55 Days at Peking
1963
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Samuel Bronston (né Bronstein; March 26, 1908 – January 12, 1994) was a Bessarabian-born American film producer, film director, and a nephew of Russian socialist revolutionary Leon Trotsky. He was also the petitioner in a U.S. Supreme Court case that set a major precedent for perjury prosecutions when it overturned his conviction.
Samuel Bronston was born on 26 March 1908 in Bessarabia, Russian Empire [now Moldova]. He was a producer, known for El Cid (1961), The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942) and 55 Days at Peking (1963). He died on 12 January 1994 in Sacramento, California, USA.
Samuel Bronston Productions was an independent American film production company, founded by Samuel Bronston in 1943. The company produced several epic films, the most notable of which are, John Paul Jones (1959), King of Kings (1961), El Cid (1961), 55 Days at Peking (1963) and The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964).
Producer Samuel Bronston’s penchant for making epic films reached its zenith with The Fall of the Roman Empire, which came close to rivaling the production costs of the ill-fated Cleopatra (1963). The later movie, however, does a credible job of condensing some of the main historical….
Jan 15, 1994 · Samuel Bronston, a Hollywood film producer whose credits include the historical epics "El Cid," "King of Kings" and "Fall of the Roman Empire," died on Wednesday at Mercy Hospital in Sacramento,...
Samuel Bronston was born on March 26, 1908 in Bessarabia, Russian Empire [now Moldova]. He was a producer, known for El Cid (1961), The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942) and John Paul Jones (1959). He died on January 12, 1994 in Sacramento, California, USA.
Jan 20, 1994 · Samuel Bronston, film producer: born Romania 1909; married (two sons, three daughters; marriage dissolved); died Sacramento, California 12 January 1994.
