Sam Newfield
Sam Newfield | |
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Born | Samuel Neufeld (1899-12-06)December 6, 1899 New York City[1] |
Died | November 10, 1964(1964-11-10) (aged 64) Los Angeles, California[1] |
Nationality | American |
Other names | Sherman Scott, Peter Stewart |
Occupation | Director |
Years active | 1923-1958[2] |
Employer | mainly PRC |
Known for | "America's most prolific sound film director" |
Spouse | Violet Newfield [3] |
Children | Jacqueline Newfield, Joel Newfield [4] |
Parent(s) | Simon Neufeld (father), Josephine Neufeld (mother)[5] |
Relatives | Murray, Morris, Sadie and Sigmund Neufeld (siblings) |
Sam Newfield, born Samuel Neufeld (December 6, 1899 – November 10, 1964), also known as Sherman Scott or Peter Stewart, was an American director, one of the most prolific in American film history—he is credited with directing over 250 feature films in a career which began during the silent era and ended in 1958. In addition to his staggering feature output, he also directed one -and two-reel comedy shorts, training films, industrial films, TV episodes and pretty much anything anyone would pay him for.[6] Because of this massive output—he would sometimes direct more than 20 films in a single year—he has been called the most prolific director of the sound era.[2]
Many of Newfield's films were made for PRC Pictures. It was a film production company headed by his brother Sigmund Neufeld. The films PRC produced were low-budget productions, the majority being westerns, with occasional horror films or crime drama.
Family and education
Newfield completed one year of high school, according to the 1940 US census. Brother Morris Neufeld was a stage actor, according to the 1930 US census.
Pseudonyms
Sam Newfield was credited as Sherman Scott and Peter Stewart on a number of films he made for the PRC. He used these names in order to hide the fact that one person was responsible for so many of PRC's films.[7]
Partial filmography
Partial filmography is listed below for the different names he used.
As Sam Newfield
- Big Time or Bust (1933)
- Reform Girl (1933)
- Under Secret Orders (1933)
- The Important Witness (1933)
- Beggar's Holiday (1934)
- Undercover Men (1934)
- Marrying Widows (1934)
- Bulldog Courage (1935)
- Racing Luck (1935)
- Timber War (1935)
- The Traitor (1936)
- The Lion's Den (1936)
- The Fighting Deputy (1937)
- The Gambling Terror (1937)
- Trail of Vengeance (1937)
- The Feud Maker (1938)
- The Terror of Tiny Town (1938)
- Six-Gun Trail (1938)
- The Invisible Killer (1939)
- The Fighting Renegade (1939)
- Frontier Crusader (1940)
- Marked Men (1940)
- Secrets of a Model (1940)
- Texas Renegades (1940)
- The Mad Monster (1942)
- Tiger Fangs (1943)
- The Black Raven (1943)
- I Accuse My Parents (1944)
- Swing Hostess (1944)
- The Monster Maker (1944)
- His Brother's Ghost (1945)
- Shadows of Death (1945)
- The Lady Confesses (1945)
- Rustlers' Hideout (1945)
- Apology for Murder (1945)
- White Pongo (1945)
- Gas House Kids (1946)
- Fight That Ghost (1946)
- House-Rent Party (film) (1946)[8]
- Outlaws of the Plains (1946)
- Jungle Flight (1947)
- Money Madness (1948)
- Western Pacific Agent (1950)
- Skipalong Rosenbloom (1951)
- Lost Continent (1951)
- Lady in the Fog (aka Scotland Yard Inspector) (1952)
- The Gambler and the Lady (1952)
- Outlaw Women (1952)
- Thunder over Sangoland (1955)
- The Wild Dakotas (1956)
- The Three Outlaws (1956)
- Frontier Gambler (1956)
- Last of the Desperadoes (1956)
- Wolf Dog (1958)
- Flaming Frontier (1958)
As Sherman Scott
- Hitler, Beast of Berlin (1939)
- I Take This Oath (1940)
- Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940)
- Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals (1941)
- Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns (1942)
- The Flying Serpent (1946)
- Lady at Midnight (1948)
- The Strange Mrs. Crane (1948)
- The Wild Weed (1949)
As Peter Stewart
- Gun Code (1940)
- Black Mountain Stage (1940)
- Adventure Island (1947)
- The Counterfeiters (1948)
- State Department: File 649 (1949)
Film statistics
Between 1923 and 1930 Newfield directed over 50 comedies. Feature films statistics per year, starting with 1933, are summarised in the following table.[6]
1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 |
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3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 12 |
1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 |
15 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
See also
- Fred Olen Ray, another film director who has used many of these pseudonyms
References
- ^ a b "B-Western - Sam Newfield". Retrieved January 21, 2011.
