Ken Dancyger
Kennet Dancyger is a scriptwriting theoretician, film historian and expert on film editing and film production.
He is professor of film and TV at Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film, Television,& New Media, Undergraduate.
He has been the president of University Film and Video Association.
He has taught film in the U.S. and Canada since 1968.
His 2002 book contains a detailed comparison of screwball comedy and film noir.( p. 68) He has collaborated as historical consultant for the 2004 documentary" The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing", about the art of film editing.
Courage of Lassie
Courage of Lassie is a 1946 Technicolor MGM feature film starring Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Morgan, and dog actor Pal in a story about a collie named Bill and his young companion, Kathie Merrick.
When Bill is separated from Kathie following a vehicular accident, he is trained as a war dog, performs heroically, and, after many tribulations, is eventually reunited with his beloved Kathie.
" Courage of Lassie" is the third of seven MGM films featuring a canine star called Lassie, based on Eric Knight's fictional character.
Pal, a male Rough Collie, using the stage name Lassie, appeared as the title character in the first film," Lassie Come Home" and as Laddie in its sequel," Son of Lassie".
Despite this film's title, the character Lassie does not appear in" Courage of Lassie"; Pal( credited as Lassie) portrays" Bill", also referred to as" Duke" for part of the movie.
" Courage of Lassie" has been released to VHS and DVD.
Richard T. Jones
Richard Timothy Jones( born January 16, 1972) is an American actor.
Jones is best known for his portrayals of Laveinio in the dramatic film" The Wood"( 1999) and Mike of the dramatic films" Why Did I Get Married?"( 2007) and" Why Did I Get Married Too?"( 2010).
He is also well known for his role as Bruce Van Exel, court services officer on the CBS television series" Judging Amy" that aired from 1999 to 2005.
Josh Magette
Josh Magette( born November 28, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association( NBA), on a two- way contract with the Lakeland Magic of the NBA G League.
He played college basketball for the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
B. J. Johnson (basketball)
Robert" B. J." Johnson Jr.( born December 21, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association( NBA), on a two- way contract with the Lakeland Magic of the NBA G League.
He played college basketball for La Salle and Syracuse.
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing is a 2004 documentary film directed by filmmaker Wendy Apple.
The film is about the art of film editing.
Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.
Michael Sharrett
Stuart Michael Sharrett( born July 18, 1965) is an American actor.
Best known for his role in the 1978 classic family movie" The Magic of Lassie" with James Stewart, Sharrett additionally co-starred in the 1985 action film" Savage Dawn" and in the 1986 Wes Craven horror film" Deadly Friend", for which he received a Young Artist Award nomination as the" Best Young Actor in a Horror Motion Picture".
The Magic of Lassie
The Magic of Lassie is a 1978 American family musical drama film directed by Don Chaffey, starring Lassie, James Stewart, Stephanie Zimbalist, Pernell Roberts, and Michael Sharrett, with cameo appearances by Mickey Rooney and Alice Faye (in her final film appearance).
James Stewart is featured in one of only three musical film roles that he played
: the first was "Born to Dance" (1936)
in which he introduced the Cole Porter standard "Easy To Love" and the second was "Pot O' Gold" (1941).
This was also his final onscreen appearance in a live-action film.
The screenplay and song score are supplied by the prolific Sherman Brothers of "Mary Poppins" fame.
Their song "
When You're Loved" was nominated for an Academy Award for "Best Original Song" and was sung by Debby Boone.
It is also the only musical film featuring Lassie.
Released in the wake of "Star Wars", the film was panned as old-fashioned, and flopped at the box office.
Critics expressed dismay at Stewart singing unmemorable songs as the grandfather.
Following the film's failure, he semiretired from acting.
Don Chaffey
Donald Chaffey (5 August 1917 – 13 November 1990) was a British film director, writer, producer, and art director.
Chaffey's film career began as an art director in 1947, and his directorial debut was in 1953.
He remained active in the industry until his death in 1990 from heart failure.
His 1973 film "Charley One-Eye" was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival
He is chiefly known for his fantasy films, which include "Jason and the Argonauts" (1963)
, "The Three Lives of Thomasina" (1963), "One Million Years B.C." (1966), "The Viking Queen" (1967), "Creatures the World Forgot" (1971), "Pete's Dragon" (1977), and "C.H.O.M.P.S." (1979), his final feature film.
Concurrent with his theatrically released films, Chaffey directed numerous British television series episodes, including several for "The PrisonerDanger Man", and "The Avengers".
From the 1980s until his death, all of his work was in American made-for-TV movies, and in such TV series as "Fantasy IslandStingrayMacGyverVega$T. J. HookerMatt Houston" and "Charlie's Angels".
Son of Lassie
Son of Lassie( also known as Laddie, Son of Lassie) is a 1945 Technicolor feature film produced by MGM based on characters created by Eric Knight, and starring Peter Lawford, Donald Crisp, June Lockhart and Pal( credited as Lassie).
A sequel to" Lassie Come Home", the film focuses on the now adult Joe Carraclough after he joins the Royal Air Force during World War II and is shot down over Nazi-occupied Norway along with a stowaway, Lassie's son" Laddie" – played by Pal." Son of Lassie" was released theatrically on April 20, 1945, by Loew's.

Question: What is the cause of death of director of film The Magic Of Lassie?
Answer: heart failure