Frank Tuttle
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| Frank Tuttle | |
|---|---|
| Born | Frank Wright Tuttle August 6, 1892 New York City, New York United States |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Hollywood, California United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Yale University |
| Occupation | Hollywood film director and screenwriter |
| Employer | Paramount Pictures |
| Known for | This Gun for Hire (1942) I Stole a Million (1939) College Holiday (1936) The Glass Key (1935) Roman Scandals (1933) This Is the Night (1932) Paramount on Parade (1930) The Untamed Lady (1926) Kid Boots (1926) |
| Children | Helen Tuttle Frederica Tuttle Barbara Tuttle |
Frank Wright Tuttle (6 August 1892 – 6 January 1963) was a Hollywood film director and writer who directed films from 1922 (The Cradle Buster) to 1959 (Island of Lost Women). He was educated at Yale University, where he edited campus humor magazine The Yale Record.[1]
After graduation, he worked in New York City in the advertising department of the Metropolitan Music Bureau.[1] He later moved to Hollywood, where he became a film director for Paramount. His films are largely in the comedy and film noir genres.
In 1947, Tuttle's [2] career ground to a temporary halt with the onset of the first of the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings on Communist infiltration of the movie industry. Tuttle had joined the Communist Party in 1937 in reaction to Hitler's rise to power.[2] Unable to find work in the United States, he moved to France, where he made Gunman in the Streets (1950) starring Simone Signoret and Dane Clark.[2]
In 1951 he named 36 names to HUAC.[3]
His films include:
- The Untamed Lady (1926) starring Gloria Swanson
- Kid Boots (1926) starring Eddie Cantor and Clara Bow
- Paramount on Parade (1930), Paramount's all-star revue with a screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- No Limit (1931) starring Clara Bow and Thelma Todd
- This Is the Night (1932) with Cary Grant
- Roman Scandals (1933) starring Eddie Cantor
- The Glass Key (1935), a film adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's novel of the same name
- College Holiday (1936) starring Jack Benny, George Burns and Gracie Allen
- Waikiki Wedding (1937) starring Bing Crosby
- I Stole a Million (1939) starring George Raft and written by Nathanael West
- This Gun for Hire (1942) starring Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd
- Star Spangled Rhythm (contributing director; 1943) with sketches by George S. Kaufman
- Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) starring Alan Ladd and Edward G. Robinson
He died in Hollywood on January 6, 1963.
Selected filmography[4]
- The Cradle Buster (1922)
- Puritan Passions (1923) starring Mary Astor
- Second Fiddle (1923) starring Mary Astor
- The Manicure Girl (1925)
- Lovers in Quarantine (1925) starring Bebe Daniels and the other Harrison Ford
- Kid Boots (1926) starring Eddie Cantor and Clara Bow
- Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926) starring Evelyn Brent and Louise Brooks
- The American Venus (1926) with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
- The Untamed Lady (1926) starring Gloria Swanson
- Blind Alleys (1927) starring Evelyn Brent and Thomas Meighan
- Varsity (1928) starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers and Mary Brian
- The Canary Murder Case (additional sound footage; 1929) starring William Powell as Philo Vance
- The Green Murder Case starring William Powell as Philo Vance
- Sweetie (1929) starring Nancy Carroll
- Paramount on Parade (1930), Paramount's all-star revue with a screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- The Benson Murder Case (1930) starring William Powell as Philo Vance
- True to the Navy (1930) starring Clara Bow and Fredric March
- It Pays to Advertise (1931) starring Carole Lombard
- No Limit (1931) starring Clara Bow and Thelma Todd
- This Reckless Age starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers
- The Big Broadcast (1932) starring Bing Crosby
- This Is the Night (1932) with Cary Grant
- Roman Scandals (1933) starring Eddie Cantor
- Springtime for Henry (1934) starring Otto Kruger and Nigel Bruce
- Here is My Heart (1934) starring Bing Crosby
- Ladies Should Listen (1934) starring Cary Grant
- Two for Tonight (1935) starring Bing Crosby
- The Glass Key (1935), film adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's novel of the same name
- All the King's Horses (1935) starring Carl Brisson
- College Holiday (1936) starring Jack Benny, George Burns and Gracie Allen
- Waikiki Wedding (1937) starring Bing Crosby
- Doctor Rhythm (1938) starring Bing Crosby
- Paris Honeymoon (1939) starring Bing Crosby
- I Stole a Million (1939) starring George Raft and written by Nathanael West
- Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939) starring Edgar Bergen
- Lucky Jordan (1942) starring Sheldon Leonard and Alan Ladd
- This Gun for Hire (1942) starring Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd
- Star Spangled Rhythm (contributing director; 1943) with sketches by George S. Kaufman
- The Hour Before the Dawn (1944) starring Veronica Lake and based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham
- Don Juan Quilligan (1945) starring Phil Silvers
- Suspense (1946) starring Barry Sullivan and Belita
- Swell Guy (1946) starring Sonny Tufts
- Gunman in the Streets (1950) starring Simone Signoret
- The Magic Face (1951) starring Luther Adler
- Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) starring Alan Ladd and Edward G. Robinson
- A Cry in the Night (1956) starring Edmond O'Brien, Natalie Wood and Raymond Burr
- Island of Lost Women (1959) starring Jeff Richards and produced by Alan Ladd
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Frank Wright Tuttle". The twelfth general catalogue of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. New York: Psi Upsilon. May, 1917. p. 203.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Frank Tuttle: Biography". Fandango.com. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
- ↑ Tuttle, as 'Informer,' Names 36 in Movies NYHT News Service. The Washington Post (1923-1954) [Washington, D.C] 25 May 1951: 12.
- ↑ "Frank Tuttle (I) (1892–1963)". imdb.com. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
Further reading
- Frank Tuttle, They Started Talking (Albany: BearManor Media, 2006) ISBN 1-59393-006-2
- Frank Tuttle Socialists, Socialites, and Sociopaths: Plays and Screenplays (Albany: BearManor Media, 2007) ISBN 1-59393-079-8
