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THE DUKE STEPS OUT, Delmer Daves, Gwen Lee, Joan Crawford, Eddie Nugent, 1929 GOOD NEWS, Delmer Daves, 1930 THE RED HOUSE, (aka NO TRESPASSING), Julie London, director Delmer Daves, on-set, 1947 ...
May 14, 2013 · M any of Delmer Daves’s films are beloved today, but to say that he remains a misunderstood and insufficiently appreciated figure in the history of American movies is a rank understatement. Daves was at once a true artist, a western specialist, and a Hollywood pro whose work was respected by insiders but received little in the way of official recognition.
Although Delmer Daves obtained a law degree at Stanford University, he never had the opportunity to use it; while still in college, he obtained a job as a prop boy on The Covered Wagon (1923) and after graduation was hired by several film companies as a technical advisor on films with a college background.
Films directed by Delmer Daves. Service. Amazon US; Amazon Video US; Apple TV Plus US; Apple TV US; Upgrade to a Letterboxd Pro account to add your favorite services to this list—including any service and country pair listed on JustWatch—and to enable one-click filtering by all your favorites.
Jun 25, 2015 · Daves did recover enough to direct and write other movies but according to Fave Kehr, on medical advice, he decided to forego Westerns and limit himself to studio-bound productions which were less strenuous. He never did a Western again. Delmer Daves died in 1977 and was survived by his wife, the author Mary Lou Lawrence, a son and two daughters.
Jun 15, 2021 · I say Drum Beat was Daves’s second Western.I am discounting Return of the Texan, which he made in 1952.This did have quite Western tinges – Dale Robertson returning to a Texas ranch, Walter Brennan as crusty old grandpa, Richard Boone as the baddy, horses, guns – but it was (a) a modern-day picture (it opens with a jeep bowling along) and (b) is really just a love story, with Joanne Dru.
Delmer Lawrence Daves was an American screenwriter, film director and film producer. He worked in many genres, including film noir and warfare, but he is best known for his Western movies, especially Broken Arrow (1950), The Last Wagon (1956), 3:10 to Yuma (1957) and The Hanging Tree (1959).
