Richard C. Kahn

Richard C. Kahn (January 26, 1897 in New Orleans, Louisiana - January 28, 1960 in Hollywood, California) was an American film director and screenwriter, known for his B movies of the 1930s and early 1940s. He often worked with an all-black cast.[1][2] His feature films include The Secret Menace (1931), The Third Sex (1934), Two-Gun Man from Harlem (1938), The Bronze Buckaroo (1939), Harlem Rides the Range (1939), Son of Ingagi (1940), Buzzy Rides the Range (1940), Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto (1941) and Guns Don't Argue (1957) (with Bill Karn[3]). In 1955 he directed an episode of Grand Ole Opry, and in 1958 he directed two episodes of Sky King, "Rodeo Decathlon" and "The Brain and the Brawn".

References

  1. ↑ Batiste, Stephanie Leigh (2011). Darkening Mirrors: Imperial Representation in Depression-Era African American Performance. Duke University Press. p. 78. ISBN 0-8223-4923-X.
  2. ↑ Fetrow, Alan G. (1 August 1992). Sound films, 1927-1939: a United States filmography. McFarland. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-89950-546-6.
  3. ↑ Raymond, Marc (13 March 2013). Hollywood's New Yorker: The Making of Martin Scorsese. SUNY Press. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-4384-4573-1.