What was Robert Redford’s directorial debut?
Robert Redford’s directorial debut was Ordinary People in 1980.
“Texaco Star Theater” (NBC, 1948-56) was the top-rated TV program in 1950.
The Secrets of Life and Death was authored by Dr. Frankenstein in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948). In Young Frankenstein (1974), How I Did It was also written by him.
No, the films of silent film director John Waters were not anything like those of his present-day namesake. Silent film director John Waters was responsible for formula Westerns like Nevada (1927), starring Gary Cooper and Thelma Todd. Present-day cult movie director John Waters is responsible for offbeat works like Pink Flamingos (1972) and Hairspray (1988).
The cornfield in Field of Dreams (1989) was filmed near Dyersville, Iowa.
Only Roger Corman was billed as director for The Terror, but several uncredited “assistants” helped out. Francis Ford Coppola, Monte Hellman, Jack Hill, Dennis Jacob, and Jack Nicholson assisted with directing the 1963 movie.
Fritz Lang directed three Westerns: The Return of Jesse James (1940), Western Union (1941), and Rancho Notorious (1952).