Harry Bailey (8/2/1909 INDIANAPOLIS)
  • Piano player and gag writer for Ben Bernie around 1935. Contrubited to the fued between Bernie and Walter Winchell.
  • Went to Shortridge High School (1926) and DePauw University (1931).

    NAME: C. GRAHAM BAKER BORN/PLACE(HOMETOWN):
    07/16/1883 EVANSVILLE
    FAME/BIO:
    Screenwriter for Walter Wagner films. Teamed up with Gene Towne in 1935. There wild behavior inspired the film Boy meets Girl with James Cagney and Pat O'Brian playing their type of characters.
    LINKS: IMDb BLOG:
    TIMELINE:

    YEAR EVENT
    1915 Fits and Chills
    1916 Captain Jinks Should Worry
    1927 The Girl from Chicago
    1937
  • Stand-In [DVD](1937) DVD
    Witty self-satirizing comedy about a meek accountant out to save a near-bankrupt film studio and the stand-in actress who shows him the ropes of Hollywood life. The two encounter egotistical stars, drunken producers and conniving studio chiefs in this unsung gem. Leslie Howard, Joan Blondell, Humphrey Bogart and Allan Mowbray star; directed by Tay Garnett. 91 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
  • You Only Live Once [DVD](1937) DVD
    Henry Fonda delivers a fine performance as an ex-con falsely accused of robbing a bank in Fritz Lang's stylish drama. After getting out of prison, convicted felon Fonda vows to turn his life around. But being in the wrong place at the wrong time turns him and dedicated girlfriend Sylvia Sidney into fugitives on a desperate run for their lives. With Barton MacLane, Jean Dixon. 86 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
    • 1939 Eternally Yours [DVD](1939) DVD
    Lovely Loretta Young discovers that being a magician's wife can be tricky. She's jealous of hubby David Niven's professional status, and believes that he had more than rabbits in his hat. Directed by Tay Garnett; with Broderick Crawford, ZaSu Pitts. 91 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.
    1940 Tom Brown's School Days [DVD](1940) DVD
    Classic story of life at a boys boarding school in Victorian England, as seen through the eyes of a new pupil coping with bullies and a sympathetic new headmaster, stars Jimmy Lydon, Freddie Bartholomew, Billy Halop and Cedric Hardwicke. 82 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.
    1948 Four Faces West [DVD](1948) DVD
    Western drama of a man forced to rob a bank in order to save his father's ranch, only to be pursued by a relentless sheriff. Joel McCrea, Charles Bickford and Frances Dee star. 89 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital Surround.
    1950 (05/15) Died
    1955 Tennessee's Partner

    Glenn Belt (1890 MACY - 9/4/1940)

  • Assistant Director from 1925-28.
    IMDb

    Jon Bernstein

    Writer in the 90s.
    INDIANAPOLIS, IN.
    1998
    (11/25) Ringmaster.
    Indpls Star 11/22/1999.

    Eddie Beverly, Jr.

  • Director that worked with Ivan Rogers and Bill Shirk.

    William Bindley FILM (10/18/2001 Heartland Film Festival, Indianapolis, IN) Madison

    Writer/Director with his brother Scott on films with young cast.
    INDIANAPOLIS, IN.
    1996
    08/10 - Indpls Star
    1992
    Freeze Frame.
    1994
    Judicial Consent.
    1995
    Johnny & Clyde.
    1997
    The Eighteenth Angel.
    2000
    Madison (with Jack Lloyd (April) Final Cut, (July) Final Cut. Making Movies).

    Larry Blanford
    Air Force pilot that became professional aerial photographer staring with "Top Gun".
    Richmond
    Bio:
    1977
    RICHMOND High School.
    Career Highlights:
    1986
    Top Gun.
    1995
    How to Make an American Quilt. Little Giants. Red Ribbon Blues. PCH (Pacific Coast Highway).
    1996
    The Rock. Broken Arrow. Fly Away Home. Flying Wild. Le Jaguar. For Which He Stands.
    1997
    The Jackal.
    1998
    Armageddon.
    2000
    (02/11) Operation Sandman (USA TV movie). Madison.
    Notes:

    Dan Brumett
    Emmy winning director for soap "The Young and the Restless".
    Dale
    Bio:
    1972
    California.
    1973
    (1973-2000) The Young and the Restless (Began as editor then director).
    1998
    Co-Founder of MDH (Miracles Do Happen) Productions.
    Career Highlights:
    2001
    10/24 Presented Emmy to USI.
    Notes:

