse district of London. Walter ...
'', in 1926, and thereafter spent more than three decades working mostly as a film director. Of the roughly 100 pictures he directed, most of them were westerns and action/adventure films. The final film he directed was '' Night Raiders'' in 1952. Afterwards, he occasionally worked as a director in television through 1958.
Partial filmography
As director
* ''
While London Sleeps
''While London Sleeps'' is a 1926 Warner Bros. film about a police-dog, Rinty, who helps Scotland Yard defeat a dangerous criminal organisation known as the Mediterranean Brotherhood that operates out of the Limehouse district of London. Walter ...
One Round Hogan
''One-Round Hogan'' is a lost 1927 American boxing-drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Howard Bretherton. It starred Monte Blue and Leila Hyams. Blue also appears in the 1925 prequel called '' Hogan's Alley'', wr ...
The Greyhound Limited
''The Greyhound Limited'' is 1929 part-talkie crime drama and railroad theme film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Monte Blue. Warner Bros. produced and distributed releasing the film in the Vitaphone process, with a music score and so ...
The Redeeming Sin
''The Redeeming Sin'' (1929) is a crime drama part- talking silent film with Vitaphone music and sound effects. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and stars Dolores Costello. This film is a lost film.
This film is a remake of a ...
Second Choice
''Second Choice'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code black-and-white film released by Warner Bros. and starring Dolores Costello and Chester Morris. The film is notable as being the first (and only film) in which Dolores Costello sang. It is a lost f ...
'' (1930)
* ''
Isle of Escape
''Isle of Escape'' is a 1930 American pre-Code film produced and released by Warner Bros. The film stars Monte Blue and Myrna Loy and is set in the South Seas. Blue had been playing man-stranded-on-island roles in such films as ''White Shadows i ...
The Match King
''The Match King'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film made by First National Pictures, directed by William Keighley and Howard Bretherton. The film starred Warren William and Lili Damita, and follows the rise and fall of Swedish safety matc ...
Ladies They Talk About
''Ladies They Talk About'' is a 1933 pre-Code American crime drama directed by Howard Bretherton and William Keighley, and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, and Lyle Talbot. The film is about an attractive woman who is a member of a ba ...
'' (1933) (co-directed with Keighley)
* '' The Singer of Naples'' (1935) (co-directed with Moreno Cuyar)
* ''
Dinky
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* Dinky (film), a 1935 film starring Jackie Cooper
* Dinky Bossetti, protagonist of the 1990 film '' Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael'', played by Winona Ryde ...
'' (1935) (co-directed with
D. Ross Lederman
David Ross Lederman (December 12, 1894 – August 24, 1972) was an American film director noted for his Western/action/adventure films of the 1930s and 1940s.
Starting out as an extra in Mack Sennett's Keystone Cops series, Lederman worked ...
)
* ''
Hop-Along Cassidy
''Hop-Along Cassidy'' (reissued as ''Hopalong Cassidy Enters'') is a 1935 American Western film that features the character '' Hop-Along Cassidy'' created by writer Clarence E. Mulford. This is the first of 66 ''Hopalong Cassidy'' films produc ...
County Fair
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'' (1937)
* ''
Star Reporter
''Star Reporter'' is a 1939 American film directed by Howard Bretherton, written by John T. Neville and starring Warren Hull, Marsha Hunt and Wallis Clark. It was released February 22, 1939.
Plot
Star Reporter, John Randolph (Warren Hull), wit ...
'' (1939)
* ''
Undercover Agent
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'' (1939)
* ''
Boys' Reformatory
''Boys' Reformatory'' is a 1939 American crime film directed by Howard Bretherton and produced by Lindsley Parsons for Monogram Pictures. The screenplay was written by Wellyn Totman and Ray Trampe after a story by Ray Trampe and Norman S. Hall. ...
Danger Flight
''Danger Flight'' (aka ''Scouts of the Air'') is a 1939 American film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring John Trent as Tailspin Tommy Tompkins, Marjorie Reynolds, Milburn Stone and Jason Robards Sr. The film featured young aviation enthus ...
'' (1939)
* ''
Navy Secrets
''Navy Secrets'' is a 1939 American espionage film. Directed by Howard Bretherton, the film stars Fay Wray, Grant Withers, and Dewey Robinson. It was released on February 8, 1939. The screenplay by Harvey Gates was based on the short story "Shore ...
'' (1939)
*''
Hidden Enemy
''Hidden Enemy'' is a 1940 American thriller film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Warren Hull, Kay Linaker and Wilhelm von Brincken.McCarty p.159
Synopsis
A newspaper reporter encounters a gang of German spies attempting to steal indust ...
Rhythm Parade
''Rhythm Parade'' is a 1942 American musical comedy film starring Gale Storm and Margaret Dumont.Dawn on the Great Divide'' (1942)
* ''
Santa Fe Scouts
''Santa Fe Scouts'' is a 1943 American Western " Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Jimmie Dodd.
Cast
* Bob Steele as Tucson Smith
* Tom Tyler as Stony Brooke
* Jimmie Dodd as Lulla ...
'' (1943)
* ''
Riders of the Rio Grande
''Riders of the Rio Grande'' is a 1943 American Western B-movie directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Jimmie Dodd. It is the 51st and final entry in the Three Mesquiteers film series.
Cast
* Bob Steele as Tucson S ...
Whispering Footsteps
''Whispering Footsteps'' is a 1943 American film noir crime film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring John Hubbard, Rita Quigley, and Joan Blair.
Premise
A bank clerk's life becomes a nightmare because he fits the description of a maniac ...
Who's Guilty?
''Who's Guilty?'' is a 1945 American film serial. It was the 28th of 57 serials released by Columbia Pictures. ''Who's Guilty?'' was a rare attempt at a whodunit mystery film in serial form. The serial's villain (The Voice) was designed to look ...
The Prince of Thieves
''The Prince of Thieves'' is a 1948 American adventure film nominally inspired by Alexandre Dumas' 1872 novel ''Le Prince des voleurs''. Produced by Sam Katzman for Columbia Pictures and starring Jon Hall as Robin Hood with stuntwork by Jock ...
Beau Brummel
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Heat Lightning
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