Stuart Heisler

Stuart Heisler

1896-12-05 Los Angeles, California, USA 51 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Stoops Heisler (December 5, 1896 - August 21, 1979) was an American film and television director. He worked as a motion picture editor from 1921 to 1936, then dedicated the rest of his career to that of a film director. Director of 1944 propaganda film The Negro Soldier, a documentary style recruitment piece targeting African-Americans. He received an Oscar nomination in 1949 for his contribution to the visual effects of the film Tulsa. Description abov...

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Hitler

Hitler

1962

Director

5.7
Directing

Richard Basehart stars as one of the most influential and one of the most reviled men in history in this probing psychological study of a man who near...

The Burning Hills

The Burning Hills

1956

Director

6.0
Directing

When Trace Jordan's brother is murdered by members of the land-grabbing Sutton family, he vows to report this injustice to the nearest Army fort.

The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger

1956

Director

6.2
Directing

The territorial governor asks the Lone Ranger to investigate mysterious raids on settlers by Indians who ride with saddles. Wealthy rancher Reese Kilg...

The Brush Roper

The Brush Roper

1955

Director

Directing

An old rancher, a spinner of tall western tales of his former derring-do to impress his young grandson, decides to capture a dangerous bull single-han...

I Died a Thousand Times

I Died a Thousand Times

1955

Director

6.1
Directing

After aging criminal Roy Earle is released from prison he decides to pull one last heist before retiring — by robbing a resort hotel.

This Is My Love

This Is My Love

1954

Director

8.5
Directing

A single woman tries to keep her sister from another man by framing her for her husband's murder.

Beachhead

Beachhead

1954

Director

5.4
Directing

On a Japanese-occupied island during World War II, only two soldiers remain alive after a mission attempt goes horribly wrong. Trapped on the island, ...

The Star

The Star

1952

Director

7.2
Directing

Actress Margaret Elliot is well past her prime but refuses to retire from the acting business. Despite entreaties from both her daughter, Gretchen, an...

Saturday Island

Saturday Island

1952

Director, Screenstory

4.8
Directing Writing

When their hospital ship sinks in the South Pacific during WWII, military nurse Elizabeth Smythe and Marine Michael Dugan find themselves stranded — a...

Journey Into Light

Journey Into Light

1951

Director

6.0
Directing

John Burrows, an ordained minister from a small village in the East, envisions himself with a larger congregation. He is mortified when his wife drunk...

Storm Warning

Storm Warning

1951

Director

6.6
Directing

A fashion model witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux Klan while traveling to a small town to visit her sis...

Dallas

Dallas

1950

Director

6.5
Directing

After the Civil War, Confederate soldier Blayde Hollister travels to Dallas to avenge the savage murder of his family. Discovering his enemy is now an...

Chain Lightning

Chain Lightning

1950

Director

6.2
Directing

Former World War II flying ace Matt Brennan takes a position as a test pilot for a commercial aircraft corporation and bumps into his old girlfriend, ...

Tokyo Joe

Tokyo Joe

1949

Director

6.1
Directing

An American veteran returns to Tokyo to try to pick up the threads of his pre-World War II life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals an...

Tulsa

Tulsa

1949

Director

6.1
Directing

It's Tulsa, Oklahoma at the start of the oil boom and Cherokee Lansing's rancher father is killed in a fight with the Tanner Oil Company. Cherokee pla...

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

1947

Director

6.1
Directing

A nightclub singer uses alcohol in excess to sooth her painful life.

Five Came Back: The Reference Films

Five Came Back: The Reference Films

1946

Director

Directing

Includes 12 World War II-era propaganda films.

Blue Skies

Blue Skies

1946

Director

6.1
Directing

Jed Potter looks back on a love triangle conducted over the course of years and between musical numbers. Dancer Jed loves showgirl Mary, who loves com...

Along Came Jones

Along Came Jones

1945

Director

5.7
Directing

An easy-going cowboy is mistaken by the townsfolk for a notorious gunman. The cowboy decides it would be best to leave town, until he meets the gunman...

The Negro Soldier

The Negro Soldier

1944

Director

6.1
Directing

Documentary focusing on the contributions to the American war effort of African-American soldiers.

The Glass Key

The Glass Key

1942

Director

6.6
Directing

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

The Remarkable Andrew

The Remarkable Andrew

1942

Director

8.2
Directing

When Andrew Long, hyper-efficient small town accountant, finds a $1240 discrepancy in the city budget, his superiors try to explain it away. When he i...

Among the Living

Among the Living

1941

Director

6.0
Directing

A mentally unstable man, who has been kept in isolation for years, escapes and causes trouble for his identical twin brother.

