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Sam Katzman (July 7, 1901 – August 4, 1973) was an American film producer and director. Katzman produced low-budget genre films, including serials, which had proportionally high returns for the studios and his financial backers.〔 ==Biography== Born to a Jewish family,〔(Jewish Virtual Library: "KATZMAN, SAM" ) 2008〕 Katzman went to work as a stage laborer at the age of 13 in the fledgling East Coast film industry and moved from prop boy to assistant director at Fox Films.〔p.48 Dixon, Wheeler W ''Lost in the Fifties: Recovering Phantom Hollywood'' Southern Illinois University Press; 1st edition (September 1, 2005)〕 He would learn all aspects of filmmaking and was a Hollywood producer for more than 40 years. After working as a producer of Bob Steele westerns at A. W. Hackel's Supreme Pictures, Katzman started his own studios, Victory Pictures and Puritan Pictures, in 1935. From 1935-40 Victory produced two serials and 30 features, including Western film series starring Tom Tyler and Tim McCoy.〔p. 438 Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 53 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each'' McFarland & Company, 1 Jan 1997〕 Puritan ceased production in 1937. In 1940 Katzman moved to Monogram Pictures and produced, under the names Banner Productions, Clover Productions and Four Leaf Productions, the East Side Kids features of the '40s and several films starring Bela Lugosi. In 1945 he moved to Columbia Pictures, filming a variety of serials, including the 15-chapter ''Superman'' serial of 1948, the Jungle Jim series of the late 1940s to mid 1950s—where he acquired the nickname "Jungle Sam"—a variety of second features, including many filmed in 3D, and a string of rock-'n'-roll musicals in the '50s. His best known films are probably ''Earth vs. the Flying Saucers'' and ''The Werewolf'' (1956). At MGM in the '60s Katzman produced several Elvis Presley films, ''Hold On!'' starring Herman's Hermits and singer Roy Orbison's only film, ''The Fastest Guitar Alive''. He is the uncle of television producer Leonard Katzman. Sam Katzman died on August 4, 1973, in Hollywood. He is interred in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California. 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「Sam Katzman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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