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Alan Le May is a Director and Scriptwriter American born on 3 june 1899

Alan Le May

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Birth name Alan Brown Le May
Nationality USA
Birth 3 june 1899
Death 27 april 1964 (at 64 years)

Alan Brown Le May (3 juin 1899 à Indianapolis - 27 avril 1964 à Los Angeles) est un romancier, un réalisateur et un scénariste américain.

Biography

Jeunesse
Son père est enseignant dans une école publique. Son grand-père maternel et son oncle sont tous deux avocats. Alan Le May a d'abord vécu avec ses parents et son oncle chez ses grands-parents à Indianapolis. Il a déménagé avec sa famille, à Aurora, dans l’Illinois dans les années 1910.

Il fréquente ensuite la Stetson University à DeLand, en Floride, en 1916. En 1918, il s'enrôla et fut nommé sous-lieutenant de l'armée américaine. Il obtint son baccalauréat en philosophie en 1922, puis rejoignit la garde nationale de l'Illinois. Il fut promu premier lieutenant d'artillerie de campagne pour la garde nationale de l'Illinois en 1923.

Il a écrit son premier roman, Painted Ponies, en 1927.


Carrière cinématographique
Alan Le May se retrouve à participer à des films hollywoodiens à partir des années 1940 en tant que scénariste en débutant sa collaboration avec le réalisateur Cecil B. DeMille. Il écrit principalement pour le studio Paramount Pictures dans des films d'aventures, généralement des westerns, genre qu'il affectionnait plus particulièrement.


Décès
À sa mort à Los Angeles le 27 avril 1964, survenu à l'âge de 64 ans, Alan Le May est inhumé au cimetière national de Fort Rosecrans, situé à Point Loma, dans la banlieue de San Diego en Californie en sa qualité d'ancien militaire et de vétéran de la Première Guerre mondiale (tombe 2376, section Aa).

Best films

The Searchers (1956)
(Scriptwriter)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
(Scriptwriter)
The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
(Scriptwriter)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
(Scriptwriter)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Alan Le May (11 films)

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Director

High Lonesome, 1h21
Directed by Alan Le May
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors John Drew Barrymore, Chill Wills, John Archer, Kristine Miller, Jack Elam, Frank Cordell
Rating53% 2.6653252.6653252.6653252.6653252.665325
A young drifter is found stealing food at Horse Davis' ranch by Boatwhistle, the cook. Another rancher, Pat Farrell, who is engaged to Horse's daughter Abby, believes the boy to also be a horse thief and possibly worse.

