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Sol C. Siegel is a Director and Associate Producer American born on 30 march 1903 at New York City (USA)

Sol C. Siegel

Sol C. Siegel
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Nationality USA
Birth 30 march 1903 at New York City (USA)
Death 29 december 1982 (at 79 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Sol C. Siegel (30 March 1903 in New York City, New York, USA – 29 December 1982 in Los Angeles, California) was an American reporter and producer with Jewish origins. In 1934 he began his Hollywood career by assisting with the merger of four production studios into Republic Pictures. He stayed on at Republic as an executive producer, working with Gene Autry and John Wayne.

He later worked with Paramount and 20th Century Fox, where two of the films he produced, A Letter to Three Wives (1949) and Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. He also produced The Iron Curtain (1948) and later the Marilyn Monroe musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, as well as the star-studded High Society starring Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, and Louis Armstrong.

Biography

Sol C. Siegel débute comme producteur associé en 1936 à la Republic Pictures (créée l'année précédente), où il sera pour la première fois producteur en 1937 et au sein de laquelle il collaborera notamment avec John Wayne. Plus tard, il travaillera également pour la Paramount Pictures, la Twentieth Century Fox et la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Jusqu'en 1968, il est producteur associé (le plus souvent, dans les premières années de sa carrière) ou producteur d'une centaine de films américains.

L'un d'eux, La Fontaine des amours (1954) de Jean Negulesco, lui vaut en 1955 son unique nomination à l'Oscar du meilleur film.

Best films

Ben-Hur (1959)
(Executive Producer)
Some Came Running (1958)
(Producer)
Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
(Producer)
Les Girls (1957)
(Producer)
Army Girl (1938)
(Associate Producer)
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
(Producer)

Usually with

Lyle Wheeler
Lyle Wheeler
(20 films)
Ben Nye
Ben Nye
(18 films)
Yakima Canutt
Yakima Canutt
(13 films)
Oliver Drake
Oliver Drake
(10 films)
Joseph Kane
Joseph Kane
(11 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Sol C. Siegel (81 films)

