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Berman Swarttz was born on 8 June 1915 in Pennsylvania, USA. Berman was a producer and writer, known for Duffy of San Quentin (1954), Jennifer (1953) and The Steel Cage (1954). Berman was married to Marcella Fromberg, Jewell Lain and Ruth I. Selznick.
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- June 8, 1915
- Berman Swarttz
- February 15, 2016
The Steel Cage is a 1954 American film noir drama film directed by Walter Doniger, written by Oliver Crawford, Walter Doniger, Scott Littleton, Berman Swarttz and Guy Trosper, and starring Paul Kelly, Maureen O'Sullivan, Walter Slezak, John Ireland, Lawrence Tierney and Arthur Franz.
Duffy of San Quentin is a 1954 American film noir crime film directed by Walter Doniger and written by Walter Doniger and Berman Swarttz. The film stars Louis Hayward, Joanne Dru, Paul Kelly, Maureen O'Sullivan, George Macready and Horace McMahon.
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In the 1890s, young Harry Houdini (Tony Curtis) is performing with a Coney Island carnival as Bruto, the Wild Man, when Bess (Janet Leigh), a naive onlooker, tries to protect him from the blows of Schultz (Sig Ruman), his "trainer". Harry then appears as magician "The Great Houdini" and, spotting Bess in the audience, invites her on stage. Harry fl...
Tony Curtis as Harry HoudiniJanet Leigh as Bess HoudiniIn September 1951, it was announced that Paramount had bought The Life of Houdini and that George Pal would produce. Hedda Hopper suggested Orson Welles, who was a magician, would be an ideal star. Pal said he would make it after War of the Worlds. Barré Lyndon wrote the first screenplay then Philip Yordan wrote another version. The distinguished m...
Curtis said the film "was very successful. My secret hope, however, was that Houdiniwas going to propel me into a whole new kind of filmmaking, where I would be recognized as the serious actor I had always wanted to be. When that didn't happen I was terribly disappointed."
Bibliography
1. Curtis, Tony (2008). American prince : a memoir. Thorndike Press. 2. Hickman, Gail Morgan. The Films of George Pal. South Brunswick, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Company, Inc., 1977. ISBN 978-0-49801-960-9. 3. Weaver, Tom (July 1988). "Janet Leigh Mistress of Menace". Starlog. No. 132.
Houdini at IMDbHoudini at AllMovieHoudini at the TCM Movie DatabaseHoudini at the AFI Catalog of Feature FilmsBerman Swarttz of Tarzana, California, passed away Monday, February 15, 2016 (6 Adar I 5776), at 100 years, 8 months, and 7 days young. Services will be held Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at 11 am,...
- June 8, 1915
- February 15, 2016
Berman Swarttz – Movies, Bio and Lists on MUBI
Berman Swarttz . Active - 1954 - 1954 | Genres - Mystery, Crime, Drama Filmography ↓
