David MILLER

* 28.11.1909, Paterson, New Jersey, USA † 14.04.1992, Los Angeles, USA

Regisseur * 1935-41 dreht rund zwei Dutzend Kurzfilme * Spielfilmdebüt mit dem Western Billy the Kid (1940/41) * (während des Zweiten Weltkrieges) arbeitet im Team von Frank Capra bei Herstellung von Propagandafilmen * 1948-76 realisiert 18 starbesetzte Kinoproduktionen * 1979-81 beendet seine Regiekarriere mit vier Fernsehfilmen (The Best Place to Be; Love for Rent; Goldie and the Boxer; Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood) * gilt als versierter Fachmann ohne eigene Handschrift ("... he was a highly competent technician, but with several notable exceptions /Sudden Fear; Midnight Lace; Lonely Are the Brave/, his films often lacked originality or personal imprint." Film Encyclopedia)

FILMS

Billy the Kid (Der letzte Bandit, 1940/41-USA; R: David Miller, B: Gene Fowler, K: Leonard Smith, William V. Skall, M: David Snell, D: Robert Taylor: William "Billy" Bonney, Brian Donlevy: Jim Sherwood; Ian Hunter: Eric Keating, Mary Howard: Edith Keating, Gene Lockhart: Dan Hickey, Lon Chaney, Jr.: "Spike" Hudson) 94m-Western (Buch von Walter Noble Burns, 1926) (12-03/+04; 4105)

Sunday Punch (1942-USA; R: David Miller, B: Fay Kanin, Michael Kanin, Allen Rivkin, K: Paul C. Vogel, D: William Lundigan: Ken Burke ° Jean Rogers: Judy Galestrum ° Dan Dailey: Olaf Jensen, Guy Kibbee: "Pops" Muller, J. Carrol Naish: Matt Bassler, Connie Gilchrist: Ma Galestrum, Sam Levene: Roscoe, Leo Gorcey: "Biff") 76m-Komödie (01-02; 4205)

Flying Tigers (Unternehmen Tigersprung, 1942-USA; R: David Miller, B: Kenneth Gamet, Barry Trivers, K: Jack Marta, M: Victor Young, D: John Wayne: Jim Gordon * John Carroll: Woody Jason * Anna Lee: Brooke Elliott, Paul Kelly: Hap Davis, Gordon Jones: Alabama Smith, Bill Shirley: Dale, Mae Clarke: Verna Bales) 102m-Kriegsabenteuer (04-06; 4210)

Love Happy (Love Happy * Die Marx Brothers im Theater, 1948-USA; R: David Miller, B: Frank Tashlin, Mac Benoff, K: William C. Mellor, M: Ann Ronell, D: The Marx Bros. [= Harpo Marx: Harpo, Chico Marx: Faustino, Groucho Marx: Sam Grunion], Ilona Massey: Madame Egelichi, Vera-Ellen: Maggie Phillips, Marion Hutton: Bunny Dolan; Raymond Burr: Alphonse Zoto, Melville Cooper: Throckmorton, Leon Belasco: Mr. Lyons, Paul Valentine: Mike Johnson, Eric Blore: Mackinaw, Bruce Gordon: Hannibal Zoto) 85m-Komödie (07-09/+10; 4910, SF | 5003)

Top o' the Morning (1948-USA; R: David Miller, B: Edmund Beloin, Richard L. Breen, K: Lionel Lindon, ML: Robert Emmett Dolan, D: Bing Crosby: Joe Mulqueen * Ann Blyth: Conn McNaughton * Barry Fitzgerald: Officer Briany McNaughton * Hume Cronyn: Hughie Devine, Eileen Crowe: Biddy O'Devlin, John McIntire: Inspector Fallon) 100m-Liebeskomödie (11-12; 4908)

Our Very Own (Unser eigenes Ich, 1949-USA; R: David Miller, B: F. Hugh Herbert, K: Lee Garmes, M: Victor Young, D: Ann Blyth: Gail Macaulay ° Farley Granger: Chuck ° Joan Evans: Joan Macaulay, Jane Wyatt: Lois Macaulay; Ann Dvorak: Gert Lynch, Donald Cook: Fred Macaulay, Natalie Wood: Penny Macaulay) 93m-Melodram (08-10; 5007)

