Out of the Past
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Jacques Tourneur (French:; November 12, 1904 – December 19, 1977) was a French-American filmmaker, active during the Golden Age of Hollywood.He was known as an auteur of stylish and atmospheric genre films, many of them for RKO Pictures, including the horror films Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, and The Leopard Man, and the classic film noir Out of the Past.
Jacques Tourneur. Director: Cat People. Born in Paris in 1904, Tourneur went to Hollywood with his father, director Maurice Tourneur around 1913. He started out as a script clerk and editor for his father, then graduated to such jobs as directing shorts (often with the pseudonym Jack Turner), both in France and America.
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Jacques Tourneur French American filmmaker of broad range known for horror, film noirs, and westerns. Tourneur was the son of one of French cinema’s preeminent directors, Maurice Tourneur, who made more than 90 pictures, more than half of them in the United States between 1914 and 1926.
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Jacques Tourneur. Director: Cat People. Born in Paris in 1904, Tourneur went to Hollywood with his father, director Maurice Tourneur around 1913. He started out as a script clerk and editor for his father, then graduated to such jobs as directing shorts (often with the pseudonym Jack Turner), both in France and America.
Nov 14, 2018 · A wide-ranging retrospective of the French-born American filmmaker Jacques Tourneur, who worked in Hollywood and the studio system, known for his low-budget horror and mystery films. Highlights include his collaborations with Val Lewton, his Westerns, his Italian-language film, and his shorts program. Begins December 14 and runs until January 3.
Jacques Tourneur (also known as Jack Turner; November 12, 1904 – December 19, 1977) was a French film director known for the classic film noir Out of the Past and a series of low-budget horror films he made for RKO Studios, including Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie and The Leopard Man.
Aug 30, 2002 · A review of the director's 1943 horror film Leopard Man, which uses sound and shadowplay to evoke the presence of a leopard and the cultural conflict between Mexican women and American men. The article also compares Tourneur's style with other giallo and noir filmmakers, such as Bava and Argento.
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