7.7
7.7
Barnacle Bill
1941
Director
Richard Thorpe
Directing
Born:February 24, 1896
Died:May 1, 1991(aged 95)
Birthplace:Hutchinson, Kansas, USA
Nationality:United States
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CommunityBiography
Richard Thorpe (February 24, 1896 - May 1, 1991) was an American film director. Born Rollo Smolt Thorpe in Hutchinson, Kansas, he began his entertainment career performing in vaudeville and onstage. In 1921 he began in motion pictures as an actor and directed his first silent film in 1923. He went on to direct more than one hundred and eighty films. The first full length motion picture he directed for MGM was Last of the Pagans (1935) starring Ray Mala. After directing The Last Challenge in 1967, he retired from the film industry. He died in Palm Springs, California in 1991. Thorpe is also known as the original director of The Wizard of Oz. He was fired after two weeks of shooting, because it was felt that his scenes did not have the right air of fantasy about them. Thorpe notoriously gave Judy Garland a blonde wig and cutesy "baby-doll" makeup that made her look like a girl in her late teens rather than an innocent Kansas farm girl of about thirteen. Both makeup and wig were discarded at the suggestion of George Cukor, who was brought in temporarily. Stills from Thorpe's work on the film survive today. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Thorpe has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6101 Hollywood Blvd. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography (143 movies)
7.1
7.1
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
Director
7.0
7.0
The King of the Kongo
1929
Director
6.9
6.9
Night Must Fall
1937
Director
6.8
6.8
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952
Director
6.8
6.8
Ivanhoe
1952
Director
6.7
6.7
The Truth About Spring
1965
Director
6.6
6.6
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
Director
6.5
6.5
Malaya
1949
Director
6.5
6.5
The Crowd Roars
1938
Director
6.5
6.5
Border Romance
1929
Director
6.5
6.5
Wild Horse
1931
Director
6.4
6.4
The Sun Comes Up
1949
Director
6.4
6.4
Apache Trail
1942
Director
6.4
6.4
The Honeymoon Machine
1961
Director
6.4
6.4
Carbine Williams
1952
Director
6.4
6.4
Double Wedding
1937
Director
6.3
6.3
The Last Challenge
1967
Producer
6.3
6.3
Tarzan's New York Adventure
1942
Director
6.3
6.3
Tarzan Escapes
1936
Director
6.3
6.3
Cry 'Havoc'
1943
Director
6.3
6.3
Her Highness and the Bellboy
1945
Director
6.2
6.2
Thrill of a Romance
1945
Director
6.1
6.1
Jailhouse Rock
1957
Director
6.1
6.1
The Student Prince
1954
Director
6.1
6.1
Tarzan Finds a Son!
1939
Director
6.1
6.1
Tip on a Dead Jockey
1957
Director
6.1
6.1
Black Hand
1950
Director
6.1
6.1
That Funny Feeling
1965
Director
6.1
6.1
Above Suspicion
1943
Director
6.1
6.1
Three Little Words
1950
Director
6.0
6.0
20 Mule Team
1940
Director
6.0
6.0
Last of the Pagans
1935
Director
6.0
6.0
Three Hearts for Julia
1943
Director
6.0
6.0
The House of the Seven Hawks
1959
Director
6.0
6.0
The Desert of the Lost
1927
Writer
6.0
6.0
The First Hundred Years
1938
Director
6.0
6.0
Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959
Director
6.0
6.0
Forgotten
1933
Director
6.0
6.0
Big Jack
1949
Director
6.0
6.0
The Secrets of Wu Sin
1932
Director
6.0
6.0
Knights of the Round Table
1953
Director
5.9
5.9
Wyoming
1940
Director
5.9
5.9
Fun in Acapulco
1963
Director
5.9
5.9
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1953
Director
5.9
5.9
A Date with Judy
1948
Director
5.8
5.8
The Girl Who Had Everything
1953
Director
5.8
5.8
Tarzan's Secret Treasure
1941
Director
