David Miller
David Miller (November 28, 1909 – April 14, 1992) was an American film director who directed varied films such as Billy the Kid (1941) with Robert Taylor and Brian Donlevy, Flying Tigers (1943) with John Wayne, and Love Happy (1949) with the Marx Brothers. Emanuel Levy wrote in 2009 that Lonely are the Brave (1962), starring Kirk Douglas, "is the most accomplished film of David Miller, who directs with eloquent feeling for landscape and attention to character." Others feel that Miller's best is his 1952 noir thriller and Joan Crawford vehicle Sudden Fear co-starring Jack Palance and Gloria Grahame. Sudden Fear was nominated for four Academy Awards for Best Actress (Crawford), Best Actor (Palance), Best Costume Design and Best Cinematography by Charles Lang but was a box office failure.
David Miller
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- Name
- David Miller
- Born
- November 28, 1909
- Birthplace
- Paterson, New Jersey, United States
- Died
- 14 April 1992
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Occupation
- Film director
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- film direction · film production
- Languages
- English
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• Name — David Miller • Born — November 28, 1909 • Birthplace — Paterson, New Jersey, United States • Died — 14 April 1992 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, United States • Occupation — Film director
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David Miller (28 November 1909 – 14 April 1992) is described as a director in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. David Miller was born on 28 November 1909; the birthplace is Paterson, New Jersey, United States, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. David Miller died on 14 April 1992; the place of death is Los Angeles, California, United States, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Filmography
Filmography
• India Speaks (1933) – editor • Trained Hoofs (1935) • Crew Racing (1935) • Let's Dance (1936) • Table Tennis (1936) • Hurling (1936) • Dexterity (1937) • Penny Wisdom (1937) • Tennis Tactics (1937) • Equestrian Acrobats (1937) • La Savate (1938) • It's in the Stars (1938) • Fisticuffs (1938) • Nostradamus (1938) • The Great Heart (1938) • Ice Antics (1939) • Drunk Driving (1939) • The Happiest Man on Earth (1940) • More About Nostradamus (1941) • Billy the Kid (1941) • Sunday Punch (1942) • Further Prophecies of Nostradamus (1942) • Flying Tigers (1942) • Seeds of Destiny (1946) • Top o' the Morning (1949) • Love Happy (1949) • Our Very Own (1950) • Saturday's Hero (1951) • Sudden Fear (1952) • Twist of Fate a.k.a. Beautiful Stranger (1954) • Diane (1956) • The Opposite Sex (1956) • The Story of Esther Costello (1957) • Happy Anniversary (1959) • Midnight Lace (1960) • Back Street (1961) • Lonely Are the Brave (1962) • Captain Newman, M.D. (1963) • The Bells Of Hell Go Ting-a-ling-a-ling (1966: unfinished and unreleased) • Hammerhead (1968) • Hail, Hero! (1969) • Executive Action (1973) • Bittersweet Love (1976) • The Best Place to Be (1979) • Love for Rent (1979) • Goldie and the Boxer (1979) • Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood (1981)
Midnight Lace 1960, starring Doris Day, Rex Harrison, and John Gavin.
Universal Pictures · Modern Screen, 1960
Campus theater advertisement for the neo noir mystery thriller film, Midnight Lace (1960). 10 November 1960.
Universal Pictures · Denton Record-Chronicle
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1909
David Miller born at Paterson.
1992
David Miller died in 1992 at Los Angeles.
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