- ^ a b Wheeler Winston Dixon (November 2007). "Fast Worker: The Films of Sam Newfield". Senses of Cinema (45). Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ^ 1940 US Census
- ^ 1940 US Census
- ^ 1930 US Census
- ^ a b "The Films of Sam Newfield". Retrieved January 21, 2011.
- ^ "Sam Newfield at Allmovie".
- ^ Richards, Larry (September 17, 2015). African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography. ISBN 9781476610528.
- Review of Tiger Fangs
- Video: clip from Tiger Fangs on YouTube
External links
- Sam Newfield at IMDb
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- The Important Witness (1933)
- Big Time or Bust (1933)
- Reform Girl (1933)
- Under Secret Orders (1933)
- Undercover Men (1934)
- Beggar's Holiday (1934)
- Marrying Widows (1934)
- Northern Frontier (1935)
- Code of the Mounted (1935)
- Branded a Coward (1935)
- Trails of the Wild (1935)
- Bulldog Courage (1935)
- Racing Luck (1935)
- Roarin' Guns (1936)
- Border Caballero (1936)
- The Lion's Den (1936)
- Federal Agent (1936)
- Lightnin' Bill Carson (1936)
- Ghost Patrol (1936)
- Burning Gold (1936)
- Aces and Eights (1936)
- Go-Get-'Em, Haines (1936)
- The Traitor (1936)
- Roarin' Lead (1936)
- Stormy Trails (1936)
- The Gambling Terror (1937)
- Lightnin' Crandall (1937)
- Trail of Vengeance (1937)
- Melody of the Plains (1937)
- Bar-Z Bad Men (1937)
- Guns in the Dark (1937)
- Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin (1937)
- A Lawman Is Born (1937)
- Doomed at Sundown (1937)
- Boothill Brigade (1937)
- Ridin' the Lone Trail (1937)
- The Fighting Deputy (1937)
- Arizona Gunfighter (1937)
- Moonlight on the Range (1937)
- The Fighting Deputy (1937)
- The Colorado Kid (1937)
- Harlem on the Prairie (1937)
- Paroled – To Die (1938)
- The Rangers' Round-Up (1938)
- Thunder in the Desert (1938)
- Code of the Rangers (1938)
- The Feud Maker (1938)
- Phantom Ranger (1938)
- Knight of the Plains (1938)
- Songs and Bullets (1938)
- Gunsmoke Trail (1938)
- Desert Patrol (1938)
- Durango Valley Raiders (1938)
- Frontier Scout (1938)
- Lightning Carson Rides Again (1938)
- Six-Gun Trail (1938)
- Six-Gun Rhythm (1938)
- Crashing Through Danger (1938)
- The Terror of Tiny Town (1938)
- Trigger Pals (1939)
- Code of the Cactus (1939)
- Texas Wildcats (1939)
- Outlaws' Paradise (1939)
- Straight Shooter (1939)
- The Fighting Renegade (1939)
- Hitler – Beast of Berlin (1939)
- Trigger Fingers (1939)
- Flaming Lead (1939)
- The Invisible Killer (1939)
- Fighting Mad (1939)
- Death Rides the Range (1939)
- Texas Renegades (1940)
- The Sagebrush Family Trails West (1940)
- Marked Men (1940)
- I Take This Oath (1940)
- Gun Code (1940)
- Hold That Woman! (1940)
- Frontier Crusader (1940)
- Arizona Gang Busters (1940)
- Secrets of a Model (1940)
- Billy the Kid in Texas (1940)
- Riders of Black Mountain (1940)
- Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940)
- Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940)
- Outlaws of the Rio Grande (1941)
- The Lone Rider Rides On (1941)
- The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio (1941)
- The Lone Rider in Ghost Town (1941)
- The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury (1941)
