John Hoffman

Nascimento : 1904-08-28, Budapest, Austria – Hungary (now Budapest, Hungary)

Morte : 1980-01-06

Filmes

Obsessão de Matar
Editor
Durante a Guerra da Coréia, soldados marcham para o front de combate. Neste cenário, dois jovens tornam-se amigos: um é novato e idelista e acabou de chegar ao campo de batalha sem imaginar o inferno que o espera; o outro, já mais experiente, tem o hánito de fazer incursões solitárias no front inimigo à noite e pode estar perdendo o controle por causa dos horrores que vivenciou.
The Nun and the Sergeant
Editor
A weary sergeant in Korea commands military prisoners on a dangerous mission and is joined by a nun and a group of schoolgirls in enemy territory.
Por Quê Devo Morrer?
Editor
A night club singer who is the daughter of a small-town crook is tried and convicted of murder.
Bwana Devil
Editor
British railway workers in Kenya are becoming the favorite snack of two man-eating lions. Head engineer Bob Hayward becomes obsessed with trying to kill the beasts before they maul everyone on his crew.
Storm Over Tibet
Editor
During World War II, David Simms pilots supplies between India and China over the Himalaya Mountains.
Five
Editor
The film's storyline involves five survivors, one woman and four men, of an atomic bomb disaster. The five come together at a remote, isolated hillside house, where they try to figure out how to survive.
I Killed Geronimo
Director
Going undercover as the notorious "Waco Kid," U.S. Army Captain Jeff Packard (Ellison) manages to infiltrate a gang of gold-shipment thieves lead by nasty Walt Anderson (Ted Adams). But Anderson and his gang are not the only troublemakers around: Packard must also contend with Geronimo (Chief Thundercloud) and his Apache warriors, who are demanding guns in exchange for peace.
Port of New York
Additional Editing
Two narcotics agents go after a gang of murderous drug dealers who use ships docking at the New York harbor to smuggle in their contraband.
Nas Garras do Lobo
Director
A newspaper man, and former jewel thief, is accused of gem theft.
The Wreck of the Hesperus
Director
The story of an ex-sea captain who uses devious means to make his salvage company a success. Based on Longfellow's famous poem.
Forest Murmurs
Director
Short film by Slavko Vorkapich and John Hoffman.
The Fabulous Suzanne
Editor
Suzanne, a waitress, comes up with a sure-fire method for winning at the racetrack and, later, when she inherits a fortune from a customer of the restaurant, she use the same system for investing her money. Her stock broker tries to dissuade her, but she persists and her investments increases her wealth.
Prelude to Spring
Director
Short film by John Hoffman.
The Crimson Canary
Director
Members of a Jazz Band come under suspicion when a beautiful nightclub singer is murdered.
Estranha Revelação
Director
A scientist who is working on a cure for influenza is victimized by his unscrupulous boss, who releases the vaccine before it's ready, resulting in the death of the scientist's son.
Modelos
Other
Ao vencer concurso de beleza, jovem dançarina deixa o namorado para trás a fim de trabalhar como modelo. Mas descobre que o sucesso não substitui um grande amor. No Brooklyn, a dançarina de cabaré Rusty Parker tem uma vida simples mas feliz dançando no McGuire, cabaré de propriedade de seu namorado Danny. Rusty, Danny e Genius tem um ritual nas noites de sexta-feira: eles encomendam ostras em um bar, tentando encontrar uma pérola. A vida de Rusty muda quando ela participa e ganha um concurso para ser a garota da capa da revista Vanity. Ela é convidada a trabalhar em um grande teatro na Broadway, cujo proprietário propõe se casar com ela. Ela perde a felicidade e começa a beber em seu novo estilo de vida, sem o amor de Danny e seus velhos amigos.
Conquer by the Clock
Editor
Conquer by the Clock was a short dramatic propaganda film produced by the RKO Pathé in 1942 to encourage wartime industrial production. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1943.
Moods of the Sea
Editor
A recently unearthed experimental documentary of the crashing sea set to Mendelssohn's "Fingal's Cave." An example of the filmmakers' "new cinema" theory which held that film should be more like music than literature. This film is based solely on its arrangement of images.
Moods of the Sea
Director
A recently unearthed experimental documentary of the crashing sea set to Mendelssohn's "Fingal's Cave." An example of the filmmakers' "new cinema" theory which held that film should be more like music than literature. This film is based solely on its arrangement of images.
Fruto Proibido
Special Effects
