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Jun 23, 2008 · The Furies: Mann of the Western. T he year 1950 marked a turning point in Anthony Mann’s career, the moment when he passed from the series of brilliant film-noir B movies that had established him to the westerns that made him a major figure. Mann released three westerns that year, the definitive one clearly being Winchester ’73, his first ...
The career of Anthony Mann breaks into three relatively distinct periods. From his directorial debut in 1942 with Dr. Broadway until Side Street in 1949, Mann confined himself to a series of inexpensively made films that run the gamut from atmospheric noirs to lightweight musicals.
Anthony Mann. Anthony Mann (born Emil Anton Bundsmann; June 30, 1906 – April 29, 1967) was an American movie director and stage actor. He was known for his work in the film noir and Western genres. He made several Westerns with James Stewart, such as Winchester '73 (1950), and he was the director of El Cid (1961). He also directed Cimarron ...
"Anthony Mann made Westerns, thrillers and sword-fight movies, and he was, quite simply, one of the best directors ever to come out of the Hollywood system. He understood early on that making a genre or a commercially viable film did not mean that you couldn't also probe the human condition, just as more pretentious directors might claim and ...
Passed | 109 min | Drama, Romance, Western. A firebrand heiress clashes with her tyrannical father, a cattle rancher who fancies himself a Napoleon, but their relationship turns ugly only when he finds himself a new woman. Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Walter Huston, Judith Anderson.
Mar 23, 2000 · Derek Malcolm. Thu 23 Mar 2000 07.21 EST. W hen Anthony Mann died in 1967, he was planning a Western King Lear, with sons replacing the daughters. This long-cherished project might have turned out ...
Feb 27, 2024 · Mann went on to make Men in War starring Robert Ryan and Aldo Ray; The Tin Star, which had Henry Fonda opposite Anthony Perkins in 1957, among other films, before closing his Western greats with a ...
