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Alfred L. Werker
Deadwood, South Dakota, USA
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…
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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.
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1957
The Young Don't Cry
Movie Director
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1956
Rebel in Town
Movie Director
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1955
At Gunpoint
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1955
Canyon Crossroads
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1954
Three Hours to Kill
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1953
Devil's Canyon
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1953
The Last Posse
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1952
Walk East on Beacon
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1951
Sealed Cargo
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1949
Lost Boundaries
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1949
He Walked by Night
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1947
Pirates of Monterey
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1947
Repeat Performance
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1946
Shock
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1944
My Pal, Wolf
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1942
A-Haunting We Will Go
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1942
Whispering Ghosts
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1942
The Mad Martindales
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1941
Moon Over Her Shoulder
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1941
The Reluctant Dragon
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1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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1939
News Is Made at Night
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1939
It Could Happen to You
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1938
Up the River
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1938
Gateway
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1938
Kidnapped
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1938
City Girl
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1937
Big Town Girl
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1937
Wild and Woolly
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1937
We Have Our Moments
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1936
Love in Exile
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1935
Stolen Harmony
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1934
You Belong to Me
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1934
The House of Rothschild
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1933
Advice to the Lovelorn
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1933
It's Great to Be Alive
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1933
Hello, Sister!
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1932
Rackety Rax
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1932
Bachelor's Affairs
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1932
The Gay Caballero
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