Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.

出生 : 1926-02-14, Berlin, Germany

死亡 : 2004-07-19

略歴

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Irvin Shortess "Shorty" Yeaworth, Jr. (February 14, 1926 in Berlin, Germany – July 19, 2004, in Amman, Jordan) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and theme park builder. He began his career singing at age 10 at KDKA, the world's first radio station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He later became a radio producer. He directed more than 400 films for motivational, educational, and religious purposes. As an impresario, he directed the Wayne (Pa.) Concert Series from 1979 to 2003. However, he is best known for directing the classic film The Blob. He was married to Jean Yeaworth and had five children. Before he died in a road accident in Amman, he was building a theme park called Jordanian Experience at the Aquaba Gateway in Jordan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Irvin Yeaworth, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Way Out
Way Out
Producer
A story of two men who become heroin addicts, what they must do to support their habit and how it affects their lives.
Way Out
Way Out
Director
A story of two men who become heroin addicts, what they must do to support their habit and how it affects their lives.
The Gospel Blimp
The Gospel Blimp
Director
A church group uses a blimp to evangelize to their hometown, but things don't work as planned.
Dinosaurus!
Dinosaurus!
Director
After undersea explosions near a Caribbean island, prehistoric creatures are unleashed on the unsuspecting population.
4D Man
4D Man
Director
Two brothers, scientists Scott and Tony Nelson, develop an amplifier which enables a person to enter a 4th dimensional state, allowing him to pass through any object. Scott experiments on himself and discovers that each time he passes through something he ages rapidly. He begins killing people, sucking out their life energies and regaining his youth as a result.
4D Man
4D Man
Producer
Two brothers, scientists Scott and Tony Nelson, develop an amplifier which enables a person to enter a 4th dimensional state, allowing him to pass through any object. Scott experiments on himself and discovers that each time he passes through something he ages rapidly. He begins killing people, sucking out their life energies and regaining his youth as a result.
The Blob
The Blob
Director
A drive-in favorite, this sci-fi classic follows teenagers Steve and his best girl, Jane, as they try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches. The first to discover the substance and live to tell about it, Steve and Jane witness the blob destroying an elderly man, then it growing to a terrifying size. But no one else has seen the goo, and policeman Dave refuses to believe the kids without proof.
The Flaming Teenage
The Flaming Teenage
Director
A small town boy heads for the lights of the big city and discovers the delights of hard liquor and fast women. Ere long, he becomes an addict, a dope peddler and a shop-lifter to obtain money for drugs.