    Budd Boetticher
    Director of westerns and bullfighters.
    July 29, 1916 Evansville Nov 29, 2001
  • A Retrospective
  • Senses of Cinema
    		•
    Bio:
    Born in Chicago, IL.
    Adopted by a wealthy Oscar Boetticher (BET-i-ker) Sr. a hareware dealer in EVANSVILLE, IN. Culver Military Academy. Ohio State University.
    1936
    Went to Mexico.
    1938
    Studied bullfighting under Carlos Arruza.
    1946
    Marines. Wed Emily Erskine Cook (divorced 1959).
    1960
    Wed Debra Paget (divorced 1961).
    1971
    Wed Mary Chelde.
    1989
    "When In Disgrace" Autobiography.
    2001
    11/29 - Died in Romona, CA.
    Career Highlights:
    1939
    Of Mice and Men 'horse wrangler'.
    1941
    Blood and Sand 'technical advisor'.
    1944
    The Missing Juror 'director'.
    WW II
    Directed Navy propaganda films. Combat Camera: The Pacific.
    1948
    Behind Locked Doors.
    1951
    Bullfighter and the Lady nom for best writing. Red Ball Express.
    1953
    Seminole. Horizons West. Man from the Alamo.
    1956
    Seven Men from Now.
    1957
    The Tall T
    1959
    Westbound.
    1960
    Comanche Station. The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond.
    1968
    Completed documentary of Carlos Arruza but released in 1972.
    1970
    Two Mules for Sister Sara.
    1972
    Arruza.
    1988
    Tequila Sunrise.
    Notes: Onced married to Karen Steele.

    Note: Indpls Star 12/02/2001 obit.

    Betsy Borns (INDIANAPOLIS) (01/09/2001 NBC) THREE SISTERS

  • Was a TV writer for Roseanne and nominated for an Emmy for Friends. Worked for Disney television shows. George & Leo.
    (Indpls Star, 7/25/1996)

    Norman Bridwell Born: KOKOMO, IN. Author of the 'Clifford' books that became a PBS series.

    (2000) Clifford the Big Red Dog (09/03/2000 Indpls Star.) Emmy nom for Children's Animated Program.

    Tom Broecker (CARMEL)

  • Head designer for Saturday Night Live (1994).
  • During time off he has designed costumes for the IRT and New York Shakespeare plays.
    (Nuvo, 5/2-9/96)

    Anthony Bruce
    New screenwriter. IMDb
    1964 (12/01) Born in TERRE HAUTE, IN.
    1984 North Vigo High School.
    2000 Visions of Sugarplums. Hollywood Ghost (unsold screenplay).
    2001 Murder at Hollandsburg ["Based on the 1977 Valentine's Day murders of four Parke County, Indiana brothers in their rural modular home and the survival of their mother and shooting victim Betty Jane Spencer."].
    Scott Kimball, publicist.

    Walter Bullock
    Composer for some Shirley Temple films became writer in the 40's.
    May 6, 1907 Shelburn, Indianapolis Aug 19, 1953
    Bio:
    WFBM Indianapolis, IN.
    Career Highlights:
    1933
    Hollywood. Work for Ben Bernie.
    1935
    Coronado.
    1936
    Sing, Baby, Sing Oscar nom Best Song "When Did You Leave Heaven?". Rhythm on the Range.
    1938
    Little Miss Broadway. Happy Landing. Just Around the Corner.
    1939
    The Little Princess.
    1940
    The Blue Bird 'writer'. Hit Parade of 1941 'composer' Oscar nom Best Song "Who Am I?". The Gay Caballero 'writer'.
    1942
    Springtime in the Rockies.
    1947
    Out of the Blue. Repeat Performace [+].
    1953
    The I Don't Care Girl. The Farmer Takes a Wife.
    1989
    Turn Back the Clock (based on "Repeat Performance").
    Notes:

    Wally Bruner

  • Game show host for "What's My Line".
    1952
    WTTV.
    1964
    ABC news.
    1968
    What's My Line.
    1972
    (1972-76) Wally's Workshop.
    1988
    {Retired from teaching in the TV/radio dept. of Ball State University}.
    1997
    11/04 - Died in Indianapolis

    Todd Buntin (INDIANAPOLIS)

  • Was a production assitant to Guinnes records special and 60 Minutes. Tried to make films in Indianapolis under the name Larrabee Filmworks.