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Louis De Rochemont

Born January 13, 1899 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died December 23, 1978 · aged 79

He co-founded and was the first director of The March of Time, which added topical issues to newsreels. He also produced feature film documentaries that based dramatic narrative on factual records, including "The House On 92nd Street" (1945), which used real FBI files, "Boomerang!" (1946), it included a reenactment of an actual murder case and a biography, "Martin Luther" (1953).

Known For

Boomerang!Boomerang! · 1947
Boomerang!
7.11947
MovieDramaMystery
When a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner in a quiet Connecticut town, the citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. All of the witnesses identify John Waldron, a nervous out-of-towner, as the killer. District Attorney Henry Harvey is then put on the case and faces political opposition in his attempt to prove Waldron's innocence.
The Roman Spring of Mrs. StoneThe Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone · 1961
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
6.91961
MovieDramaRomance
An aging actress travels to Rome with her husband; after he suddenly dies during the flight, she begins a passionate affair with a young gigolo.
The House on 92nd StreetThe House on 92nd Street · 1945
The House on 92nd Street
6.61945
MovieThriller
The US Government tries to track down embedded Nazi agents in the States.
13 Rue Madeleine13 Rue Madeleine · 1947
13 Rue Madeleine
6.11947
MovieThrillerWar
Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services, becomes suspicious of one of the latest batch of students, Bill O'Connell, who is too good at espionage. His boss, Charles Gibson confirms that O'Connell is really a top German agent, but tells Sharkey to pass him, as they intend to feed the mole false information about the impending D-Day invasion.
Show-Business at WarShow-Business at War · 1943
Show-Business at War
7.01943
MovieDocumentary
A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
Man on a StringMan on a String · 1960
Man on a String
6.61960
MovieCrimeDrama
U.S. spies catch a Moscow-born U.S. citizen helping spies, and they force him to counterspy.
Inside Nazi GermanyInside Nazi Germany · 1938
Inside Nazi Germany
6.11938
MovieDocumentary
Short documentary film in the newsreel series 'The March of Time'.
The First World WarThe First World War · 1934
The First World War
1934
MovieDocumentaryWar
Produced by the Fox Movietone News arm of Fox Film Corporation and based on the book by Lawrence Stallings, this expanded newsreel, using stock-and-archive footage, tells the story of World War I from inception to conclusion. Alternating with scenes of trench warfare and intimate glimpses of European royalty at home, and scenes of conflict at sea combined with sequences of films from the secret archives of many of the involved nations.

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Youth in CrisisYouth in Crisis · 1943
Youth in Crisis
5.61943
MovieDocumentary
There is a vast increase of youth crime, doubling in the two years since the US entered World War II. With fathers off to war, women are working in the factories leaving children at home for the day or after school, unsupervised and free to get into trouble. Young men and women, some working and making an adult wage, now feel that they have the right to act and do as adults. Others are trying their hands at new thrills, such as smoking marijuana. Young women are getting into trouble by getting involved with the many servicemen that they are attracted to. This film shows how these kinds of subversive thoughts that lead to juvenile delinquency can be broken by having youths selling war bonds and organizing 4-H clubs, among other activities.

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