Joseph M. Newman
Joseph M. Newman | |
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Born | Logan, Utah, United States | August 17, 1909
Died | January 23, 2006 Simi Valley, California, United States | (aged 96)
Occupation | Film director |
Years active | 1933 – 1965 |
Joseph M. Newman (August 17, 1909 – January 23, 2006) was an American
He was nominated for two
Career
Assistant director
Newman first established his reputation in the industry as an assistant director at
He was nominated for an Oscar for
Director of shorts
Newman began directing short films starting with Man's Greatest Friend (1938). He followed it with The Story of Alfred Nobel (1938), Money to Loan (1939), The Story That Couldn't Be Printed (1939) (the story of
Newman returned to assistant directing with Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941) and The Bugle Sounds (1942).
Feature director
Newman made his debut as a director of feature films with Northwest Rangers (1941), a B-movie about the Canadian Mounties starring James Craig.
Newman served as a major with the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II. While there, he directed the short film Diary of a Sergeant (1945) starring Harold Russell which led to Russell's appearance in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946).
After the war, Newman returned to directing shorts at MGM: The Luckiest Guy in the World (1947) and The Amazing Mr. Nordill (1947).
He went back to features with the low budget Jungle Patrol (1948) at Fox.[4] He went on to direct The Great Dan Patch (1949), the film noir crime dramas Abandoned (1949), with Gale Storm, and 711 Ocean Drive, which starred Edmond O'Brien.
Newman directed
20th Century Fox
Newman went to Fox where he directed The Guy Who Came Back (1951); Love Nest (1952), featuring an early supporting role for Marilyn Monroe. The studio were impressed and assigned him to larger budgeted films: Red Skies of Montana (1952) with Richard Widmark; and The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952).[6]
Fox picked up his option and he directed Pony Soldier (1952) with Tyrone Power; and Dangerous Crossing (1953) with Michael Rennie.[7]
In 1952 it was announced he would form Joe Newman Productions to make Island in the Sky[8] but the film ended up being made by others.
In 1953 Newman set up his own production company, Sabre Productions. Their first productions were to be This Island Earth and Tehran.[9][10]
Newman directed The Human Jungle (1954) for Allied Artists.
Sabre Productions
Newman made This Island Earth for Universal. It starred Rex Reason as a scientist and jet pilot who is transported to another world by beings from a dying civilization who secretly intend to invade and take over his home planet. The film attracted a cult following that increased decades later when the television comedy series Mystery Science Theater 3000 spoofed it in 1996 in its first feature-film venture.
Also at Universal he directed Kiss of Fire (1955). He did Flight to Hong Kong (1956) for Sabre, then Death in Small Does (1957).[11]
Two of actor Joel McCrea's final westerns followed for the director, Fort Massacre (1958) and The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959).
Newman directed The Big Circus (1959) for Irwin Allen at Allied Artists then went to MGM to do Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959).
Television
Newman went into television directing "Meeting at Appalachia" for Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse and "The High Cost of Fame" for Dan Raven, "The Lady and the Lawyer" for The Asphalt Jungle.
Newman did some films for Allied Artists,
His final years as a director were for TV, doing episodes of
Partial filmography
- Don't Talk (1942) (short film)
- Northwest Rangers (1942)
- Jungle Patrol (1948)
- The Great Dan Patch (aka Ride a Reckless Mile) (1949)
- Abandoned (1949)
- 711 Ocean Drive (1950)
- The Guy Who Came Back (1951)
- Love Nest (1951)
- I'll Get You for This (aka Lucky Nick Cain) (1951)
- Pony Soldier (1951)
- Red Skies of Montana (1952)
- The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952)
- Dangerous Crossing (1953)
- The Human Jungle (1954)
- This Island Earth (1955) (as Joseph Newman)
- Kiss of Fire (1955)
- Flight to Hong Kong (1956)
- Death in Small Doses (1957)
- Fort Massacre (1958)
- The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959)
- The Big Circus (1959)
- Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959)
- A Thunder of Drums (1961)
- Twenty Plus Two (1961)
- The Lawbreakers (1961)
- The Big Bankroll(aka King of the Roaring 20's: The Story of Arnold Rothstein) (1961)
- The George Raft Story (aka Spin of a Coin) (1961)
References
- ^ "The 8th Academy Awards (1935) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
- ^ "The 9th Academy Awards (1936) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
- ProQuest 181588764.
- ProQuest 165865653.
- ProQuest 177878782.
- ProQuest 166245141.
- ProQuest 112559237.
- ProQuest 166348279.
- ProQuest 178552670.
- ProQuest 112739306.
- ProQuest 166668314.
- ProQuest 167857146.
External links
- Joseph M. Newman at IMDb
- Joseph M Newman at BFI
- The noir world of Newman