Nick Grinde (January 12, 1893 – June 19, 1979) was an American film director and screenwriter.[1][2] He directed 57 films between 1928 and 1945.
Nick Grinde | |
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 Grinde in 1928 | |
| Born | January 12, 1893 |
| Died | June 19, 1979 (aged 86) Los Angeles, California, US |
| Occupation(s) | Film director Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1928-1945 |
Biography
editBorn Harry A. Grinde in Madison, Wisconsin but nicknamed "Nick", Grinde graduated from the University of Wisconsin. He later moved to New York and worked in Vaudeville. Grinde became a Hollywood film writer and director in the late 1920s, and was often assigned to familiarize Broadway stage directors with the techniques of film making. As a director, he is considered one of American cinema's early B film specialists. Notable films include The Man they Could Not Hang with Boris Karloff, and Ronald Reagan's first motion picture: Love is on the Air (1937). As a screenwriter, he is credited as a co-writer of Laurel and Hardy's Babes in Toyland (1934).[3][4]
Throughout his career, Grinde was a writer of short stories, articles and columns usually about show business and film making in early Hollywood. Prime examples include "Pictures for Peanuts" (Saturday Evening Post, December 29, 1945), a humorous B picture "how-to," and "Where's Vaudeville At?" (Saturday Evening Post, January 11, 1930).
Grinde died in Los Angeles, California in 1979 at the age of 86.[3][4] In the early 1940s, he was engaged to actress Marie Wilson. Later, he married Korean-American actress Hazel Shon.[4]
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences houses the Nick Grinde Papers in its Special Collections.[5]
Selected filmography
edit- Riders of the Dark (1928)
- Beyond the Sierras (1928)
- Morgan's Last Raid (1929)
- The Desert Rider (1929)
- The Divorcee (1930 – writer)
- Good News (1930)
- Remote Control (1930)
- This Modern Age (1931)
- Shopworn (1932)
- Vanity Street (1932)
- Menu (1933)
- Babes in Toyland (1934 – writer)
- Stone of Silver Creek (1935)
- Border Brigands (1935)
- How to Sleep (1935)
- Ladies Crave Excitement (1935)
- Public Enemy's Wife (1936)
- Lucky Fugitives (1936)
- Jailbreak (1936)
- The Captain's Kid (1936)
- Fugitive in the Sky (1936)
- Public Wedding (1937)
- White Bondage (1937)
- Love Is on the Air (1937)
- Exiled to Shanghai (1937)
- Mis dos amores (1938)
- Delinquent Parents (1938)
- Down in 'Arkansaw' (1938)
- Federal Man-Hunt (1938)
- King of Chinatown (1939)
- Sudden Money (1939)
- Million Dollar Legs (1939)
- Scandal Sheet (1939)
- The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
- A Woman Is the Judge (1939)
- The Man with Nine Lives (1940)
- Before I Hang (1940)
- Convicted Woman (1940)
- Friendly Neighbors (1940)
- Girls of the Road (1940)
- Mountain Moonlight (1941)
- Hitler – Dead or Alive (1942)
- The Girl from Alaska (1942)
- Road to Alcatraz (1945)
References
edit- ^ Raw, Laurence (January 10, 2014). Character Actors in Horror and Science Fiction Films, 1930-1960. McFarland. ISBN 9780786490493. Retrieved March 6, 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ Pitts, Michael R. (January 10, 2014). Columbia Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928-1982. McFarland. ISBN 9780786457663. Retrieved March 6, 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Harry A. Grinde". The Philadelphia Inquirer. June 23, 1979. p. 15. Retrieved February 6, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Rites Set for Harry A. Grinde, 86, Pioneer Movie Director". The Los Angeles Times. June 22, 1979. p. 29. Retrieved February 7, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Nick Grinde papers". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
External links
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- Nick Grinde at IMDb
- Nick Grinde at AllMovie