Dois amigos petroleiros meio malandros, que ao longo de 20 anos se tornam magnatas do petróleo, amam a mesma mulher. Os amigos Big John McMasters e Square John Sand, ambos aventureiros do petróleo, são do tipo falantes, divertidos, que conseguem malandramente equipamentos e capital suficiente para desenvolver os seus próprios campos de petróleo. Mas sua amizade é posta à prova quando Big John fica inadvertidamente apaixonado por Elizabeth, a namorada de longa data de Square John Sand. Eventualmente, sua amizade e parceria chega ao fim num Cara ou Coroa. Anos mais tarde, quando o interesse de Big John pela bela Karen Vanmeer ameaça seu casamento também, Square John intervém em um esforço para salvar o casamento de seu ex-amigo - mesmo que isso signifique arruiná-lo financeiramente.
Broadway Serenade
Editorial Services
A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer only wants the singer, leaving the husband without a job and feeling a failure.
Madame X
Editorial Services
An alcoholic woman was charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that she is his mother, takes the assignment to defend her in court.
São Francisco, a Cidade do Pecado
Sequence Artist
Um Leão-de-Chácara da Costa Barbary e um empresário de Nob Hill são rivais pelos afetos de uma bela cantora, tanto pessoal quanto profissionalmente, na São Francisco de 1906.
Small Town Girl
Special Effects
Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob Dakin, who asks her for directions while drunk and then proceeds to take her out on a night on the town. Kay likes the stranger, and when the drunken Bob decides that they should get married, Kay hesitates little before consenting. The morning after the affair, Bob, once sober, regrets his mistake. His strict and upright parents, however, insist that the young couple pretend marriage for 6 months before divorcing, in order to avoid bad publicity. Bob resents Kay for standing in the way of him and his fiancée, Priscilla, but Kay still hopes that he'd have a change of heart.
Ziegfeld - O Criador de Estrelas
Special Effects
O filme retrata a vida de Florenz Ziegfeld (William Powell), um dos maiores empresários do showbusiness norte-americano no começo do século XX. Incluindo seus casos com artistas de seus espetáculo, seu casamento com Anna Held (Luise Rainer) e a crise da década de 30.
What Every Woman Knows
Special Effects
Aspiring young Scottish politician John Shand enters into an unusual agreement with the wealthy Wylie family -- if they fund his education, he must marry their daughter, Maggie. Staying true to his word, John weds Maggie and begins a successful career, thanks largely to his savvy wife. The couple's relationship is placed in jeopardy when John faces temptation in the form of the lovely aristocrat Lady Sybil Tenterden.
One Night of Love
Special Effects
Mary Barrett is an aspiring opera singer who is taken under the wings of a famous operatic maestro, Guilio Monterverdi. After spending endless working hours together and arguing, their relationship develops into love. But, jealousy and misunderstandings prevent Mary and Guilio from acknowledging their true feelings.
Whom the Gods Destroy
Special Effects
Broadway's most successful producer, John Forrester, is deeply in love with his wife Margaret and dreams of the future when his son Jack will step into his shoes. He sails to England to produce a show but the ship strikes a derelict wreckage and is sinking rapidly. In the ensuing wild panic, Forrester saves many lives, until finally, panic stricken by sudden fear, he dons a woman's clothes and is among the rescued. On the coast of Newfouldland, the villagers, not aware of his true identity, curse him but he is befriended by Alec who helps him conceal his identity. With a planned story of his survival, he returns to New York but cannot face his family or friends after he sees the plaque to his heroism on his New York theatre. Deciding to remain thought of as dead, he becomes a derelict himself, surviving on odd jobs as he watches from afar his now-grown son begin his career as a producer.
Whirlpool
Special Effects
An ex-convict tries to connect with the daughter who doesn't even know he exists.
Goldie Gets Along
Special Effects
A small-town girl schemes to get to Hollywood only to run into the man she left behind.
Drácula
Set Designer
Drácula (Bela Lugosi) é um conde vindo dos Cárpatos que aterroriza Londres por carregar uma maldição que o obriga a beber sangue humano para sobreviver. Após transformar uma jovem em vampira, ele concentra suas atenções em uma amiga dela, mas o pai da próxima vítima se chama Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan), um cientista holandês especialista em vampiros que pode acabar com seu reinado de terror.
Drácula
Production Design
Drácula (Bela Lugosi) é um conde vindo dos Cárpatos que aterroriza Londres por carregar uma maldição que o obriga a beber sangue humano para sobreviver. Após transformar uma jovem em vampira, ele concentra suas atenções em uma amiga dela, mas o pai da próxima vítima se chama Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan), um cientista holandês especialista em vampiros que pode acabar com seu reinado de terror.