William C. Thompson

Nacimiento : 1889-03-30, Bound Brook, New Jersey, USA

Muerte : 1963-10-22

Películas

3-D Rarities
Director of Photography
Selections include Kelley's Plasticon Pictures, the earliest extant 3-D demonstration film from 1922 with incredible footage of Washington and New York City; New Dimensions, the first domestic full color 3-D film originally shown at the World’s Fair in 1940; Thrills for You, a promotional film for the Pennsylvania Railroad; Stardust in Your Eyes, a hilarious standup routine by Slick Slavin; trailer for The Maze, with fantastic production design by William Cameron Menzies; Doom Town, a controversial anti-atomic testing film mysteriously pulled from release; puppet cartoon The Adventures of Sam Space, presented in widescreen; I’ll Sell My Shirt, a burlesque comedy unseen in 3-D for over 60 years; Boo Moon, an excellent example of color stereoscopic animation…and more!
Final Curtain
Director of Photography
After a horror play's final performance, The Vampire roams the theater.
The Sinister Urge
Director of Photography
A flunky for a porno movie ring starts murdering the smut films' lead actresses.
Demasiado joven para el amor
Cinematography
Este drama de bajo presupuesto trata acerca de los peligros del romance adolescente y la delincuencia juvenil. Cathy Taylor (Jennifer West) y Jim Mills (Richard Evans) son dos adolescentes que se han enamorado. Cuando son encontrados por la policía, en un dudoso local nocturno, son llevados a la estación policial y sus padres son avisados. Éstos, imaginando lo peor, los previenen acerca de este tipo de comportamiento que podría arruinarles sus vidas para siempre. Sin embargo, la relación de Cathy y Jim se vuelve cada vez más estrecha y ella pronto descubre que está embarazada. No estando en posición de contraer matrimonio, Jim ofrece pagar por un aborto ilegal, pero deberá cometer un crimen para juntar el dinero.
Plan 9 del espacio exterior
Director of Photography
En California, un anciano lamenta la pérdida de su esposa y al día siguiente también muere. Sin embargo, el soldado espacial Eros y su compañera Tanna usan un dispositivo eléctrico para resucitarlos a ambos y al fuerte inspector Clay que fue asesinado por la pareja. Su intención no es conquistar la Tierra sino evitar que la humanidad desarrolle la poderosa bomba "Solobonita" que amenazaría el universo. Cuando la población de Hollywood y Washington DC ve platillos voladores en el cielo, un coronel, un teniente de policía, un piloto comercial, su esposa y un policía intentan detener a los extraterrestres.
Night of the Ghouls
Director of Photography
Reports of strange activities out by the Old Willow's place signal new adventures for Kelton the Cop & Co. An apparent mystic, Dr. Acula is engaging in rituals designed to raise the dead. But he may get more than he bargained for...
Invasora de Júpiter
Director of Photography
Una cápsula espacial aterriza en un bosque del gran norte americano. A bordo viaja una extraterrestre. Un consejo cósmico, inquieto por el hecho de que nuestro planeta pueda poner en peligro el equilibrio universal, la ha enviado a la Tierra. ¿Con qué fin? Eso tendrán que descubrir una banda de malhechores y sus rehenes, un geólogo y una joven de la alta sociedad.
The Violent Years
Director of Photography
A newspaper publisher's daughter suffers from neglect by her parents. She and her friends turn to crime by dressing up like men, holding up gas stations, raping young men at gunpoint, and having makeout parties when her parents are away. Their "fence" gets them to trash the school on request of sinister un-American clients, and they run afoul of the law, apple pie, and God himself.
Dementia: La hija del terror
Cinematography
Película de terror con tintes surrealistas, donde la historia experimenta un viaje a la atormentada y traumatizada mente de una mujer durante una noche de pesadilla y terror. Sin diálogos, únicamente con la voz en off del narrador supone una obra de culto y un hito en el cine de horror.
La novia del monstruo
Director of Photography
Un científico realiza experimentos con humanos con la intención de crear un superhombre, pero una periodista se interpondrá...
Jail Bait
Director of Photography
Don Gregor, the son of famous plastic surgeon Dr. Boris Gregor, begins to hang around with young criminal Vic Brady and carry a gun. The pair attempt an armed holdup, and when things start to go wrong Gregor accidentally kills a night watchman. Fearing that Gregor plans to turn himself in, Brady kills him and blackmails Dr. Gregor into giving him a new face.
Girl Gang
Director of Photography
A gangster hooks gangs of young women on drugs and has them commit robberies and prostitution.
