Richard Thorpe
Directing1896-02-24Hutchinson, Kansas, USA
Richard Thorpe (February 24, 1896 - May 1, 1991) was an American film director. Born Rollo Smolt Thorpe in Hutchinson, Kansas, he began his entertainment career performing in vaudeville and onstage. In 1921 he began in motion pictures as an actor and directed his first silent film in 1923. He went on to direct more than one hundred and eighty films. The first full length motion picture he directed for MGM was Last of the Pagans (1935) starring Ray Mala. After directing The Last Challenge in 1967, he retired from the film industry. He died in Palm Springs, California in 1991. Thorpe is also known as the original director of The Wizard of Oz. He was fired after two weeks of shooting, because it was felt that his scenes did not have the right air of fantasy about them. Thorpe notoriously gave Judy Garland a blonde wig and cutesy "baby-doll" makeup that made her look like a girl in her late teens rather than an innocent Kansas farm girl of about thirteen. Both makeup and wig were discarded at the suggestion of George Cukor, who was brought in temporarily. Stills from Thorpe's work on the film survive today. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Thorpe has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6101 Hollywood Blvd. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
監督作品（140）
Barnacle Bill
The Thin Man Goes Home
The King of the Kongo
Night Must Fall
The Prisoner of Zenda
Ivanhoe
The Truth About Spring
Malaya
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Wild Horse
Border Romance
The Crowd Roars
Double Wedding
The Honeymoon Machine
Carbine Williams
Her Highness and the Bellboy
Apache Trail
The Sun Comes Up
The Last Challenge
Tarzan's New York Adventure
Tarzan Escapes
Cry 'Havoc'
20 Mule Team
Thrill of a Romance
Joe Smith, American
The Earl of Chicago
Jailhouse Rock
Black Hand
That Funny Feeling
Tarzan Finds a Son!
Three Little Words
The Student Prince
Tip on a Dead Jockey
Above Suspicion
The House of the Seven Hawks
Knights of the Round Table
The Desert of the Lost
Forgotten
Big Jack
Killers of Kilimanjaro
The First Hundred Years
Three Hearts for Julia
Last of the Pagans
Fun in Acapulco
A Date with Judy
Wyoming
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Tarzan's Secret Treasure
The Girl Who Had Everything
White Cargo
On an Island with You
Two Girls and a Sailor
The Great Caruso
I tartari
Love Is a Headache
Athena
Quentin Durward
Fiesta
Murder on the Campus
Notorious But Nice
Slightly Married
Thrill of Youth
The Bad Man
It's a Big Country
The Midnight Lady
Wings of Adventure
Az aranyfej
Vengeance Valley
This Time for Keeps
Green Eyes
Secret of the Chateau
The Voice of Bugle Ann
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Probation
Beauty Parlor
Strange People
Challenge to Lassie
The Unknown Man
ホリゾンタル・ルテナント
Bedevilled
Murder at Dawn
The Thoroughbred
Cross-Examination
The Secrets of Wu Sin
Dangerous Number
The Toy Wife
Man-Proof
The Devil Plays
The King Murder
The Prodigal
What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
Rainbow Over Broadway
Women Won't Tell
The Scorpio Letters
Follow the Boys
Grief Street
Three Loves Has Nancy
King of the Wild
Stolen Sweets
The Utah Kid
The Fatal Warning
The Sky Spider
The Vanishing West
The Lone Defender
City Park
A Man of Sentiment
I Have Lived
The Lady from Nowhere
Forgotten Women
Under Montana Skies
The Ridin' Rowdy
The Ballyhoo Buster
Tearin' Into Trouble
The Meddlin' Stranger
Vultures of the Sea
Lest We Forget
Strange Wives
The Quitter
Cheating Cheaters
College Days
Easy Going
Neck and Neck
Escapade
The Bachelor Girl
The Dude Wrangler
Josselyn's Wife
Thundering Romance
Fast and Fearless
Bringin' Home the Bacon
Tearin' Loose
Double Daring
The Flyin' Buckaroo
The Lawless Woman
The Desert Demon
Between Dangers
Hard-Hittin' Hamilton
The Interferin' Gent
Roarin' Broncs
Skedaddle Gold
The Soda Water Cowboy
