Alfred L. Werker
Born: 1896-12-02 in Deadwood, South Dakota, USA
Died: 1975-07-28
Known For: Directing
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alfred L. Werker (December 2, 1896 – July 28, 1975) was a film director whose work in movies spanned from 1917 through 1957. After a number of film production jobs and assistant directing, Werker co-directed his first film, Ridin' the Wind in 1925 alongside director Del Andrews. He was brought in by Fox Film Corporation executives to re-shoot and re-edit Erich von Stroheim's film Hello, Sister! (1933), co-starring Boots Mallory and ZaSu Pitts. Most of Werker's work is unremarkable, but a few were well received by critics. Those films included House of Rothschild (1934) and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939); the latter film is considered one of the best in the Sherlock Holmes series. During the early 1940s, he directed a number of comedies including Laurel & Hardy's A-Haunting We Will Go (1942). In the late 1940s, Werker worked for the B-picture film studio Eagle-Lion Films. Notable films from that period include the unique mystery thriller Repeat Performance and He Walked by Night. The latter film, however, was taken over by uncredited director Anthony Mann. Werker was nominated in 1949 for the Locarno International Film Festival's Best Police Film category for He Walked By Night (1948) and won. The following year, Alfred was nominated for the Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for Lost Boundaries (1949) but was unsuccessful. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alfred L. Werker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1957
- The Young Don't Cry ... (Director)
1956
- Rebel in Town ... (Director)
1955
- At Gunpoint ... (Director)
- Canyon Crossroads ... (Director)
1954
- Three Hours to Kill ... (Director)
1953
- The Last Posse ... (Director)
- Devil's Canyon ... (Director)
1952
- Walk East on Beacon ... (Director)
1951
- Sealed Cargo ... (Director)
1949
- He Walked by Night ... (Director)
- Lost Boundaries ... (Director)
1947
- Repeat Performance ... (Director)
- Pirates of Monterey ... (Director)
1946
- Shock ... (Director)
1944
- My Pal, Wolf ... (Director)
1942
- A-Haunting We Will Go ... (Director)
- The Mad Martindales ... (Director)
- Whispering Ghosts ... (Director)
1941
- The Reluctant Dragon ... (Director)
- Moon Over Her Shoulder ... (Director)
1939
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ... (Director)
- It Could Happen to You ... (Director)
- News Is Made at Night ... (Director)
1938
- Gateway ... (Director)
- Kidnapped ... (Director)
- City Girl ... (Director)
- Up the River ... (Director)
1937
- Wild and Woolly ... (Director)
- We Have Our Moments ... (Director)
- Big Town Girl ... (Director)
1936
- Love in Exile ... (Director)
1935
- Stolen Harmony ... (Director)
1934
- The House of Rothschild ... (Director)
- You Belong to Me ... (Director)
1933
- Hello, Sister! ... (Director)
- Advice to the Lovelorn ... (Director)
- It's Great to Be Alive ... (Director)
1932
- Rackety Rax ... (Director)
- Bachelor's Affairs ... (Director)
- The Gay Caballero ... (Director)
1931
- Fair Warning ... (Director)
- Heartbreak ... (Director)
- Annabelle's Affairs ... (Director)
1930
- The Last of the Duanes ... (Director)
- Double Cross Roads ... (Director)
1929
- Blue Skies ... (Director)
- Chasing Through Europe ... (Director)
1928
- The Sunset Legion ... (Director)
- Kit Carson ... (Director)
- The Pioneer Scout ... (Director)
1926
- Lone Hand Saunders ... (Assistant Director)
- The Tough Guy ... (Assistant Director)
1925
- That Devil Quemado ... (Assistant Director)
1923
- The Love Nest ... (Assistant Director)
1921
- The Love Light ... (Assistant Director)
- Through the Back Door ... (Assistant Director)
1920
- Pollyanna ... (Assistant Director)
1919
- The Hoodlum ... (Assistant Director)
1917
- The Regenerates ... (Assistant Director)
- The Firefly of Tough Luck ... (Assistant Director)