Reply #33: Director Vincent Sherman, age 99, dies.

[CBHagman]

How come I didn't know about this guy? Jeez, what a story!

http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=225762>1=7701

"Vincent Sherman, who directed — and romanced — Bette Davis, Rita Hayworth and Joan Crawford during his heyday as a leading Hollywood filmmaker in the 1940s and '50s, has died. He would have been 100 on July 16."

(SNIP)

"Sherman, whose film career was seriously damaged by Hollywood's communist 'red scare,' later became a successful director of such television series as 'The Waltons,' 'Doctors Hospital,' 'Baretta,'
'Trapper John, M.D.' and '77 Sunset Strip.'

"He had begun as an actor, appearing on Broadway and in a handful of movies, among them 1933's 'Counselor at Law,' in which he had a small but memorable role as a young anarchist opposite John Barrymore. He also wrote several screenplays, including 'Crime School,' which starred Bogart and the Dead End Kids.

"Because of his ability to evoke powerful performances from strong-willed female stars — he also directed Ida Lupino, Ann Sheridan and Patricia Neal — Sherman became known as a woman's director, a title he hated. He was quick to point out that he also directed Errol Flynn in 'The Adventures of Don Juan,' Paul Newman in 'The Young Philadelphians,' Bogart in 'All Through the Night,' Richard Burton in 'The Ice Palace' and Ronald Reagan in 'The Hasty Heart.'"

On edit: Read the second page of the MSN article. It sounds as though he was the kind of principled guy who wouldn't name names during the blacklist, and he paid for that.