Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Frank Tuttle (6 August 1892 – 6 January 1963) was a Hollywood film director and writer who directed films from 1922 (The Cradle Buster) to 1959 (Island of Lost Women). He was educated at Yale University, where he edited campus humor magazine The Yale Record.After graduation, he worked in New York City in the advertising department of the Metropolitan Music Bureau. He later moved to Hollywood, where he became a film director for Paramount. His films are largely in the comedy and film noir genres.In 1947, Tuttle's career ground to a temporary halt with the onset of the first of the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings on Communist infiltration of the movie industry. Tuttle had joined the Communist Party in 1937 in reaction to Hitler's rise to power. Unable to find work in the United States, he moved to France, where he made Gunman in the Streets (1950) starring Simone Signoret and Dane Clark.His films include: The Untamed Lady (1926) starring Gloria Swanson Kid Boots (1926) starring Eddie Cantor and Clara Bow Paramount on Parade (1930), Paramount's all-star revue with a screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz No Limit (1931) starring Clara Bow and Thelma Todd This Is the Night (1932) with Cary Grant Roman Scandals (1933) starring Eddie Cantor The Glass Key (1935), a film adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's novel of the same name College Holiday (1936) starring Jack Benny, George Burns and Gracie Allen Waikiki Wedding (1937) starring Bing Crosby I Stole a Million (1939) starring George Raft and written by Nathanael West This Gun for Hire (1942) starring Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd Star Spangled Rhythm (contributing director; 1943) with sketches by George S. Kaufman Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) starring Alan Ladd and Edward G. RobinsonHe died in Hollywood on January 6, 1963."@en }
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- Frank_Tuttle abstract "Frank Tuttle (6 August 1892 – 6 January 1963) was a Hollywood film director and writer who directed films from 1922 (The Cradle Buster) to 1959 (Island of Lost Women). He was educated at Yale University, where he edited campus humor magazine The Yale Record.After graduation, he worked in New York City in the advertising department of the Metropolitan Music Bureau. He later moved to Hollywood, where he became a film director for Paramount. His films are largely in the comedy and film noir genres.In 1947, Tuttle's career ground to a temporary halt with the onset of the first of the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings on Communist infiltration of the movie industry. Tuttle had joined the Communist Party in 1937 in reaction to Hitler's rise to power. Unable to find work in the United States, he moved to France, where he made Gunman in the Streets (1950) starring Simone Signoret and Dane Clark.His films include: The Untamed Lady (1926) starring Gloria Swanson Kid Boots (1926) starring Eddie Cantor and Clara Bow Paramount on Parade (1930), Paramount's all-star revue with a screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz No Limit (1931) starring Clara Bow and Thelma Todd This Is the Night (1932) with Cary Grant Roman Scandals (1933) starring Eddie Cantor The Glass Key (1935), a film adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's novel of the same name College Holiday (1936) starring Jack Benny, George Burns and Gracie Allen Waikiki Wedding (1937) starring Bing Crosby I Stole a Million (1939) starring George Raft and written by Nathanael West This Gun for Hire (1942) starring Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd Star Spangled Rhythm (contributing director; 1943) with sketches by George S. Kaufman Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) starring Alan Ladd and Edward G. RobinsonHe died in Hollywood on January 6, 1963.".