Frank Woodruff | |
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Born | June 11, 1906 |
Died | September 16, 1983 (aged 77) |
Occupation(s) | Director, Producer |
Years active | 1940–1951 (film & TV) |
Frank Woodruff (1906–1983) was an American film director of the 1940s. [1] He also produced and directed a number of episodes of the television show The Bigelow Theatre in the early 1950s. [2]
A Very Young Lady is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Harold D. Schuster and starring Jane Withers and Nancy Kelly. It was produced and distributed by Twentieth Century Fox. It was based on the play Matura by Ladislas Fodor which had previously been adapted by the studio into the 1936 film Girls' Dormitory.
Lady from Louisiana is a 1941 American western drama film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring John Wayne, Ona Munson and Ray Middleton. It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures. Vera Caspary was amongst the film's screenwriters.
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The Miracle Kid is a 1941 American sports comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Tom Neal, Carol Hughes and Vicki Lester. It was made and distributed by the low-budget Producers Releasing Corporation.
Two in a Taxi is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Robert Florey and starring Anita Louise, Russell Hayden, Noah Beery Jr. and Dick Purcell. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Writer Marvin Wald was inspired by seeing a production of Clifford Odets' Waiting for Lefty to write this drama of cab drivers and their economic struggles.
South of Tahiti is a 1941 American south seas adventure film directed by George Waggner and starring Brian Donlevy, Broderick Crawford and Andy Devine. It helped launch fourth-billed Maria Montez as a pin-up star. The response was such that Universal Pictures then cast her in Arabian Nights.
Sis Hopkins is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Judy Canova, Bob Crosby, Charles Butterworth, Jerry Colonna and Susan Hayward. It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures, who made a number Canova films, and was released on April 12, 1941.
Law of the Tropics is a 1941 American drama film directed by Ray Enright and starring Constance Bennett, Jeffrey Lynn and Regis Toomey. By the time Bennett made the film, her career was in steep decline. It was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers.
The Last Bandit is a 1949 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Bill Elliott, Lorna Gray and Forrest Tucker. It was a remake by Republic Pictures of the 1941 film The Great Train Robbery with a larger budget and using the studio's Trucolor process. The film was remade again in 1952 as South Pacific Trail.
Lady Scarface is a 1941 American crime drama film directed by Frank Woodruff and starrring Dennis O'Keefe, Judith Anderson, and Mildred Coles. It was produced and distributed by RKO Pictures.
Tuxedo Junction is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Frank McDonald, written by Dorrell McGowan and Stuart E. McGowan, and starring the vaudeville comedy troupe the Weaver Brothers and Elviry, with Thurston Hall, Frankie Darro and Sally Payne. It was released on November 25, 1941, by Republic Pictures.
Tonto Basin Outlaws is a 1941 American western film directed by S. Roy Luby. The film is the tenth in Monogram Pictures' "Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash, John "Dusty" King as Dusty and Max "Alibi" Terhune as Alibi, with Jan Wiley, Tris Coffin and Edmund Cobb. Despite the film's title, the action takes place in Montana, not Arizona's Tonto Basin. Like the other of the Range Busters series, the film was shot at Corriganville Movie Ranch and used footage from silent Westerns.
Mob Town is a 1941 American comedy crime film directed by William Nigh and starring Dick Foran, Anne Gwynne, the Dead End Kids and the Little Tough Guys. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.
The Richest Man in Town is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Charles Barton and starring Frank Craven, Edgar Buchanan and Roger Pryor. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures.
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance is a 1941 American mystery film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Warren William, June Storey and Henry Wilcoxon. Salkow also wrote the original screenplay, along with Earl Felton, and the film was released on March 6, 1941. It is the sixth Lone Wolf film produced by Columbia Pictures, and the fourth appearance of William as the title character Lone Wolf.
Secret Evidence is a 1941 American drama film irected by William Nigh and starring Marjorie Reynolds, Charles Quigley, and Kenneth Harlan. Made and distributed as a second feature by Producers Releasing Corporation, the film was released on January 31, 1941.
Mr. Dynamite is a 1941 American mystery thriller film directed by John Rawlins and written by Stanley Rubin. The film stars Lloyd Nolan, Irene Hervey, J. Carrol Naish, Robert Armstrong, Ann Gillis, Frank Gaby and Elisabeth Risdon. The film was released on March 1, 1941, by Universal Pictures.
The Officer and the Lady is a 1941 American crime film directed by Sam White and starring Rochelle Hudson, Bruce Bennett, Roger Pryor and Richard Fiske. The film was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures.
Wrangler's Roost is a 1941 American western film directed by S. Roy Luby and written by John Vlahos and Robert Finkle. The film is the seventh in Monogram Pictures' "Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash, John "Dusty" King as Dusty and Max "Alibi" Terhune as Alibi, with Forrest Taylor, Gwen Gaze and George Chesebro. The film was released on June 4, 1941, by Monogram Pictures.