Raoul Walsh
Raoul Walsh ( born March 11, 1887 in New York City; † December 31, 1980 in Simi Valley, California ) was an American film director and actor.
Career
Raoul Walsh was already running away from home as a boy and made his way with different jobs. So he went for a time at sea and worked as a cowboy and rodeo rider. In 1910 he came into contact with the film industry and in 1912 he worked as an actor and assistant director for DW Griffith. Griffith also gave him the first chance as a director, as Walsh 1914 together with Christy Cabanne The Life of General Villa turned, one of the first full-length feature films. A year later, had Walsh as John Wilkes Booth in Griffith The Birth of a Nation with.
In 1915 Walsh turned over the next half century, over one hundred feature films, which soon earned him the reputation of one of the best craftsmen in the industry. First, at William Fox under contract, he turned 1925 What Price Glory? one of his biggest financial success. Until the mid- 1930s, he remained at the Fox studios, and then change only the Paramount and then to Warner Brothers. At Warners, he worked a lot with Errol Flynn, after the actor Michael Curtiz had quarreled. Especially the filming of his last command, the last joint film by Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, join fast-paced fight scenes with lyrical and intimate settings between Flynn and de Havilland. In the mid- 1950s revitalized Walsh stagnant career of Clark Gable and helped the actor with the Western The Tall Men 1955 for the last time in the top ten most bankable stars.
A hallmark of the director was an eye patch after he had lost an eye during the filming of In Old Arizona. In 1974 he published his biography Each Man in His Time. His younger brother George Walsh was also an actor.
Appreciation
The style of Raoul Walsh was straightforward and straightforward. He preferred quick cuts, joining a good grasp of the necessary drama of a scene with a trained eye for the equipment and working with actors. Raoul Walsh knew, as few other directors to develop action scenes from the story out and not to allow the characterization of the cast from the eyes. He was a sought- Men director who took excellent from Errol Flynn, Clark Gable and Gregory Peck acting performances out. In addition to King Henry Walsh is a master of americana, the portrayal of an American society that is based on simple and honest interpersonal relationships.