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Jerry Warren

Jerry Warren (March 10, 1925[2] – August 21, 1988) was an American film director, producer, editor, screenwriter, cinematographer, and actor. Warren grew up wanting to get into the film business in Los Angeles, California.[3] He appeared in small parts in a few 1940s films such as Ghost Catchers, Anchors Aweigh, and Unconquered.[3]

Jerry Warren
BornMarch 10, 1925
DiedAugust 21, 1988(1988-08-21) (aged 63)
Occupation(s)Film director, producer, editor, screenwriter, cinematographer, actor
Years active1944–1981
Spouse(s)Brianne Murphy (m. 1956;[1] divorced, 1959)

After meeting with producers, Warren took on his first film as a director and producer with Man Beast in 1956.[3] He initially created his own films, although relying heavily on stock footage. Later, he would just buy foreign films that already existed and re-edit them, dubbing some scenes in English and inserting new footage which he shot with American actors such as John Carradine and Katherine Victor.[4] Warren even wrote some screenplays for his films under the pen name "Jacques Lecoutier", which he sometimes misspelled in the credits.[5]

Career edit

Warren is known for producing and directing a number of cult films such as Teenage Zombies, The Incredible Petrified World, Terror of the Bloodhunters, and the aforementioned Man Beast. After creating and distributing these first four of his own films, Warren decided that producing original features from scratch required entirely too much money and effort, so he began buying and distributing foreign-made films through his own distribution company, Associated Distributors Pictures Inc., or ADP.[6][7] His first such involved purchasing the Swedish science fiction film Space Invasion of Lapland, and editing it into his own version re-titled Invasion of the Animal People.[7] This 1958 Swedish feature was originally filmed in Lapland by Virgil Vogel in the English language.[7] Warren released his version in the United States on May 3, 1962[8] as a double feature with his film Terror of the Bloodhunters starring Robert Clarke.[9]

Warren released three other re-edited foreign films in 1963, Bullet for Billy the Kid, The Violent and the Damned, and No Time to Kill.[10] Filmed in color, Billy the Kid features added scenes with Steve Brodie and Lloyd Nelson, spliced into the original Mexican film's storyline about an outlaw (Gaston Santos) who wants to hang up his guns.[11] The Violent and the Damned is a 1954 Brazilian action feature originally titled "Mãos Sangrentas" that hit theaters in 1962 with additional scenes added, featuring Warren regular Bruno Ve Sota, about a convicted wife-killer who escapes from prison via a perilous jungle route.[9] No Time to Kill is a Swedish film, again made in English, starring John Ireland, shot in 1958[12] that Warren purchased, about a man who spends eight years in prison after being falsely convicted of arson. No new scenes were added, but about 10 minutes was edited out of the original film. It was released on a double bill with The Violent and the Damned.[11]

From 1963 to 1965, Warren re-edited several other foreign horror films, re-titling them all and adding newly filmed sequences to them. La Momia Azteca, a Mexican horror film, was heavily re-edited into his U.S. version Attack of the Mayan Mummy, which was syndicated directly to TV,[13] and footage from the same mummy film (both original Mexican footage and Warren-made footage) later was recycled into Warren's Face of the Screaming Werewolf, which also included principal footage from the Mexican comedy-horror film La Casa del Terror which had starred Lon Chaney Jr., plus additional added footage by Warren.[11]

In 1963-1964, the Mexican film La Marca del Muerto was edited into Warren's Creature of the Walking Dead, followed by his Curse of the Stone Hand which he edited from two 1940's Chilean films that he had purchased,[14][15] La casa está vacía[16][17] and La dama de la muerte.[14] Added footage on Curse of the Stone Hand, which was released on a double-bill with Face of the Screaming Werewolf, featured John Carradine

Warren was hired to film some extra footage in 1965 to pad out the running time of another American producer's film titled Blood of the Man-Devil which starred Lon Chaney Jr. and John Carradine.[18] The film was later released to television as House of the Black Death.[18]

