Which film director was older, Stanley Kramer or Gordon Douglas?
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Stanley Kramer Stanley Earl Kramer (September 29, 1913February 19, 2001) was an American film director and producer, responsible for making many of Hollywood's most famous "message films". As an independent producer and director, he brought attention to topical social issues that most studios avoided. Among the subjects covered in his films were racism (in "The Defiant Ones" and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"), nuclear war (in "On the Beach"), greed (in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"), creationism vs. evolution (in "Inherit the Wind") and the causes and effects of fascism (in "Judgment at Nuremberg"). His other notable films included "High Noon" (1952, as producer), "The Caine Mutiny" (1954, as producer), and "Ship of Fools" (1965).
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Gordon Douglas (director) Gordon Douglas (December 15, 1907 – September 29, 1993) was an American film director, who directed many different genres of films over the course of a five-decade career in motion pictures. He was a native of New York City.
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On the Beach (1959 film) On the Beach is a 1959 American post-apocalyptic science fiction drama film from United Artists, produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, that stars Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire and Anthony Perkins. This black-and-white film is based on Nevil Shute's 1957 novel of the same name depicting the aftermath of a nuclear war. Unlike the novel, no blame is placed on whoever started the war; it is hinted in the film that the threat of annihilation may have arisen from an accident or misjudgment.
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High Noon High Noon is a 1952 American Western film produced by Stanley Kramer from a screenplay by Carl Foreman, directed by Fred Zinnemann, and starring Gary Cooper. The plot, depicted in real time, centers around a town marshal, torn between his sense of duty and love for his new bride, who must face a gang of killers alone.
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Two Too Young Two Too Young is a 1936 "Our Gang" short comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas. Produced by Hal Roach and released to theaters by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it was the 147th "Our Gang" short to be released.
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Mr. Robinson Crusoe Mr. Robinson Crusoe is a 1932 Pre-Code American film. It is one of the few "talkie" films starring Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., in his penultimate film role; Fairbanks also produced the film and provided the story. The film was directed by A. Edward Sutherland, a veteran silent film director, for Fairbanks's Elton Productions, and released by United Artists. Steve Drexel (played by Fairbanks) shows a fiery optimism and can-do spirit that matches the Fairbanks screen persona that appears in his most popular films.
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Shining Through Shining Through is an American World War II drama film which was released to United States cinemas on January 31, 1992, written and directed by David Seltzer and starring Michael Douglas and Melanie Griffith, with Liam Neeson, Joely Richardson and John Gielgud in supporting roles. It is based on the novel of the same name by Susan Isaacs. The original music score was composed by Michael Kamen. The film's tagline is: ""He needed to trust her with his secret. She had to trust him with her life.""
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George Glass George Glass (August 19, 1910 – April 1, 1984) was an American film producer and publicist, best known for his work with Stanley Kramer. In Kramer's 1997 autobiography, describing how he formed his first production company in the late 1940s, he called Glass "one of the best publicity men in town", and remarked "I was fortunate to get Glass, with whom I had worked in the Lewin-Loew partnership before the war. He was a bright man and a very smooth operator." In a 1973 biography of Marlon Brando, Bob Thomas wrote:
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Donald Douglas (Scottish actor) Donald Douglas (born 7 March 1933) is a Scottish actor who has appeared in films and many well known television shows.
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Gordon Chan Gordon Chan Kar-Seung (), born in 1960, is a Hong Kong film director, writer and producer. His most notable works include "Beast Cops", "Fist of Legend", "Painted Skin", "2000 AD" and "". In 2011 he announced and launched the productions for "Mural", "Four Detectives/Four Marshals", and "Painted Skin 2". Though for Painted Skin 2 he dropped out as the director and the director's seat was given to Wuershan. His 1996 film "First Option" was entered into the 20th Moscow International Film Festival.
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Douglas Urbanski Douglas Urbanski (born February 17, 1957) is an American film producer, theater impresario, raconteur, and occasional film actor.
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Roamin' Holiday Roamin' Holiday is a 1937 "Our Gang" short comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas. It was the 155th "Our Gang" short (156th episode, 67th talking short, and 68th talking episode) that was released.