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Director

High Society, 1h51
Directed by Sol C. Siegel, Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films about marriage
Actors Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Celeste Holm, John Lund, Louis Calhern
Rating68% 3.4495553.4495553.4495553.4495553.449555
The highly successful jazz musician C.K. Dexter Haven (Bing Crosby) was divorced from wealthy Newport, Rhode Island socialite Tracy Samantha Lord (Grace Kelly), but remains in love with her. She, however, is about to get married to a bland gentleman of good standing, George Kittredge (John Lund).
Blue Skies
Blue Skies (1946)
, 1h44
Directed by Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Joan Caulfield, Sol C. Siegel, Mark Sandrich, Arthur Sheekman, Irving Berlin, Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Joan Caulfield, Olga San Juan, Billy De Wolfe, Frank Faylen
Rating63% 3.1959853.1959853.1959853.1959853.195985
The story is told in a series of vignettes and musical numbers that serve to show events in flashback. Our narrative link is New York radio star Jed Potter, who once was a renowned Broadway hoofer. The conceit is that he is on the air, telling his life story... which does not yet have an ending. The tale starts just after World War I and centers on two men who became friends while serving in the Army: rising dancer Potter and the business-minded Johnny Adams. While young, hardworking Potter dreams of and works for stardom, the more laid-back and less disciplined Adams has hopes of becoming a successful nightclub owner. In time, dancer Potter falls in love with a band singer, a "very pretty girl" named Mary O'Hara. He takes Mary to Adams' nightclub, and she takes a shine to Adams. Potter warns Mary that his old buddy is not the marrying kind. So, of course, she marries Adams. The union is not a happy one, despite the birth of a child. Adams' nightclub business is anything but a resounding success, and it turns out Potter was right: Adams is self-centered and unable to commit to his nightclubs, his marriage, or his daughter. The couple divorces, and Mary tries again with Potter. The two even become engaged. But Mary can't go through with the wedding and takes off. A devastated Potter turns to booze and subsequently suffers an accident that puts an end to his dancing career. He winds up behind a radio microphone, sharing his story with his audience, hoping that wherever Mary is, she can hear him.
Melody Ranch, 1h24
Directed by Sol C. Siegel, Joseph Santley, F. Hugh Herbert
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Gene Autry, Jimmy Durante, Ann Miller, Barton MacLane, Jerome Cowan, George "Gabby" Hayes
Rating61% 3.0954053.0954053.0954053.0954053.095405
Gene Autry (Gene Autry) returns to his hometown of Torpedo as guest of honor at the Frontier Days Celebration, where he meets his childhood enemies, the Wildhack brothers—Mark (Barton MacLane), Jasper (Joe Sawyer), and Bud (Horace McMahon)—who are now local gangsters. The Wildhacks own a saloon next door to the school, and when their shooting and brawling endangers the safety of the children, Gene protests and threatens to expose them during his next radio broadcast. The Wildhacks stop the broadcast and beat Gene up.
The Old Barn Dance, 54minutes
Directed by Joseph Kane, Sol C. Siegel, Bernard McConville
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Joan Valerie, Roy Rogers, Sammy McKim, Duke R. Lee
Rating53% 2.6733952.6733952.6733952.6733952.673395
A horse trader named Gene Autry (Gene Autry) arrives in Grainville with his horses and outfit prepared to put on a barn dance to attract potential horse buyers to an auction. The horse trading business has been affected lately by the increased use of tractors to replace horses for farm work. Radio station owner Sally Dawson (Joan Valerie) approaches Gene and offers him a contract to sing on a program sponsored by Thornton Farming Equipment, the area's leading manufacturer of tractors. Unconvinced that tractors could ever replace horses, Gene refuses her offer, but is still attracted to her and invites her to his barn dance that night.
Public Cowboy No. 1, 1h1
Directed by Smiley Burnette, Ann Rutherford, Joseph Kane, Sol C. Siegel, Gene Autry, Bernard McConville, Oliver Drake
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Ann Rutherford, William Farnum, Arthur Loft, House Peters, Jr.
Rating56% 2.816662.816662.816662.816662.81666
A rash of strange cattle rustlings have occurred in which cattle are slaughtered on the range and their carcasses taken away. Sheriff Matt Doniphon (William Farnum) and his deputies, Gene Autry (Gene Autry) and Frog Millhouse (Smiley Burnette), watch over one rancher's cattle as they are driven to Box Canyon. After the sheriff and his men leave, the rustlers move in, radio the cattle's location from an airplane, and then bring in refrigerator trucks. The rancher and one of his workers are murdered, the cattle killed, and the carcasses taken away.
Springtime in the Rockies, 1h
Directed by Joseph Kane, Sol C. Siegel, Betty Burbridge
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Themes Films about animals
Actors Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, George Chesebro, Edward Hearn, Al Bridge, Tom London
Rating56% 2.814922.814922.814922.814922.81492
Gene Autry (Gene Autry), the Knight Ranch foreman, learns that a neighboring rancher Jed Thorpe (Edward Hearn) is bringing sheep into the area. Gene rushes to Thorpe's ranch, concerned that a hot-headed cattle rancher named Thad Morgan (George Chesebro) may try to kill Thorpe. Morgan was once ruined financially by sheep ranching. Gene is able to stop Thorpe from bringing in the sheep, and Thorpe agrees to send the sheep back.