Warren produced an all-original film called The Wild World of Batwoman in 1966[19] which stars Katherine Victor and Bruno Ve Sota.[19] He did not produce another film after that until he released his final motion picture, Frankenstein Island in 1981, starring his biggest name cast of Katherine Victor, John Carradine, Cameron Mitchell, Steve Brodie and Robert Clarke.[20]

Style edit

Warren often cut out all of a foreign film's dialogue and would shoot new scenes in which the American actors would try to explain the plot, sometimes using extensive voice-over narration, or adding scenes in which his actors would simply sit in front of the camera and just talk to each other.[4]

Warren said in a 1988 interview with Tom Weaver, "I'd shoot one day on this stuff and throw it together...I was in the business to make money. I never, ever tried in any way to compete, or to make something worthwhile. I only did enough to get by, so they would buy it, so it would play, and so I'd get a few dollars. It's not very fair to the public, I guess, but that was my attitude...You didn't have to go all out and make a really good picture."[6]

Personal life edit

Warren was married to cinematographer Brianne Murphy. Warren and Murphy met in 1956 while Warren was preparing to film Man Beast[21] and they married in Las Vegas, Nevada, after he finished the film.[22] During the honeymoon, Warren wrote the script for Teenage Zombies in less than a week.[23]

Murphy worked with Warren as a production/wardrobe manager and dialogue director on two of his pictures, Teenage Zombies and The Incredible Petrified World.[24] She also played "Pam" in Teenage Zombies and the Yeti creature in Man Beast.[25] They divorced in 1959.[26]

On August 21, 1988, Warren died of lung cancer in Escondido, California.[27] Brianne Murphy died in 2003 from metastatic brain cancer after first fighting lung cancer.[21]

Filmography edit

Year Title Role Notes
1944 Ghost Catchers Jitterbug Uncredited actor
1945 Where Do We Go from Here? Uncredited actor
1945 Anchors Aweigh Uncredited actor
1947 Unconquered Uncredited actor
1956 Man Beast[28] Director and producer
1959 The Incredible Petrified World[29] Plane Passenger Director, producer (and cameo)[30]
1959 Teenage Zombies[31][32][33] Writer, director, producer, editor
1962 Invasion of the Animal People[34] Editor, distributor
1962 Terror of the Bloodhunters[35] Writer, director, producer, editor
1962 The Violent and the Damned[10] Editor, distributor
1963 Bullet for Billy the Kid[10] Editor, distributor
1963 No Time To Kill[11] Editor, distributor
1963 Attack of the Mayan Mummy[36][37][38][39] Director, producer, cinematographer
1965 Curse of the Stone Hand[14][40] Director, producer, editor
1965 Face of the Screaming Werewolf[41][40][discuss] Writer, director, producer, editor
1965 Creature of the Walking Dead Writer, director, producer, cinematographer
1965 House of the Black Death Hired to film additional scenes
1966 The Wild World of Batwoman Writer, director, producer, editor
1981 Frankenstein Island Writer, director, producer, music

Discography edit

Singles
Act Title Catalogue Year Notes #
Jerry Warren with The Pets "Monkey Walk" / "Street Of Love" Arwin M-118 1959 [42][43]

References edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ Warren, Bill (2009). Keep Watching the Skies! American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties: The 21st Century Edition. McFarland. "Teenage Zombies" entry. ISBN 0786442301.
  2. ^ . Bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Weaver 2000, p. 370.
  4. ^ a b Ray 1991, p. 2.
  5. ^ Warren, Bill (January 12, 2017). Keep Watching the Skies! American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties: The 21st Century Edition. McFarland. ISBN 9781476625058. Retrieved August 17, 2018 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ a b Ray 1991, p. 1.
  7. ^ a b c Ray 1991, p. 7.
  8. ^ Warren 1986, p. 749.
  9. ^ a b Ray, Fred Olen (1991). The New Poverty Row. McFarland and Co. Inc. ISBN 0-89950-628-3. Page 9
  10. ^ a b c Ray 1991, p. 10.
  11. ^ a b c d Ray 1991, p. 11.
  12. ^ Ray 1991, p. 21.
  13. ^ Ray 1991, p. 15.
  14. ^ a b c Lee 1973, p. 86.
  15. ^ Ray 1991, p. 13.
  16. ^ Rist, Peter H. Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. Page 143
  17. ^ "Curse of the Stone Hand (1964)". Fantasticmoviemusings.com. October 18, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  18. ^ a b Ray 1991, p. 18.
  19. ^ a b Ray, Fred Olen (1991). The New Poverty Row. McFarland and Co. Inc. ISBN 0-89950-628-3. Page 22
  20. ^ O'Neill, James (1994). Terror on Tape. Billboard Books. ISBN 0-8230-7612-1. Page 143
  21. ^ a b McLellan, Dennis (August 27, 2003). "Brianne Murphy, 70; Pioneering Woman Behind the Camera". Articles.latimes.com.
  22. ^ Warren, Bill (2009). Keep Watching the Skies! American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties: The 21st Century Edition. McFarland. "Teenage Zombies" chapter. ISBN 0786442301.
  23. ^ Warren, Bill (2009). Keep Watching the Skies! American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties: The 21st Century Edition. McFarland. ISBN 0786442301.
  24. ^ Ray, Fred Olen (1991). The New Poverty Row. McFarland and Co. Inc. ISBN 0-89950-628-3. Page 20
  25. ^ McLellan, Dennis (August 27, 2003). "Brianne Murphy, 70; Pioneering Woman Behind the Camera". Articles.latimes.com.
  26. ^ Weaver 2000, p. 390.
  27. ^ Fischer 2000, p. 646.
  28. ^ "AFI-Catalog". Catalog.afi.com.
  29. ^ "AFI-Catalog". Catalog.afi.com.
  30. ^ Warren 1986, p. 748.
  31. ^ Warren, Bill (2009-10-19). Keep Watching the Skies!: American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties, The 21st Century Edition. McFarland. p. 922. ISBN 978-0786442300. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  32. ^ "Theatre Guide". The Times and Democrat. Orangeburg, SC. 8 November 1959. p. 2. Retrieved 18 August 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Thursday and Friday - "The Incredible Petrified World" Also "Teenage Zombies"
  33. ^ "Teenage Zombies". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  34. ^ "AFI-Catalog". Catalog.afi.com.
  35. ^ "AFI-Catalog". Catalog.afi.com.
  36. ^ Weldon, Michael (1983). The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-34345-X. Page 27
  37. ^ "Attack of the Mayan Mummy (1963) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  38. ^ O'Neill, James (1994). Terror on Tape. Billboard Books. ISBN 0-8230-7612-1. Page 19
  39. ^ "Attack Of The Mayan Mummy". TVGuide.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  40. ^ a b Smith 1996, p. 148.
  41. ^ Weldon, Michael (1996). The Psychotronic Video Guide. St.Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-13149-6. Page 195
  42. ^ Science Fiction Film Directors, 1895–1998, by Dennis Fischer - Page 646 Jerry Warren
  43. ^ The Billboard, January 26, 1959 - Page 50 * Reviews of New Pop Records, JERRY WARREN WITH THE PETS

Sources edit

  • Fischer, Dennis (2000). Science Fiction Film Directors, 1895–1998. McFarland. ISBN 0-786-46091-1.
  • Lee, Walter W (1973). Reference Guide to Fantastic Films. Chelsea-Lee Books. ISBN 978-0913974025.
  • Smith, Don G. (1996). Lon Chaney Jr. McFarland & Co., Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0120-6.
  • Ray, Fred Olen (1991). The New Poverty Row. McFarland and Co. Inc. ISBN 0-89950-628-3.
  • Warren, Bill (1986). Keep Watching The Skies Volume 2. McFarland & Co., Inc. ISBN 0-89950-170-2.
  • Weaver, Tom (2000). Return of the B Science Fiction and Horror Heroes: The Mutant Melding of Two Volumes of Classic Interviews. McFarland. ISBN 0-786-40755-7.

