Frank Tuttle
Frank Wright Tuttle ( born August 6, 1892 in New York City; † January 6, 1963 in Hollywood) was an American film director, who was at the height of his career, one of the highest paid directors in Hollywood. He was considered one of the few directors whom the transition from silent film harmoniously succeeded to the early sound film, and was later celebrated as an important representative of the " film noir".
Life
During his studies at Yale University Tuttle had already of performances of the student theater as an actor and later as a director, but then decided after completing his studies for the profession of a journalist. In this role, he also worked as an editor for the magazine Vanity Fair, and later as a screenwriter, so he came to Hollywood in 1921. In 1922 he began his screenplays for film as a director himself. Until 1945 he was a busy director, who clocked up more than 70 films.
During the McCarthy period, he said in 1951 before the HUAC and colleagues identified as communists to escape a prohibition itself.
He died on January 6, 1963 and was buried in the cemetery Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles, close to the tomb of the singer Roy Orbison.