| 词条 | Ford Beebe |
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| image = Ford_Beebe.jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date|1888|11|26}} | birth_place = Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States | death_date = {{Death date and age|1978|11|26|1888|11|26}} | death_place = Lake Elsinore, California, United States | othername = Ford I. Beebe Ford L. Beebe | occupation = Screenwriter Film director | yearsactive = 1916–1977 }} Ford Beebe (November 26, 1888 – November 26, 1978) was a screenwriter and director. He entered the film business as a writer around 1916 and over the next 60 years wrote and/or directed almost 200 films. He specialized in B-movies – mostly Westerns – and action serials, working on the "Buck Rogers" and "Flash Gordon" serials for Universal Pictures. LifeFord Beebe was born on November 26, 1888, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.{{sfn|Kinnard|2008|p=173}}[1] Before moving to Hollywood he was a freelance writer who was also experienced in advertising.[2]{{sfn|Quinlan|1999|p=30}} He arrived in Hollywood in 1916 and began working as a writer for Western films.{{sfn|Quinlan|1999|p=30}} His first credit was as scenario writer for the 1916 film A Youth of Fortune.[1] Beebe directed for the first time when Leo D. Maloney, who had been directing a film called The Test, fell ill.{{sfn|Quinlan|1999|p=30}}[1] Beebe became known as a director of low-budget films and serials.{{sfn|Quinlan|1999|p=30}} He was once described as being "an expert at making something out of nothing."{{sfn|Kinnard|2008|p=173}} The first serial directed by Beebe was 1932's The Shadow of the Eagle.[3] He went on to direct several other serials, notably Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, Buck Rogers, The Green Hornet, and Don Winslow of the Navy; these were noted by film historian Hal Erickson to be the best of Beebe's works.[4] Beebe preferred to direct westerns; speaking to the Evening Independent, he said that westerns were the "bread and butter" of film studios.[5] He was listed as a director on over 100 films.[1] Alfred Hitchcock commended Beebe for his 1942 film Night Monster, impressed with the speed and economy of the production.{{sfn|Kinnard|2008|p=174}} Beebe was married to writer Frances Wiley.[6] The couple had eight children. Their only son, Ford Beebe, Jr., became a director like his father{{sfn|Quinlan|1999|p=30}}. They lost twin daughters in infancy and had five daughters who survived it: Frances, Mary, Ruthann, Maxine, and Martha. In Beebe's later life he was married to Kitty Delevanti, with whom he had one son, Mike. Selected filmography{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
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1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|title=Ford Beebe Biography & Filmography|url=http://matineeclassics.com/celebrities/directors/ford_beebe/details/|work=Matinee Classics|accessdate=2 October 2013}} 2. ^Ford Beebe with Signal. The Moving Picture World, volume 28, p. 995. 3. ^{{cite web|title=Ford I. Beebe - Movie and Film Biography and Filmography|url=http://www.allrovi.com/name/ford-i-beebe-p81191|work=Allmovie|publisher=Allrovi|accessdate=3 October 2013}} 4. ^{{cite web|last=Erickson|first=Hal|authorlink=Hal Erickson (author)|title=Ford I. Beebe|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/ford-beebe|work=Answers.com|accessdate=3 October 2013}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=Theater Gossip|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l2lIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GlUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5649,3948276|accessdate=3 October 2013|newspaper=Evening Independent|date=6 August 1943}} 6. ^{{cite news|title=AROUND THE TOWN ; Writer and the granddaughter she never met pen kids' book|newspaper=San Antonio Express-News|date=20 January 2006}}
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