Richard Thorpe
Directing
Born February 24, 1896 ยท Hutchinson, Kansas, USA
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
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The Last Challenge
1967
The Scorpio Letters
1967
That Funny Feeling
1965
The Truth About Spring
1965
The Golden Head
1964
Fun in Acapulco
1963
Follow the Boys
1963
The Horizontal Lieutenant
1962
The Honeymoon Machine
1961
The Tartars
1961
The House of the Seven Hawks
1959
Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959
Tip on a Dead Jockey
1957
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957
Jailhouse Rock
1957
Quentin Durward
1955
The Prodigal
1955
Bedevilled
1955
Athena
1954
The Student Prince
1954
Knights of the Round Table
1953
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1953
The Girl Who Had Everything
1953
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952
Ivanhoe
1952
Carbine Williams
1952
It's a Big Country
1951
The Unknown Man
1951
The Great Caruso
1951
Vengeance Valley
1951
Three Little Words
1950
Black Hand
1950
Malaya
1949
Challenge to Lassie
1949
The Sun Comes Up
1949
Big Jack
1949
A Date with Judy
1948
On an Island with You
1948
This Time for Keeps
1947
Fiesta
1947
What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
1945
Her Highness and the Bellboy
1945
Thrill of a Romance
1945
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944
Cry 'Havoc'
1943
Above Suspicion
1943
Three Hearts for Julia
1943
White Cargo
1942
Apache Trail
1942
Tarzan's New York Adventure
1942
Joe Smith, American
1942
Tarzan's Secret Treasure
1941
Barnacle Bill
1941
The Bad Man
1941
Wyoming
1940
20 Mule Team
1940
The Earl of Chicago
1940
Tarzan Finds a Son!
1939
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
The Crowd Roars
1938
The Toy Wife
1938
The First Hundred Years
1938
Love Is a Headache
1938
Man-Proof
1938
Double Wedding
1937
Lest We Forget
1937
Night Must Fall
1937
Dangerous Number
1937
Tarzan Escapes
1936
The Voice of Bugle Ann
1936
Last of the Pagans
1935
Secret of the Chateau
1934
Strange Wives
1934
Cheating Cheaters
1934
Green Eyes
1934
City Park
1934
Stolen Sweets
1934
The Quitter
1934
Murder on the Campus
1933
Rainbow Over Broadway
1933
A Man of Sentiment
1933
Notorious But Nice
1933
Strange People
1933
I Have Lived
1933
Forgotten
1933
The Secrets of Wu Sin
1932
Women Won't Tell
1932
Slightly Married
1932
The King Murder
1932
Thrill of Youth
1932
Beauty Parlor
1932
The Midnight Lady
1932
Escapade
1932
Probation
1932
Murder at Dawn
1932
Cross-Examination
1932
The Devil Plays
1931
Forgotten Women
1931
Neck and Neck
1931
Grief Street
1931
The Sky Spider
1931
Wild Horse
1931
The Lady from Nowhere
1931
The Lawless Woman
1931
King of the Wild
1931
The Utah Kid
1930
Under Montana Skies
1930
The Thoroughbred
1930
Wings of Adventure
1930
The Dude Wrangler
1930
The Lone Defender
1930
The King of the Kongo
1929
Border Romance
1929
The Bachelor Girl
1929
The Fatal Warning
1929
The Flyin' Buckaroo
1928
The Vanishing West
1928
Vultures of the Sea
1928
The Valley Of Hunted Men
1928
The Ballyhoo Buster
1928
The Desert of the Lost
1927
Roarin' Broncs
1927
The Obligin' Buckaroo
1927
The Soda Water Cowboy
1927
Skedaddle Gold
1927
The Meddlin' Stranger
1927
The Ridin' Rowdy
1927
Tearin' Into Trouble
1927
Between Dangers
1927
Josselyn's Wife
1926
College Days
1926
The Interferin' Gent
1926
Twisted Triggers
1926
Double Daring
1926
Easy Going
1926
Ridin' Rivals
1926
The Fighting Cheat
1926
The Roaring Rider
1926
The Desert Demon
1925
Tearin' Loose
1925
On the Go
1925
Thundering Romance
1924
Bringin' Home the Bacon
1924
Hard-Hittin' Hamilton
1924
Fast and Fearless
1924
The Bonanza Buckaroo
