Biography
He co-founded and was the first director of The March of Time, which added topical issues to newsreels. He also produced feature film documentaries that based dramatic narrative on factual records, including "The House On 92nd Street" (1945), which used real FBI files, "Boomerang!" (1946), it included a reenactment of an actual murder case and a biography, "Martin Luther" (1953).
Filmography
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
Her Name Was Ellie, His Name Was Lyle
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1967
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1961
Man on a String
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1960
The March of Todd-AO
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1958
Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1958
Walk East on Beacon
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1952
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1951
A Day With The F.B.I.
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1951
A Day With The F.B.I.
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1951
Lost Boundaries
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1949
Boomerang!
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1947
13 Rue Madeleine
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1947
The House on 92nd Street
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1945
The March of Time: Report on Italy
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1945
The March of Time: Underground Report
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1944
Youth in Crisis
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1943
Youth in Crisis
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1943
Show-Business at War
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1943
Show-Business at War
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1943
We Are the Marines
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1942