William "Bill" Lava is a Director, Sound and Additional Music American born on 18 march 1911 at Saint Paul (USA)
William "Bill" Lava
William "Bill" Lava participated to
152 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
3 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Director
, 1h46
Directed by Maury Gertsman,
Aaron Rosenberg,
Henry Mancini,
William "Bill" Lava,
Jesse HibbsOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Biography,
Action,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Political filmsActors Audie Murphy,
Marshall Thompson,
Charles Drake,
Jack Kelly,
Gregg Palmer,
Paul PicerniRating70%
Young Murphy (Gordon Gebert) grows up in a large, poor sharecropper family in Texas. His father deserts them around 1939–40, leaving his mother (Mary Field) barely able to feed her nine children. As the eldest son, Murphy works from an early age to help support his siblings, and when his mother dies in 1941 he becomes head of the family. His brothers and sisters are sent to an elder sister, Corrine, to whom Murphy sends his GI pay allotment.Sound
, 1h17
Directed by Gordon DouglasOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Noir,
CrimeThemes Politique,
Political filmsActors Frank Lovejoy,
Dorothy Hart,
Philip Carey,
Richard Webb,
James Millican,
Ron HagerthyRating60%
Matt Cvetic (Frank Lovejoy), who works in a Pittsburgh steel mill, has been infiltrating the Communist Party for the FBI in Pittsburgh for nine years. During this time he has been unable to tell his family about his dual role, so they believe he is a Communist and despise him., 1h30
Directed by Frank BorzageOrigin USAGenres Drama,
NoirActors Dane Clark,
Gail Russell,
Ethel Barrymore,
Rex Ingram,
Allyn Joslyn,
Harry MorganRoles Original Music Composer
Rating69%
Dane Clark plays Danny Hawkins, the son of a murderer who was hanged for his crimes. Haunted by his father's past, the young man is tormented by the young people of the small southern town in which he lives. Hawkins' only friend is Gilly Johnson (Russell), a girl who is quickly falling in love with him. When Hawkins kills a bully in self-defense, he fears the same fate as his father. When the dead body is found and Sheriff Clem Otis (Allyn Joslyn) starts closing in, Danny becomes crazed. He jumps off a Ferris wheel and nearly strangles a harmless mute (Morgan) who found Hawkins' pocket knife near the body. While hiding out in the swamps, Hawkins visits his Grandma (Barrymore) who tells him the truth about his father's crime. Hawkins realizes he's not tainted by "bad blood" and turns himself in to the police.