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Died. September 11, 1993. (1993-09-11) (aged 98) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S. Spouse. Estelle Bradley. Charles Lamont (May 5, 1895 – September 11, 1993) was a prolific filmmaker, directing over 200 titles and producing and writing many others. He directed nine Abbott and Costello comedies and many Ma and Pa Kettle films.
- Estelle Bradley
- September 11, 1993 (aged 98), Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Charles Fred Lamont, May 5, 1895, San Francisco, California, U.S.
Charles Lamont. One of the more prolific American directors, Charles Lamont entered films as an actor in 1919 and became a director in 1922. He churned out numerous one- and two-reel comedies for various producers, including Mack Sennett and Al Christie, and began directing features in the mid-'30s. Lamont was a staple of such independent ...
- January 1, 1
- St. Petersburg, Russia
- January 1, 1
- Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Sep 13, 1993 · Charles Lamont, who directed more than 100 movies including nearly all of the Abbott and Costello comedies and many Ma and Pa Kettle features, has died. He was 98. Lamont died Saturday of ...
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Nov 12, 1993 · Charles Lamont (5 May 1895 – 12 September 1993) was a prolific film director of over 200 titles, and the producer and writer of many others. He was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and died in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- The 1970s Dawn
- Doris Wishman in The 1970s
- Hardcore Takes Hold – Working with Leonard Kirtman
- The Zebedy Colt Films
- Other Hardcore Productions
- Doris Does Hardcore
- The Last Hardcore Films
- Life After Sex
- The Doris Wishman Epilogue
Films: The Stewardesses(1969) Altar of Lust(1971) Tomorrow Morning (1971) What changes did you see in the New York film scene as the early 1970s dawned? It was a new world. Truly. The old weird film noir roughies that we’d been making were out. Soft core was out. Black and white was out! And what’s more – the old school filmmakers who’d been making...
Films: The Amazing Transplant(1970) Keyholes Are For Peeping(1972) Deadly Weapons(1974) Double Agent 73(1974) The Immoral Three(1975) Most of the sexploitation work you did in the early part of the 1970s was for Doris. Yes, she was the only one left from the early days. Most of the guys I had started with had moved on, moved away or died. Guys like...
Films: Certified Mail(1974) Badge ’69’(1974) Airport Girls(1975) The Amazing Dr. Jekyll(1975) American Adventures of Surelick Holmes (1975) Big Abner(1975) My Master My Love(1975) More(1975) Too Hot to Handle(1975) Sex Wish(1975) Teenage Housewife(1976) Miss Kinsey’s Report(1977) How did you make the leap into more explicitly sexual films? Several ...
Films: The Farmer’s Daughters(1976) White Fire(1976) The Affairs of Janice(1976) Unwilling Lovers(1977) The Devil Inside Her(1977) Virgin Dreams(1977) How did you meet Zebedy Colt? I met him through Leonard Kirtman. Zeb was another one of Len’s acolytes who had what Len was looking for: that’s to say, creative aspirations and a warped, sleazy mind…...
Films: In Flight Service(1975) Portraits of Pleasure(1977) Sweetheart(1977) Dial ‘P’ for Pleasure(1978) Do you remember anyone else who came through Leonard Kirtman’s ‘school’? One guy was Bill Bukowski. He was a smart guy, who was interested in the technical side of filmmaking. He went on develop this Optimax system which was a 3-D set-up. In the ...
Films: Satan Was a Lady(1975) Come With Me, My Love(1976) A Night to Dismember(1983) Even Doris was getting in on the hardcore scene… Against her will though. She hated it, but that was the way the industry had gone, so in true Doris fashion, she made Satan Was A Lady (1975) and Come With Me, My Love(1976). ‘Satan Was A Lady’ was a joy because Bobb...
Films: Steam Heat(1979) Neon Nights(1981) The Erotic Adventures of Lolita(1982) Coed Teasers(1983) You worked with Howard Winters – who used the directorial credit, Cecil Howard. Yes – he was an unusual character in that he was a very money-conscious businessman, as well as being an artistic and creative filmmaker. You made two films with him? I re...
What did you do after you stopped making sexually-oriented films? I was mostly doing editing. I worked for The Maverick Group, a New York company, who gave me a lot of work. I did rock videos like Run-DMC’s The Kings of Rock (1985), cable TV shows for HBO, and lots and lots of industrials. I’m always curious as what products featured in the industr...
Films: Each Time I Kill(2007) How did Doris Wishman come back into your life? That was in the mid 1990s. My friend John Donaldson told me that he’d come across Doris down in Miami. I called her up and we had a blast talking about the old days. It made me realize just how much life we had lived, and a lot of the experiences we’d shared. It was great...
Charles Lamont, RESTLESS KNIGHTS. Born. 1895-05-05 St. Petersburg, Russia (Charles Fried Lamont) Died. 1993-09-12 (98) Woodland Hills, CA ...
