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Bernard Vorhaus (December 25, 1904 – November 23, 2000) was an American film director of Austrian descent, born in New York City. His father was born in Kraków, then part of Austria-Hungary. Vorhaus spent many decades living in the UK.
Bernard Vorhaus (1904-2000) was a filmmaker who worked in England and Hollywood. He was a mentor to David Lean and a victim of the Hollywood blacklist in the 1950s.
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- New York City, New York, USA
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- London, England, UK
Born in New York, director Bernard Vorhaus made his name in England during the 1930s and later became a victim of the Hollywood blacklist. His most well-known film was The Last Journey (1935), but his quirky thriller about phony spiritualists, The Amazing Mr. X (1948), has a loyal following.
- December 25, 1904
- November 23, 2000
Dec 2, 2000 · Bernard Vorhaus, an American-born film director who made his name in England during the 1930's and who became a victim of the Hollywood blacklist in the 1950's, died on Nov. 23 in...
Bernard Vorhaus (25 December 1904 - 23 November 2000) was an American film director born in New York City. The Harvard University graduate, in addition to directing thirty-two films, was also the mentor to future film director David Lean, some of whose work as a film editor early in his career was on Vorhaus pictures.
Bernard Vorhaus. Scarecrow Press, 2000 - Biography & Autobiography - 158 pages. Before being black-listed in the McCarthy era, Bernard Vorhaus was one of Hollywood's most respected silent...
Bernard Vorhaus brought an outsider's eye, an American pace, and a distinctive feel for the cinema medium to his work in Britain. Toiling as a director in the 'quota quickie' field in the 1930s, he quickly made his mark in the industry; resurrected fifty years later, his films struck home with another generation, happy to find signs of life in ...
