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Endre Antal Miksa de Toth, known as Andre de Toth (Hungarian: Tóth Endre; May 15, 1913 – October 27, 2002), was a Hungarian-American film director, born and raised in Makó, Austria-Hungary. He directed the 3D film House of Wax (1953), despite being unable to see in 3D himself, having lost an eye at an early age. Upon naturalization as a ...
Jan 1, 1994 · Andre de Toth's remarkable, eccentric and utterly compelling memoir opens amidst the enchanted cafe society of pre-war Budapest. With a novelist's sense of time and place he propels the reader through a series of snapshots from his fantastically eventful life, from Vienna, Paris and London to Hollywood - where he encountered many of the ...
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Jan 1, 1996 · A film director's memoir which opens amidst the enchanted cafe society of pre-war Budapest and then propels the reader through De Toth's eventful life. Moving from Vienna, Paris and London to Hollywood, he introduces many of the legendary figures of cinema's golden age.
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De Toth made his debut as a director in American films in 1944. He was known for his tough, hard-edged pictures, whether westerns or urban crime dramas, and showed no compunction about depicting violence in as realistic a manner as possible, an unusual and somewhat controversial attitude for the time.
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May 7, 2024 · André De Toth was a Hungarian-born film and television director who gained a cult following for a number of raw, violent, and psychologically disturbing B-movies, notably Pitfall (1948), but was best known to the general public for House of Wax (1953), widely considered the best of the early 3-D.
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Looking for books by Andre de Toth? See all books authored by Andre de Toth, including De Toth on De Toth: Putting the Drama in Front of the Camera (Directors on Directors), and Fragments: Portraits from the Inside, and more on ThriftBooks.com.
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André De Toth. Writer: The Gunfighter. Although he obtained a law degree from the Royal Hungarian University, Andre De Toth decided to become an actor, and spent several years on the stage. He then entered the Hungarian film industry, obtaining work as a writer, editor, second unit director and actor before finally becoming a director.
