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Oct 31, 2002 · Andre de Toth was born Sasvari Farkasfalvi Tothfalusi-Toth Endre Antai Mihaly at Mako, Hungary, on May 15 1913. His father, a former Hussar officer, was disappointed when his son made it clear ...
André De Toth (Makó, Csongrád, 15 de maig de 1912 − Burbank, Califòrnia, 27 d'octubre de 2002) fou un director de cinema estatunidenc d'origen hongarès.. Va ser director de pel·lícules de tota mena de gènere, és especialment recordat per Els crims del museu de cera de 1953, probablement la més famosa de les pel·lícules en 3D que es van realitzar en aquella època, tot i que ell no la podia veure en aquest format perquè havia perdut un ull a molt primerenca edat, fet que l ...
[On filmmaking] “I’ll try to undress in front of you, to reveal the love of my life, my addiction to making images, creating people who come to life on the screen—a screen of any size in any format.
The son of a Hungarian military officer, Andre De Toth studied law at the University of Budapest. His academic career was shelved when De Toth became involved with the Hungarian film industry, where he served in several artistic and technical capacities before graduating to director in 1938.
Andre de Toth’s Crime Wave (1954) starts appropriately for a film noir, with the camera panning over nocturnal city traffic from the backseat of a moving car. When the car stops at a gas station and the passenger gets out, the camera lingers in the backseat, giving a “peeping tom” view of the interaction through the car window.
André De Toth. Writer: The Gunfighter. Although he obtained a law degree from the Royal Hungarian University, Andre De Toth decided to become an actor, and spent several years on the stage. He then entered the Hungarian film industry, obtaining work as a writer, editor, second unit director and actor before finally becoming a director. He directed a few films just before the outbreak of WW II, when he fled...
House of Wax is a 1953 American period mystery-horror film directed by Andre de Toth and released by Warner Bros. A remake of the studio's own 1933 film, Mystery of the Wax Museum, it stars Vincent Price as a disfigured sculptor who repopulates his destroyed wax museum by murdering people and using their wax-coated corpses as displays.
