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Norman Foster
Directing

Norman Foster
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1903-12-13,Richmond, Indiana, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Norman Foster (December 13, 1903 - July 7, 1976) was an American film director and actor. Born John Hoeffer in Richmond, Indiana, Foster originally became a cub reporter on a local newspaper in Indiana before going to New York in the hopes of getting a better newspaper job but there were no vacancies. He tried a number of theatrical agencies before getting stage work and later appeared on Broadway in the George S. Kaufman / Ring Lardner play June Moon in 1929. He has also acted in London, England. He started working in crowd scenes in films before moving to bigger parts. His film acting credits include Prosperity (1932), Pilgrimage (1933), Rafter Romance (1933) with Ginger Rogers and State Fair (1933). He has written several plays. He gave up acting in the late 1930s to pursue directing, although he occasionally appeared in movies and television programs. Some of Foster's directorial efforts include The Sign of Zorro (1958), and the stylish films noir Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948), Woman on the Run (1950) and Journey into Fear (1943). Foster directed Rachel and the Stranger and the Davy Crockett segments of Disneyland that were edited into feature films Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier and Davy Crockett and the River Pirates where he did not accept any interference from Walt Disney. In 1967, he directed Brighty of the Grand Canyon, based on a children's novel by Marguerite Henry about a burro in the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. The film starred Joseph Cotten, Karl Swenson, Dick Foran, and Pat Conway. It was rumored that Orson Welles took over direction of Journey Into Fear, which Welles later denied. Foster was the director of the "My Friend Bonito" segment of Orson Welles' Pan-American anthology film It's All True until RKO aborted the project. Foster directed a number of Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto mysteries, including Charlie Chan in Panama (1940), Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939), Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939), Charlie Chan in Reno (1939), Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939), Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938), Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938), Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937), and Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937). Foster was married to Claudette Colbert from 1928 until their divorce in 1935. In 1937, he wed actress Sally Blane, an older sister of Loretta Young. The couple remained married until his death in 1976 from cancer in Santa Monica at the age of 75. They had two children, Robert and Gretchen. He is buried in Culver City's Holy Cross Cemetery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Norman Foster, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Mysterious Mr. Moto

5.7

Mysterious Mr. Moto
1938-09-17

6.31

State Fair
1933-02-10

Skyscraper Souls

5.6

Skyscraper Souls
1932-07-16

6.6

Under Eighteen
1932-01-02

Behind the Green Lights

0

Behind the Green Lights
1935-03-11

6.5

Rafter Romance
1933-09-01

Confessions of a Co-Ed

5.8

Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931-07-11

6.767

Pilgrimage
1933-07-12

It Pays to Advertise

4.7

It Pays to Advertise
1931-02-18

Week-End Marriage

6

Week-End Marriage
1932-06-18

5.4

High Tension
1936-07-10

The Hoosier Schoolmaster

4.2

The Hoosier Schoolmaster
1935-05-14

7.9

Suicide Squad
1935-12-02

Ladies Crave Excitement

4.5

Ladies Crave Excitement
1935-06-21

Reckless Living

3

Reckless Living
1931-10-20

Strictly Dynamite

5.3

Strictly Dynamite
1934-05-11

Young Man of Manhattan

5.2

Young Man of Manhattan
1930-04-19

Professional Sweetheart

5

Professional Sweetheart
1933-06-09

5

The Fire-Trap
1935-11-26

Girl of the Rio

5.1

Girl of the Rio
1932-01-15

5.2

Play Girl
1932-03-12

6

No Limit
1931-01-15

Strange Justice

4.5

Strange Justice
1932-10-07

4.7

Prosperity
1932-11-18

Alias the Doctor

5.7

Alias the Doctor
1932-02-25

0

Steady Company
1932-03-13

Behind the Evidence

2

Behind the Evidence
1935-01-08

I Cover Chinatown

0

I Cover Chinatown
1936-10-01

0

Fatal Lady
1936-05-15

0

Walls of Gold
1933-10-21

Double Solitaire

0

Double Solitaire
1974-01-16

Up Pops the Devil

4.2

Up Pops the Devil
1931-05-19

The Leavenworth Case

5

The Leavenworth Case
1936-01-20

0

Orient Express
1934-02-28

The Bishop Misbehaves

4

The Bishop Misbehaves
1935-09-13

Men Call It Love

4.5

Men Call It Love
1931-03-14

Gentlemen of the Press

5

Gentlemen of the Press
1929-05-04

6

Elinor Norton
1934-11-02

The Other Side of the Wind

6.7

The Other Side of the Wind
2018-11-02

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

7.2

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018-08-31

Love at First Sight

0

Love at First Sight
1929-12-15

The Love Goddesses

6.3

The Love Goddesses
1965-03-03

Play It as It Lays

6.2

Play It as It Lays
1972-10-19

The Disneyland Story

7.5

The Disneyland Story
1954-10-27

Escape from Devil's Island

6

Escape from Devil's Island
1935-11-24

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood

0

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
1932-03-27

6.455

Cannon
1971-09-14

0

Espionage
1963-10-02