Saturday's Hero (Ein Held für zwei Stunden, 1950-USA; R: David Miller, B: Millard Lampell, Sidney Buchman, K: Lee Garmes, M: Elmer Bernstein, D: John Derek: Steve Novak ° Donna Reed: Melissa, Sidney Blackmer: T.C. McCabe, Alexander Knox: Prof. Megroth) 111m-Sportdrama (Roman The Hero von Millard Lampell, 1949) (06-09; 5109)

Sudden Fear (Maskierte Herzen, 1952-USA; R: David Miller, B: Lenore J. Coffee, Robert Smith, K: Charles Lang, M: Elmer Bernstein, D: Joan Crawford: Myra Hudson; Jack Palance: Lester Blaine, Gloria Grahame: Irene Neves, Bruce Bennett: Steve Kearney, Virginia Huston: Ann Taylor, Touch Conners [= Mike Connors]: Junior Kearney) 110m-Psychothriller (Roman von Edna Sherry, 1948) (01-03; 5208)

Beautiful Stranger (Geld macht nicht glücklich, 1953/54-GB; R: David Miller, B: Robert Westerby, Carl Nystrom, K: Ted/Edward Scaife, M: Malcolm Arnold, D: Ginger Rogers: "Johnny" Victor * Herbert Lom: Emil Landosh * Stanley Baker: Louis Galt, Margaret Rawlings: Marie Galt, Eddie Byrne: Luigi & Jacques Bergerac: Pierre Clément) 89m-Krimimelodram (5407, London)

Diane (Diane - Kurtisane von Frankreich, 1955-USA; R: David Miller, B: Christopher Isherwood, K: Robert Planck, M: Miklos Rozsa, D: Lana Turner: Diane de Poitiers, Pedro Armendáriz: König François I., Roger Moore: Prinz Henri, Marisa Pavan: Caterina de' Medici [Katharina von Medici], Cedric Hardwicke: Ruggieri; Torin Thatcher: Comte de Brézé [Graf von Brézé], Taina Elg: Alys) 110m-Kostümromanze (Manuskript von John Erskine, unpublished) (05-07; 5601)

The Opposite Sex (Das schwache Geschlecht, 1956-USA; R: David Miller, B: Fay Kanin, Michael Kanin, K: Robert Bronner, MS: George Stoll, D: June Allyson: Kay Hilliard * Joan Collins: Crystal Allen * Dolores Gray: Sylvia * Ann Sheridan: Amanda Penrose * Ann Miller: Gloria, Leslie Nielsen: Steve Hilliard, Jeff Richards: Buck Winston, Agnes Moorehead: Countess, Charlotte Greenwood: Lucy, Joan Blondell: Edith Potter, Sam Levene: Mike Pearl; Bill Goodwin: Howard Fowler; [guest stars] Harry James, Art Mooney, Dick Shawn, Jim Backus) 117m-Gesellschaftskomödie (Bühnenstück The Women von Clare Boothe Luce, 1936) (02-05; 5610)

The Story of Esther Costello (Esther Costello, 1956-GB; R: David Miller, B: Charles Kaufman, K: Robert Krasker, M: Georges Auric, D: Joan Crawford: Margaret Landi * Rossano Brazzi: Carlo Landi, Lee Patterson: Harry Grant, Ron Randell: Frank Wenzel, Denis O'Dea: Pater Devlin & Heather Sears: Esther Costello) 104m-Melodram (Roman von Nicholas Monsarrat, 1953) (08-12; 5709)

Happy Anniversary (Ehegeheimnisse, 1959-USA; R: David Miller, B: Joseph Fields, Jerome Chodorov, K: Lee Garmes, M: Sol Kaplan & Robert Allen, D: David Niven: Chris Walters * Mitzi Gaynor: Alice Walters, Carl Reiner: Bud, Loring Smith: Arthur Gans, Monique van Vooren: Jeanette Revere, Phyllis Povah: Lillian Gans & Patty Duke: Debbie Walters) 82m-Komödie (Bühnenstück von Joseph Fields & Jerome Chodorov, 1954) (04-06; 5911, NYC)

