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Richard Sale is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 17 december 1911 at New York City (USA)

Richard Sale

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Birth name Richard Bernard Sale
Nationality USA
Birth 17 december 1911 at New York City (USA)
Death 4 march 1993 (at 81 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Richard Sale, (17 December 1911, New York – 4 March 1993, Los Angeles) was an American screenwriter and film director.

He started his career writing for the pulps in the Thirties, appearing regularly in Detective Fiction Weekly (with the Daffy Dill series), Argosy, Double Detective, and a number of other magazines. In the Forties, he graduated to slick publications like The Country Gentleman and The Saturday Evening Post. In the mid-Forties, he made a career change from writing magazine fiction to screenplays.

A big boost to Sale's success was his novel Not Too Narrow...Not Too Deep, filmed as Strange Cargo (1940) starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable.

He directed several films, including A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950), Meet Me After the Show (1951) with Betty Grable, Let's Make It Legal (1951) with one of Marilyn Monroe's earliest film appearances, Suddenly (1954), Malaga (1954), and Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955) with Jane Russell. He also authored many screenplays, The French Line (1954) and Gentlemen Marry Brunettes, both with Mary Loos, The Oscar (1966), The White Buffalo (1977) and Assassination (1987)

Together with his wife, they created the TV series Yancy Derringer.

Biography

Naissance à New York. Il étudie à la Washington and Lee University de Lexington dans l'état de Virginie et débute, en parallèle, une carrière d'écrivain. Particulièrement actif comme auteur de nouvelles, il écrit plus de trois cent cinquante textes pour de nombreux journaux et magazines, tels que le The Saturday Evening Post et Collier's Weekly, ainsi que pour des pulps américains, notamment Detective Fiction Weekly, Double Detective, Dime Detective, Argosy, Black Mask et The Saint Detective. Il s'y fait notamment remarqué avec les aventures du reporter et détective Joe Daffy Dill et de ses acolytes Candid Jones et Bill Hanley, où le genre du roman policier flirte avec le bizarre et le fantastique.

Il écrit un premier roman de fiction en 1936 intitulé Not Too Narrow, Not Too Deep, puis un second, Is a Ship Burning ?, en 1937. Approché la même année par la société de production cinématographique Columbia, il écrit pour elle le scénario du film Le Coffre magique de David Selman et entame alors une prolifique carrière de scénariste à Hollywood qu'il conjugue à son activité d'écrivain.

Son premier roman est adapté au cinéma en 1940 et devient le film Le Cargo maudit. Il rencontre Anita Loos, puis sa nièce, la scénariste Mary Loos qu'il épouse et avec qui il collabore par la suite sur de nombreux projets. En 1942, il signe Lazarus n 7 et Passing Strange, deux romans policiers au ton acerbe envers le monde du cinéma hollywoodien où apparaît le personnage du policier détective Daniel Webster. Ces titres sont traduits par Jacques-Laurent Bost et publié au sein de la collection Série noire en 1950. En 1946 et 1947, il collabore à quatre reprises avec le réalisateur Allan Dwan, puis se lance comme réalisateur avec le film Spoilers of the North. Il mêle alors ses activités de romancier, de scénariste et de réalisateur et poursuit son travail à Hollywood.

En 1950, il réalise la comédie sur fond de film western Le Petit Train du Far West. Il s'inspire d'une nouvelle de Sy Gomberg pour écrire le scénario de la comédie Planqué malgré lui, réalisé par John Ford. Il réalise lui-même la suite du film Les hommes préfèrent les blondes d'Howard Hawks sous le titre Les hommes épousent les brunes en 1955. En 1957, il réalise son dernier film Pour que les autres vivent. Il se retire de l'industrie du cinéma en 1958 et travaille quelques années pour la télévision. Il imagine d'abord la série télévisée Yancy Derringer , puis signe plusieurs épisodes pour diverses séries. Publié en 1963, son roman The Oscar est adapté au cinéma en 1966 et devient le film La Statue en or massif (The Oscar).

Il donne en 1971 le thriller d'espionnage For the President's Eyes. Il adapte ce roman pour le cinéma pour Peter Hunt qui réalisé le film Protection rapprochée en 1987.

Sale décède en 1993 à Los Angeles à l'âge de 81 ans.

