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David Ross Lederman (December 12, 1894 – August 24, 1972) was an American film director noted for his Western, action, and adventure films of the 1930s and 1940s.
D. Ross Lederman. Director: Shadows of the Night. Starting out as an extra in Mack Sennett's Keystone Kops series, D. Ross Lederman worked his way through the ranks of film production, and made his mark as a second-unit director.
Passage from Hong Kong: Directed by D. Ross Lederman. With Lucile Fairbanks, Douglas Kennedy, Paul Cavanagh, Richard Ainley. Set in Hong Kong on the eve of the Japanese invasion and a version of "The Second Floor Mystery (1930)", Jeff Hunter (Douglas Kennedy), a writer of pulp thrillers, tries to woo a reluctant Maria Calhoun (Lucille Fairbanks ...
The Range Feud is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman for Columbia Pictures, that stars Buck Jones and John Wayne. Wayne biographer Ronald L. Davis referred to the film as the first in a collection of "cheap, assembly-line pictures" Wayne would make in the 1930s. [1]
D. Ross Lederman is known as an Director, Assistant Director, Actor, Second Unit, Writer, and Associate Producer. Some of his work includes The Range Feud, Shadows on the Stairs, The Return of the Whistler, Two-Fisted Law, Key Witness, Adventure in Sahara, Texas Cyclone, and Bullet Scars.
Panic on the Air: Directed by D. Ross Lederman. With Lew Ayres, Florence Rice, Benny Baker, Edwin Maxwell. A radio commentator turns sleuth in a case involving kidnap ransom, murder, and a mysterious five dollar bill.
Key Witness is a 1947 American film noir crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring John Beal, Trudy Marshall and Jimmy Lloyd. [1]
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Although he worked for two major studios for the bulk of his career, Warner Brothers and Columbia, D. (David) Ross Lederman specialized in genre films and created his films swiftly, compactly, and with authority. His films stand out because they all display Ledermans...
1. Production files; 2. Television files; 3. Subject files. Summary. The collection contains a few film and television scripts, a scrapbook, clippings, and photographs. Biography. David Ross Lederman was an American director most active in film from the 1930s through 1950s. During the 1950s he also directed television. Subjects. Directors.
'[Benny Baker on D. Ross Lederman] What Lederman would do was set up a scene and then yell 'roll it' and then go away to set up another scene and the assistant would holler 'cut' and Lederman would ask him how it was. If there was a mistake he would say 'closeup' and you would do the line and then go to the next setup.'
