Out of the Past
1947
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Jacques Tourneur (French:; November 12, 1904 – December 19, 1977) was a French-American filmmaker, active during the Golden Age of Hollywood.He was known as an auteur of stylish and atmospheric genre films, many of them for RKO Pictures, including the horror films Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, and The Leopard Man, and the classic film noir Out of the Past.
Jacques Tourneur. Director: Cat People. Born in Paris in 1904, Tourneur went to Hollywood with his father, director Maurice Tourneur around 1913. He started out as a script clerk and editor for his father, then graduated to such jobs as directing shorts (often with the pseudonym Jack Turner), both in France and America.
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May 8, 2024 · Jacques Tourneur was a French American filmmaker of broad range known for horror, film noirs, and westerns. Tourneur was the son of one of French cinema’s preeminent directors, Maurice Tourneur, who made more than 90 pictures, more than half of them in the United States between 1914 and 1926.
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- Out of the Past (1947) “Out of the Past” is a 1947 film noir directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas. The film tells the story of Jeff Bailey (Mitchum), a former private investigator who is drawn back into his dark past when he is hired by a powerful gangster to track down his mistress, Kathie Moffat (Greer).
- I Walked with a Zombie (1943) “I Walked with a Zombie” is a horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur and released in 1943. The film tells the story of a young nurse named Betsy Connell (played by Frances Dee), who is hired to care for the wife of a wealthy plantation owner on the Caribbean island of Saint Sebastian.
- Cat People (1942) “Cat People” is a 1942 horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur, with a screenplay by DeWitt Bodeen. The film follows the story of a Serbian immigrant woman, Irena Dubrovna (played by Simone Simon), who fears that she is a descendant of a race of people who can turn into panthers when emotionally aroused.
- Curse of the Demon (1957) “Curse of the Demon” is a British horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur and released in 1957. The film tells the story of an American psychologist, Dr. John Holden (Dana Andrews), who travels to England to attend a conference on the paranormal.
Jacques Tourneur. Director: Cat People. Born in Paris in 1904, Tourneur went to Hollywood with his father, director Maurice Tourneur around 1913. He started out as a script clerk and editor for his father, then graduated to such jobs as directing shorts (often with the pseudonym Jack Turner), both in France and America.
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- December 19, 1977
Jacques Tourneur (also known as Jack Turner; November 12, 1904 – December 19, 1977) was a French film director known for the classic film noir Out of the Past and a series of low-budget horror films he made for RKO Studios, including Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie and The Leopard Man.
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Jacques Tourneur. Highest Rated: 100% Curse of the Demon (1957) Lowest Rated: 40% Easy Living (1949) Birthday: Nov 12, 1904. Birthplace: Paris, France. Master of macabre suspense who hit his peak ...
