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Norman Foster (December 13, 1903 – July 7, 1976) was an American film director and actor. ==Life and career== Born John Hoeffer in Richmond, Indiana, Foster originally became a cub reporter on a local newspaper in Indiana before going to New York in the hopes of getting a better newspaper job but there were no vacancies. He tried a number of theatrical agencies before getting stage work and later appeared on Broadway in the George S. Kaufman/Ring Lardner play ''June Moon'' in 1929. He also acted in London. He began working in crowd scenes in films before moving to bigger parts. His film acting credits include the following: * ''It Pays to Advertise'' (1931) * ''Week-End Marriage'' (1932) * ''Prosperity'' (1932) * ''Pilgrimage'' (1933) * ''Walls of Gold'' (1933) * ''Professional Sweetheart'' (1933)〔http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0287988/〕 * ''Rafter Romance'' (1933) * ''State Fair'' (1933) * ' (1934) * ''Strictly Dynamite'' (1934) * ''Behind the Green Lights'' (1935) *''The Bishop Misbehaves'' (1935) * ''Ladies Crave Excitement'' (1935) * ''Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation'' (1939) Foster wrote several plays. He gave up acting in the late 1930s to pursue directing, although he occasionally appeared in movies and television programs. Foster directed a number of Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto mysteries, including ''Charlie Chan in Panama'' (1940), ''Charlie Chan at Treasure Island'' (1939), ''Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation'' (1939), ''Charlie Chan in Reno'' (1939), ''Mr. Moto's Last Warning'' (1939), ''Mysterious Mr. Moto'' (1938), ''Mr. Moto Takes a Chance'' (1938), ''Thank You, Mr. Moto'' (1937), and ''Think Fast, Mr. Moto'' (1937). He co-wrote and directed the "My Friend Bonito" segment of Orson Welles's unfinished Pan-American anthology film ''It's All True'' (1941).〔Benamou, Catherine L., ''It's All True: Orson Welles's Pan-American Odyssey''. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007 ISBN 978-0-520-24247-0〕 Initially engaged as a second-unit director who would film background material,〔Wilson, Richard, "It's Not ''Quite'' All True". ''Sight & Sound'', Volume 39 Number 4, Autumn 1970.〕 Foster came to do much more and the quality of his work would have been recognized with a co-director credit on the film.〔Callow, Simon, ''Hello Americans''. New York: Viking, 2006 ISBN 0-670-87256-3〕 A co-production of RKO Pictures and the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, the non-commercial project was later terminated by RKO.〔 As Welles prepared to go to Brazil to film the Rio Carnival for ''It's All True'', he temporarily suspended "Bonito" (for which filming was never completed) so Foster could return to Hollywood to direct ''Journey into Fear'' (1943). Welles played a small on-screen role in the Mercury Production, and denied that he took over direction of the film himself.〔Welles, Orson, and Peter Bogdanovich, edited by Jonathan Rosenbaum, ''This is Orson Welles''. New York: HarperCollins, 1992; ISBN 0-06-016616-9.〕 Some of Foster's other directorial efforts include ''Kiss the Blood off My Hands'' (1948), ''Rachel and the Stranger'' (1948), ''Woman on the Run'' (1950) and ''The Sign of Zorro'' (1958). He directed the ''Davy Crockett'' segments of the Walt Disney anthology television series ''Disneyland'' that were edited into the feature films ''Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier'' (1955) and ''Davy Crockett and the River Pirates'' (1956). Foster's second verse of his lyrics to Disney's ''Zorro'' theme song which was "He is polite, but the wicked take flight, when they catch the sight of Zorro. He's friend of the weak, and the poor, and the meek, this very unique Senor Zorro." never aired on the television series. This version of the ''Zorro Theme'' including these verses was performed by The Chordettes. These verses later appeared in the ''Disney Sing-Along Songs'' version of the ''Zorro Theme'' in its 1987 direct-to-video episode, "Heigh-Ho". In 1967, he directed ''Brighty of the Grand Canyon'', based on a children's novel by Marguerite Henry about a burro in the Grand Canyon National Park. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Norman Foster (director)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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