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Harold D. Schuster

Film Director | * 08/01/1902 († 83, 07/19/1986) | Cherokee, Iowa (United States of America (USA))
Harold D. Schuster (August 1, 1902 – July 19, 1986) was an American editor and film director. In 1937, he made Wings of the Morning, the first-ever three-strip Technicolor film shot in Europe. Among the better-known films that Schuster directed are the 1954 film noir thriller Loophole and the 1957 Western Dragoon Wells Massacre. ()

A highly regarded editor (he cut the classic Sunrise (1927) ), Harold D. Schuster started out in films as an actor. It didn't take him long to abandon that career, and he turned to the production side of the business, working his way up to editor and eventually taking the reins as a director. While much of his directorial output is routine, there are some real gems scattered throughout. My Friend Flicka (1943) is a beautiful, serene tale of a boy and a spectacular horse and was a major success in its day. Although typed as an "outdoors" director, Schuster could turn out tough, gritty little thrillers when he wanted to, such as Loophole (1954), about a bank teller who gets Framed for an embezzlement; it ranks right up there with the edgy crime dramas of Don Siegel and Phil Karlson. Schuster's western Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957), despite its potboiler title, is a sharp, well-paced effort about two disparate groups of travelers who must band together to fight off rampaging Indians. Good writing, a rousing score and Schuster's tight direction raise this several notches above the product normally churned out by its studio, the usually low-grade Allied Artists. Schuster eventually turned to series television, and finished out his career there.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

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Movies with Harold D. Schuster as Crew(49)

Directing/Director1958 The Power of the Resurrection
Directing/Director1957 Portland Exposé
Directing/Director1957 Dragoon Wells Massacre
Directing/Director1957 Courage of Black Beauty
Directing/Director1955 The Return of Jack Slade
Directing/Director1955 Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
Directing/Director1955 Finger Man
Directing/Director1954 Port of Hell
Directing/Director1954 Security Risk
Directing/Director1954 Loophole
Directing/Director1953 Jack Slade
Directing/Director1952 Kid Monk Baroni
Directing/Director1948 So Dear to My Heart
Directing/Director1948 The Tender Years
Directing/Director1946 Breakfast in Hollywood
Directing/Director1944 Marine Raiders
Directing/Director1943 Bomber's Moon
Directing/Director1943 My Friend Flicka
Directing/Director1942 The Postman Didn't Ring
Directing/Director1942 Girl Trouble
Directing/Director1942 On the Sunny Side
Directing/Director1941 Small Town Deb
Directing/Director1941 A Very Young Lady
Directing/Director1940 Framed
Directing/Director1940 Zanzibar
Directing/Director1940 South to Karanga
Directing/Director1940 Diamond Frontier
Directing/Director1940 Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
Directing/Director1939 One Hour To Live
Directing/Director1938 Exposed
Directing/Director1938 Swing That Cheer
Directing/Director1938 Queer Cargo
Directing/Director1937 Dinner at the Ritz
Directing/Director1937 Wings of the Morning
Editing/Editor1934 Marie Galante
Editing/Editor1933 Zoo in Budapest
Editing/Editor1933 Berkeley Square
Editing/Editor1932 Call Her Savage
Editing/Editor1932 Chandu the Magician
Editing/Editor1931 Ambassador Bill
Editing/Editor1931 The Man Who Came Back
Editing/Editor1931 Skyline
Editing/Editor1930 Such Men Are Dangerous
Editing/Editor1930 Women Everywhere
Editing/Editor1930 Renegades
Editing/Editor1929 South Sea Rose
Editing/Editor1929 Frozen Justice
Editing/Editor1928 4 Devils

Full Name: Harold Schuster
Born: Friday, 08/01 1902 (August) in Cherokee, Iowa (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 07/19 1986 (July) in Westlake Village (aged: 83)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Other names for Harold D. Schuster (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Charles Fuhr"
"Harold Schuster"
Harold D. Schuster frequently works together with these people:
Peter Brunelli (8x, Crew)
Warren Douglas (6x, Actor)
Sophie Wachner (4x, Crew)
Paul Dunlap (4x, Crew)
Samuel S. Hinds (4x, Actor)
Sonya Levien (4x, Crew)
Maurice Wright (4x, Crew)
Richard Reeves (3x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:582910, Added: 10/13/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024