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Anthony Mann (born June 30, 1906 in San Diego, California; died April 29, 1967 in Berlin, Germany) was an American actor and director. Born Emil Anton Bundmann around Port Loma, California, he started retired as an actor, appearing around pit Broadway in New York City. Inside 1938, he moved to Hollywood, where he joined a Selznick Company. He became an adjunct director within 1942, directing low-budget assignments for RKO and Republic Films. His early films were film noir movies such as Desperate, Railroaded!, T-Men and Raw Deal. These moving picture come easily-regarded now, however Mann processed his mark in the Western genre, particularly for a period of famed Westerns featuring James Stewart: ''Winchester '73 (1950), Bend of the River (1952), The Naked Spur (1953), The Far Country and The Man from Laramie'' (both 1955). Mann's more illustrious American is Man of the West (1958), starring Gary Cooper. Mann was respected for his intense ocular sensitivity toward a U.s. American landscape, effortlessly blending naturual prospect by using human being drama. Mann's themes verged in classical tragedy, often showing tortured heroes attempting to resolve family hurt & confusion. In the 1960s, Mann put aside Westerns to concentrate on making deuce heroic poem for producer Samuel Bronston: El Cid (1961) and The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), both intelligent & breathless examples of the heroic poem form, over again demonstrating Mann's talents for merging drama using landscape & architecture. He died from either the heart attack withwithin 1967 in Berlin, Germany while filming the spy thriller A Dandy in Aspic. A film was completed by its star Laurence Harvey). For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Anthony Mann has the star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6229 Hollywood Blvd.
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Mann of the West Focuses primarily on Mann's westerns featuring "the sight of an almost deranged James Stewart on horseback." Anthony Mann David Boxwell examines the pain, patriarchy and paranoia in the director's work for Senses of Cinema. A Lesson in Cinema Scanned images of a taken from Cahiers du Cinema magazine interview with Mann. The Films of Anthony Mann In-depth look at many of the director's films by Michael E. Grost. Anthony Mann/John Alton Film Noirs Review by Gary Johnson of "T-Men", "Raw Deal" and "He Walked by Night". T-Men, Raw Deal Review by George P. Pelecanos of two of the director's films. Anthony Mann Box Office Prophets looks at "one great director from the past who is almost criminally neglected today". Dark West - The Western Films of Anthony Mann and Jimmy Stewart Troy D. Smith looks at the west portrayed in the Mann/Stewart collaborations. Anthony Mann Filmography, biography and trivia from the Internet Movie Database. Anthony Mann - Director Career overview by Lucia Bozzola for the All Movie Guide. |
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