Harold Daniels

Harold Daniels was an actor and then a director of American films. He directed about 14 films. ^[1]

The 1958 Terror in the Haunted House he directed was one of the first to use the technique known as Psychorama . ^[2]

Daniels was born Harold Goldstein in Pittsburgh. His brother, Sam, was a makeup artist for RKO Pictures. ^{[3] [4]}

Filmography

Director

• They Met in Argentina (1941), assistant director
• The Greatest Gift (1942), short film ^[5]
• The Woman from Tangier (1948)
• The Lawton Story (1948), co-director
• Daughter of the West (1949)
• Roadblock (1951) ^[1]
• Sword of Venus (1953)
• Port Sinister (1953)
• Bayou (1957)
• Terror in the Haunted House (1958)
• Date with Death (1959)
• The Phantom (1961)
• Ten Girls Ago (1962)
• House of the Black Death (1965), one of the directors
• Diabolic Wedding (1971), one of the directors

Actor

• Trail Dust (1936)
• Hollywood Cowboy (1937)
• Doomed at Sundown (1937)
• Oklahoma Renegades (1940) ^[6]
• Secrets of a Model (1940)

References

1. Reid, John Howard (May 4, 2005). Hollywood's Miracles of Entertainment. Lulu.com. ISBN   9781411635227 – via Google Books.
2. "Halloween Film Thriller Booked At Rebel". Hattiesburg American. 30 October 1959. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
3. "Harold Goldstein Daniels". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 20 November 1936. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
4. "Plays 'Horse Operas'". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. 25 April 1938. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
5. Jones, Chuck (October 4, 1999). Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist. Macmillan. ISBN   9780374526207 – via Google Books.
6. "Harold Daniels". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on August 20, 2012.