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Samuel Michael "Sam" Fuller (August 12, 1912 – October 30, 1997) was an American film director, screenwriter, novelist, journalist, actor, and World War II veteran known for directing low-budget genre movies with controversial themes, often made outside the conventional studio system.
Nov 17, 2002 · (He was also a jealous husband: when Charlie Chaplin offered Fuller's first wife, Martha Downes, a screen test, Fuller threatened, in Chaplin's presence, "to have her face changed" if she...
And bad memories of his first marriage combined with Christa’s participation in the writing probably explains why the material about Martha Downes is relatively attenuated. Perhaps the book’s most impressive achievement is its extended treatment of Fuller’s war experience in all its complexity.
Samuel Fuller. Writer: Shock Corridor. At age 17, Samuel Fuller was the youngest reporter ever to be in charge of the events section of the New York Journal.
- August 12, 1912
- October 30, 1997
Bid on Martha Downes Fuller: Breakfast Bagel and Lox, Hollywood sold at auction by STAIR 186 on 8th March Gouache on paper, 1944, signed 'M. Downes' and dated lower right. 11 1/2 x 16 1/4 in. (sight), 16 1/4 x 20 3/4 in. (frame). Note: Martha Downes was married to film director and screenwriter Samuel Ful...
Sep 14, 2009 · At the same time, Fuller was going through a divorce from his then-wife Martha Downes, during which Fuller simply walked away from their failing relationship, leaving her the huge house they’d lived in and all his money, taking only his typewriter and a desk that once belonged to the famed American writer Mark Twain.
Executive summary: Pickup on South Street. Military service: US Army (1st Infantry, WWII) Wife: Martha Downes Fuller (div. 1959) Wife: Christa Lang (m. 25-Jul-1967, until his death, one daughter) Daughter: Samantha (b. 28-Jan-1975) Risk Factors: Smoking. FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR.
- August 12, 1912
- October 30, 1997
