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Ellis Dungan

Name in Native Language: "Ellis R. Dungan" (English/EN)
Film Director | * 05/11/1909 († 92, 12/01/2001) | Belmont County (United States of America (USA))
Ellis Roderick Dungan (May 11, 1909 – December 1, 2001) was an American film director, who was well known for working in Indian films, predominantly in Tamil cinema, from 1936 to 1950. He was an alumnus of the University of Southern California and moved to India in 1935. During his film career in South India, Dungan directed the debut films of several popular Tamil film actors, such as M. G. Ramachandran in Sathi Leelavathi, T. S. Balaiya, Kali N. Ratnam and N. S. Krishnan. ()

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An Indian princess (Marie Windsor), her adviser (Cesar Romero) and a white hunter (Rod Cameron) fight woolly mammoths. Filmed in sepia. ...

The Jungle

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1952 | 1h 13min
Adventure, Drama
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Meera, a zealous devotee of Lord Krishna, considers him to be her husband. She gets married to Rana Bhojraj, but follows her own way of living which is not acceptable to her husband and the society. ...

Meera

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1945 | 2h 16min
Drama
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A wealthy man escapes after shooting his friend in drunken state which results in a drastic change in his life then. ...

Sathi Leelavathi

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1936 | 3h 20min
Drama
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Born: Tuesday, 05/11 1909 (May) in Belmont County (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 12/01 2001 (December) in Wheeling (aged: 92)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Educated at: University of Southern California, USC School of Cinematic Arts, St. Clairsville High School
Other names for Ellis Dungan (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Ellis R. Dungan"
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:786476, Added: 11/06/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024