Usually with

Mary Loos
Mary Loos
(14 films)
Allan Dwan
Allan Dwan
(5 films)
Lyle Wheeler
Lyle Wheeler
(9 films)
Thomas Little
Thomas Little
(8 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Richard Sale (34 films)

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Actor

Driftwood
Driftwood (1947)
, 1h28
Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about children
Actors Ruth Warrick, Walter Brennan, Dean Jagger, Charlotte Greenwood, Natalie Wood, Jerome Cowan
Roles Mailman
Rating70% 3.530933.530933.530933.530933.53093
Peu après le décès de son vieux tuteur, Jenny, une jeune orpheline, adopte un chien rescapé d'un accident d'avion. Mais à qui confier cette jeune fille et son chien ? Ce dernier va s'avérer être très utile à la communauté et Jenny va trouver des parents d'adoption.
Rendezvous with Annie, 1h29
Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Eddie Albert, Faye Marlowe, Gail Patrick, Phillip Reed, Raymond Walburn, C. Aubrey Smith
Roles Flight Clerk
Rating66% 3.31043.31043.31043.31043.3104
Ex serviceman Jeffrey Dolan is held incarcerated in a New Jersey jail, suspected of murder. He gets a visit from a nicht ckub singer, Dolores Starr, and recapitulates the events leading him to his current miserable situation.

