Harold D. Schuster
Directing
Born 1902-08-01
Died 1986-07-19
Cherokee, Iowa, USA
51 credits
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A highly regarded editor (he cut the classic Sunrise (1927) ), Harold D. Schuster started out in films as an actor. It didn't take him long to abandon that career, and he turned to the production side of the business, working his way up to editor and eventually taking the reins as a director. While much of his directorial output is routine, there are some real gems scattered throughout. My Friend Flicka (1943) is a beautiful, serene tale of a boy and a spectacular horse and was a major success in its day. Although typed as an "outdoors" director, Schuster could turn out tough, gritty little thrillers when he wanted to, such as Loophole (1954), about a bank teller who gets framed for an embezzlement; it ranks right up there with the edgy crime dramas of Don Siegel and Phil Karlson. Schuster's western Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957), despite its potboiler title, is a sharp, well-paced effort about two disparate groups of travelers who must band together to fight off rampaging Indians. Good writing, a rousing score and Schuster's tight direction raise this several notches above the product normally churned out by its studio, the usually low-grade Allied Artists. Schuster eventually turned to series television, and finished out his career there.
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Filmography
Directing
35 credits
So Dear to My Heart
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
Girl Trouble
Dragoon Wells Massacre
Exposed
The Power of the Resurrection
My Friend Flicka
On the Sunny Side
Breakfast in Hollywood
The Tender Years
Swing That Cheer
Marine Raiders
The Return of Jack Slade
Down Liberty Road
Dinner at the Ritz
Kid Monk Baroni
South to Karanga
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
The Postman Didn't Ring
Port of Hell
Loophole
Bomber's Moon
Courage of Black Beauty
One Hour to Live
Zanzibar
Wings of the Morning
Finger Man
Security Risk
Jack Slade
Small Town Deb
A Very Young Lady
Portland Exposé
Diamond Frontier
Framed
Queer Cargo
Other credits
15 credits
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Skyline
Call Her Savage
Marie Galante
Such Men Are Dangerous
Chandu the Magician
Renegades
Berkeley Square
The Man Who Came Back
4 Devils
Zoo in Budapest
Women Everywhere
South Sea Rose
Frozen Justice
Ambassador Bill
Acting
1 credit
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