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Karl Tunberg is a Scriptwriter, Associate Producer and Director of Photography American born on 11 march 1909 at Spokane (USA)

Karl Tunberg

Karl Tunberg
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Nationality USA
Birth 11 march 1909 at Spokane (USA)
Death 3 april 1992 (at 83 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Karl Tunberg est un scénariste et producteur américain né probablement le 11 mars 1907 à Spokane, Washington (États-Unis), décédé le 3 avril 1992 à Londres (Royaume-Uni).

Il est le père de Terence Tunberg, latiniste américain, professeur l'Université du Kentucky à Lexington promoteur du Latin vivant et auteur de nombreuses publications en langue latine.

Best films

Ben-Hur (1959)
(Scriptwriter)
Taras Bulba (1962)
(Scriptwriter)
Valley of the Kings (1954)
(Writer)
My Gal Sal (1942)
(Scriptwriter)

Usually with

Thomas Little
Thomas Little
(12 films)
Darell Ware
Darell Ware
(10 films)
Hans Dreier
Hans Dreier
(6 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Karl Tunberg (43 films)

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Scriptwriter

How Do I Love Thee?, 1h50
Directed by Michael Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Jackie Gleason, Maureen O'Hara, Shelley Winters, Rosemary Forsyth, Rick Lenz, Don Beddoe
Roles Writer
Rating50% 2.534132.534132.534132.534132.53413
Tom Waltz, a college professor, finds out that Stanley, his father, is in Lourdes, France. He quickly catches a flight there over his wife Marion's objections.
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?, 1h29
Directed by Hy Averback
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Doris Day, Patrick O'Neal, Robert Morse, Terry-Thomas, Steve Allen, Lola Albright
Rating58% 2.9003052.9003052.9003052.9003052.900305
November 9, 1965: Margaret Garrison (Doris Day) is a stage actress who has spent her career starring in virginal roles, although she would relish the opportunity to play someone less savory, such as an Italian prostitute, at least once before she retires. When a blackout shutters her current Broadway play for the night, she returns home unexpectedly and discovers her architect husband Peter (Patrick O'Neal) being overly attentive to attractive reporter Roberta Lane (Lola Albright). Infuriated, she heads to the couple's weekend house in Connecticut and takes a concoction to fall asleep.
Harlow
Harlow (1965)
, 2h5
Directed by Gordon Douglas, Alex Segal
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about television
Actors Carroll Baker, Carol Lynley, Red Buttons, Efrem Zimbalist II, Raf Vallone, Ginger Rogers
Rating56% 2.8024352.8024352.8024352.8024352.802435
The film opens with Harlow as a struggling extra and bit actress dealing with her greedy stepfather Marino (Raf Vallone) and oblivious mother "Mama Jean" (Angela Lansbury, only six years older than Carroll Baker). With the help of Arthur Landau (Red Buttons), she rises to fame and gains the unwanted attention of the Howard Hughes-inspired Richard Manley (Leslie Nielsen). She then marries Paul Bern (Peter Lawford), an absentee husband who kills himself some time after the marriage. His death, combined with the stress of her career leads Harlow on an odyssey of failed relationships and alcoholism, culminating in her death of kidney failure at the age of twenty-six.
Harlow
Harlow (1965)
, 1h49
Directed by Alex Segal
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about television
Actors Carol Lynley, Efrem Zimbalist II, Ginger Rogers, Hurd Hatfield, Barry Sullivan, Lloyd Bochner
Rating48% 2.423962.423962.423962.423962.42396
Noticing a beautiful girl in the background of a Laurel and Hardy film, actor Marc Peters tips off studio mogul Jonathan Martin, who arranges a screen test. Jean Harlow is an overnight success.
The 7th Dawn, 2h3
Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors William Holden, Capucine, Tetsurō Tanba, Susannah York, Michael Goodliffe, Sydney Tafler
Rating63% 3.197773.197773.197773.197773.19777
Three friends who fought the Japanese in Malaya during World War II end up on opposing sides in the Communist insurgency following the war. Ferris (William Holden) becomes a prosperous rubber plantation owner, while his mistress Dhana (Capucine) is now head of a schoolteacher's union. The third former guerrilla, Ng (Tetsuro Tamba), goes to Moscow to obtain an education. When he returns, an even more committed revolutionary than during the war, Dhana is torn between the two.
