Albert S. Rogell

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Albert S. Rogell
Albert S Rogell - Dec 1926 Variety.jpg
1926 season's greetings
Born(1901-08-21)August 21, 1901
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
DiedApril 7, 1988(1988-04-07) (aged 86)
Los Angeles, California, United States
OccupationFilm director
Relatives Sid Rogell (uncle)

Albert S. Rogell (August 21, 1901 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - April 7, 1988 Los Angeles, California) was an American film director. [1] [2] [3] Rogell directed more than a hundred movies between 1921 and 1958. [4] He was known for an aggressive directing style, shouting at his actors and crew. [5] [6]

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Rogell began his career in Hollywood at age 16 as an assistant to director and producer George Loane Tucker. In 1923, he moved to directing with The Greatest Menace . He worked as a director for Universal Pictures and then for First National Pictures. Later in his career, he worked for Columbia Pictures and made patriotic films for Republic Pictures during World War II. [7]

In 1950, his reputation was damaged when he joined a group of directors that campaigned to recall Joseph L. Mankiewicz as president of the Screen Director's Guild after Mankiewicz objected to instituting a loyalty oath. [8] As a result, Rogell moved to television in the 1950s, directing episodes of Broken Arrow and My Friend Flicka .

He was the uncle of producer Sid Rogell. [2]

Filmography

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References

  1. T. M. P. (November 14, 1947). "Another Emissary Makes the Movies". The New York Times .
  2. 1 2 Congress, The Library of. "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov.
  3. "Albert Rogell | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos". AllMovie.
  4. "Albert Rogell". BFI. Archived from the original on September 21, 2019.
  5. John T. Soister; Henry Nicolella (2016). Down from the Attic: Rare Thrillers of the Silent Era Through the 1950s. McFarland. p. 144. ISBN   9781476625447.
  6. Edward Bernds (1999). Mr. Bernds Goes to Hollywood: My Early Life and Career in Sound Recording at Columbia with Frank Capra and Others. Scarecrow Press. p. 278. ISBN   9780810836020.
  7. Richard M. Hurst (2007). Republic Studios: Beyond Poverty Row and the Majors. Scarecrow Press. p. 59. ISBN   9780810858862.
  8. Virginia Wright Wexman (2020). Hollywood's Artists: The Directors Guild of America and the Construction of Authorship. Columbia University Press. p. 101. ISBN   9780231551434.