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Delmer Lawrence Daves (July 24, 1904 – August 17, 1977) was an American screenwriter, film director and film producer. He worked in many genres , including film noir and warfare , but he is best known for his Western movies , especially Broken Arrow (1950), The Last Wagon (1956), 3:10 to Yuma (1957) and The Hanging Tree (1959).
Turning director with the classic Destination Tokyo (1943), Daves often wrote and produced his own pictures. Of the many films he made, the westerns he did were especially close to his heart--as a youth he had spent much time living on reservations with Hopi and Navajo Indians. Born July 24, 1904.
Daves earned a law degree at Stanford University but decided to pursue a career in Hollywood. He was a crew member on several films before turning to acting in 1928. Although typically uncredited, he appeared in more than 10 movies, including The Duke Steps Out (1929) and Good News (1930).
Jul 20, 2024 · Delmer Daves was an American writer and director of motion pictures who worked in a number of genres but was best known for his westerns, which include Broken Arrow (1950), The Last Wagon (1956), and 3:10 to Yuma (1957).
1. Destination Tokyo. 1943 2h 15m Approved. 7.1 (5.8K) Rate. In order to provide information for the first air raid over Tokyo, a U.S. submarine sneaks into Tokyo Bay and places a spy team ashore. Director Delmer Daves Stars Cary Grant John Garfield Alan Hale. 2. Dark Passage. 1947 1h 46m Approved. 7.5 (22K) Rate. 68 Metascore.
Jun 25, 2015 · The penultimate Western of Delmer Daves was a film version of part of Frank Harris’s unreliable memoirs, Cowboy. It starred the excellent Glenn Ford again and also (very good casting) New Englander Jack Lemmon as Harris.
Accomplished visual stylist who often wrote his own imaginative, and genre-defying, screenplays; his films are always technically proficient but sometimes lack substance. As a teenager Daves lived for a time with native American Indians, an experience which informed his 1950 film "Broken Arrow,"...
Delmer Daves was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.
May 14, 2013 · Delmer Daves’s classic western is psychologically probing, magnificently shot, and fascinatingly ambiguous.
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Delmer Daves - Director. Nationality: American. Born: San Francisco, 24 July 1904. Education: Studied civil engineering; received law degree from Stanford University. Family: Married actress Mary Lou Lender.