I Thank a Fool, 1h40
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Susan Hayward, Peter Finch, Diane Cilento, Clive Morton, Cyril Cusack, Kieron Moore
Roles Writer
Rating60% 3.0480853.0480853.0480853.0480853.048085
200px Dr. Christine Allison (Susan Hayward) is convicted of manslaughter for the mercy killing of her terminally ill, married lover. After serving two years in prison, she is unable to find work.
Taras Bulba, 2h2
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Actors Yul Brynner, Tony Curtis, Sam Wanamaker, Perry Lopez, Brad Dexter, George Macready
Rating62% 3.1495353.1495353.1495353.1495353.149535
The film opens in the 16th century, when Russia and Eastern Europe were divided into small sections and principalities that fought each other or against one enemy: in this case, Turkey. It starts with a battle raging between the Turks and the Poles. The Poles are losing until the Cossacks arrive to save the day. However, it turns out that the Poles were merely holding back so that they could treacherously attack the Cossacks after they won the battle for them. As a result, the Poles become masters of Ukraine and the Cossacks are subjugated. Taras Bulba, one of the Cossack officers, returns home to raise his family but now it is under Polish dominion.
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur (1959)
, 3h34
Directed by William Wyler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, Seafaring films, Christmas films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, Road movies, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Chase films, Films about virginity
Actors Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott
Rating80% 4.048784.048784.048784.048784.04878
In AD 26, Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) is a wealthy prince and merchant in Jerusalem, who lives with his mother, Miriam (Martha Scott); his sister, Tirzah (Cathy O'Donnell); their loyal slave, Simonides (Sam Jaffe); and his daughter, Esther (Haya Harareet), who loves Ben-Hur but is betrothed to another. His childhood friend, the Roman citizen Messala (Stephen Boyd), is now a tribune. After several years away from Jerusalem, Messala returns as the new commander of the Roman garrison. Messala believes in the glory of Rome and its imperial power, while Ben-Hur is devoted to his faith and the freedom of the Jewish people.
Count Your Blessings, 1h42
Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Deborah Kerr, Rossano Brazzi, Maurice Chevalier, Martin Stephens, Tom Helmore, Patricia Medina
Rating50% 2.5160852.5160852.5160852.5160852.516085
While visiting Grace Allingham in wartime London at the behest of Hugh Palgrave, his friend, Charles is charmed by her and abruptly proposes marriage. They marry, but during the honeymoon Charles reports back to military duty.
Libel
Libel (1959)
, 1h40
Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Olivia de Havilland, Robert Morley, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Robert Shaw, Anthony Dawson
Rating71% 3.5940653.5940653.5940653.5940653.594065
While traveling in London, Jeffrey Buckenham (Massie), a Canadian Second World War veteran, sees Sir Mark Sebastian Loddon (Bogarde) on television leading a tour of his grand family home. Buckenham was held in a German POW camp with Loddon, and while watching him, becomes convinced that he is in fact another former POW, Frank Wellney, an actor (also played by Bogarde). Buckenham publicly announces his suspicion that Wellney murdered Loddon during an escape from the POW camp, and has taken the young baronet's place. Loddon sues Buckenham for libel, but his mind is still battered by some terrible incident that occurred during his escape fifteen years before, and in time even his loyal wife (de Havilland) begins to doubt him.
The Seventh Sin, 1h34
Directed by Vincente Minnelli, Ronald Neame
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about viral outbreaks
Actors Eleanor Parker, Bill Travers, George Sanders, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Ellen Corby, James Hong
Rating63% 3.190243.190243.190243.190243.19024