External links edit

  • Jerry Warren at IMDb
  • Jerry Warren bio on (re)Search my Trash

jerry, warren, american, journalist, presidential, press, secretary, gerald, warren, march, 1925, august, 1988, american, film, director, producer, editor, screenwriter, cinematographer, actor, warren, grew, wanting, into, film, business, angeles, california, . For the American journalist and presidential press secretary see Gerald Lee Warren Jerry Warren March 10 1925 2 August 21 1988 was an American film director producer editor screenwriter cinematographer and actor Warren grew up wanting to get into the film business in Los Angeles California 3 He appeared in small parts in a few 1940s films such as Ghost Catchers Anchors Aweigh and Unconquered 3 Jerry WarrenBornMarch 10 1925DiedAugust 21 1988 1988 08 21 aged 63 Escondido California USAOccupation s Film director producer editor screenwriter cinematographer actorYears active1944 1981Spouse s Brianne Murphy m 1956 1 divorced 1959 After meeting with producers Warren took on his first film as a director and producer with Man Beast in 1956 3 He initially created his own films although relying heavily on stock footage Later he would just buy foreign films that already existed and re edit them dubbing some scenes in English and inserting new footage which he shot with American actors such as John Carradine and Katherine Victor 4 Warren even wrote some screenplays for his films under the pen name Jacques Lecoutier which he sometimes misspelled in the credits 5 Contents 1 Career 2 Style 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 Discography 6 References 6 1 Footnotes 6 2 Sources 7 External linksCareer editWarren is known for producing and directing a number of cult films such as Teenage Zombies The Incredible Petrified World Terror of the Bloodhunters and the aforementioned Man Beast After creating and distributing these first four of his own films Warren decided that producing original features from scratch required entirely too much money and effort so he began buying and distributing foreign made films through his own distribution company Associated Distributors Pictures Inc or ADP 6 7 His first such involved purchasing the Swedish science fiction film Space Invasion of Lapland and editing it into his own version re titled Invasion of the Animal People 7 This 1958 Swedish feature was originally filmed in Lapland by Virgil Vogel in the English language 7 Warren released his version in the United States on May 3 1962 8 as a double feature with his film Terror of the Bloodhunters starring Robert Clarke 9 Warren released three other re edited foreign films in 1963 Bullet for Billy the Kid The Violent and the Damned and No Time to Kill 10 Filmed in color Billy the Kid features added scenes with Steve Brodie and Lloyd Nelson spliced into the original Mexican film s storyline about an outlaw Gaston Santos who wants to hang up his guns 11 The Violent and the Damned is a 1954 Brazilian action feature originally titled Maos Sangrentas that hit theaters in 1962 with additional scenes added featuring Warren regular Bruno Ve Sota about a convicted wife killer who escapes from prison via a perilous jungle route 9 No Time to Kill is a Swedish film again made in English starring John Ireland shot in 1958 12 that Warren purchased about a man who spends eight years in prison after being falsely convicted of arson No new scenes were added but about 10 minutes was edited out of the original film It was released on a double bill with The Violent and the Damned 11 From 1963 to 1965 Warren re edited several other foreign horror films re titling them all and adding newly filmed sequences to them La Momia Azteca a Mexican horror film was heavily re edited into his U S version Attack of the Mayan Mummy which was syndicated directly to TV 13 and footage from the same mummy film both original Mexican footage and Warren made footage later was recycled into Warren s Face of the Screaming Werewolf which also included principal footage from the Mexican comedy