Name Richard Thorpe | Spouse Belva McKay Children Jerry Thorpe | |
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Full Name Rollo Smolt Thorpe Resting place Cremated, Ashes scattered into the Pacific Ocean Nominations Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Movies Ivanhoe, Jailhouse Rock, Knights of the Round Table, Tarzan's Secret Treasure, Tarzan Escapes Similar People Maureen O'Sullivan, Robert Taylor, Johnny Sheffield, Johnny Weissmuller, W S Van Dyke | ||
Ivanho le combat final r alis par richard thorpe en 1952 avec elizabeth taylor
Richard Thorpe (February 24, 1896 – May 1, 1991) was an American film director best known for his long career at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Contents
- Ivanho le combat final r alis par richard thorpe en 1952 avec elizabeth taylor
- THE KING MURDER 1932 Richard Thorpe
- Biography
- Wizard of Oz
- Selected filmography
- References
THE KING MURDER (1932) Richard Thorpe
Biography
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. He worked frequently at the Poverty Row studio Chesterfield Pictures during the 1930s. 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 on May 1, 1991.
His two favourite films were Night Must Fall (1937) and Two Girls and a Sailor (1944).
Wizard of Oz
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. Further, it is understood that bits of his filmed footage of Toto escaping from the Wicked Witch's castle are still featured in the film, albeit uncredited.
For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Thorpe has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6101 Hollywood Blvd. In 2003 a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars in Palm Springs, California was dedicated to him and his son, Jerry.
Selected filmography
As Director