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A. Arnold Gillespie is a Assistant Art Director, Visual Effects and Special Effects American born on 14 october 1899 at El Paso (USA)
Albert Arnold Gillespie (October 14, 1899 – May 3, 1978) was an American cinema special effects artist.
(1959)
(Visual Effects)
(1962)
(Visual Effects)
(1939)
(Visual Effects)
(1951)
(Special Effects)
(1942)
(Special Effects)
(1959)
(Special Effects)
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Nationality USA
Birth 14 october 1899 at El Paso (USA)
Death 3 may 1978 (at 78 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 14 october 1899 at El Paso (USA)
Death 3 may 1978 (at 78 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
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(1959)(Visual Effects)
(1962)(Visual Effects)
(1939)(Visual Effects)
(1951)(Special Effects)
(1942)(Special Effects)
(1959)(Special Effects)
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Filmography of A. Arnold Gillespie (99 films)
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Captains Courageous (1937)
, 1h55Directed by Victor Fleming
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Freddie Bartholomew, Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore, Melvyn Douglas, Mickey Rooney, John Carradine
Roles Art Direction
Rating78%
Harvey Cheyne (Freddie Bartholomew) is the spoiled son of business tycoon Frank Burton Cheyne (Melvyn Douglas). He is shunned by his classmates at a private boarding school, and eventually suspended for bad behavior. His father therefore takes his son with him on a business trip to Europe via a trans-Atlantic steamship. En route, Harvey falls overboard in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. He is rescued by a Portuguese-American fisherman, Manuel Fidello (Spencer Tracy), and taken aboard the fishing schooner We're Here. Harvey fails to persuade captain Disko Troop (Lionel Barrymore) to take him ashore, nor can he convince him of his wealth; but the captain offers him a temporary membership in the crew until they return to port, and Harvey eventually accepts. Befriended by Captain Troop's son, Dan (Mickey Rooney), he becomes acclimated to the fishing lifestyle. In the climactic race back to the Gloucester, Massachusetts port against a rival schooner, the Jennie Cushman, Manuel climbs to the top of the mast to furl the sail, but is mortally injured when the mast cracks and he is plunged into the water, caught irreversibly in the tangled rope and the topsail canvas, and drowns. Eventually, the schooner returns to port and Harvey is reunited with his father, whom he surprises by his own greater maturity. Harvey himself mourns Manuel's death, until later.
The Good Earth (1937)
, 2h18Directed by Victor Fleming, Sam Wood, Sidney Franklin, Gustav Machatý
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch, Charley Grapewin, Keye Luke
Roles Assistant Art Director
Rating74%
In pre-World War I northern China, a young farmer Wang Lung (Paul Muni) marries O-Lan (Luise Rainer), a lowly servant at the Great House, the residence of the most powerful family in their village. O-Lan proves to be an excellent wife, hard working and uncomplaining. Wang Lung prospers. He buys more land, and O-Lan gives birth to two sons and a daughter. Meanwhile, the Great House begins to decline.
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
, 2h35Directed by Frank Lloyd, J. Walter Ruben
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Movita Castaneda, Mamo Clark, Donald Crisp
Roles Assistant Art Director
Rating75%
HMS Bounty leaves England in 1787 on a two-year voyage over the Pacific Ocean. The ship's captain, William Bligh (Charles Laughton), is a brutal tyrant who routinely administers harsh punishment to officers and crew alike who lack discipline, cause any infraction on board the ship, or in any manner defy his authority. Fletcher Christian (Clark Gable), the ship's lieutenant, is a formidable yet compassionate man who disapproves of Bligh's treatment of the crew. Roger Byam (Franchot Tone) is an idealistic midshipman who is divided between his loyalty to Bligh, owing to his family's naval tradition, and his friendship with Christian.
Laughing Boy (1934)
, 1h19Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance, Western
Actors Ramón Novarro, Lupe Vélez, William B. Davidson, Chief Thunderbird, Nora Cecil, Grace Hayle
Roles Art Direction
Rating47%
Operator 13 (1934)
, 1h25Directed by Richard Boleslawski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Spy, Historical, Musical, Romance, Western
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Marion Davies, Gary Cooper, Jean Parker, Katharine Alexander, Marjorie Gateson, Ted Healy
Roles Art Direction
Rating59%
In the American Civil War, Union forces are in retreat after their defeat in the Second Battle of Bull Run. The Pauline Cushman Players are performing for wounded soldiers at a US military hospital. Pauline, a spy who works for Allen Pinkerton, persuades Gail to become a spy for the Union cause as Operator 13.
Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
, 1h44Directed by Jack Conway, Cedric Gibbons
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Films about lions, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Tarzan films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton, Paul Cavanagh, Forrester Harvey, Ray Corrigan
Roles Art Direction
Rating71%
The film begins with Tarzan and Jane Parker living in the jungle. Harry Holt and his business partner Martin Arlington meet up with them on their way to take ivory from an elephant burial ground. Holt tries to convince Jane, who was with him on his first trip to the jungle, to return with him by bringing her gifts from civilization including clothing and modern gadgets but she tells them she would rather stay with Tarzan.