horror film La Casa del Terror which had starred Lon Chaney Jr plus additional added footage by Warren 11 In 1963 1964 the Mexican film La Marca del Muerto was edited into Warren s Creature of the Walking Dead followed by his Curse of the Stone Hand which he edited from two 1940 s Chilean films that he had purchased 14 15 La casa esta vacia 16 17 and La dama de la muerte 14 Added footage on Curse of the Stone Hand which was released on a double bill with Face of the Screaming Werewolf featured John CarradineWarren was hired to film some extra footage in 1965 to pad out the running time of another American producer s film titled Blood of the Man Devil which starred Lon Chaney Jr and John Carradine 18 The film was later released to television as House of the Black Death 18 Warren produced an all original film called The Wild World of Batwoman in 1966 19 which stars Katherine Victor and Bruno Ve Sota 19 He did not produce another film after that until he released his final motion picture Frankenstein Island in 1981 starring his biggest name cast of Katherine Victor John Carradine Cameron Mitchell Steve Brodie and Robert Clarke 20 Style editWarren often cut out all of a foreign film s dialogue and would shoot new scenes in which the American actors would try to explain the plot sometimes using extensive voice over narration or adding scenes in which his actors would simply sit in front of the camera and just talk to each other 4 Warren said in a 1988 interview with Tom Weaver I d shoot one day on this stuff and throw it together I was in the business to make money I never ever tried in any way to compete or to make something worthwhile I only did enough to get by so they would buy it so it would play and so I d get a few dollars It s not very fair to the public I guess but that was my attitude You didn t have to go all out and make a really good picture 6 Personal life editWarren was married to cinematographer Brianne Murphy Warren and Murphy met in 1956 while Warren was preparing to film Man Beast 21 and they married in Las Vegas Nevada after he finished the film 22 During the honeymoon Warren wrote the script for Teenage Zombies in less than a week 23 Murphy worked with Warren as a production wardrobe manager and dialogue director on two of his pictures Teenage Zombies and The Incredible Petrified World 24 She also played Pam in Teenage Zombies and the Yeti creature in Man Beast 25 They divorced in 1959 26 On August 21 1988 Warren died of lung cancer in Escondido California 27 Brianne Murphy died in 2003 from metastatic brain cancer after first fighting lung cancer 21 Filmography editThis section includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this section by introducing more precise citations August 2018 Learn how and when to remove this message Year Title Role Notes 1944 Ghost Catchers Jitterbug Uncredited actor 1945 Where Do We Go from Here Uncredited actor 1945 Anchors Aweigh Uncredited actor 1947 Unconquered Uncredited actor 1956 Man Beast 28 Director and producer 1959 The Incredible Petrified World 29 Plane Passenger Director producer and cameo 30 1959 Teenage Zombies 31 32 33 Writer director producer editor 1962 Invasion of the Animal People 34 Editor distributor 1962 Terror of the Bloodhunters 35 Writer director producer editor 1962 The Violent and the Damned 10 Editor distributor 1963 Bullet for Billy the Kid 10 Editor distributor 1963 No Time To Kill 11 Editor distributor 1963 Attack of the Mayan Mummy 36 37 38 39 Director producer cinematographer 1965 Curse of the Stone Hand 14 40 Director producer editor 1965 Face of the Screaming Werewolf 41 40 discuss Writer director producer editor 1965 Creature of the Walking Dead Writer director producer cinematographer 1965 House of the Black Death Hired to film additional scenes 1966 The Wild World of Batwoman Writer director producer editor 1981 Frankenstein Island Writer director producer musicDiscography editSingles Act Title Catalogue Year Notes Jerry Warren with The Pets Monkey Walk Street Of Love Arwin M 