Howard Bretherton
Howard Bretherton | |
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| Born | February 13, 1890 Tacoma, Washington, United States |
| Died | April 12, 1969 San Diego, California, United States |
| Occupation | Film editor |
| Children | David Bretherton |
Howard Bretherton (13 February 1890, in Tacoma, Washington – 12 April 1969, in San Diego, California) was an American film director, film editor.
Career
He began his career as a propman and then became a film editor during the early 1920s for MGM. He directed his first film, While London Sleeps, in 1926, and thereafter spent more than three decades working mostly as a film director. Of the roughly 100 pictures he directed, most of them were westerns and action/adventure films. The final film he directed was Night Raiders in 1952.[1] Afterwards, he occasionally worked as a director in television through 1958.
Partial filmography
As director
- While London Sleeps (1926)
- The Black Diamond Express (1927)
- The Bush Leaguer (1927)
- One Round Hogan (1927) (lost)
- Turn Back the Hours (1928)
- Across the Atlantic (1928)
- The Greyhound Limited (1929)
- From Headquarters (1929)
- The Redeeming Sin (1929)
- The Time, the Place and the Girl (1929)
- The Argyle Case (1929)
- Second Choice (1930)
- Isle of Escape (1930)
- The Match King (1932) (co-directed with William Keighley)
- Ladies They Talk About (1933) (co-directed with Keighley)
- The Singer of Naples (1935) (co-directed with Moreno Cuyar)
- Dinky (1935) (co-directed with D. Ross Lederman)
- Hop-Along Cassidy (1935)
- Secret Valley (1937)
- It Happened Out West (1937)
- County Fair (1937)
- Star Reporter (1939)
- Undercover Agent (1939)
- Boys' Reformatory (1939)
- Irish Luck (1939)
- Sky Patrol (1939)
- Danger Flight (1939)
- Navy Secrets (1939)
- Hidden Enemy (1940)
- Chasing Trouble (1940)
- Laughing at Danger (1940)
- Up in the Air (1940)
- Pirates of the Prairie (1942)
- Rhythm Parade (1942)
- Dawn on the Great Divide (1942)
- Santa Fe Scouts (1943)
- Riders of the Rio Grande (1943)
- Beyond the Last Frontier (1943)
- Whispering Footsteps (1943)
- The San Antonio Kid (1944)
- Law of the Valley (1944)
- The Big Show-Off (1945)
- Gun Smoke (1945)
- The Monster and the Ape (1945)
- Renegades of the Rio Grande (1945)
- Who's Guilty? (1945 serial)
- The Trap (1946)
- Trail of the Mounties (1947)
- The Prince of Thieves (1948)
- Triggerman (1948)
- Night Raiders (1952)
As editor
- One Week of Love (1922)
- Children of Dust (1923)
- Beau Brummel (1924)
- A Self-Made Failure (1924)
- A Successful Calamity (1932)
- Heroes for Sale (1933)
- Baby Face (1933)
- The House on 56th Street (1933)
- Heat Lightning (1934)
- Smarty (1934) (uncredited)
As associate producer
- Identity Unknown (1945)
References
- ^ "Howard Bretherton". www.tcm.com. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
Further reading
- Price, Michael H. (2003). Forgotten Horrors 3: Dr. Turner's House of Horrors. Midnight Marquee & BearManor Media. p. 181. ISBN 9781887664370. OCLC 53481193.
Howard Bretherton was a silent-era veteran who became the favorite editor of directors including William Wellman, ...
They collaborated on Heroes for Sale (1933).
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