William Hornbeck is a Editor and Editorial Staff American born on 23 august 1901 at Los Angeles (USA)
William Hornbeck
William Hornbeck participated to
45 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
11 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Editor
, 3h21
Directed by Fred Guiol,
George StevensOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Action,
Romance,
WesternThemes Films about families,
Films about racismActors Elizabeth Taylor,
Rock Hudson,
James Dean,
Carroll Baker,
Nick Adams,
Mercedes McCambridgeRoles Editor
Rating75%
The movie follows a Texas family over a quarter century from the 1920s until after World War II. Themes of discrimination along race, class and gender lines, as well as the role they played in the social evolution of post-war Texas, are prominent., 1h58
Directed by George StevensOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Action,
Adventure,
WesternActors Alan Ladd,
Jean Arthur,
Van Heflin,
Brandon deWilde,
Jack Palance,
Edith EvansonRoles Editor
Rating75%
Shane (Alan Ladd), a skilled, laconic gunslinger with a mysterious past, rides out of the desert and into an isolated valley in the sparsely settled state of Wyoming some time after enactment of the Homestead Act of 1862. At dinner with a pioneer homesteader, Joe Starrett (Van Heflin) and his wife, Marian (Jean Arthur), he learns that a war of intimidation is being waged on the valley's homesteaders. The ruthless cattle baron Rufus Ryker (Emile Meyer) is trying to run them out and seize their land. Starrett offers Shane a job, and he accepts., 2h8
Directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky,
Joseph L. Mankiewicz,
Bernard VorhausOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Films about films,
La provence,
Films about televisionActors Ava Gardner,
Humphrey Bogart,
Edmond O'Brien,
Olga San Juan,
Valentina Cortese,
Rossano BrazziRoles Editor
Rating68%
Down on his luck, veteran movie director and writer Harry Dawes (Humphrey Bogart) is reduced to working for abusive, emotionally stunted business tycoon Kirk Edwards (Warren Stevens), who has decided he wants to produce a film to stroke his monumental ego. Looking for a fresh leading lady, they discover, in a Madrid night club, stunning dancer Maria Vargas (Ava Gardner), a blithe but proud spirit who likes to go barefoot and has a troubled home life. , 2h2
Directed by George Stevens,
Charles C. Coleman,
Gerd OswaldOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Théâtre,
Films based on playsActors Montgomery Clift,
Elizabeth Taylor,
Shelley Winters,
Anne Revere,
Keefe Brasselle,
Fred ClarkRoles Editor
Rating76%
George Eastman (Montgomery Clift), the poor nephew of rich industrialist Charles Eastman (Herbert Heyes), arrives in town following a chance encounter with his uncle while working as a bellhop in a Chicago hotel. The elder Eastman invites George to visit him if and when he ever comes to town, and the ambitious young man takes advantage of the offer. Despite George's family relationship to the Eastmans, they regard him as something of an outsider, but his uncle nevertheless offers him an entry-level job at his factory. George, uncomplaining, hopes to impress his uncle (whom he addresses as "Mr. Eastman") with his hard work and earn his way up. While working in the factory, George starts dating fellow factory worker Alice Tripp (Shelley Winters), in defiance of the workplace rules. Alice is a poor and inexperienced girl who is dazzled by George and slow to believe that his Eastman name brings him no advantages., 2h
Directed by Frank CapraOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
MusicalThemes Films based on playsActors Frank Sinatra,
Edward G. Robinson,
Eleanor Parker,
Keenan Wynn,
Carolyn Jones,
Thelma RitterRoles Editor
Rating61%
Tony Manetta moved from the shabby area of Bronx to Miami, Florida with two friends searching for wealth and success. Although his two friends became prosperous over the next 20 years (his older friend owns luxury hotels, and his younger friend runs a local taxi company), Tony manages a small hotel called "Garden Of Eden". He grew spoiled, spending money on expensive suits and a Cadillac despite always being in debt and refusing to become more responsible. He is also a widowed father of an 11-year-old son, Alvin., 1h55
Directed by William WylerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Historical,
Melodrama,
RomanceThemes Films based on playsActors Olivia de Havilland,
Montgomery Clift,
Ralph Richardson,
Miriam Hopkins,
Mona Freeman,
Vanessa BrownRoles Editor
Rating80%
Catherine Sloper (Olivia de Havilland) is a plain, painfully shy woman whose emotionally detached father (Ralph Richardson) makes no secret of his disappointment in her. When she meets the charming Morris Townsend (Montgomery Clift), she immediately is taken by the attention that he lavishes upon her, attention she so desperately seeks from her father. Catherine falls madly in love with Morris and they plan to marry., 1h46
Directed by Michael Powell,
Jack Clayton,
Zoltan Korda,
William Cameron Menzies,
Tim Whelan,
Alexander Korda,
Ludwig Berger,
Ludwig BergerOrigin United-kingdomGenres Science fiction,
Fantastic,
Fantasy,
Action,
Adventure,
RomanceThemes Children's filmsActors Conrad Veidt,
Sabu,
John Justin,
June Duprez,
Rex Ingram,
Glynis JohnsRoles Supervising Editor
Rating73%
The film's backstory is told in flashback, mimicking the style of the Arabian Nights., 2h8
Directed by Alexander KordaOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Seafaring films,
Films about sexuality,
Transport films,
Political films,
Histoire de France,
Napoleonic Wars films,
French Revolution filmsActors Laurence Olivier,
Vivien Leigh,
Sara Allgood,
Gladys Cooper,
Henry Wilcoxon,
Heather AngelRoles Supervising Editor
Rating71%
The story begins with an ageing, alcoholic woman (Vivien Leigh) being clapped into debtors' prison in the slums of Calais. In a husky, despairing, whiskey-soaked voice, the former Lady Hamilton narrates the story of her life to her skeptical fellow inmates. In one of the early scenes that launches the flashback, Emma, well past her prime, looks into a mirror and remembers "the face I knew before," the face of the young, lovely girl who captured the imagination of artists - most notably George Romney and Joshua Reynolds., 1h48
Directed by Zoltan KordaOrigin USAGenres Fantasy,
Action,
AdventureThemes L'adolescence,
Films about adoption,
Films about animals,
Films about children,
Le thème de l'enfant sauvage,
Mise en scène d'un éléphant,
Mise en scène d'un ours,
Films about snakes,
Films about apes,
Mise en scène d'un tigre,
L'enfance marginalisée,
Mise en scène d'un mammifère,
ReptileActors Sabu,
Joseph Calleia,
John Qualen,
Frank Puglia,
Rosemary DeCamp,
Ralph ByrdRoles Supervising Editor
Rating66%
In an Indian village, Buldeo, an elderly storyteller, is paid by a visiting British memsahib to tell a story of his youth. He speaks of the animals of the jungle, and of the ever-present threats to human life posed by the jungle itself. He then recalls his early life:, 53minutes
Directed by Frank Capra,
Anatole LitvakOrigin USAGenres War,
Documentary,
HistoricalThemes Politique,
Documentary films about war,
Documentary films about historical events,
Political films,
Documentary films about World War IIActors Walter HustonRoles Editor
Rating69%
In an edit added to the film before public release, a comment by Henry L. Stimson, the Secretary of War at the time, was quoted to create trust with the audience, “the purpose of these films is to give factual information as to the causes, the events leading up to our entry into the war and the principles for which we are fighting.”