118 1959 42 43 References editFootnotes edit Warren Bill 2009 Keep Watching the Skies American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties The 21st Century Edition McFarland Teenage Zombies entry ISBN 0786442301 Jerry Warren Bfi org uk Archived from the original on February 20 2020 Retrieved August 17 2018 a b c Weaver 2000 p 370 a b Ray 1991 p 2 Warren Bill January 12 2017 Keep Watching the Skies American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties The 21st Century Edition McFarland ISBN 9781476625058 Retrieved August 17 2018 via Google Books a b Ray 1991 p 1 a b c Ray 1991 p 7 Warren 1986 p 749 a b Ray Fred Olen 1991 The New Poverty Row McFarland and Co Inc ISBN 0 89950 628 3 Page 9 a b c Ray 1991 p 10 a b c d Ray 1991 p 11 Ray 1991 p 21 Ray 1991 p 15 a b c Lee 1973 p 86 Ray 1991 p 13 Rist Peter H Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema Rowman amp Littlefield 2014 Page 143 Curse of the Stone Hand 1964 Fantasticmoviemusings com October 18 2016 Retrieved July 9 2018 a b Ray 1991 p 18 a b Ray Fred Olen 1991 The New Poverty Row McFarland and Co Inc ISBN 0 89950 628 3 Page 22 O Neill James 1994 Terror on Tape Billboard Books ISBN 0 8230 7612 1 Page 143 a b McLellan Dennis August 27 2003 Brianne Murphy 70 Pioneering Woman Behind the Camera Articles latimes com Warren Bill 2009 Keep Watching the Skies American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties The 21st Century Edition McFarland Teenage Zombies chapter ISBN 0786442301 Warren Bill 2009 Keep Watching the Skies American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties The 21st Century Edition McFarland ISBN 0786442301 Ray Fred Olen 1991 The New Poverty Row McFarland and Co Inc ISBN 0 89950 628 3 Page 20 McLellan Dennis August 27 2003 Brianne Murphy 70 Pioneering Woman Behind the Camera Articles latimes com Weaver 2000 p 390 Fischer 2000 p 646 AFI Catalog Catalog afi com AFI Catalog Catalog afi com Warren 1986 p 748 Warren Bill 2009 10 19 Keep Watching the Skies American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties The 21st Century Edition McFarland p 922 ISBN 978 0786442300 Retrieved 11 September 2019 Theatre Guide The Times and Democrat Orangeburg SC 8 November 1959 p 2 Retrieved 18 August 2020 via Newspapers com Thursday and Friday The Incredible Petrified World Also Teenage Zombies Teenage Zombies American Film Institute Retrieved May 2 2017 AFI Catalog Catalog afi com AFI Catalog Catalog afi com Weldon Michael 1983 The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film Ballantine Books ISBN 0 345 34345 X Page 27 Attack of the Mayan Mummy 1963 Overview TCM com Turner Classic Movies Retrieved July 9 2018 O Neill James 1994 Terror on Tape Billboard Books ISBN 0 8230 7612 1 Page 19 Attack Of The Mayan Mummy TVGuide com Retrieved July 9 2018 a b Smith 1996 p 148 Weldon Michael 1996 The Psychotronic Video Guide St Martin s Griffin ISBN 0 312 13149 6 Page 195 Science Fiction Film Directors 1895 1998 by Dennis Fischer Page 646 Jerry Warren The Billboard January 26 1959 Page 50 Reviews of New Pop Records JERRY WARREN WITH THE PETS Sources edit Fischer Dennis 2000 Science Fiction Film Directors 1895 1998 McFarland ISBN 0 786 46091 1 Lee Walter W 1973 Reference Guide to Fantastic Films Chelsea Lee Books ISBN 978 0913974025 Smith Don G 1996 Lon Chaney Jr McFarland amp Co Inc ISBN 0 7864 0120 6 Ray Fred Olen 1991 The New Poverty Row McFarland and Co Inc ISBN 0 89950 628 3 Warren Bill 1986 Keep Watching The Skies Volume 2 McFarland amp Co Inc ISBN 0 89950 170 2 Weaver Tom 2000 Return of the B Science Fiction and Horror Heroes The Mutant Melding of Two Volumes of Classic Interviews McFarland ISBN 0 786 40755 7 External links editJerry Warren at IMDb Jerry Warren bio on re Search my Trash Portals nbsp Biography nbsp Los Angeles nbsp California nbsp Film nbsp Television Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jerry Warren amp oldid 1218546619, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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