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Goldilocks and the Three Bares Goldilocks and The Three Bares is a 1963 nudie-cutie film from the legendary exploitation team of Herschell Gordon Lewis and David F. Friedman. The title has absolutely nothing to do with the famous fable which inspired the title. Appropriately billed as the "first nudist musical" (not to be confused with "The First Nudie Musical", 1976), it has considerably more depth than their prior attempts at this genre.
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Gregory Ratoff Gregory Ratoff (c. April 20, 1893 – December 14, 1960) was a Russian-born American film director, actor and producer. His most famous role as an actor was as producer Max Fabian in "All About Eve" (1950).
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Douglas Hickox Douglas Hickox (10 January 1929 – 25 July 1988) was an English film director. Hickox was born in London, where he was educated at Emanuel School. Hickox worked extensively as an assistant director and second unit director throughout the 1950s and early 1960s. ‘’The British B Film’’ (Steve Chibnall & Brian McFarlane; BFI, 2009) credits him with working on over thirty musical shorts and a handful of jazz/pop supporting featurettes. He made his first major picture in 1970. Over the next ten years, he developed a reputation for the wit and style of his direction, and for his taut action sequences. His work includes "Les Bicyclettes de Belsize" (1968), "Entertaining Mr Sloane" (1969), "Sitting Target" (1972), "Theatre of Blood" (1973), "Brannigan" (1975), "Sky Riders" (1976) and "Zulu Dawn" (1979). He worked on various TV programmes in the 1980s until his death. He died in a London hospital following a heart surgery operation at age 59.
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Hayes Gordon Hayes Gordon AO OBE (February 25, 1920October 19, 1999) was an American actor, stage director and acting teacher with a considerable career in Australia.
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Tommy Atkins (director) Tommy Atkins was an American director of the silent and early sound film eras. Born on July 18, 1887 in Springfield, Massachusetts, he would make his entrance into the film industry as the assistant director to Ralph Ince on the 1920 silent film, "Out of the Snows". It would be another eight years before he would make another film, again as assistant director, this time for FBO Pictures, on another silent film, "Crooks Can't Win". He'd work as the assistant director on another sixteen films between 1928 and 1934, the most notable of which would be 1933's "Morning Glory", directed by Lowell Sherman and starring Katharine Hepburn and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.. In 1934 he would be given the chance to helm his first picture, "The Silver Streak", which was one of the top money-makers for RKO Pictures that year. He would only direct two more films, the second of which, "Hi, Gaucho!", he would also write the story for.
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Michael Douglas on stage and screen American actor and producer Michael Douglas began his film career with a brief uncredited role in "Cast a Giant Shadow" (1966). In the same year he played a small role in the play "Bedford Forrest". His performance in "Hail, Hero!" (1969) earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Male Newcomer. He won the 1971 Theatre World Award for "Pinkville". During 1972–76, he played the lead role in the TV series "The Streets of San Francisco". In 1975, Douglas produced "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Golden Globe for Best Picture and BAFTA Award for Best Film.
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Douglas Stewart (film editor) Douglas Stewart (March 29, 1919 – March 3, 1995) was an American film and television editor with about 16 feature film credits from 1953 – 1983. He won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for the film, "The Right Stuff" (1983), along with co-editors Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, and Tom Rolf. "The Right Stuff" was the fourth film of Stewart's notable collaboration with director Philip Kaufman, which began with "The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid" (1972). Stewart's extensive television work was honored twice by nominations for Emmy awards.
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George Stanley Gordon George Stanley Gordon (November 19, 1926 – April 22, 2013) was an American advertising executive who founded the famed Gordon and Shortt Advertising Agency. Mr. Gordon approached famed artist Alexander Calder and brought him to Braniff International Airways Chairman Harding Lawrence with a proposal for Calder to paint a Braniff jet airliner in what would become the world's first flying artwork.
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Pillow Talk (film) Pillow Talk is a 1959 Eastmancolor romantic comedy film in CinemaScope directed by Michael Gordon. It features Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter and Nick Adams. The film was written by Russell Rouse, Maurice Richlin, Stanley Shapiro and Clarence Greene.
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Steven E. Gordon Steven Eric Gordon (born 1960) is an American film director, character designer and animator, who is perhaps most well known for his work with animation film director Ralph Bakshi and on "X-Men Evolution".