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Kurt Neumann (5 April 1908, Nuremberg, Germany - 21 August 1958, Los Angeles) was a german Hollywood film director who specialized in science fiction movies in his later career. Neumann came to the US in the early talkie era, hired to direct German language versions of Hollywood films. Once he mastered English and established himself as technically proficient in filmmaking, Neumann directed such low-budget programmers as The Big Cage (1932), Secret of the Blue Room (1933) with Paul Lukas and Gloria Stuart, Hold 'Em Navy (1936), It Happened in New Orleans (1936) with child star Bobby Breen, Wide Open Faces (1937) with Joe E. Brown, and Ellery Queen: Master Detective (1939). Neumann was signed by producer Hal Roach in 1941 to direct a series of "streamliners", 45-minute features designed to fill out short double bills. Among these 4-reel comedies were About Face (1942), Brooklyn Orchid (1942), Taxi, Mister? (1943) and Yanks Ahoy (1943). In 1945, he joined the company of producer Sol Lesser, who engaged Neumann as coproducer and principal director of the Tarzan series produced by Lesser 1945-1954. The Tarzan films were produced for RKO and starred Johnny Weissmuller and later Gordon Scott. Neumann became known as a specialist in science fiction movies due to his producing and directing such productions as Rocketship X-M (1950) and The Fly (1958). Neumann directed other sci-fi and horror films such as Kronos (1957) and She-Devil (1957), and directed non-scifi films such as The Ring (1952) an independent feature co-starring Rita Moreno, Carnival Story (1954), Mohawk (1956), and The Deerslayer (1957) Contrary to some published reports, Neumann did not die as a result of suicide, but, rather, from natural causes in Los Angeles on 21 August 1958, shortly after a preview screening of The Fly but before the official premiere. Thus, Neumann never knew what a boxoffice hit The Fly was. He was entombed at Utter McKinley Cemetery in Los Angeles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kurt Neumann (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1908-04-05
- event Death Date 1958-08-21
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 3.4
- info Birth Place Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Kurt Neumann
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Dracula's Daughter
1936-05-11
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The Fly
1958-07-16
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The Fly
1958-07-16
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The Return of the Vampire
1943-11-11
6.5
Kronos
1957-03-31
6.5
Carnival Story
1954-04-16
6.5
They Were So Young
1954-10-20
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They Were So Young
1954-10-20
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They Were So Young
1954-10-20
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The Ring
1952-09-26
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Rocketship X-M
1950-06-02
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Rocketship X-M
1950-06-02
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Rocketship X-M
1950-06-02
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The Kid from Texas
1950-03-01
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The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
1974-03-06
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Tarzan and the Huntress
1947-04-05
6.5
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
1940-11-30
6.5
Tarzan and the She-Devil
1953-06-18
6.5
The Deerslayer
1957-09-10
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The Deerslayer
1957-09-10
6.5
Machete
1958-12-01
6.5
Tarzan and the Amazons
1945-04-29
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Tarzan and the Leopard Woman
1946-02-18
6.5
Brooklyn Orchid
1942-01-31
6.5
The Deerslayer
1957-09-10
6.5
The Unknown Guest
1943-10-22
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About Face
1942-04-16
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Cattle Drive
1951-08-01
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She Devil
1957-04-01
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She Devil
1957-04-01
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She Devil
1957-04-01
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Secret of the Blue Room
1933-07-20
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Watusi
1959-03-25
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Let's Sing Again
1936-05-07
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Taxi, Mister
1943-04-16
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The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942-12-31
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Island of Lost Men
1939-08-16
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Counterplot
1959-10-01
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Espionage
1937-02-26
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Bad Men of Tombstone
1949-01-21
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Trapped
1931-10-28
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Sealed Lips
1931-11-11
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Trapped
1931-10-28
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The Red Shadow
1932-01-20
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Fall In
1942-11-20
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Hiawatha
1952-12-28
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Make a Wish
1937-09-01
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Wide Open Faces
1938-04-18
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Circus of Love
1954-08-20
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Wake Up and Dream
1934-10-01
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The Dude Goes West
1948-05-30
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House of Mystery
1931-12-16
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Touchdown, Army
1938-08-04
6.5
The Affair of Susan
1935-09-01
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Yanks Ahoy
1943-06-29
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My Pal, the King
1932-04-03
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Three from Variety
1954-12-21
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Bad Boy
1949-02-22
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Enter Laughing
1967-02-25
6.5
Adventure in Rio
1955-04-08
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Mohawk
1956-04-01
6.5
Alias Mary Dow
1935-05-01
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King for a Night
1933-12-09
6.5
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
1943-12-26
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Tarzan and the Amazons
1945-04-29
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Tarzan and the Leopard Woman
1946-02-18
6.5
The President's Analyst
1967-12-21
6.5
Kronos
1957-03-31
6.5
Rainbow on the River
1936-12-18
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Machete
1958-12-01
6.5
Machete
1958-12-01
6.5
Unmarried
1939-05-20
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Carnival Story
1954-04-16
6.5
Ambush
1939-01-20
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Hold 'Em Navy
1937-11-04
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The Big Cage
1933-05-01
6.5
Circus of Love
1954-08-20
6.5
99 and 44/100% Dead
1974-08-29
6.5
All Women Have Secrets
1939-12-15
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Apache Warrior
1957-07-01
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Apache Warrior
1957-07-01
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The Desperados Are in Town
1956-11-01
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The Desperados Are in Town
1956-11-01
6.5
Son of Ali Baba
1952-08-15
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The Desperados Are in Town
1956-11-01
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Fast Companions
1932-06-22
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Tarzan and the Huntress
1947-04-05
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Regina Amstetten
1954-02-02
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Violets in Spring
1936-09-05
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Reunion in Reno
1951-10-09
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Half a Sinner
1934-06-01
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Let's Talk It Over
1934-06-01
6.5
A Night at Earl Carroll's
1940-12-06
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The Brotherhood of the Bell
1970-09-17
6.5
Fear on Trial
1975-10-02