In post-WWII Hong Kong, unhappily married Carol (Eleanor Parker) has an affair with a married man, Paul (Jean Pierre Aumont). Her physician husband Walter (Bill Travers) discovers it and presents her with a choice: travel with him to a remote mainland village (where he will fight a cholera epidemic) or face the scandal of a very public divorce. She persuades him to reconsider and he proposes an alternative. If Paul's wife will agree to a divorce and he marries Carol within one week Walter will obtain a quiet divorce. Carol presents Walter's 'deal' to Paul, who regretfully declines, citing respect for his wife.
The Scarlet Coat, 1h35
Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Cornel Wilde, Michael Wilding, George Sanders, Anne Francis, Robert Douglas, John McIntire
Rating62% 3.1479153.1479153.1479153.1479153.147915
In 1780, General Benedict Arnold commands the Continental Army defences at West Point, New York. Major John Bolton (Cornel Wilde), a dragoon officer assigned to counter-intelligence, intercepts and kills a British spy leaving the Storm King Tavern, and captures a letter found on the spy. He reports to Gen. Robert Howe (John McIntire), that the coded message was from the British spy calling himself "Gustavus" to "James Osborn", in care of Dr. Jonathan Odell of New York, stating that Arnold has taken command at West Point. The secret knowledge indicates that the spy is a "highly placed person". Bolton returns to the tavern, where one of his contacts, stableboy Ben Potter (Bobby Driscoll), tells him that the Tory wife of a redcoat, Mrs. Sally Cameron (Anne Francis), is travelling under a flag of truce possibly carrying information to the enemy. She catches them searching her room, where Bolton takes her safe conduct pass after verbally sparring with her. Mrs. Cameron tries to seduce Bolton to obtain its return, but he rebuffs her. A messenger arrives with a package for "Mr. Moody," but when no one by that name can be found, another traveler, Col. Winfield, offers to deliver the package. Bolton recognizes that Winfield is an imposter, and in a struggle over the package, kills him. Other American officers arrest Bolton for murder and deliver him to Howe.
Beau Brummell, 1h53
Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Stewart Granger, Peter Ustinov, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Morley, James Donald, James Hayter
Rating63% 3.199093.199093.199093.199093.19909
Au début du XIX siècle, à Londres, George, alias « Beau » Brummell, un jeune roturier devenu militaire, consacre toute son énergie à l'emporter sur ses rivaux mondains par l'élégance et par l'esprit. Il parvient ainsi à gagner l'amitié éblouie du régent, le prince de Galles, rejeton obèse, futile et despotique du roi fou George III. Désormais favori à la cour, il se demande aussi, entre deux choix cornéliens de cravate, s'il convient d'épouser sa maîtresse, l'ensorcelante Lady Patricia...
Valley of the Kings, 1h26
Directed by Robert Pirosh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, Carlos Thompson, Kurt Kasznar, Victor Jory, Leon Askin
Roles Writer
Rating59% 2.9965052.9965052.9965052.9965052.996505
En 1900 Ann Mercedes (Eleanor Parker) se rend près du Caire avec son mari Philip (Carlos Thompson) et Mark Brandon (Robert Taylor). Elle s’intéresse à la tombe du pharaon Rahotep. Après de multiples péripéties, elle cherche à prouver le lien avec le tombeau de Joseph.
Scandal at Scourie, 1h30
Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Donna Corcoran, Arthur Shields, Agnes Moorehead, Michael Pate
Roles Writer
Rating65% 3.29433.29433.29433.29433.2943
200px Catholic girl Patsy (Donna Corcoran) lives in an orphanage in Quebec. After the orphanage burns down due to Patsy's accidentally knocking over a lamp, she finds a new home with the McChesney couple, who live in Protestant Ottawa. While Victoria McChesney (Greer Garson) is excited about the new family member, Patrick McChesney (Walter Pidgeon) reacts reluctantly as he was uninformed of the adoption, and is also a candidate for the Parliament in Ottawa. After Victoria overcomes a case of mycetism caused by Patsy collecting poisonous mushrooms, Patsy is suspected of causing the flame cleaning of the local school. The examination of the case finds no concrete evidence against Patsy. McChesney declares to give up his candidature in order to accept Patsy as his daughter. Patsy, however, flees. In the meantime, her innocence is proven. Patsy is found again and accepted in the McChesney home as their daughter.