Lambert Hillyer
Lambert Harwood Hillyer (July 8, 1893 – July 5, 1969) was an American film director and screenwriter.
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Born | Lambert Harwood Hillyer July 8, 1893 |
Died | July 5, 1969 75) | (aged
Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
Years active | 1917–1949 |
Biography
Lambert Harwood Hillyer was born July 8, 1893, in Tyner, Indiana.[1] His mother was character actress Lydia Knott.[2] A graduate of Drake College,[3] he worked as a newspaper reporter and an actor in vaudeville and stock theater. During World War I he began working in motion pictures and became a prolific director and screenwriter, working on many silent-era Westerns by William S. Hart, Buck Jones, Tom Mix and others. Often associated with producer Thomas H. Ince, Hillyer expanded into romantic melodramas and crime films in the 1920s. In 1936 he directed two chillers for Universal, the science-fiction film The Invisible Ray and the cult horror film Dracula's Daughter. He directed the first screen depiction of Batman, a 15-part serial produced in 1943[4] that was re-released as a theatrical feature in 1965.[5] He directed many B movies for Columbia Pictures in the 1930s and early 1940s,[6] including the Westerns that were his specialty. Hillyer finished his career directing low-budget dramas and Westerns for Monogram Pictures.[4] In the early days of television, Hillyer also directed episodes of the syndicated Western,The Cisco Kid. Hillyer directed at least one episode of "Highway Patrol", which starred Broderick Crawford.
Hillyer died July 5, 1969, in Los Angeles, California.[7]
Filmography
Director
Year | Title | Notes |
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1917 | An Even Break | Also screenwriter[6] |
1917 | Strife | [6] |
1917 | The Narrow Trail | [6] |
1918 | Riddle Gawne | [6] |
1919 | Breed of Men | [6] |
1919 | The Poppy Girl's Husband | [6] |
1919 | The Money Corral | Also screenwriter[6] |
1919 | Square Deal Sanderson | Also screenwriter[6] |
1919 | Wagon Tracks | [6] |
1919 | John Petticoats | [6] |
1920 | The Toll Gate | Also screenwriter[6] |
1920 | Sand! | Also screenwriter[6] |
1920 | The Cradle of Courage | Also screenwriter[6] |
1920 | The Testing Block | Also screenwriter[6] |
1921 | O'Malley of the Mounted | [6] |
1921 | The Whistle | Also screenwriter[6] |
1921 | Three Word Brand | Also screenwriter[6] |
1921 | White Oak | [6] |
1922 | White Hands | Also screenwriter[6] |
1922 | Travelin' On | Also screenwriter[6] |
1922 | Caught Bluffing | [6] |
1922 | Skin Deep | [6] |
1922 | The Super-Sex | Also screenwriter[6] |
1922 | The Altar Stairs | [6] |
1923 | Scars of Jealousy | Also screenwriter[6] |
1923 | The Shock | [6] |
1923 | Temporary Marriage | Also screenwriter[6] |
1923 | The Spoilers | [6] |
1923 | The Lone Star Ranger | Also screenwriter[6] |
1923 | Eyes of the Forest | [6] |
1923 | Mile-a-Minute Romeo | [6] |
1924 | Those Who Dance | Also screenwriter[6] |
1924 | Barbara Frietchie | Also screenwriter[6] |
1924 | Idle Tongues | [6] |
1925 | I Want My Man | [6] |
1925 | The Making of O'Malley | [6] |
1925 | The Knockout | [6] |
1925 | The Unguarded Hour | [6] |
1926 | Her Second Chance | [6] |
1926 | Miss Nobody | [6] |
1926 | 30 Below Zero | [6] |
1927 | The War Horse | Also screenwriter[6] |
1927 | Hills of Peril | [6] |
1927 | Chain Lightning | Also screenwriter[6] |
1928 | The Branded Sombrero | Also screenwriter[6] |
1928 | Fleetwing | Also screenwriter[6] |
1930 | Beau Bandit | [6] |
1931 | The Deadline | Also screenwriter[6] |
1931 | One Man Law | Also screenwriter[6] |
1932 | The Fighting Fool | [6] |
1932 | South of the Rio Grande | [6] |
1932 | Hello Trouble | Also screenwriter[6] |
1932 | White Eagle | [6] |
1932 | Forbidden Trail | [6] |
1932 | Sundown Rider | Also screenwriter[6] |
1933 | The California Trail | Also screenwriter[6] |
1933 | Unknown Valley | Also screenwriter[6] |
1933 | Dangerous Crossroads | [6] |
1933 | Police Car 17 | Also screenwriter[6] |
1933 | Master of Men | [6] |
1933 | Before Midnight | [6] |
1933 | The Fighting Code | Also screenwriter[6] |
1934 | Once to Every Woman | [6] |
1934 | Man Trailer | Also screenwriter[6] |
1934 | The Most Precious Thing in Life | [6] |
1934 | The Defense Rests | [6] |
1934 | Against the Law | [6] |
1934 | Men of the Night | Also screenwriter[6] |
1935 | Behind the Evidence | [6] |
1935 | In Spite of Danger | [6] |
1935 | Men of the Hour | [6] |
1935 | The Awakening of Jim Burke | [6] |
1935 | Superspeed | [6] |
1935 | Guard That Girl | Also screenwriter[6] |
1936 | The Invisible Ray | [6] |
1936 | Dangerous Waters | [6] |
1936 | Dracula's Daughter | [6] |
1937 | Speed to Spare | Also screenwriter[6] |
1937 | Girls Can Play | Also screenwriter[6] |
1937 | All American Sweetheart | [6] |
1938 | Women in Prison | [6] |
1938 | My Old Kentucky Home | [6] |
