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Carl Pierson is a Director, Scriptwriter and Editor American born on 26 june 1891 at Indianapolis (USA)

Carl Pierson

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Nationality USA
Birth 26 june 1891 at Indianapolis (USA)
Death 11 february 1977 (at 85 years)

Carl Pierson (parfois crédité Carl L. Pierson) est un monteur et réalisateur américain, né le 26 juin 1891 à Indianapolis (Indiana), mort le 11 février 1977 à Los Angeles (Californie).

Biography

Carl Pierson débute comme assistant-monteur (non crédité) sur Les Ailes de William A. Wellman (avec Clara Bow et Charles 'Buddy' Rogers), sorti en 1927. Il contribue ensuite comme monteur à plus de deux-cents films américains, principalement de série B, sortis entre 1928 (Rose-Marie de Lucien Hubbard, avec Joan Crawford dans le rôle-titre) et 1966.

Parmi eux figurent de nombreux westerns (ayant notamment pour vedettes Buck Jones, Bob Steele ou John Wayne), ainsi que des films d'horreur. Mentionnons Justice pour un innocent d'Armand Schaefer (1933, avec John Wayne et Yakima Canutt), L'Homme de l'Utah de Robert N. Bradbury (1934, avec John Wayne et Polly Ann Young), Le Monstre de minuit de Wallace Fox (1942, avec Béla Lugosi et John Archer) et Barbe-Bleue d'Edgar G. Ulmer (1944, avec John Carradine et Jean Parker).

Toujours comme monteur, il collabore pour la télévision à quatre séries, disséminées de 1952 à 1961, dont Pony Express (dix-sept épisodes, 1959-1961).

En outre, Carl Pierson réalise trois westerns sortis en 1935, The Singing Vagabond (avec Gene Autry et Ann Rutherford), The New Frontier (avec John Wayne et Murdock MacQuarrie) et L'Élixir du docteur Carter (avec John Wayne et Marion Burns).

Usually with

Archie Stout
Archie Stout
(14 films)
Paul Malvern
Paul Malvern
(19 films)
Yakima Canutt
Yakima Canutt
(14 films)
John Wayne
John Wayne
(16 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Carl Pierson (66 films)

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Director

The New Frontier, 1h
Directed by Carl Pierson
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Wayne, Muriel Evans, Warner Richmond, Glenn Strange, Pat Harmon, Al Bridge
Rating53% 2.6586452.6586452.6586452.6586452.658645
En 1893, lors de l'ouverture d'une partie du Territoire de l'Oklahoma aux colons, John Dawson est engagé pour accompagner un convoi au départ du Kansas à travers le territoire indien. Lorsqu'il arrive à Frontier, il apprend que son père Milt, qui avait été nommé shérif, a été tué. Il va prendre sa place et lutter contre les agissements d'Ace Holmes, qui veut spéculer sur les terres.
Paradise Canyon, 52minutes
Directed by Carl Pierson
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors John Wayne, Marion Burns, Reed Howes, Earle Hodgins, Gino Corrado, Yakima Canutt
Rating51% 2.5548652.5548652.5548652.5548652.554865
Agent du gouvernement américain chargé de traquer un gang vers la frontière avec le Mexique, John Wyatt soupçonne « Doc » Carter, un « homme-médecine » itinérant, d'en être le chef. Tombé amoureux de la fille de celui-ci, Linda, il comprend bientôt que le véritable meneur de bande est « Curly » Joe Gale. Pour parvenir à arrêter tout ce monde, il est aidé par le capitaine d'un groupe de paysans mexicains...
The Singing Vagabond, 56minutes
Directed by Betty Burbridge, Nat Levine, Carl Pierson, Oliver Drake
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Gene Autry, Ann Rutherford, Smiley Burnette, Warner Richmond, Barbara Pepper, Niles Welch
Rating62% 3.135623.135623.135623.135623.13562
At a St. Louis opera house in 1860, a singer in blackface named Jerry Barton, known as "King of the Minstrels", comes backstage and asks his sweetheart, Lettie Morgan (Ann Rutherford), to elope. Lettie's Aunt Hortense, fearing that Barton is a fortune hunter, tells Lettie she is not the heiress she thought she was and that she has been living off her aunt's charity. With no fortune to hunt, Barton informs Lettie that an artist cannot be burdened with the responsibility of a wife.

