Carl Dudley
Carl Ward Dudley | |
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Born | December 31, 1910 |
Died | September 2, 1973 | (aged 62)
Resting place | Ventura Calif |
Education | UCLA |
Occupation | Film director and producer |
Employer | Self |
Known for | Short films, documentaries |
Spouse(s) | Eleanor Murphy |
Children | 6 daughters |
Relatives | Richard Murphy (brother-in-law) Gabriel Katzka (son-in-law) |
Carl Ward Dudley (1910–1973) was an American film director and producer. He was best known for directing and producing short travelogues.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Carl Ward Dudley was born on December 31, 1910 in Little Rock, Arkansas.[1][2]
Career[]
He became a film director and producer. Indeed, in 1944, he founded the Dudley Pictures Corporation, a film production company.[2]
In the 1950s, he produced thirty documentary shorts in the series.[3] In 1958, he directed and produced the Cinerama feature .[1][4]
Personal life[]
He married Eleanor Murphy, the sister of screenwriter Richard Murphy (1912-1993).[1] One of their daughters, Carol Ward Dudley, married producer Gabriel Katzka (1931–1990).[1]
Death[]
He died on September 2, 1973 in Hong Kong.[1][2]
Filmography[]
As a director[]
- Our African Frontier (documentary, short film, 1943).
- Our Alaskan Frontier (documentary, short film, 1943).
- Star Spangled City (documentary, short film, 1946).
- All Aboard (short film, 1946).
- Rhythm of a Big City (documentary, short film, 1948).
- Pigskin Skill (short film, 1948).
- Cradle of the Republic (documentary, short film, 1949).
- Hawaiian Sports (short film, 1951).
- Aloha Nui (documentary, short film, 1953).
- Fish Tales (short film, 1954).
- Coney Island Holiday (documentary, short film, 1954).
- Below the Rio Grande (documentary, short film, 1954).
- Valley of the Sun (documentary, short film, 1954).
- Sportsman's Holiday (documentary, short film, 1955).
- Journey to the Sea (documentary, short film, 1955).
- Heart of an Empire (documentary, short film, 1955).
- VistaVision Visits Gibraltar (documentary, short film, 1956).
- VistaVision Visits Panama (documentary, short film, 1956).
- Viva! Cuba (documentary, short film, 1956).
- Magic in the Sun (documentary, short film, 1956).
- Under Carib Skies (documentary, short film, 1957).
- South Seas Adventure (1958)
As a producer[]
- This World of Ours: Norway (documentary, short film, 1950).
- This World of Ours: Denmark (documentary, short film, 1950).
- This World of Ours: Glacier National Park (documentary, short film, 1950).
- This World of Ours: Sweden (documentary, short film, 1950).
- This World of Ours: France (documentary, short film, 1950).
- This World of Ours: Holland (documentary, short film, 1950).
- This World of Ours: London (documentary, short film, 1951).
- This World of Ours: Portugal (documentary, short film, 1951).
- This World of Ours: Spain (documentary, short film, 1951).
- This World of Ours: England (documentary, short film, 1951).
- This World of Ours: Hawaii (documentary, short film, 1951).
- This World of Ours: Greece (documentary, short film, 1951).
- This World of Ours: Belgium (documentary, short film, 1951).
- This World of Ours: Switzerland (documentary, short film, 1951).
- This World of Ours: Italy (documentary, short film, 1951).
- This World of Ours: Egypt (documentary, short film, 1951).
- This World of Ours: Puerto Rico (documentary, short film, 1952).
- This World of Ours: Chile (documentary, short film, 1952).
- This World of Ours: India (documentary, short film, 1952).
- This World of Ours: Ceylon (documentary, short film, 1953).
- This World of Ours: Singapore (documentary, short film, 1953).
- This World of Ours: Germany (documentary, short film, 1953).
- This World of Ours: Japan (documentary, short film, 1953).
- This World of Ours: Hong Kong (documentary, short film, 1954).
- This World of Ours: Formosa (documentary, short film, 1954).
- This World of Ours: Ireland (documentary, short film, 1954).
- This World of Ours: Thailand (documentary, short film, 1954).
- This World of Ours: Bali (documentary, short film, 1954).
- This World of Ours: Venezuela (documentary, short film, 1955).
- The Mississippi Traveler (documentary, short film, 1955).
- This World of Ours: Caribbean Sky Cruise (documentary, short film, 1955).
- This World of Ours: Turkey (documentary, short film, 1955).
- VistaVision Visits Gibraltar (documentary, short film, 1956).
- Hero on Horseback (documentary, short film, 1956).
- VistaVision Visits Panama (documentary, short film, 1956).
- VistaVision Visits Austria (documentary, short film, 1956).
- South Seas Adventure (1958).
As an executive producer[]
- Tobor the Great (1954).
- The Days of Our Years (short film, documentary, 1955).
External links[]
- "Carl Dudley Dies; Film Producer, 63." New York Times, September 4, 1973.
- Slide, Anthony. "Dudley Pictures Corporation," The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry, p. 60. London: Routledge, 2013. ISBN 1135925542.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Carl Dudley at IMDb
- ^ Jump up to: a b c NorthEast Historic Film: Stanley Johnson Collection
- ^ Len D. Martin, The Republic Pictures Checklist: Features, Serials, Cartoons, Short Subjects and Training Films of Republic Pictures Corporation, 1935-1959, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2006, p. 1043 [1]
- ^ Sanya Shoilevska Henderson, Alex North, Film Composer: A Biography, with Musical Analyses of A Streetcar Named Desire, Spartacus, The Misfits, Under the Volcano, and Prizzi's Honor, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2003, p. 221 [2]
Categories:
- 1910 births
- 1973 deaths
- Artists from Little Rock, Arkansas
- American film directors
- American film producers
- 20th-century American businesspeople