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Harold D. Schuster
Cherokee, Iowa, USA
A highly regarded editor (he cut the classic Sunrise (1927) ), Harold D. Schuster started out in films as an actor. It didn't take him long to abandon that career, and he turned t…
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A highly regarded editor (he cut the classic Sunrise (1927) ), Harold D. Schuster started out in films as an actor. It didn't take him long to abandon that career, and he turned to the production side of the business, working his way up to editor and eventually taking the reins as a director. While much of his directorial output is routine, there are some real gems scattered throughout. My Friend Flicka (1943) is a beautiful, serene tale of a boy and a spectacular horse and was a major success in its day. Although typed as an "outdoors" director, Schuster could turn out tough, gritty little thrillers when he wanted to, such as Loophole (1954), about a bank teller who gets framed for an embezzlement; it ranks right up there with the edgy crime dramas of Don Siegel and Phil Karlson. Schuster's western Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957), despite its potboiler title, is a sharp, well-paced effort about two disparate groups of travelers who must band together to fight off rampaging Indians. Good writing, a rousing score and Schuster's tight direction raise this several notches above the product normally churned out by its studio, the usually low-grade Allied Artists. Schuster eventually turned to series television, and finished out his career there.
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1958
The Power of the Resurrection
Movie Director
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1957
Dragoon Wells Massacre
Movie Director
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1957
Portland Exposé
Movie Director
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1957
Courage of Black Beauty
Movie Director
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1957
Down Liberty Road
Movie Director
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1955
The Return of Jack Slade
Movie Director
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1955
Finger Man
Movie Director
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1955
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
Movie Director
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1954
Port of Hell
Movie Director
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1954
Security Risk
Movie Director
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1954
Loophole
Movie Director
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1953
Jack Slade
Movie Director
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1952
Kid Monk Baroni
Movie Director
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1948
So Dear to My Heart
Movie Director
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1948
The Tender Years
Movie Director
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1946
Breakfast in Hollywood
Movie Director
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1944
Marine Raiders
Movie Director
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1943
Bomber's Moon
Movie Director
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1943
My Friend Flicka
Movie Director
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1942
Girl Trouble
Movie Director
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1942
The Postman Didn't Ring
Movie Director
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1942
On the Sunny Side
Movie Director
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1941
Small Town Deb
Movie Director
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1941
A Very Young Lady
Movie Director
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1940
Diamond Frontier
Movie Director
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1940
South to Karanga
Movie Director
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1940
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
Movie Director
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1940
Zanzibar
Movie Director
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1940
Framed
Movie Director
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1939
One Hour to Live
Movie Director
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1938
Exposed
Movie Director
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1938
Swing That Cheer
Movie Director
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1938
Queer Cargo
Movie Director
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1937
Dinner at the Ritz
Movie Director
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1937
Wings of the Morning
Movie Director
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1934
Marie Galante
Movie Editor
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1933
Berkeley Square
Movie Editor
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1933
Zoo in Budapest
Movie Editor
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1932
Call Her Savage
Movie Editor
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1932
Chandu the Magician
Movie Editor
