Delmer Lawrence Daves
| Sign | Leo |
| Born | Jul 24, 1904 San Francisco, CA |
| Died | Aug 17, 1977 La Jolla, CA |
| Age | Died at 73 |
Delmer Daves | |
| Job | Director, Producer |
| Top Roles | Mr. Humphries, Beef Saunders, Raymond Sperling, Undetermined Role |
| Top Genres | Drama, Romance, Western, Adventure, Action, War |
| Top Topics | World War II, Romance (Drama), Book-Based |
| Top Collaborators | Jack Mower, Dane Clark, William Prince, Troy Donahue |
| Shares birthday with | Mabel Albertson, Murray Kinnell, Basil Ruysdael see more.. |
Delmer Daves Overview:
Director, Delmer Daves, was born Delmer Lawrence Daves on Jul 24, 1904 in San Francisco, CA. Daves died at the age of 73 on Aug 17, 1977 in La Jolla, CA .
MINI BIO:
Delmer Daves was already a successful screenwriter in Hollywood, having co-penned Dames (1934), The Petrified Forest (1936), Love Affair (1939) and You Were Never Lovelier (1942) among others, before making his directorial debut in 1943 with Destination Tokyo starring Cary Grant, for which Daves also co-wrote the screenplay (with Albert Maltz). Over the course of his film career, Daves directed and wrote/co-wrote the screenplays or stories for Hollywood Canteen (1944), Dark Passage (1947),A Summer Place (1959), Rome Adventure (1962) and Spencer's Mountain (1963; which served as the basis for TV's The Waltons). Daves also directed Broken Arrow (1950), Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954), 3:10 to Yuma (1957) and Kings Go Forth (1958). Love Affair was re-made in 1957 as An Affair to Remember starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr; then again as Love Affair in 1994 starring Warren Beatty and Annette Bening.
(Source: article by Annmarie Gatti for Classic Movie Hub).HONORS and AWARDS:
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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.
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Maureen O'Hara and Team Up for Spencer's Mountain and Battle of the Villa Fiorita
By Rick29 on Sep 28, 2017 From Classic Film & TV CafeIn the twilight of his career, talented writer-director teamed up with Maureen O’Hara for Spencer’s Mountain (1963) and The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965). These two very different films surprisingly share a common theme: the relationship between children and their paren... Read full article
Maureen O'Hara and Team Up for Spencer's Mountain and Battle of the Villa Fiorita
By Rick29 on Sep 28, 2017 From Classic Film & TV CafeHenry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara. In the twilight of his career, talented writer-director teamed up with Maureen O’Hara for Spencer’s Mountain (1963) and The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965). These two very different films surprisingly share a common theme: the relationship... Read full article
Pride of the Marines (1945, )
By Andrew Wickliffe on Sep 30, 2016 From The Stop ButtonPride of the Marines is a disappointment. It never gets particularly good, but it does have a lot of potential–at least from its cast–so when it starts getting better and then slips, it’s a disappointment. The film starts before Pearl Harbor with John Garfield’s would-be bach... Read full article
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