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Richard Thorpe

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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Directing

1924

[ ] Fast and Fearless (Director)
[ ] Bringin' Home the Bacon (Director)
[ ] Thundering Romance (Director)
[ ] Hard-Hittin' Hamilton (Director)

1925

[ ] On the Go (Director)
[ ] Tearin' Loose (Director)
[ ] The Desert Demon (Director)

1926

[ ] College Days (Director)
[ ] Easy Going (Director)
[ ] Josselyn's Wife (Director)
[ ] The Roaring Rider (Director)
[ ] The Fighting Cheat (Director)
[ ] Ridin' Rivals (Director)
[ ] Double Daring (Director)
[ ] Twisted Triggers (Director)

1927

[ ] The Desert of the Lost (Director)
[ ] The Ridin' Rowdy (Director)
[ ] Tearin' Into Trouble (Director)
[ ] The Meddlin' Stranger (Director)
[ ] Between Dangers (Director)

1928

[ ] The Vanishing West (Director)
[ ] The Ballyhoo Buster (Director)
[ ] Vultures of the Sea (Director)
[ ] The Valley Of Hunted Men (Director)
[ ] The Flyin' Buckaroo (Director)

1929

[ ] Border Romance (Director)
[ ] The King of the Kongo (Director)
[ ] The Fatal Warning (Director)
[ ] The Bachelor Girl (Director)

1930

[ ] The Lone Defender (Director)
[ ] The Utah Kid (Director)
[ ] Wings of Adventure (Director)
[ ] Under Montana Skies (Director)
[ ] The Thoroughbred (Director)
[ ] The Dude Wrangler (Director)

1931

[ ] King of the Wild (Director)
[ ] Wild Horse (Director)
[ ] Grief Street (Director)
[ ] The Lady from Nowhere (Director)
[ ] Forgotten Women (Director)
[ ] The Devil Plays (Director)
[ ] Neck and Neck (Director)
[ ] The Sky Spider (Director)
[ ] The Lawless Woman (Director)

1932

[ ] Cross-Examination (Director)
[ ] Murder at Dawn (Director)
[ ] The King Murder (Director)
[ ] The Midnight Lady (Director)
[ ] Probation (Director)
[ ] Women Won't Tell (Director)
[ ] Slightly Married (Director)
[ ] Beauty Parlor (Director)
[ ] The Secrets of Wu Sin (Director)
[ ] Thrill of Youth (Director)
[ ] Escapade (Director)

1933

[ ] Forgotten (Director)
[ ] Murder on the Campus (Director)
[ ] Notorious But Nice (Director)
[ ] Rainbow Over Broadway (Director)
[ ] A Man of Sentiment (Director)
[ ] I Have Lived (Director)
[ ] Strange People (Director)

1934

[ ] Green Eyes (Director)
[ ] Secret of the Chateau (Director)
[ ] City Park (Director)
[ ] Stolen Sweets (Director)
[ ] Strange Wives (Director)
[ ] The Quitter (Director)
[ ] Cheating Cheaters (Director)

1935

[ ] Last of the Pagans (Director)

1936

[ ] Tarzan Escapes (Director)
[ ] The Voice of Bugle Ann (Director)

1937

[ ] Double Wedding (Director)
[ ] Night Must Fall (Director)
[ ] Dangerous Number (Director)
[ ] Lest We Forget (Director)

1938

[ ] Three Loves Has Nancy (Director)
[ ] The Toy Wife (Director)
[ ] Man-Proof (Director)
[ ] Love Is a Headache (Director)
[ ] The First Hundred Years (Director)
[ ] The Crowd Roars (Director)

1939

[ ] Tarzan Finds a Son! (Director)
[ ] The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Director)

1940

[ ] The Earl of Chicago (Director)
[ ] Wyoming (Director)
[ ] 20 Mule Team (Director)

1941

[ ] Tarzan's Secret Treasure (Director)
[ ] The Bad Man (Director)
[ ] Barnacle Bill (Director)

1942

[ ] Tarzan's New York Adventure (Director)
[ ] Joe Smith, American (Director)
[ ] White Cargo (Director)
[ ] Apache Trail (Director)

1943

[ ] Above Suspicion (Director)
[ ] Cry 'Havoc' (Director)
[ ] Three Hearts for Julia (Director)

1944

[ ] The Thin Man Goes Home (Director)
[ ] Two Girls and a Sailor (Director)

1945

[ ] Thrill of a Romance (Director)
[ ] Her Highness and the Bellboy (Director)
[ ] What Next, Corporal Hargrove? (Director)

1947

[ ] This Time for Keeps (Director)
[ ] Fiesta (Director)

1948

[ ] On an Island with You (Director)
[ ] A Date with Judy (Director)

1949

[ ] Challenge to Lassie (Director)
[ ] Malaya (Director)
[ ] The Sun Comes Up (Director)
[ ] Big Jack (Director)

1950

[ ] Black Hand (Director)
[ ] Three Little Words (Director)

1951

[ ] Vengeance Valley (Director)
[ ] The Unknown Man (Director)
[ ] It's a Big Country (Director)
[ ] The Great Caruso (Director)

1952

[ ] Ivanhoe (Director)
[ ] The Prisoner of Zenda (Director)
[ ] Carbine Williams (Director)

1953

[ ] Knights of the Round Table (Director)
[ ] The Girl Who Had Everything (Director)
[ ] All the Brothers Were Valiant (Director)

1954

[ ] The Student Prince (Director)
[ ] Athena (Director)

1955

[ ] Quentin Durward (Director)
[ ] Bedevilled (Director)
[ ] The Prodigal (Director)

1957

[ ] Jailhouse Rock (Director)
[ ] Tip on a Dead Jockey (Director)
[ ] Ten Thousand Bedrooms (Director)

1959

[ ] The House of the Seven Hawks (Director)
[ ] Killers of Kilimanjaro (Director)

1961

[ ] The Honeymoon Machine (Director)
[ ] The Tartars (Director)

1962

[ ] The Horizontal Lieutenant (Director)
[ ] How the West Was Won (Special Guest Director)

1963

[ ] Fun in Acapulco (Director)
[ ] Follow the Boys (Director)

1964

[ ] The Golden Head (Director)

1965

[ ] That Funny Feeling (Director)
[ ] The Truth About Spring (Director)

1967

[ ] The Last Challenge (Director)
[ ] The Scorpio Letters (Director)

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[ ] The Bonanza Buckaroo (Director)

Production

1967

[ ] The Last Challenge (Producer)
[ ] The Scorpio Letters (Producer)

Editing

1931

[ ] Grief Street (Editor)
[ ] The Lady from Nowhere (Editor)
[ ] The Devil Plays (Editor)

Writing

1925

[ ] Tearin' Loose (Writer)
[ ] On the Go (Writer)
[ ] Red Clay (Scenario Writer)

1926

[ ] Double Daring (Writer)

1927

[ ] The Ridin' Rowdy (Writer)
[ ] The Desert of the Lost (Writer)
[ ] Between Dangers (Writer)

1928

[ ] The Ballyhoo Buster (Writer)
[ ] The Valley Of Hunted Men (Writer)
[ ] The Flyin' Buckaroo (Writer)
[ ] The Shady Lady (Story)

Actor

1921

[ ] Burn 'Em Up Barnes (Stephen Thompson)

1923

[ ] Three O'Clock in the Morning (Clayton Webster)

1924

[ ] Flames of Desire (Dick Langton)