The Monster and the Girl

The Monster and the Girl

1941

Director

5.8
Directing

After a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an organized crime syndicate, retribution in the form of an ape ...

The Biscuit Eater

The Biscuit Eater

1940

Director

6.3
Directing

Two little boys have faith in a dog they name Promise, so much faith that they enter him in the championship trials for bird dogs. The favorite is Geo...

The Cowboy and the Lady

The Cowboy and the Lady

1938

Co-Director, Second Unit Director

6.1
Directing

Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off f...

The Hurricane

The Hurricane

1937

Other

6.6

A Polynesian sailor is separated from his wife when he's unjustly imprisoned for defending himself against a colonial bully. Members of the community ...

The Big Broadcast of 1937

The Big Broadcast of 1937

1936

Editor

5.4

The employees of a failing radio station must put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of continued operation.

Straight from the Shoulder

Straight from the Shoulder

1936

Director

4.5
Directing

A mob witness is hiding in a remote mountain cabin together with his young son.

Klondike Annie

Klondike Annie

1936

Editor

6.4

A San Francisco singer flees Chinatown on murder charges and poses as a missionary in Alaska.

Peter Ibbetson

Peter Ibbetson

1935

Editor

6.8

When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter i...

Men Without Names

Men Without Names

1935

Editor

6.0

A G-man woos a newswoman and corners bank robbers with a hostage in a factory.

The Wedding Night

The Wedding Night

1935

Editor

6.0

While working on a novel in his country home in Connecticut, married writer Tony Barrett (Cooper) becomes attracted to Manya (Sten), the daughter of a...

Kid Millions

Kid Millions

1934

Editor

6.5

A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it.

Roman Scandals

Roman Scandals

1933

Editor

6.0

A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olde...

The Masquerader

The Masquerader

1933

Editor

5.2

A drug-addicted member of Parliament needs to take time off and secretly pull his life together, so he gets his lookalike cousin to agree to temporari...

The Kid from Spain

The Kid from Spain

1932

Editor

6.6

Eddie and his Mexican friend Ricardo are expelled from college after Ricardo put Eddie in the girl's dormitory when he was drunk. Per chance Eddie get...

The Greeks Had a Word for Them

The Greeks Had a Word for Them

1932

Editor

5.1

A trio of money-hungry women rent a luxurious penthouse, spending their dough on drink and debonair clothing, backbiting and catfighting as they steal...

One Heavenly Night

One Heavenly Night

1930

Editor

5.2

A poor but basically honest flower woman agrees to impersonate a wicked opera star.

Whoopee!

Whoopee!

1930

Editor

6.4

Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Sally flees the wedding with h...

Raffles

Raffles

1930

Editor

6.1

A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life--he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed "The Amateur Cracksman". When he meets a wom...

Condemned!

Condemned!

1929

Editor

6.5

Suave thief Colman is sent to Devil's Island, where he becomes romantically involved with the wife of sadistic warden Digges.

His Captive Woman

His Captive Woman

1929

Editor

6.0

Cabaret dancer Anna Janssen kills her sugardaddy and escapes to a South Seas island on the yacht of a wealthy admirer. Stolid, conscientious Tom McCar...

The Barker

The Barker

1928

Editor

7.0

A successful carnival barker deals with the arrival of his eager son, who he'd hoped would stay far from the carnival world, his son's entanglement wi...

Stella Dallas

Stella Dallas

1925

Editor

7.1

An eccentric lower class woman struggles to gain respect in high society after marrying a wealthy man, and the problem gets worse when their daughter ...

A Thief in Paradise

A Thief in Paradise

1925

Editor

6.0

Years of failure and bad luck have made Maurice Blake a beachcomber on an island in the Samoas, earning a precarious living by diving for pearls with ...

His Supreme Moment

His Supreme Moment

1925

Editor

John Douglas, a down-on-his-luck engineer, takes his sweetheart, Sara Deeping, to a play starring Carla King, and he falls in love with the actress.

In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter

In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter

1924

Editor

A sequel of sorts, the Jewish ethnic comedy characters of Potash and Perlmutter return from their 1923 debut film, also produced by Goldwyn, but with ...

Tarnish

Tarnish

1924

Editor

Cytherea

Cytherea

1924

Editor

Lee Randon, weary of business duties and a conventional home life, acquires a long-lost sense of excitement and romance with young flapper Claire Morr...

The Love Light

The Love Light

1921

Editor

6.8

Angela maintains a coastal lighthouse in Italy, where she awaits the return of her brothers from the war. She learns they are casualties and takes sol...