5.8
5.8
Joe Smith, American
1942
Director
5.8
5.8
White Cargo
1942
Director
5.7
5.7
Love Is a Headache
1938
Director
5.7
5.7
The Great Caruso
1951
Director
5.7
5.7
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944
Director
5.6
5.6
Quentin Durward
1955
Director
5.6
5.6
Athena
1954
Director
5.6
5.6
The Earl of Chicago
1940
Director
5.6
5.6
On an Island with You
1948
Director
5.5
5.5
Murder on the Campus
1933
Director
5.5
5.5
Thrill of Youth
1932
Director
5.5
5.5
Slightly Married
1932
Director
5.5
5.5
Notorious But Nice
1933
Director
5.5
5.5
The Tartars
1961
Director
5.4
5.4
The Bad Man
1941
Director
5.3
5.3
Wings of Adventure
1930
Director
5.3
5.3
It's a Big Country
1951
Director
5.3
5.3
The Midnight Lady
1932
Director
5.3
5.3
The Golden Head
1964
Director
5.2
5.2
Vengeance Valley
1951
Director
5.2
5.2
This Time for Keeps
1947
Director
5.2
5.2
Green Eyes
1934
Director
5.0
5.0
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957
Director
5.0
5.0
Secret of the Chateau
1934
Director
5.0
5.0
Beauty Parlor
1932
Director
5.0
5.0
Probation
1932
Director
5.0
5.0
The Voice of Bugle Ann
1936
Director
5.0
5.0
Strange People
1933
Director
4.8
4.8
The Horizontal Lieutenant
1962
Director
4.8
4.8
Challenge to Lassie
1949
Director
4.8
4.8
The Unknown Man
1951
Director
4.7
4.7
Fiesta
1947
Director
4.7
4.7
Bedevilled
1955
Director
4.7
4.7
The Thoroughbred
1930
Director
4.7
4.7
Murder at Dawn
1932
Director
4.6
4.6
Cross-Examination
1932
Director
4.3
4.3
Dangerous Number
1937
Director
4.3
4.3
Man-Proof
1938
Director
4.3
4.3
The Toy Wife
1938
Director
4.2
4.2
The Devil Plays
1931
Director
4.0
4.0
The Scorpio Letters
1967
Director
4.0
4.0
The Prodigal
1955
Director
4.0
4.0
The King Murder
1932
Director
4.0
4.0
What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
1945
Director
4.0
4.0
Rainbow Over Broadway
1933
Director
4.0
4.0
Women Won't Tell
1932
Director
3.9
3.9
Grief Street
1931
Director
3.9
3.9
Follow the Boys
1963
Director
3.8
3.8
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
Director
3.2
3.2
King of the Wild
1931
Director
3.0
3.0
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
1921
as Stephen Thompson
3.0
3.0
The Utah Kid
1930
Director
3.0
3.0
The Fatal Warning
1929
Director
2.8
2.8
Stolen Sweets
1934
Director
2.3
2.3
The Sky Spider
1931
Director
Three O'Clock in the Morning
1923
as Clayton Webster
Flames of Desire
1924
as Dick Langton
The Lone Defender
1930
Director
Tearin' Into Trouble
1927
Director
The Ridin' Rowdy
1927
Director
The Ballyhoo Buster
1928
Writer
A Man of Sentiment
1933
Director
The Dude Wrangler
1930
Director
Cheating Cheaters
1934
Director
Lest We Forget
1937
Director
Neck and Neck
1931
Director
Escapade
1932
Director
The Bachelor Girl
1929
Director
The Valley Of Hunted Men
1928
Writer
On the Go
1925
Writer
Josselyn's Wife
1926
Director
Fast and Fearless
1924
Director
Bringin' Home the Bacon
1924
Director
Thundering Romance
1924
Director
Tearin' Loose
1925
Director
The Roaring Rider
1926
Director
The Fighting Cheat
1926
Director
Ridin' Rivals
1926
Director
Double Daring
1926
Writer
Twisted Triggers
1926
Director
The Flyin' Buckaroo
1928
Writer
The Lawless Woman
1931
Director
The Meddlin' Stranger
1927
Director
Vultures of the Sea
1928
Director
The Vanishing West
1928
Director
College Days
1926
Director
Strange Wives
1934
Director
City Park
1934
Director
The Lady from Nowhere
1931
Director
The Bonanza Buckaroo
TBA
Director
I Have Lived
1933
Director
The Quitter
1934
Director
Under Montana Skies
1930
Director
Easy Going
1926
Director
Forgotten Women
1931
Director
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