I'll Sell My Shirt
Director of Photography
A short burlesque act with comedians and strippers, shot in 3D
Project Moon Base
Director of Photography
In the future (1970) the US sends a mission to the moon to investigate the building of a moon base.
Glen o Glenda
Judge (uncredited)
Un psiquiatra cuenta dos historias: una de un travesti (Glen o Glenda), la otra de un pseudohermafrodita (Alan o Anne).
Glen o Glenda
Director of Photography
Un psiquiatra cuenta dos historias: una de un travesti (Glen o Glenda), la otra de un pseudohermafrodita (Alan o Anne).
El hijo del renegado
Camera Operator
Red River Johnny reune a sus amigos y vuelve a su pueblo a reclamar la herencia de su padre, quien, hace muchos años, fuera puesto fuera de la ley por el sheriff.
El hijo del renegado
Director of Photography
Red River Johnny reune a sus amigos y vuelve a su pueblo a reclamar la herencia de su padre, quien, hace muchos años, fuera puesto fuera de la ley por el sheriff.
A Night in Hollywood
Cinematography
Filmed record of a burlesque show, featuring Tempest Storm in a Technicolor segment.
A Night in Hollywood
Director
Filmed record of a burlesque show, featuring Tempest Storm in a Technicolor segment.
Orange Blossoms for Violet
Director of Photography
In this short, with the sound effects and voices of the Warner Bros animation shorts, but with black and white footage of monkeys and other animals, we see a struggle between two boy monkeys and the girl they love.
Her Wedding Night
Director of Photography
Burlesque film. Leon De Voe sings "Ridin' Shotgun," accompanied by Loretta Miller and a chorus line. Slats Taylor and Clyde Hodges perform a comedy sketch about a young man seeking permission from an aged, deaf father to marry his daughter. Contessa Vera Richkova sings "La nuit pour moi" and performing an dance titled "The Black Angel." De Voe returns with the chorus and Miller to present "Good Bye Mary." Comedian Clyde Hodges portrays a drunk in a foreign restaurant, then dons blackface to impersonate male and female singers as he sings "Big Fat Cadillac." Patti Waggin sings "Something's Going to Happen" to De Voe, who responds with the song "My Baby Likes Fun." Richkova returns in "her spectacular dance ritual of seductive love and hate." The film closes with Lili St Cyr undressing to take a bath and preparing for bed.
The Blonde Pick-Up
Director of Photography
Scalli is a gangster who manages women wrestlers as a front for his bookmaking, drug, and prostitution rackets. He trusts the wrong people and ends up trying to run away from both the police and mysterious mob boss Mr. Big, to whom he owes $35,000.
French Follies
Director
Filmed record of a burlesque performance.
The Art of the Burlesque
Director of Photography
At Striptease College, aspiring strippers are taught their craft by Prof. Stringheimer. Meanwhile, Mr. Oppenheimer, the creepy landlord, likes to hang around the campus and spy on the girls.
Trouble At Melody Mesa
Director of Photography
Jimmy's father, a rancher, died in suspicious circumstances. To make things worse, Jimmy's disreputable uncle has a plot to take over the ranch. Jimmy turns to his friend Brad, the Marshal, for help.
The Devil's Sleep
Director of Photography
Innocent youth trapped in a hopped-up hell.
Arctic Fury
Director of Photography
Based on adventures of Dr. Thomas Barlow in the far north.
The White Gorilla
Director of Photography
A white gorilla causes trouble in the deepest heart of Africa. The film uses footage from the silent 1927 serial Perils Of The Jungle which was written by director of The White Gorilla Harry L Fraser under the name Harry P.Crist
Polygamy
Storekeeper
Exploitation film about Mormonism released under several titles.
Tugboat Princess
Director of Photography
When her parents are drowned at sea, "Princess" Judy is adopted by a soft-hearted old sea captain, Captain Zack, and brought to live on his tugboat.
Marihuana
Waterfront-Raid Detective (uncredited)
Una joven llamada Birmania asiste a una fiesta en la playa con su novio en la que fuma marihuana junto con otras chicas. A resultas de esa fiesta ella queda embarazada, mientras que otra de las chicas se ahoga mientras se zambulle en el océano. Birmania y su novio entran a trabajar a las órdenes de un traficante con el fin de ganar dinero y poder casarse. Sin embargo, durante una venta de drogas él es asesinado, dejando a Birmania desamparada. Ésta entonces se convierte en una traficante de drogas después de renunciar a su bebé en adopción...
