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Kurt Neumann

Director • Born 1908

Kurt Neumann

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About

Kurt Neumann (5 April 1908, Nuremberg, Germany - 21 August 1958, Los Angeles) was a german Hollywood film director who specialized in science fiction movies in his later career. Neumann came to the US in the early talkie era, hired to direct German language versions of Hollywood films. Once he mastered English and established himself as technically proficient in filmmaking, Neumann directed such low-budget programmers as The Big Cage (1932), Secret of the Blue Room (1933) with Paul Lukas and Gloria Stuart, Hold 'Em Navy (1936), It Happened in New Orleans (1936) with child star Bobby Breen, Wide Open Faces (1937) with Joe E. Brown, and Ellery Queen: Master Detective (1939). Neumann was signed by producer Hal Roach in 1941 to direct a series of "streamliners", 45-minute features designed to fill out short double bills. Among these 4-reel comedies were About Face (1942), Brooklyn Orchid...

Known for

The Fly posterThe FlyMovie • 1958Tarzan's Desert Mystery posterTarzan's Desert MysteryMovie • 1943Dracula's Daughter posterDracula's DaughterMovie • 1936Tarzan and the Amazons posterTarzan and the AmazonsMovie • 1945Action in the North Atlantic posterAction in the North AtlanticMovie • 1943The Return of the Vampire posterThe Return of the VampireMovie • 1943Tarzan and the Leopard Woman posterTarzan and the Leopard WomanMovie • 1946Tarzan and the Huntress posterTarzan and the HuntressMovie • 1947The Kid from Texas posterThe Kid from TexasMovie • 1950The President's Analyst posterThe President's AnalystMovie • 1967Above Suspicion posterAbove SuspicionMovie • 1943Rocketship X-M posterRocketship X-MMovie • 1950Kronos posterKronosMovie • 1957Secret of the Blue Room posterSecret of the Blue RoomMovie • 1933