The Crowd (1928)
, 1h38Directed by King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families
Actors Dell Henderson, James Murray, Eleanor Boardman, Bert Roach, Lucy Beaumont, Virginia Sale
Roles Settings
Rating80%
Born on the Fourth of July, 1900, John Sims (James Murray) loses his father when he is twelve. At 21, he sets out for New York City, where he is sure he will become somebody important, just as his father had always believed. Another boat passenger warns him that he will have to be good to stand out in the crowd.
Buttons (1927)
, 1h10Directed by George William Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Jackie Coogan, Lars Hanson, Gertrude Olmstead, Paul Hurst, Roy D'Arcy, Polly Moran
Roles Set Designer
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La Bohème (1926)
, 1h35Directed by King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Lillian Gish, John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Roy D'Arcy, George Hassell, Edward Everett Horton
Roles Settings
Rating71%
Several struggling bohemians try to survive in the Latin Quarter of Paris in the winter of 1830, hoping to one day become famous. Playwright Rodolphe (John Gilbert) and his painter roommate Marcel (Gino Corrado) have trouble with Bernard (Eugene Pouyet), the landlord, who threatens to throw them out if they do not come up with the monthly rent that night. Rodolphe reluctantly starts writing an overdue article for a journal editor to earn some money, but the editor rejects his work. With the help of their friends, musician Schaunard (George Hassell) and bookish Colline (Edward Everett Horton), they are able to raise their rent money.
Tell It to the Marines (1926)
, 1h43Directed by George William Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Romance
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Lon Chaney, William Haines, Eleanor Boardman, Eddie Gribbon, Carmel Myers, Warner Oland
Roles Settings
Rating70%
In 1924, "Skeet" Burns applies to join the United States Marine Corps, but only to get a free train ride to San Diego, California. When he arrives, he escapes from veteran Marine Sergeant O'Hara and boards another train to "Tia Juana", Mexico for the horse races. However, upon his return, he enlists after all and comes under O'Hara's charge.
Upstage (1926)
, 1h16Directed by Monta Bell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about television
Actors Norma Shearer, Tenen Holtz, Gwen Lee, Émile Chautard, Dorothy Phillips, Rolfe Sedan
Roles Art Direction
Rating68%
Dolly (Norma Shearer) is a stagestruck girl whose career has begun to wane until she displays show-must-go-on courage by standing-in as target in a knife-throwing act.
The Blackbird (1926)
, 1h20Directed by Tod Browning
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Lon Chaney, Owen Moore, Renée Adorée, Doris Lloyd, Sidney Bracey, Ernie Adams
Roles Settings
Rating66%
The Blackbird (Lon Chaney) is a thief who uses a second identity when necessary: a rescue mission keeper with contorted legs, known as his bishop brother The Bishop. He lives above a cheap bar in the Limehouse district, where his alter ego The Bishop is beloved among all guests, unlike The Blackbird himself. One evenings, the police drops by looking for him after a robbery, and he flees to a vaudeville theater, where his ex-wife Limehouse Polly (Doris Lloyd) has an act. Since their divorce they have become bitter towards one another, but Polly is willing to admit that she once married The Blackbird 'because she saw the soul in him that he did not know he got himself'. Furthermore, she admits to her father that she is still in love with him.
Adam's Rib (1923)
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Milton Sills, Elliott Dexter, Theodore Kosloff, Anna Q. Nilsson, Pauline Garon, Julia Faye
Roles Assistant Art Director
Rating63%
Une femme la quarantaine est délaissée par son époux puis par sa fille. Elle se retrouve seule à célébrer l’anniversaire de son mariage . Un ex-roi de Morania lui déclare son amour et elle s’en flamme. Un quiproquo , où le mari et la fille veulent s’en débarrasser
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The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
, 2h8Directed by Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Biography, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, RMS Titanic in fiction, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Actors Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, Ed Begley, Hermione Baddeley, Martita Hunt, Fred Essler
Roles Visual Effects
Rating65%
Rescued from the Colorado River as an infant and raised by Shamus Tobin, tomboy Molly Brown is determined to find a wealthy man to marry. She journeys to Leadville, Colorado and is hired as a saloon singer by Christmas Morgan. After miner Johnny Brown renovates his cabin, the two wed, and he sells his claim in a silver mine for $300,000. Soon after the money Molly hid in the stove accidentally is burned, Johnny discovers the richest gold vein in state history.
The Prize (1963)
, 2h14Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Spy, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Spy films, Political films
Actors Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer, Diane Baker, Micheline Presle, Gérard Oury
Roles Visual Effects
Rating67%
The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Andrew Craig (Paul Newman), who seems to be more interested in women and drinking than writing. When he arrives in Stockholm for the award ceremony, he is delighted to find that the Swedish Foreign Department has sent the beautiful Inger Lisa Andersson (Elke Sommer) as his personal chaperone. When Craig arrives at his hotel, he is introduced to another laureate, Dr. Max Stratman (Edward G. Robinson), a famous German-American physicist, who is accompanied by his niece Emily (Diane Baker).