- The Lone Rider Ambushed (1941)
- The Lone Rider Fights Back (1941)
- Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals (1941)
- Billy the Kid Wanted (1941)
- Billy the Kid in Santa Fe (1941)
- The Texas Marshal (1941)
- Billy the Kid's Range War (1941)
- Billy the Kid's Round-Up (1941)
- The Lone Rider and the Bandit (1942)
- Raiders of the West (1942)
- The Lone Rider in Cheyenne (1942)
- Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns (1942)
- The Lone Rider in Texas Justice (1942)
- Jungle Siren (1942)
- Law and Order (1942)
- Sheriff of Sage Valley (1942)
- Prairie Pals (1942)
- Border Roundup (1942)
- Outlaws of Boulder Pass (1942)
- Overland Stagecoach (1942)
- Billy the Kid Trapped (1942)
- Rolling Down the Great Divide (1942)
- The Mad Monster (1942)
- Along the Sundown Trail (1942)
- The Mysterious Rider (1942)
- Queen of Broadway (1942)
- Outlaws of Boulder Pass (1942)
- The Kid Rides Again (1943)
- Dead Men Walk (1943)
- Wild Horse Rustlers (1943)
- Fugitive of the Plains (1943)
- Death Rides the Plains (1943)
- Western Cyclone (1943)
- The Black Raven (1943)
- Wolves of the Range (1943)
- Cattle Stampede (1943)
- Law of the Saddle (1943)
- Raiders of Red Gap (1943)
- Danger! Women at Work (1943)
- Blazing Frontier (1943)
- Tiger Fangs (1943)
- Devil Riders (1943)
- Harvest Melody (1943)
- Nabonga (1944)
- Frontier Outlaws (1944)
- Thundering Gun Slingers (1944)
- The Monster Maker (1944)
- Valley of Vengeance (1944)
- The Contender (1944)
- The Drifter (1944)
- Fuzzy Settles Down (1944)
- I Accuse My Parents (1944)
- Swing Hostess (1944)
- Wild Horse Phantom (1944)
- Oath of Vengeance (1944)
- His Brother's Ghost (1945)
- The Kid Sister (1945)
- The Lady Confesses (1945)
- Gangster's Den (1945)
- Stagecoach Outlaws (1945)
- Apology for Murder (1945)
- White Pongo (1945)
- Border Badmen (1945)
- Fighting Bill Carson (1945)
- Prairie Rustlers (1945)
- Rustlers' Hideout (1945)
- Shadows of Death (1945)
- Lightning Raiders (1946)
- Outlaws of the Plains (1946)
- The Flying Serpent (1946)
- Murder Is My Business (1946)
- Gentlemen with Guns (1946)
- Terrors on Horseback (1946)
- Ghost of Hidden Valley (1946)
- Blonde for a Day (1946)
- Larceny in Her Heart (1946)
- Prairie Badmen (1946)
- Queen of Burlesque (1946)
- Overland Riders (1946)
- Gas House Kids (1946)
- Lady Chaser (1946)
- Three on a Ticket (1947)
- Adventure Island (1947)
- Jungle Flight (1947)
- Money Madness (1948)
- Lady at Midnight (1948)
- The Strange Mrs. Crane (1948)
- The Counterfeiters (1948)
- Miraculous Journey (1948)
- She Shoulda Said No! (1949)
- State Department: File 649 (1949)
- Motor Patrol (1950)
- Hi-Jacked (1950)
- Radar Secret Service (1950)
- Western Pacific Agent (1950)
- Three Desperate Men (1951)
- Mask of the Dragon (1951)
- Skipalong Rosenbloom (1951)
- Lost Continent (1951)
- Leave It to the Marines (1951)
- Sky High (1951)
- Fingerprints Don't Lie (1951)
- Outlaw Women (1952)
- Lady in the Fog (1952)
- The Gambler and the Lady (1952)
- The Wild Dakotas (1956)
- Frontier Gambler (1956)
- The Three Outlaws (1956)
- Last of the Desperados (1956)
- Wolf Dog (1958)
- Flaming Frontier (1958)