Director

Abandon Ship, 1h37
Directed by Richard Sale
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Actors Tyrone Power, Mai Zetterling, Lloyd Nolan, Stephen Boyd, Moira Lister, Marie Lohr
Rating74% 3.7435153.7435153.7435153.7435153.743515
The luxury liner SS Crescent Star sinks in seven minutes after striking a rogue mine in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, taking with her nearly all of the 1156 people on board. Twenty-seven of the survivors converge on a single lifeboat designed to accommodate only nine. The dying captain passes command to executive officer Alec Holmes (Tyrone Power). Holmes then learns from "Sparks" Clary (John Stratton), the ship's radio operator, that both transmitters were destroyed before a call for help could be sent. Holmes decides to try to reach the nearest land, Africa, 1500 miles away.
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes, 1h39
Directed by Richard Sale
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jane Russell, Jeanne Crain, Rudy Vallée, Alan Young, Scott Brady, Guy Middleton
Rating51% 2.562462.562462.562462.562462.56246
Bonnie and Connie Jones are showgirls, who are also sisters. They are sick and tired of New York as well as not getting anywhere. Quitting Broadway, the sisters decided to travel to Paris to become famous and find true love.
Malaga
Malaga (1954)
, 1h24
Directed by Richard Sale
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Maureen O'Hara, Macdonald Carey, Binnie Barnes, Ferdy Mayne, Gerard Tichy, Antonio Casas
Rating49% 2.4755052.4755052.4755052.4755052.475505
Joanna Dane (Maureen O'Hara) is sent to Tangiers to get information on, and close down, an international smuggling ring. Dane is adept at jiu jitsu, firearms, and wisecracks that she uses on anyone who tangles with her. Her beauty, attractive outfits and skill with playing cards get her a position as a croupier at a smuggler's hangout called Frisco's, run by the hard blonde Frisco (Binnie Barnes). Joanna also is pursued by smuggler Van Logan (MacDonald Carey), who she uses by having him take her to Ali Baba's, a parfumerie run by the suspicious Mustapha (Ferdy Mayne).
The Girl Next Door, 1h32
Directed by Richard Sale
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes La bande dessinée, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Dan Dailey, June Haver, Dennis Day, Billy Gray, Cara Williams, Natalie Schafer
Rating63% 3.1910553.1910553.1910553.1910553.191055
A popular performer, Jeannie Laird decides to buy her first house and celebrate with a big party. The guests' enjoyment is interfered with by the happenings at the home of the next door neighbor, Bill Carter.
My Wife's Best Friend, 1h27
Directed by Richard Sale
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Anne Baxter, Macdonald Carey, Cecil Kellaway, Max Showalter, Catherine McLeod, Leif Erickson
Rating60% 3.04533.04533.04533.04533.0453
Virginia Mason (Anne Baxter) and George (Macdonald Carey), husband and wife from Mellford, Illinois, are passengers on an airliner for a second honeymoon in Hawaii. When the plane develops serious engine trouble, it looks like the end for everyone on board. Certain that he's facing an imminent demise, George confesses to Virginia that he's had an affair with her best friend Jane Richards (Catherine McLeod). Virginia mulls over several potential revenges in her mind, casting herself as various famous women of history. The plane lands safely, at which time Virginia learns that the "affair" was nothing more than a discreet flirtation.
Half Angel
Half Angel (1951)
, 1h17
Directed by Richard Sale
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Cecil Kellaway, Jim Backus, Irene Ryan, John Ridgely
Rating59% 2.9520952.9520952.9520952.9520952.952095
No-nonsense nurse Nora Gilpin (Loretta Young) doesn't care much for John Raymond Jr. (Joseph Cotten), a famous rich lawyer. Her immediate plans are to marry Tim McCarey (John Ridgely), a building contractor, and settle down to a nice, normal life.
Let's Make It Legal, 1h17
Directed by Richard Sale
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Claudette Colbert, Macdonald Carey, Zachary Scott, Barbara Bates, Marilyn Monroe, Robert Wagner
Rating61% 3.050443.050443.050443.050443.05044
Hugh (Macdonald Carey) and Miriam Halsworth (Claudette Colbert) are in the final stages of their divorce procedure. Miriam wants to separate because he's addicted to gambling - although he often wins. She's living with her daughter Barbara (Barbara Bates), her son-in-law Jerry Denham (Robert Wagner) and her little grandchild. Hugh, who's living at the hotel where he works, makes a fuss with the gardener about his rosebushes.
Meet Me After the Show, 1h27
Directed by Richard Sale
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films, Children's films
Actors Betty Grable, Macdonald Carey, Rory Calhoun, Eddie Albert, Fred Clark, Lois Andrews
Rating61% 3.0895553.0895553.0895553.0895553.089555
Delilah Lee (Betty Grable) is groomed by her husband Jeff Ames (Macdonald Carey) for his new Broadway show. Delilah becomes such a success to a point where she feels that Jeff thinks of her more as an asset than a wife. When the show's backer Gloria Carstairs (Lois Andrews) begins coming on to Jeff, Delilah leaves him, but regrets it later on and tries to win him back. She devises a scheme involving amnesia to lure Jeff back to her.
I'll Get By, 1h23
Directed by Richard Sale
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors June Haver, William Lundigan, Gloria DeHaven, Dennis Day, Thelma Ritter, Steve Allen
Rating59% 2.953312.953312.953312.953312.95331
Song plugger Bill Spencer runs into Liza Martin, literally. He slams a door into her accidentally while rushing to bring a new recording to Peter Pepper, an influential New York disc jockey. The record breaks,.
A Ticket to Tomahawk, 1h30
Directed by Richard Sale
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Western
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Children's films
Actors Dan Dailey, Rory Calhoun, Walter Brennan, Anne Baxter, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Kemper
Rating60% 3.0476653.0476653.0476653.0476653.047665
In 1876, Johnny Jameson (Dan Dailey), a "drummer," or traveling salesman, is the only passenger on the inaugural run of the Tomahawk and Western Railroad's narrow gauge train through the Colorado Rockies. During the ride, the conductor tells Johnny that certain people, stagecoach operators for example, would like to see the railroad's franchise fail. Soon after, Dakota (Rory Calhoun), Trancas and Gila, who work for Colonel Dawson, the area stageline operator, cause a giant boulder to fall directly in the path of the train. Engineer Terence Sweeny (Walter Brennan) manages to stop the train in time, and he and the crew then disembark to move the rock.
Spoilers of the North, 1h6
Directed by Richard Sale
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Evelyn Ankers, Paul Kelly, Lorna Gray, James Millican, Roy Barcroft, Louis Jean Heydt
Rating59% 2.9578652.9578652.9578652.9578652.957865
This script must be run from the command line

Scriptwriter

Assassination, 1h45
Directed by Peter Hunt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Political films
Actors Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Stephen Elliott, Michael Ansara, Frank Zagarino, Kathryn Leigh Scott
Roles Writer
Rating52% 2.6061752.6061752.6061752.6061752.606175
Jay Killian (Charles Bronson) is a senior member of the Secret Service. On the day before the Inauguration of the new president, Killian has just returned from a six-month sick leave. He is given a new assignment: to protect the First Lady, Lara Royce Craig (Jill Ireland).