Biographie

10 juin 1908 · San Diego, Californie, États-Unis

23 novembre 2003 · San Rafael, Californie, États-Unis (pneumonie)

A former newspaper reporter.

[on working with director Edgar G. Ulmer] Ulmer was an extremely good director for a FAST picture. He did NOT work out too well if he had any time. His English was pretty shaky, and if he had time enough he'd sit down and try to direct the cast in their dialogue . . . Ulmer was a difficult person, but a very talented person.

[on producing partner Aubrey Wisberg] Wisberg got into feuds with an awful lot of people--that was probably the main reason I finally broke up with him. He would be irritated if, say, a cameraman who'd worked for us once was not available on the next picture, and things of that nature. Very touchy.

[about Le Fils du Dr. Jekyll (1951)] [Co-writer Mortimer Braus] and I were kidding one day about outlandish movie titles, and we came up with "The Son of Dr. Jekyll". We thought about it for a moment, thought it might sell, and knocked out a quick story. Columbia bought it at once. We had nothing to do with the production.

Captive Women (1952) - $7,500