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Susan Mullen was born on 26 February 1951 in Chehalis, Washington, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Harry in Your Pocket (1973), Mannix (1967) and The Riker's Ghost. She is married to Eric Lane Germansky. She was previously married to Alan Vint.- Writer
- Producer
- Script and Continuity Department
Seton I. Miller was one of Hollywood's most accomplished writers of action and adventure films in the 1930's and 40's. A graduate of Yale University, he initially entered the film industry with MGM as an actor and 'technical advisor' on Brown of Harvard (1926), a collegiate romance first filmed at Essanay in 1917. Miller did not see himself as an actor, though, and turned to screenwriting instead -- a move prompted and encouraged by a new-found friend, the budding director Howard Hawks. Often charged with script continuity and dialogue, Miller began a fruitful collaboration with Hawks from 1927. Three years and four pictures later, he followed Hawks from Fox to Warner Brothers, where he became involved as part of a larger writing team on two massive box office hits: the World War I aerial drama The Dawn Patrol (1930) and the classic gangster film Scarface (1932). Having gained a reputation for devising witty and realistic dialogue, Miller was rewarded with a long-term Warner Brothers contract in 1934.
During the next few years, Miller continued to specialise in hard-hitting, action-packed subjects, like 'G' Men (1935) and Bullets or Ballots (1936). He contributed not only well-developed characters, but also the gritty, staccato-delivered dialogue typical for Warners crime melodramas of the period. Economically made and tautly directed, these popular films further enhanced Miller's reputation. Predictably, therefore, he advanced to an even more prestigious assignment: the ambitious Errol Flynn epic The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). Because the 1922 silent version with Douglas Fairbanks was still subject to copyright, an entirely new story format was required, ultimately based on a combination of traditional English lore and ballads, and given additional life by an infusion of elements from Walter Scott's novel "Ivanhoe". Miller collaborated on the original screenplay with Norman Reilly Raine who had done the initial draft. The resulting script, full of irreverent humour and wit, set the benchmark not only for other subsequent screen incarnations of "Robin Hood", but for the swashbuckler genre in general for years to come.
Miller's next venture proved a considerably less happy one. In early 1938, he was approached by associate producer Henry Blanke to submit a screenplay for a novel by Rafael Sabatini, "The Sea Hawk". The idea was to capitalise on the popularity of Errol Flynn, following his previous triumph in Captain Blood (1935). Miller presented a 25-page draft entitled "Beggars of the Sea" (with an entirely new plot, roughly based on the exploits of Sir Francis Drake), handing in the completed script by the end of the year. Warners, however, brought in another writer, Howard Koch, to undertake extensive rewrites, particularly in regard to characterisation, dialogue and title. Unhappy, Miller left the studio to continue as a free-lance writer.
He enjoyed further success with the intricately-plotted comedy Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941), co-written with another dialogue specialist, Sidney Buchman. Further excellent scripts included a colourful swashbuckling pirate yarn -- utilising previously tried and tested ingredients -- The Black Swan (1942) (again, devised in conjunction with another outstanding American writer, Ben Hecht); and a somewhat romanticised screenplay based on a harrowing true story set in the 1830's, Two Years Before the Mast (1946). Miller was also briefly active as a producer for Paramount, but with less distinguished results. One of his last efforts, Istanbul (1957), a likeable, though cheap and cheerful studio-bound cloak-and-dagger tale about diamond smugglers, reunited him with Errol Flynn. Rather akin to Casablanca (1942) on a shoestring-budget, it caught both star and writer well past their prime. Miller retired two years later, though a co-written unpublished short story of his was used for the live action/animated Disney production Pete's Dragon (1977), three years after his death in May 1974.- As soon as Jordan was old enough to talk, he began doing skits with his cousins. He moved to Los Angeles when he graduated from high school, and quickly became a hit on MTV's Yo Momma. He recently finished shooting a music video for Puddle of Mudd. In his spare time, he enjoys singing and playing guitar at the local watering holes of LA.
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Kay Bell was born on 14 October 1914 in Chehalis, Washington, USA. He was an actor, known for The Ten Commandments (1956), The New Adventures of China Smith (1954) and Harbor Command (1957). He died on 27 October 1994 in Redmond, Washington, USA.- Art Department
- Additional Crew
- Art Director
Sean O'Connell was born on 16 August 1970 in Chehalis, Washington, USA. He is an art director, known for The Mexican (2001), The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) and Catwoman (2004).- Dominique Valdovinos Thomas is a model and theater actress based out of Portland, Oregon. From commercials to music videos to short film and a stint on NBC's Grimm (2011), Dominique has a hand in many parts of the acting community. With several awards under her belt, she has been cast as Grace Potter, a main character in the treasure hunting epic King of the Golden Sun (2018) , what she hopes to be the first step into the realm of film acting.
- Director
- Actor
- Editor
Nick grew up watching movies every weekend in dingy small-town theaters. A less than exciting farm life kept Nick and his dad captivated by every genre in cinema. He has always been a movie lover, not a critic. Nick draws on his love of filmmaking to challenge the status quo of how films should be made. He believes great movies can be made on the cheap with passion, crowd-sourcing, a great story, and hard work. This drives Nick to keep budgets low and collaborative learning high on all of his films. His favorite movies range from Aliens to Silver Linings Playbook.- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Ralph Towner was born on 1 March 1940 in Chehalis, Washington, USA. He is a composer, known for Cruising (1980), Another Life (1992) and And So Farewell (2021).- Additional Crew
- Art Department
- Actress
Monique D. McCarthy was born on 17 August 1972 in Chehalis, Washington, USA. She is an actress, known for Suicide Kings (1997), The Fourth Kind (2009) and The Hottie & the Nottie (2008).- Additional Crew
Craig Duckett was born on 5 January 1955 in Chehalis, Washington, USA. He is known for Savage Skies (2002).