Jacques Mapes

Рождение : 1913-06-14,

Смерть : 2002-05-04

Фильмы

The Best Place to Be
Producer
A widow's life is thrown into turmoil by her hippie daughter, her rebellious teenage son, and an ill-starred love affair she is having with a much younger man -- and then a former suitor comes back into the picture.
Suddenly, Love
Producer
Despite their different backgrounds working class Regina Malloy and wealthy Jack Graham fall in love leading to marriage and the birth of a son. All is bliss until tragedy strikes.
Семейный беспорядок
Producer
An elderly married couple find that as their physical and mental health deteriorates, they find themselves dependent more and more upon their grown children.
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
Producer
A newspaper reporter's life is endangered when she is assigned to investigate a political assassination.
Потерянный горизонт
Associate Producer
В 1935 году во время восстания в Китае самолет с пятью англичанами и американцами на борту совершил вынужденную посадку в глухих горах Тибета, там, где еще не ступала нога цивилизованного человека. Бедняги уже готовы были распроститься с жизнью, как вдруг к ним пришло спасение в виде странных буддийских монахов, глава которых, к их удивлению, говорил на английском. Он приводит их в сказочную страну Шангри-Ла, ранее никому не известную. В этой идеальной стране здоровье, мир и долголетие правят людьми в отличие от всего остального, цивилизованного мира. Основной принцип их «идеологии» - отказ от излишеств...
Аэропорт
Associate Producer
Фильм "Аэропорт" (Airport), созданный по мотивам бестселлера Артура Хейли, стал не только одной из кассовых кинокартин 60-х годов, но и своеобразным эталоном фильма-катастрофы, стиля которого придерживались режиссеры более позднего времени. Желая, чтобы его семья получила солидную страховку после его гибели, отчаявшийся неудачник угрожает, что взорвет лайнер, где, кроме него, находятся и другие пассажиры. Начинается паника...
Rosie!
Producer
An eccentric Los Angeles dowager decides to fight back when her two greedy daughters attempt to have her declared legally insane.
Bright Road
Set Decoration
Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child.
I Love Melvin
Set Decoration
Melvin Hoover, a budding photographer for Look magazine, accidentally bumps into a young actress named Judy LeRoy in the park. They start to talk and Melvin soon offers to do a photo spread of her. His boss, however, has no intention of using the photos. Melvin wants to marry Judy, but her father would rather she marry dull and dependable Harry Black. As a last resort, Melvin promises to get Judy's photo on the cover of the next issue of Look, a task easier said than done.
Everything I Have Is Yours
Set Decoration
A husband and wife act are hoping to find success on Broadway.
Поющие под дождём
Set Decoration
Основа этого легендарного фильма — дюжина старых песен, написанных для различных бродвейских шоу. Дон Локвуд — популярная звезда немого кино вспоминает о том, как он пришел к славе… но вдруг счастье покидает его — наступила эра звукового кино. Нужно осваивать новые горизонты.
The Unknown Man
Set Decoration
A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.
The Prowler
Set Decoration
Los Angeles, California. A cop who, unhappy with his job, blames others for his work problems, is assigned to investigate the case of a prowler who stalks the home of a married woman.
Woman on the Run
Set Decoration
Frank Johnson, a sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris, on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible retaliation. Frank's wife, Eleanor, suspects he is actually running away from their unsuccessful marriage. Aided by a newspaperman, Danny Leggett, Eleanor sets out to locate her husband. The killer is also looking for him, and keeps close tabs on Eleanor.
The Second Woman
Set Decoration
In flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coast, meets neighbor Jeff Cohalan and his ultramodern clifftop house. Ellen is strongly attracted to Jeff, who's being plagued by unexplainable accidents, major and minor. Bad luck, persecution...or paranoia? Warned that Jeff could be dangerous, Ellen fears that he's in danger, as the menacing atmosphere darkens.
