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Alvin Ganzer
Born August 27, 1911 · Cold Spring, Minnesota, United States
Died January 3, 2009 · aged 97
Alvin Ganzer was an American film and television director whose career spanned several decades. He began his career at Paramount Pictures in 1932, working in the casting department before transitioning to roles as an assistant and second unit director on numerous feature films from 1934 through 1954. Ganzer's first directorial feature film credit was for The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953), steppi…
Known For
The Paleface · 1948The Paleface
★ 6.11948
MovieComedyWestern
Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, "Painless" Peter Potter, who finds himself gunslinging alongside the fearless Calamity as she fights off outlaws and Indians.
Elephant Walk · 1954Elephant Walk
★ 5.91954
MovieRomanceAdventure
Colonial tea planter John Wiley (Peter Finch), visiting England at the end of World War II, wins and weds lovely English rose Ruth (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) and takes her home to Elephant Walk, Ceylon, where the local elephants have a grudge against the plantation. Ruth's delight with the tropical wealth and luxury of her new home is tempered by isolation as the only white woman in the district; her husband's occasional imperious arrogance; a mutual physical attraction with plantation manager Dick Carver (Dana Andrews), and the hovering, ominous menace of the hostile elephants.
When the Boys Meet the Girls · 1965When the Boys Meet the Girls
★ 4.81965
MovieMusic
A playboy helps a young woman turn her father's Nevada ranch into a haven for divorcees.
At War with the Army · 1950At War with the Army
★ 5.31950
MovieComedyWar
Two former nightclub partners are now enlisted in the Army. Sergeant Puccinelli ranks above his former partner, Private First Class Korwin. Puccinelli is desperately trying to get transferred from his dull job to active duty overseas. Meanwhile, all Korwin wants is a pass to see his wife and new baby.
Chicago Deadline · 1949Chicago Deadline
★ 6.71949
MovieDramaCrime
On Chicago's South Side reporter Ed Ames finds the body of a dead girl. Her address book leads to a host of names of men frightened by her death but claiming never to have known her. Ames comes to know quite a lot, dangerously so.
King of Chinatown · 1939King of Chinatown
★ 5.61939
MovieActionCrime
A Chinese-American surgeon faces a moral dilemma after operating on the mob boss in charge of vice and protection rackets in her city's Chinatown.
Three Bites of the Apple · 1967Three Bites of the Apple
★ 6.01967
MovieComedy
A tour guide wins a large sum of money at a casino and a beautiful woman schemes at have it, but love complicates her plans.
Country Music Holiday · 1958Country Music Holiday
★ 6.01958
MovieRomanceMusic
Tennessee singing G.I. Verne Brand travels to New York City after his Army discharge. Alongside his buddies, he convinces a former bookie turned record executive to sign him, leading to a massive publicity blitz and attention from socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor. The situation draws Verne's hometown sweetheart, Marietta. to the city just as Verne becomes a television sensation in a high-stakes network ratings battle. Ultimately, Verne chooses his roots over fame, returning to Tennessee with Marietta to open a local recording studio.
















