Sherry Shourds

出生 : 1906-03-15, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

死亡 : 1991-02-13

略歴

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Walter Sherborne "Sherry" Shourds Jr. (March 15, 1906 – February 13, 1991) was an American assistant director, director and production manager who was a write-in nomination during the 8th Academy Awards for the short lived Best Assistant Director category for A Midsummer Night's Dream, which was also the 2nd and last year the Academy Awards allowed write-in votes. He also helped on the television show Bonanza. Selected filmography The Iron Mask (1929) Captain Blood (1935) A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) Four Daughters (1938) All This, and Heaven Too (1940) The Letter (1940) The Sea Wolf (1941) Kings Row (1942) The Big Punch (1948) (director) I Confess (1953) (production manager)

参加作品

Chamber of Horrors
Unit Manager
A one-handed madman (he lost the hand while escaping a hanging) uses various detachable devices as murder weapons to gain revenge on those he believes have wronged him.
An American Dream
Assistant Director
Stephen Rojack is a decorated war vet who has now found success as an outspoken television personality. During a vicious argument with his wife, Deborah, Stephen snaps and pushes her from his high-rise apartment to her death. He manages to convince the authorities that she killed herself, then reignites an old affair with singer Cherry McMahon -- which doesn't sit well with her jealous mobster boyfriend, Nicky.
私は告白する
Production Supervisor
教会で働くケラーから殺人の懺悔を聞いた神父ローガン。だが、状況証拠から神父自身が犯人にされてしまう。聖職者の彼は懺悔の内容を語ることができず……。戒律に挑戦した異色のサスペンス。
Bright Leaf
Assistant Director
Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market.
June Bride
Assistant Director
A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong...
The Big Punch
Director
Gangsters frame a boxer for murder when he refuses to throw a fight.
Winter Meeting
Assistant Director
A repressed poetess and an embittered war hero help each other cope with their problems.
All This, and Heaven Too
Assistant Director
When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile and obsessive Duchesse de Praslin, she instantly incurs the wrath of her mistress, who is insanely jealous of anyone who comes near her estranged husband. Though she saves the duchess's little son from a near-death illness and warms herself to all the children, she is nevertheless dismissed by the vengeful duchess. Meanwhile, the attraction between the duke and Henriette continues to grow, eventually leading to tragedy.
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Assistant Director
This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.
Dodge City
Assistant Director
In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a railroad line.
Angels with Dirty Faces
Assistant Director
In New York, the boys Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly are best friends and small time thieves. After a robbery, Rocky is arrested and sent to a reformatory school, where he begins his criminal career. Jerry escapes and later becomes a priest. After three years in prison, Rocky is released and demands the return of $100,000 deposited with his solicitor - prior to his jail term.
Four's a Crowd
Assistant Director
A publicist falls for his most difficult client's daughter.
Penrod and His Twin Brother
Assistant Director
Penrod Schofield's mischievous dog, Duke, is falsely accused of biting Penrod's spoiled friend, Rodney.
The Green Pastures
Assistant Director
God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black Americans.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Assistant Director
A film adaptation by Max Reinhardt of his popular stage productions of Shakespeare's comedy. Four young people escape Athens to a forest where the king and queen of the fairies are quarreling, while meanwhile a troupe of amateur actors rehearses a play. When the fairy Puck uses a magic flower to make people fall in love, the whole thing becomes a little bit confused...
Front Page Woman
Assistant Director
Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes women are "bum newspapermen". When a murder investigation ensues, the two compete every step of the way, determined to not be scooped by the other.
Cynara
Assistant Director
A London barrister's marriage is under strain after his affair with a shopgirl who is out to have him. The story is told in flashback.