Producer

No Way to Treat a Lady, 1h48
Directed by Jack Smight
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, George Segal, Eileen Heckart, Murray Hamilton, Michael Dunn
Roles Producer
Rating69% 3.4935853.4935853.4935853.4935853.493585
Rod Steiger stars as Christopher Gill, a serial killer who is fixated on his late mother, who had been an actress. Gill preys on older women who remind him of her. A Broadway theater director and costumer, he adopts various disguises, e.g. priest, policeman, plumber, hairdresser, etc., to put his victims at ease (and also avoid being identified) before strangling them and painting a pair of lips on their foreheads with garish red lipstick.
Alvarez Kelly, 1h45
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres War, Action, Western
Themes Political films
Actors William Holden, Richard Widmark, Janice Rule, Patrick O'Neal, Roger C. Carmel, Harry Carey, Jr.
Roles Producer
Rating62% 3.148523.148523.148523.148523.14852
Cattleman Alvarez Kelly (William Holden) is contracted to deliver a herd to the Union Army in Virginia. As he nears the end of his long cattle drive, Kelly is captured by Confederate raiders led by Colonel Tom Rossiter (Richard Widmark). The Confederacy desperately needs the beef to feed its soldiers besieged in Richmond.
Walk Don't Run, 1h49
Directed by Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Films about the Olympic Games
Actors Cary Grant, Samantha Eggar, Jim Hutton, George Takei, John Standing, Miiko Taka
Roles Producer
Rating65% 3.2970453.2970453.2970453.2970453.297045
Sir William Rutland (Cary Grant) is an important English businessman who arrives in the city two days early and is greeted by the housing shortage caused by the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. While at the British Embassy seeking help, he notices an announcement of an available apartment and decides to check the place out. He finds himself at the residence of Christine Easton (Samantha Eggar), who insists that it would be improper to take him in as a housemate. She forgot to advertise that she would prefer to rent to a woman. Easton eventually lets Rutland stay—half because she is persuaded it is her patriotic duty to take him in and half because of Rutland’s own self-assured pushiness.
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
Roles Executive Producer
Rating80% 4.04874.04874.04874.04874.0487
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.
The World, the Flesh and the Devil, 1h35
Directed by Ranald MacDougall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Romance
Themes La fin du monde, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Inger Stevens, Mel Ferrer, Harry Belafonte
Roles Executive Producer
Rating67% 3.393843.393843.393843.393843.39384
African-American coal mine inspector Ralph Burton (Harry Belafonte) becomes trapped underground in a cave-in while inspecting a mine in Pennsylvania. He can hear rescuers digging towards him, but after a few days they slow down and then stop completely. Alarmed, he digs his own way out. Reaching the surface, he finds a deserted world. (No bodies are seen at any time in the film.) Some discarded newspapers provide an explanation: one proclaims "UN Retaliates For Use Of Atomic Poison", another that "Millions Flee From Cities! End Of The World". Ralph later plays tapes at a radio station that an unknown nation had used radioactive isotopes as a weapon, yielding a dust cloud that spread globally and was completely lethal for a five-day period.
Some Came Running, 2h17
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Martha Hyer, John Arthur Kennedy, Nancy Gates
Roles Producer
Rating71% 3.5963553.5963553.5963553.5963553.596355
Dave Hirsh is a cynical Army veteran who winds up in his hometown of Parkman after being put on a bus in Chicago while intoxicated. Ginny Moorehead, a woman of seemingly loose morals and poor education, has taken the same bus.
Merry Andrew, 1h43
Directed by Michael Kidd
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Circus films, Musical films
Actors Danny Kaye, Pier Angeli, Patricia Cutts, Noel Purcell, Robert Coote, Rex Evans
Roles Producer
Rating65% 3.2954753.2954753.2954753.2954753.295475
Andrew Larabee teaches at a school run by his headmaster father Matthew, a traditional man who disapproves of his son's unconventional methods despite their popularity with the students. Andrew's special interest is archaeology, and he hopes to earn his father's respect through this field of study.
Les Girls
Les Girls (1957)
, 1h49
Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Gene Kelly, Kay Kendall, Mitzi Gaynor, Taina Elg, Jacques Bergerac, Leslie Phillips
Roles Producer
Rating65% 3.297143.297143.297143.297143.29714
En Angleterre, Lady Sybil Wren - épouse de Sir Gerald Wren - publie ses mémoires : avant son mariage, elle faisait partie d'une troupe de « Girls » dirigée par le chorégraphe Barry Nichols. Une autre ancienne membre de cette troupe, Angèle Ducros, lui intente un procès en diffamation. Lors des débats, chacune expose sa version des faits. Retour en arrière : Sybil et Angèle sont, avec Joy Henderson, les vedettes d'un spectacle en tournée de Nichols…
Man on Fire
Directed by Ranald MacDougall
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Bing Crosby, Inger Stevens, E. G. Marshall, Richard Eastham, Anne Seymour, Mary Fickett
Roles Producer
Rating64% 3.243293.243293.243293.243293.24329
Two years after her divorce from wealthy businessman Earl Carleton, ex-wife Gwen wants to regain custody of their son, Ted, who is devoted to his father.