Lucky Fugitives
Cinematography
Jack Wycoff is a successful young author whose double is the notorious gangster Cy King. Mistakenly arrested, Wyckoff finds himself handcuffed to an attractive lady. Wycoff escapes custody and flees across the country with the law in hot pursuit, refusing to establish either his true identity or his innocence until the lady unwillingly trapped at his side agrees to marry him.
The Irish Gringo
Producer
A half Mexican, half Irish gunman called The Irish Gringo and his pals come across a little girl wandering in the desert. It turns out her grandfather was murdered by a gang looking for the Lost Dutchman mine, a map of which is drawn on the shirt she is wearing, and now the outlaws are after her.
The Irish Gringo
Writer
A half Mexican, half Irish gunman called The Irish Gringo and his pals come across a little girl wandering in the desert. It turns out her grandfather was murdered by a gang looking for the Lost Dutchman mine, a map of which is drawn on the shirt she is wearing, and now the outlaws are after her.
The Irish Gringo
Director
A half Mexican, half Irish gunman called The Irish Gringo and his pals come across a little girl wandering in the desert. It turns out her grandfather was murdered by a gang looking for the Lost Dutchman mine, a map of which is drawn on the shirt she is wearing, and now the outlaws are after her.
High School Girl
Director of Photography
In this drama, a teenage boy and girl, tired of parental repression, begin sneaking out on dates and to parties. The parents are strict, but pay little real attention to their kids, therefore the kids turn to their high school biology teacher who is willing to really listen to their confidences.
The Brand of Hate
Director of Photography
Trouble starts when Bill Larkins and his two sons move in with his brother Joe. They start rustling cattle and then kill Rod's father with Joe's gun. The Sheriff and Rod think they did it and are after proof.
Maniac
Director of Photography
Un ex actor de vaudeville, hábil en el disfraz y la personificación, asiste a un científico loco en la tarea de reanimar cadáveres. Muy pronto comienza a volverse loco él mismo.
A Demon for Trouble
Director of Photography
Dyer is buying ranches and then retrieving his check by having his gang kill the owner. Bob Worth arrives just as Buck Morton is killed and gets blamed for the murder. Fleeing from the Sheriff, Bob teams up with the Mexican outlaw Golinda. Having seen Dyer pay off his men, he has a plan to trap him and Golinda is just the man he needs to make it work.
Tomorrow's Children
Director of Photography
Young Alice Mason wishes to start a family, but because her own has been deemed "defective" by the state health authorities—her parents are lazy alcoholics who continue breeding, and her siblings are disabled, have mental problems or are imprisoned—she is ordered by a court to undergo sterilization so that her family's "defective genes" won't be passed on to any further. Her boyfriend Jim and a kindly priest search desperately for a way to stop the forced surgery before it's too late.
Found Alive
Director of Photography
When a California mother loses custody of her young son to her ex-husband, she flees with the child to the jungles of Mexico with hopes of starting life anew.
Escándalos Romanos
"B" Camera Operator
Un hombre está convencido de que el emperador romano Valerio es un hombre encorvado como el cacique local. Por esta razón, sueña con que ha regresado a los tiempos del antiguo imperio romano.
Fancy Curves
Director of Photography
Babe Ruth teaches babes how to play baseball.....
Arizona Nights
Director of Photography
A miner finds himself swindled by an evil horse trader named Decker.
The Woman Untamed
Director of Photography
A lovely castaway is believed to be a goddess by the local natives. Popular dancer Mlle. Doraldina wrote the story to this film especially to highlight her talents, which trade paper Moving Picture World called "frankly sensual and of the athletic order."
Mother, I Need You
Director of Photography
The Fall of a Nation
Director of Photography
A sequel to DW Griffith's The Birth of a Nation, by the same author, and now lost. It is considered the first film sequel ever made and recounts a fictional invasion of America by a united army from Europe.
Garden of Lies
Director of Photography
An American girl marries the prince of a small European country. On their wedding day, the couple is involved in a car accident, the result of which is that the new bride suffers amnesia and can't remember who she is or anything about herself. While her new husband is off tending to his ailing father, the king, the woman's doctor hires a man to pose as her husband, hoping to jar her memory. She falls in love with her new "husband"; complications ensue.
Evangeline
Director of Photography
In the Canadian province of Acadia, young Evangeline is betrothed to Gabriel. But before their wedding can take place, the British imprison the men and send them into exile with their lands forfeit to the Crown Evangeline follows the exiled men in hopes of finding her beloved, but even after he and the other Acadians are released in Louisiana, she cannot find him, always arriving at some locale just after he has departed. But she dedicates her life to searching the continent for the man she loves.
Absinthe
Director of Photography
Melodrama about an artist who finds out in time about the personal and social damage that his alcohol addiction causes.