Destination Murder
Set Decoration
Laura Mansfield catches a glimpse of mob hit man Jackie Wales after he shoots her businessman father. At the police station, Laura identifies Jackie as the murderer, but the policeman in charge of the case, Lt. Brewster, lets him go, citing a lack of corroborating evidence. Outraged, Laura worms her way into the unsuspecting Jackie's heart, trying to snare him and mob-connected club owner Armitage in her trap.
Шампанское для Цезаря
Set Decoration
Борегард Боттомли - бывший ученый. Как и подобает безработному гению, он живет тихой, размеренной жизнью вместе со своей сестрой Гвенн и говорящим попугаем Цезарем. Постоянно читая, Борегард преумножает свои и без того обширные знания. После неудачи с трудоустройством в мыловаренную компанию "Миледи" Борегард решает участвовать в телешоу-викторине "Час счастливчика Хогана. Маскарад и деньги". Каждый правильный ответ удваивает сумму выигрыша. Спонсором шоу является все та же "Миледи". Менеджер компании Барнбридж Уотерс ловко использует подскочивший рейтнг шоу для продвижения продукции фирмы. Шоу продолжается каждую неделю. Жутко эрудированный Борегард не перестает давать правильные ответы и не собирается останавливаться, пока не получит всю "мыльную империю". Чтобы не допустить этого, Уотерс решает использовать "секретное оружие.
The Great Dan Patch
Set Decoration
David Palmer, a young chemist, returns to his father's Indiana farm, to marry a local school teacher, Ruth Treadwell. David meets again his father's horse-trainer, Ben Lathrop, whose daughter, Cissy, has left high school to help her father. Palmer marries and becomes wealthy through an invention, and is able to indulge his socially-ambitious wife. His father dies and Palmer returns to Indiana, where his interest in harness-racing is rekindled, as is his interest in Cissy Lathrop.
Удар
Set Decoration
Успешный бизнесмен из Сан-Франциско Уолтер Уильямс с одобрения совета директоров покупает три завода в Денвере. Его любимая жена Ирэн из-за плохого самочувствия не может поехать с ним, но просит подвезти её двоюродного брата Джима. В дороге Джим, который на самом деле любовник Ирен, пытается убить Уолтера.
My Dear Secretary
Set Decoration
A budding young writer thinks it's her lucky day when she is chosen to be the new secretary for Owen Waterbury, famous novelist. She is soon disppointed, however, when he turns out to be an erratic, immature playboy. Opposites attract, of course, but not without sub-plots that touch on competitiveness within marriage and responsibility.
An Innocent Affair
Set Decoration
Vincent Doane is in the precarious position of trying to close an advertising account with his rich ex-fiancée. Unfortunately she is more interested in him than in business. Vincent's wife Paula gets suspicious and finally decides to do some flirting of her own to make him jealous. Unknown to her, she chooses cigarette tychoon Claude Kimball. In fact, Kimball hits it off well with both of the Doanes. The question is whether or not their marriage can survive all the shenanigans.
Adventures of Gallant Bess
Set Decoration
Ted Daniels, a ranch hand working for a rodeo, captures a magnificent wild horse that he tames and trains. As Ted is recovering from an accident that happened during a rodeo, the rodeo owner cheats him out of his horse. Ted must decide whether to pursue him and try to recover the horse, or whether to settle down with the doctor's daughter who is nursing him back to health. Written by Snow Leopard
Хороший Сэм
Set Decoration
Sam Clayton has a good heart and likes to help out people in need. In fact, he likes to help them out so much that he often finds himself broke and unable to help his own family buy the things they need--like a house.
The Burning Cross
Set Designer
Recently returned from WWII combat, unable to find a job, finding his sweetheart engaged to another man, and generally aware of the changes which have occurred in his hometown while he was away, a young man becomes easily talked into joining the Ku Klux Klan. Banned by the Virginia Board of Censors, and financed independently because no bank would loan money for it.