Scriptwriter

The Searchers, 1h58
Directed by John Ford, Gary Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Natalie Wood, Ward Bond, John Qualen
Rating77% 3.899133.899133.899133.899133.89913
It is 1868. Ethan Edwards (Wayne) returns after an eight-year absence to the home of his brother Aaron (Walter Coy) in the wilderness of West Texas. Ethan fought in the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy, and in the three years since that war ended he apparently fought in the Mexican revolutionary war as well. He has a large quantity of gold coins of uncertain origin in his possession, and a medal from the Mexican campaign that he gives to his eight-year-old niece, Debbie (played as a child by Lana Wood). As a former Confederate soldier, he is asked to take an oath of allegiance to the Texas Rangers; he refuses. As Rev. Captain Samuel Clayton (Ward Bond) remarks, Ethan "fits a lot of descriptions".
Flight Nurse, 1h30
Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Joan Leslie, Forrest Tucker, Arthur Franz, Jeff Donnell, Ben Cooper, Kristine Miller
Rating53% 2.6768652.6768652.6768652.6768652.676865
Two Air Force soldiers, Captain Mike Barnes (Arthur Franz) and Captain Bill Eaton (Forrest Tucker), fall in love with flight nurse Lt. Polly Davis (Joan Leslie) during the Korean War.
I Dream of Jeanie, 1h30
Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films
Actors Bill Shirley, Ray Middleton, Lynn Bari, Rex Allen, Richard "Dick" Simmons, Andrew Tombes
Rating58% 2.9412352.9412352.9412352.9412352.941235
In 1849 the song Oh, Susannah is a nationwide hit--but bookkeeper Stephen Foster has given his work to several music houses without charge and without credit. His refined true love Inez McDowell, a classically trained singer, despises popular music, especially Stephen's songs. Foster's world changes when Edwin P. Christy sets him straight on the music business and launches his career as an author of the songs the Christy Minstrels use in their shows.
Blackbeard, the Pirate, 1h39
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, L'Or
Actors Robert Newton, Linda Darnell, William Bendix, Keith Andes, Torin Thatcher, Richard Egan
Rating59% 2.998312.998312.998312.998312.99831
The film follows British Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard (Keith Andes), who sets out to earn a reward by proving that privateer Henry Morgan (Torin Thatcher) also engages in piracy. Maynard, however, winds up posing as a surgeon on a ship captained by Blackbeard (Robert Newton), who is in the middle of a conflict with Morgan. Blackbeard must deal with Morgan, Maynard, and even his own greedy crew.
The Sundowners, 1h24
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Robert Preston, Robert Sterling, Chill Wills, Cathy Downs, John Litel, Jack Elam
Rating56% 2.805082.805082.805082.805082.80508
A rash of cattle rustling leads to a range war, centered around the disputed grazing rights to a fertile canyon. Hostilities escalate with the arrival of a gunman, who disrupts both sides in the conflict.
Tap Roots
Tap Roots (1948)
, 1h49
Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Van Heflin, Susan Hayward, Boris Karloff, Julie London, Ward Bond, Richard Long
Rating64% 3.242713.242713.242713.242713.24271
La famille Dabney est propriétaire d’une vaste plantation à Levington dans le Mississippi mais la guerre de Sécession menace d’éclater. Morna Dabney, son père Hoab et son grand-père Big Sam sont bien décidés à rester neutre durant le conflit malgré les convictions opposées de Clay McIvor, officier sudiste fiancé à Morna. Toute la famille a rallié la population du comté pour former un état neutre, soutenu par le journaliste local, Keith Alexander. La guerre éclate. L’armée sudiste n’accepte pas la neutralité de Levington et avec Clay au commandement, les confédérés décident d’attaquer le comté...
Cheyenne
Cheyenne (1947)
, 1h39
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Dennis Morgan, Jane Wyman, Janis Paige, Bruce Bennett, Alan Hale, John Arthur Kennedy
Rating64% 3.2462153.2462153.2462153.2462153.246215
Jim Wylie is a gambler in Laramie, Wyoming Territory who is wanted by the Nevada law. He gets a proposal from a Wells Fargo agent; if he can help locate a bandit known as "The Poet" who has been robbing stagecoaches, all pending charges will be dropped and Jim can even claim a cash reward.
The Story of Dr. Wassell, 2h20
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, Arthur Rosson, Oscar Rudolph
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso, Dennis O'Keefe, Paul Kelly, Carol Thurston
Rating65% 3.29443.29443.29443.29443.2944
Lors de l'offensive japonaise en Indonésie, un médecin originaire de l'Arkansas, le Dr Wassell, chercheur passionné engagé dans la Marine se consacre à soigner les blessés américains d'un navire coulé par les Japonais. Au moment ce l'offensive japonaise sur Java un navire accepte d'embarquer les blessés capables de marcher mais pas la petite douzaine sur des civières. Le Dr Wassell reste avec eux, les ramène à l'hôpital de campagne plusieurs fois bombardé, parvient à les faire transporter par un convoi anglais à travers la jungle, use de la ruse pour les faire monter à bord d'un cargo surchargé et arrive enfin en Australie.
Reap the Wild Wind, 2h3
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, Arthur Rosson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Ray Milland, John Wayne, Paulette Goddard, Robert Preston, Susan Hayward, Charles Bickford
Rating65% 3.2975453.2975453.2975453.2975453.297545
Au milieu du XIX siècle, seuls les grands voiliers ont la possibilité, avant l'arrivée du chemin de fer, d'assurer la liaison entre le Nord-Est des États-Unis et la vallée du Mississippi. Mais il faut tenir compte des récifs de Floride, où s'échouent les navires. Pilleurs d'épaves et sauveteurs s'affrontent...
North West Mounted Police, 2h6
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, Arthur Rosson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance, Western
Actors Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, Madeleine Carroll, Preston Foster, Robert Preston, George Bancroft
Rating62% 3.148923.148923.148923.148923.14892
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers (Gary Cooper) is sent to Canada during the 1880s in pursuit of outlaw Jacques Corbeau (George Bancroft), arriving in the midst of the Riel Rebellion. Dusty meets nurse April Logan (Madeleine Carroll) and quickly falls in love with her. However, she is already involved with Canadian Mountie Sergeant Jim Britt (Preston Foster). Dusty and April have become involved with one another, which becomes evident to Jim, to whom April wishes to remain loyal.