Reunion (1936 film)
Reunion is a 1936 film produced by 20th Century Fox and directed by Norman Taurog.
LeRoy Prinz
LeRoy Jerome Prinz( July 14, 1895 – September 15, 1983) was an American choreographer, director and producer, who was involved in the production of dozens of motion pictures, mainly for Paramount Pictures and Warner Brothers, from 1929 through 1958, and also choreographed Broadway musicals.
He was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Dance Direction in the 1930s, and won the Golden Globe in 1958.
Among the films whose dances he choreographed were" Show Boat"( 1936)," Yankee Doodle Dandy"( 1942)," Rhapsody in Blue"( 1945), and" South Pacific"( 1958).
Richard Benner
Richard Benner (1943 – December 2, 1990) was an American film director and screenwriter who worked predominantly in Canada.
His 1977 film "Outrageous!" was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival, where Craig Russell won the Silver Bear for Best Actor.
Benner, who grew up in Kentucky and studied drama in California and England, landed in Toronto in the early 1970s.
Writing for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, he pitched an idea for a film about a gay hairdresser with dreams of New York City success to the Canadian Film Development Corporation (now Telefilm Canada).
Approved, he was able to secure financing with the help of Toronto producers, and "Outrageous!", the first film to feature Craig Russell, an openly gay cabaret performer, went on to critical success at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.
Funny and sympathetic, "Outrageous!" is considered a landmark film in Canadian Queer cinema.
Ten years later Benner talked Russell into doing a sequel (1987), which fared not nearly as well.
Benner died from complications due to AIDS in 1990.
In addition to his films, he directed several episodes of the Canadian television series "9BMonstersStreet Legal" and "Road to Avonlea".
Too Outrageous!
Too Outrageous! is a 1987 Canadian comedy film directed and written by Richard Benner and starring Craig Russell as Robin Turner, a drag queen.
It is based on a story by Margaret Gibson.
Show Boat (1936 film)
Show Boat is a 1936 romantic musical film directed by James Whale, based on the musical of the same name by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, which in turn was adapted from the novel of the same name by Edna Ferber.
Universal Pictures had filmed the part- talkie" Show Boat" which was released in 1929.
Carl Laemmle, head of Universal, had been deeply dissatisfied with that film, and wanted to make an all- sound version of the musical.
It was originally scheduled to be made in 1934, but plans to make this version with Russ Columbo as the gambler Gaylord Ravenal fell through when Columbo was killed that year in a shotgun accident, and production of the film was rescheduled.
The film, with several members of the original Broadway cast, began principal photography in late 1935 and was released in 1936.
In addition to the songs retained from the stage production, Kern and Hammerstein wrote three additional songs for the film.
Two of them were performed in spots previously reserved for songs from the stage production.
Maude Allen
Maude Allen( November 30, 1887 – April 24, 1960) was an American character actress.
She was born in Middleborough, Massachusetts.
Died in Los Angeles, California, aged 72.
She appeared in several Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s, including small roles in" Show Boat"( 1936)," San Francisco"( 1936), and as" Dutchess" in the serial" The Adventures of Red Ryder"( 1940).
James Whale
James Whale( 22 July 1889 – 29 May 1957) was an English film director, theater director and actor, who spent the greater part of his career in Hollywood.
He is best remembered for several horror films:" Frankenstein"( 1931)," The Old Dark House"( 1932)," The Invisible Man"( 1933) and" Bride of Frankenstein"( 1935), all considered classics.
Whale also directed films in other genres, including the 1936 film version of the musical" Show Boat".
He became increasingly disenchanted with his association with horror, and many of his non-horror films have fallen into obscurity.
Whale was born into a large family in Dudley, Worcestershire.
He discovered his artistic talent early on and studied art.
With the outbreak of World War I he enlisted in the British Army and became an officer.
He was captured by the Germans and during his time as a prisoner of war he realized he was interested in drama.
Following his release at the end of the war he became an actor, set designer and director.
His success directing the 1928 play" Journey's End" led to his move to the US, first to direct the play on Broadway and then to Hollywood, California, to direct films.
He lived in Hollywood for the rest of his life, most of that time with his longtime companion, producer David Lewis.
Apart from" Journey's End"( 1930), which was released by Tiffany Films, and" Hell's Angels"( 1930), released by United Artists, he directed a dozen films for Universal Pictures between 1931 and 1937, developing a style characterized by the influence of German Expressionism and a highly mobile camera.
At the height of his career as a director Whale directed" The Road Back"( 1937), a sequel to" All Quiet on the Western Front".
Studio interference, possibly spurred by political pressure from Nazi Germany, led to the film's being altered from Whale's vision and it was a critical and commercial failure.
A run of similar box- office disappointments followed and, while he would make one final short film in 1950, by 1941 his film directing career was effectively over.
He continued to direct for the stage and also rediscovered his love for painting and travel.
His investments made him wealthy and he lived a comfortable retirement until suffering strokes in 1956 that robbed him of his vigor and left him in pain.
He committed suicide on 29 May 1957 by drowning himself in his swimming pool.
Whale was openly gay throughout his career, something that was very unusual in the 1920s and 1930s.
As knowledge of his sexual orientation has become more common, some of his films," Bride of Frankenstein" in particular, have been interpreted as having a gay subtext and it has been claimed that his refusal to remain in the closet led to the end of his career.
Show Boat (1951 film)
Show Boat is a 1951 American musical romantic comedy- drama film, based on the stage musical of the same name by Jerome Kern( music) and Oscar Hammerstein II( script and lyrics), and the 1926 novel by Edna Ferber.
It was made by MGM, adapted for the screen by John Lee Mahin, produced by Arthur Freed and directed by George Sidney.
Filmed previously in 1929 and in 1936, this third adaptation of" Show Boat" was shot in Technicolor in the typical MGM lavish style.
The film stars Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, and Howard Keel, with Joe E. Brown, Marge Champion, Gower Champion, William Warfield, Robert Sterling, Agnes Moorehead and Leif Erickson.
Unlike the 1936 film, none of the members of the original Broadway cast of the show appeared in this version.
The 1951" Show Boat" was the most financially successful of the film adaptations of the show: one of MGM's most popular musicals, it was the third- most profitable film of that year.
Fatal Lady
Fatal Lady is a 1936 film.
It recorded a loss of$ 296,665.
Howard Marsh
Howard Marsh( 1888- 1969) was a leading Broadway tenor of the 1920s.
He created the role of Baron Franz Schober( not Franz Schubert) in Sigmund Romberg's operetta drawn from Schubert's life and music," Blossom Time", in 1921, and that of Prince Karl Franz in the original 1924 production of Sigmund Romberg's operetta" The Student Prince".
Marsh also played Gaylord Ravenal in the original 1927 Broadway production of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's" Show Boat".
He played Ravenal only in the original production of" Show Boat", not in any of the revivals, and never appeared in films or on television.
Despite appearing in three musical theatre smash hits over a span of seven years, Marsh made his last appearance in a new show in 1930," The Well of Romance", opposite his" Show Boat" co-star, Norma Terris.
After that, he appeared in major roles on Broadway in 1930's revivals of some Gilbert and Sullivan operettas.
He made no recordings of the songs that he sang either in" The Student Prince" or" Show Boat", but he did record some of those Gilbert and Sullivan selections.
None of his recordings has appeared on CD as yet.
Marsh was born August 16, 1888 in Bluffton, Indiana.

Question: Which film has the director who died later, Too Outrageous! or Show Boat (1936 Film)?
Answer: Too Outrageous!