1938 | Extortion | Also screenwriter[6] |
1938 | Gang Bullets | [6] |
1939 | Convict's Code | [6] |
1939 | Should a Girl Marry? | [6] |
1939 | Girl from Rio | [6] |
1940 | The Durango Kid | [6] |
1940 | Beyond the Sacramento | [6] |
1940 | The Wildcat of Tucson | [6][8] |
1941 | The Pinto Kid | [6] |
1941 | The Son of Monte Cristo | Second-unit director[6] |
1941 | North from the Lone Star | [6] |
1941 | Hands Across the Rockies | [6] |
1941 | The Medico of Painted Springs | [6] |
1941 | The Son of Davy Crockett | Also screenwriter[6] |
1941 | Thunder over the Prairie | [6] |
1941 | King of Dodge City | [6] |
1941 | Prairie Stranger | [6] |
1941 | Roaring Frontier | [6] |
1941 | The Royal Mounted Patrol | [6] |
1942 | The Devil's Trail | [6] |
1942 | North of the Rockies | [6] |
1942 | Prairie Gunsmoke | [6] |
1942 | Vengeance of the West | [6] |
1943 | Fighting Frontier | [6] |
1943 | Bombardier | Aerial action sequences (uncredited)[6] |
1943 | The Stranger from Pecos | [6] |
1943 | Six Gun Gospel | [6] |
1943 | Smart Guy | [6] |
1943 | ''The Texas Kid | [6] |
1943 | Batman | 15-part serial[6] |
1944 | Partners of the Trail | [6] |
1944 | Law Men | [6] |
1944 | Range Law | [6] |
1944 | West of the Rio Grande | [6] |
1944 | Land of the Outlaws | [6] |
1944 | Ghost Guns | [6] |
1945 | Beyond the Pecos | [6] |
1945 | Flame of the West | [6] |
1945 | Stranger from Santa Fe | [6] |
1945 | South of the Rio Grande | [6] |
1945 | The Lost Trail | [6] |
1945 | Frontier Feud | [6] |
1946 | Border Bandits | [6] |
1946 | Under Arizona Skies | [6] |
1946 | The Gentleman from Texas | [6] |
1946 | Silver Range | [6] |
1946 | Trigger Fingers | [6] |
1946 | Shadows on the Range | [6] |
1947 | Raiders of the South | [6] |
1947 | Valley of Fear | [6] |
1947 | Land of the Lawless | [6] |
1947 | The Law Comes to Gunsight | [6] |
1947 | Trailing Danger | [6] |
1947 | The Hat-Box Mystery | [6] |
1947 | The Case of the Baby Sitter | [6] |
1947 | Flashing Guns | [6] |
1947 | Gun Talk | [6] |
1948 | Overland Trails | [6] |
1948 | Song of the Drifter | [6] |
1948 | Oklahoma Blues | [6] |
1948 | Crossed Trails | [6] |
1948 | Partners of the Sunset | [6] |
1948 | Frontier Agent | [6] |
1948 | Range Renegades | [6] |
1948 | The Fighting Ranger | [6] |
1948 | The Sheriff of Medicine Bow | [6] |
1948 | Outlaw Brand | [6] |
1948 | Sundown Riders | [6] |
1949 | Gun Runner | [6] |
1949 | Gun Law Justice | [6] |
1949 | Trails End | [6] |
1949 | Haunted Trails | [6] |
1949 | Riders of the Dusk | [6] |
1949 | Range Land | [6] |
Screenwriter
In addition to writing screenplays for many of the films he directed, as noted above, Hillyer wrote or contributed to the screenplays for these motion pictures.
Year | Title | Notes |
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1917 | They're Off | [6] |
1917 | The Mother Instinct | [6] |
1917 | The Desert Man | [6] |
1917 | The Little Brother | [6] |
1917 | Love or Justice | [6] |
1917 | The Snarl | [6] |
1917 | One Shot Ross | [6] |
1917 | The Silent Man | [6] |
1921 | The Man from Lost River | [6] |
1930 | Hide-Out | [6] |
1933 | Straightaway | [6] |
1933 | State Trooper | [6] |
1935 | Law Beyond the Range | [6] |
1937 | The Shadow | [6] |
1938 | Highway Patrol | [6] |
1939 | Parents on Trial | [6] |
1939 | The Officer and the Lady | [6] |
References
- Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 [database online]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2010. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
- Year: 1920; Census Place: Los Angeles Assembly District 63, Los Angeles, California. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database online]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2010. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
- Wagner, Esther (June 14, 1922). "Will Hays Starts Movie 'Clean Up' at Studio". The Lima News.
- Katz, Ephraim (1998). Klein, Fred; Nolen, Ronald Dean (eds.). The Film Encyclopedia (3rd ed.). New York: Harper Perennial. pp. 631–632. ISBN 0-06-273492-X.
- "An Evening with Batman and Robin". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
- "Lambert Hillyer". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
- Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940–1997 [database online]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2000. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
- Blottner, Gene (2011). "The Wildcat of Tucson". Wild Bill Elliott: A Complete Filmography. McFarland & Company. pp. 150–151. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
Bill Elliott's presence, with a matching performance by Kenneth MacDonald, brings this western saga satisfactorily to the screen. [...] An interesting subplot has heroine Evelyn Young momentarily switching her affection from Stanley Brown to his brother, Eliott. Lambert Hillyer's direction is first rate.