Scriptwriter

The Mysterious Island, 1h35
Directed by Benjamin Christensen, Maurice Tourneur, Lucien Hubbard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Pirate films, Films based on science fiction novels, Political films
Actors Lionel Barrymore, Jacqueline Gadsden, Montagu Love, Lloyd Hughes, Harry Gribbon, Snitz Edwards
Rating60% 3.045783.045783.045783.045783.04578
On a volcanic island near the kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist who has eliminated class distinction among the island's inhabitants. Dakkar, his daughter Sonia and her fiance, engineer Nicolai Roget have designed a submarine which Roget pilots on its initial voyage just before the island is overrun by Baron Falon, despotic ruler of Hetvia. Falon sets out after Roget in a second submarine and the two craft, diving to the ocean's floor, discover a strange land populated by dragons, giant squid and an eerie undiscovered humanoid race.

Editor

She Devil
She Devil (1957)
, 1h17
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Mari Blanchard, Jack Kelly, Albert Dekker, John Archer, Fay Baker, Blossom Rock
Roles Editor
Rating57% 2.8535652.8535652.8535652.8535652.853565
Dr. Dan Scott has developed a serum that cures the ills of animals, although it did alter the color of a leopard used in one experiment. Eager to try it on a human being, despite his mentor Dr. Richard Bach's many concerns, Scott finds a consenting patient in Kyra Zelas, a woman with a meek personality who is dying of tuberculosis.
Stagecoach To Fury, 1h15
Directed by William F. Claxton
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Forrest Tucker, Mari Blanchard, Wallace Ford, Paul Fix, Leslie Banning, Wright King
Roles Editor
Rating59% 2.953152.953152.953152.953152.95315
A stagecoach with a mixed group of passenger en route to the town of Fury makes a stop at a layover. Upon arrival the passengers are held up by Lorenzo Garcia and his gang of bandidos capture and disarm the passengers, shooting one when he stops to raise his fallen trousers when he puts his hands up. The two staff of the coaching stop are missing presumed murdered. Garcia questions former Army captain Frank Townsend, now riding shotgun on the stagecoach on the location of the Federal Government gold shipment they expected to be carried by the stagecoach. After Garcia shoots and wounds Tim O'Connor the driver to encourage information, Townsend reveals that the stagecoach was to remain at the layover until a wagon containing the gold shipment would arrive and transfer the cargo to the stage.
Sins of Jezebel, 1h14
Directed by Reginald Le Borg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Paulette Goddard, George Nader, Eduard Franz, John Hoyt, Ludwig Donath, Joe Besser
Roles Editor
Rating47% 2.3902452.3902452.3902452.3902452.390245
In 9th century BC Israel, the prophet Elijah advises king Ahab not to marry Jezebel, an idolatrous princess of Phoenicia. Ahab sends for Jezebel, however, and commands Jehu, his captain, to escort her caravan safely to Jezreel. Once Jehu meets Jezebel, he immediately becomes attracted to her and she confuses him for Ahab. Jezebel finally arrives at Jezreel and is greeted by Ahab who, stunned by her beauty, provides her with an individual chamber until they marry. On her wedding night, Jezebel evades Ahab and pursues Jehu, whom she seduces.
Radar Secret Service, 1h
Directed by Sam Newfield
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians
Actors John Howard, Adele Jergens, Tom Neal, Myrna Dell, Sid Melton, Ralph Byrd
Roles Editor
Rating25% 1.2831751.2831751.2831751.2831751.283175
Set in post-World War Two, stolen Uranium-238 goods are tracked by the US Government, using new radar technology; the girlfriend of a gang member is also recruited as an informant. Though the radar tracking device helps, in the end it still takes an undercover girl to get back the looted shipment from the criminal masterminds.
I Shot Billy the Kid, 57minutes
Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Don "Red" Barry, Robert Lowery, Wally Vernon, Tom Neal, Judith Allen, Bill Kennedy
Roles Editor
Rating52% 2.642692.642692.642692.642692.64269
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Strange Illusion, 1h27
Directed by Edgar George Ulmer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Jimmy Lydon, Warren William, Sally Eilers, Regis Toomey, Charles Arnt, George Reed
Roles Editor
Rating61% 3.095523.095523.095523.095523.09552
An adolescent believes that his widowed mother's suitor may have murdered his father.
Dangerous Intruder, 1h5
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Charles Arnt, Veda Ann Borg, Tom Keene, Fay Helm, Forrest Taylor, Lloyd Ingraham
Roles Editor
Rating58% 2.943512.943512.943512.943512.94351
New-York-bound hitchhiker Jenny (Borg) is accidentally struck by a car. The driver, art dealer Max Ducane (Arnt), offers to take her into his home until she can resume traveling. Later, Ducane's wife is murdered and Jenny determines to find the killer. With the aid of detective Curtis (Powers), she discovers that Ducane is the murderer, having killed his wife in order to have the funds to finance his antique collection. When she tries to get away the murderer is killed in a car crash when trying to run her down.