Joseph Kane

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Joseph Kane
Joseph Kane
Born	Jasper Joseph Inman Kane (1894-03-19)March 19, 1894 San Diego, California, USA
Died	August 25, 1975(1975-08-25) (aged 81) Santa Monica, California, USA
Occupation	Film director Film producer Film editor Screenwriter

Jasper Joseph Inman Kane (March 19, 1894, San Diego – August 25, 1975, Santa Monica, California) was a prolific American film director, film producer, film editor, and screenwriter. He is best known for his extensive directorship and focus on Western films.^[1]

Biography

Kane began his career as a professional cellist. In 1934, he took an interest in film directing, and starting in 1935, he co-directed serials for Mascot Pictures and Republic Pictures. He soon became their top Western film director.^[1]

Kane's first directorial credit was for The Fighting Marines (1935). When Mascot Pictures and several other small film companies amalgamated into Republic Pictures in 1935, Kane became staff director, remaining at the studio until it ceased production in 1958.^[1] He piloted many Gene Autry and Roy Rogers movies and directed John Wayne on films such as The Lawless Nineties (1936) and Flame of Barbary Coast (1944), and Joseph Schildkraut on The Cheaters (1945). Between 1935 and his death in 1975 he directed 119 films and numerous television series episodes.^[1]^[2]

Unlike most Republic house directors, Kane was also credited as associate producer on many films. Between 1939 and 1957 he was a major film producer, producing over 60 films. Kane was also a film editor and screenwriter responsible for the editing process of over 20 of his films, and he had a brief stint as an actor.^[1]

During the 1950s, Kane worked steadily in television, with emphasis on Westerns and action series. Joseph Kane spent the last decade of his life as a second-unit director on such productions as Universal Studios Beau Geste (1966) and In Enemy Country (1968).^[1]

Kane died on August 25, 1975 in Santa Monica, California.^[1]

Partial filmography

In Old Santa Fe (1934) with Ken Maynard, George "Gabby" Hayes, and Gene Autry
Tumbling Tumblingweeds (1935) with Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette
The Headline Woman (1935)
Melody Trail (1935) with Gene Autry, Ann Rutherford, and Smiley Burnette
The Lawless Nineties (1936) with John Wayne, Ann Rutherford and George "Gabby" Hayes
Darkest Africa with Clyde Beatty
King of the Pecos (1936) with John Wayne and Muriel Evans
The Lonely Trail (1936) with John Wayne and Ann Rutherford
Guns and Guitars (1936) with Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette
Oh, Susanna! (1936) with Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette
Ride Ranger Ride (1936) with Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette
The Old Corral (1936) with Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette
Git Along, Little Dogies (1937) with Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette
Round-Up Time in Texas (1937) with Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette
Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge (1937) with Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette
Public Cowboy No. 1 (1937) with Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Ann Rutherford
Boots and Saddles (1937) with Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette
Springtime in the Rockies (1937) with Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette
Heart of the Rockies (1937)
The Old Barn Dance (1938) with Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Roy Rogers
Under Western Stars (1938) with Roy Rogers (in his first lead role) and Smiley Burnette
Gold Mine in the Sky (1938) with Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette
Man from Music Mountain (1938) with Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette
Shine On, Harvest Moon (1938) with Roy Rogers
Days of Jesse James (1939) with Roy Rogers and George "Gabby" Hayes
Colorado (1940) with Roy Rogers
Sheriff of Tombstone (1941) with Roy Rogers and George "Gabby" Hayes
Robin Hood of the Pecos (1941) with Roy Rogers and George "Gabby" Hayes
The Sons of the Pioneers (1942) with Roy Rogers
The Man from Music Mountain (1943) with Roy Rogers
King of the Cowboys (1943) with Roy Rogers and Smiley Burnette
The Cowboy and the Senorita (1944) with Roy Rogers
The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944) with Roy Rogers
Flame of Barbary Coast (1945) with John Wayne and William Frawley
Ride the Man Down (1952) with Brian Donlevy and Ella Raines
Hoodlum Empire (1952) with Brian Donlevy and Claire Trevor
Timberjack (1955) with Sterling Hayden and Hoagy Carmichael
The Crooked Circle (1957) with John Smith and Fay Spain
Track of Thunder (1967) with Faith Domergue
Smoke in the Wind (1975) with Walter Brennan^[2]

Famous actors directed by Kane

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Erickson, Hal. "Joseph Kane". Allmovie. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Joseph Kane". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved September 12, 2012.

External links

Joseph Kane at the Internet Movie Database

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 74058747 LCCN: no90022284 ISNI: 0000 0000 7778 2048 GND: 141017287 BNF: cb14109828n

Persondata
Name	Kane, Joseph
Alternative names
Short description	American film director
Date of birth	19 March 1894
Place of birth	San Diego, California, USA
Date of death	25 August 1975
Place of death	Santa Monica, California, USA

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