Midnight Lace (Mitternachtsspitzen, 1960-USA; R: David Miller, B: Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts, K: Russell Metty, M: Frank Skinner, D: Doris Day: Kit Preston * Rex Harrison: Anthony Preston * John Gavin: Brian Younger, Myrna Loy: Tante Bea, Roddy McDowall: Malcolm, Herbert Marshall: Charles Manning, Natasha Parry: Peggy, John Williams: Inspector Byrnes, Hermione Baddeley: Dora Hammer) 103/8m-Psychothriller (Bühnenstück Matilda Shouted Fire von Janet Green, 1958) (03-05; 6010, NYC)

Back Street (Endstation Paris, 1960-USA; R: David Miller, B: Eleanore Griffin, William Ludwig, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Frank Skinner, D: Susan Hayward: Rae Smith * John Gavin: Paul Saxon, Vera Miles: Liz Saxon; Charles Drake: Curt Stanton, Virginia Grey: Janie, Reginald Gardiner: Dalian) 107m-Drama (Roman von Fannie Hurst, 1931) (09-12; 6110)

Lonely Are the Brave (Einsam sind die Tapferen, 1961-USA; R: David Miller, B: Dalton Trumbo, K: Philip H. Lathrop, M: Jerry Goldsmith, D: Kirk Douglas: Jack Burns, Gena Rowlands: Jerri Bondi, Walter Matthau: Sheriff Johnson; Michael Kane: Paul Bondi; Carroll O'Connor: Hinton, William Schallert: Harry) 107m-Neowesterndrama (Roman von Edward Abbey, 1956) (05-07; 6205)

Captain Newman, M.D. (Captain Newman, 1963-USA; R: David Miller, B: Richard L. Breen, Phoebe Ephron, Henry Ephron, K: Russell Metty, M: Frank Skinner, D: Gregory Peck: Captain Josiah J. Newman * Tony Curtis: Corporal Jackson Leibowitz, Angie Dickinson: Lieutenant Francie Corum & Bobby Darin: Corporal Jim Tompkins; Eddie Albert: Colonel Norval Algate Bliss, James Gregory: Colonel Edgar Pyser, Bethel Leslie: Helene Winston; Robert Duvall: Captain Paul Cabot Winston, Jane Withers: Lieutenant Grace Blodgett, Dick Sargent: Lieutenant Belden "Barney" Alderson, Larry Storch: Corporal Gavoni, Robert F. Simon: Lieutenant Colonel M.B. Larrabee) 126m-Tragikomödie (Roman von Leo Rosten, 1961) (02-05; 6312)

Hammerhead (Hammerhead, 1967-GB; R: David Miller, B: William Bast, Herbert Baker; John Briley, K: Kenneth Talbot, Wilkie Cooper, M: David Whitaker, D: Vince Edwards: Charles Hood ° Judy Geeson: Sue Trenton, Peter Vaughan: Hammerhead, Diana Dors: Kit, Michael Bates: Andreas/Sir Richard, Beverly Adams: Ivory, Patrick Cargill: Condor) 99m-Agentenkomödie (Roman von James Mayo=Stephen Coulter, 1964) (09-12; 6810)

Hail, Hero! (1969-USA; R: David Miller, B: David Manber, K: Robert B. Hauser, M: Jerome Moross, D: Michael Douglas: Carl Dixon ° Teresa Wright: Santha Dixon & Arthur Kennedy: Albert Dixon) 97m-Drama (Roman von John Weston, 1968) (03-04/06; 6910)

Executive Action (Unternehmen Staatsgewalt, 1973-USA; R: David Miller, B: Dalton Trumbo, K: Robert Steadman, M: Randy Edelman, D: Burt Lancaster: Farrington * Robert Ryan: Foster * Will Geer: Ferguson) 91m-Politthriller (06-07; 7311)

Bittersweet Love (Bittersüße Liebe, 1976-USA; R: David Miller, B: Adrian Morrall, D.A. Kellogg, K: Stephen M. Katz, M: Kenneth Wannberg, D: Lana Turner: Claire, Robert Lansing: Howard, Celeste Holm: Marian, Robert Alda: Ben, Scott Hylands: Michael & Meredith Baxter Birney: Patricia) 92m-Drama (04-06; 7610)

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