Joseph Santley

Joseph Santley

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Mansfield Santley (born Joseph Ishmael Mansfield, January 10, 1890 – August 8, 1971) was an American actor, singer, dancer, writer, director, and producer of musical theatrical plays motion pictures and television shows. He adopted the stage name of his stepfather, actor Eugene Santley. Joseph Santley was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. As a boy, he and older brother Fred began performing in live theatre appearing in summer stock and touring with their parents. In 1906, at age seventeen, Joseph Santley co-wrote and starred on Broadway in the play, Billy the Kid. In 1907, he acted in film for the first time for Sidney Olcott at the Kalem Company in a silent Western film short called Pony Express. In 1928, Santley directed his first motion picture, a short talkie for Paramount Pictures that featured singer Ruth Etting. The next year, Paramount had Santley direct three more films that were short singing productions, one with Etting, another with crooner Rudy Vallee, plus a third titled High Hat with Broadway singing star Alice Boulden. Also, he directed A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic, a musical film featuring Eddie Cantor along with Eddie Elkins and his orchestra. In 1929, Joseph Santley co-directed, with Robert Florey, the first Marx Brothers feature film The Cocoanuts, a musical comedy for which he is most famous. Based on the George S. Kaufman play, and with music by Irving Berlin, the film was billed as "Paramount's All Talking-Singing Musical Comedy Hit." His other notable directorial efforts include 1935's Harmony Lane, a biographical musical on the life of composer Stephen Foster. In 1940, he directed Melody Ranch starring "singing cowboy" Gene Autry. The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. During World War II, Joseph Santley worked for the war effort and in 1942 made the film Remember Pearl Harbor. In 1950, he made his last feature film but came back at age sixty-five to produce the 1954-55 television comedy The Mickey Rooney Show. In 1956, he put together two segments of Jazz Ball, a made-for-TV musical revue created from various filmed performances by jazz greats from the 1930s to the 1950s. Joseph Santley died in 1971 in Los Angeles.

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  • Aithnichte airson: Directing
  • Co-là-breith: 1890-01-10
  • Àite breith: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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  • 1929
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    The Cocoanuts

    The Cocoanuts

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  • 1946
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    Shadow of a Woman

    Shadow of a Woman

    4.2 1946 HD

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  • 1934
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    I Like it That Way

    I Like it That Way

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  • 1942
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    Joan of Ozark

    Joan of Ozark

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  • 1940
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    Music in My Heart

    Music in My Heart

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  • 1942
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    Call of the Canyon

    Call of the Canyon

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  • 1941
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    Down Mexico Way

    Down Mexico Way

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  • 1929
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    Ruth Etting in Favorite Melodies

    Ruth Etting in Favorite Melodies

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  • 1941
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    Sis Hopkins

    Sis Hopkins

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  • 1934
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    Young and Beautiful

    Young and Beautiful

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    Young and Beautiful

    Young and Beautiful

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  • 1942
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    A Tragedy at Midnight

    A Tragedy at Midnight

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  • 1937
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    She's Got Everything

    She's Got Everything

    5.3 1937 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Loudspeaker

    The Loudspeaker

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  • 1938
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    Blond Cheat

    Blond Cheat

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  • 1935
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    Waterfront Lady

    Waterfront Lady

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  • 1935
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    Harmony Lane

    Harmony Lane

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    Harmony Lane

    Harmony Lane

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  • 1940
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    Melody Ranch

    Melody Ranch

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  • 1936
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    The Harvester

    The Harvester

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  • 1929
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    A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic

    A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic

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  • 1936
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    Smartest Girl in Town

    Smartest Girl in Town

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  • 1944
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    Brazil

    Brazil

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  • 1940
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    Behind the News

    Behind the News

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  • 1940
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    Dancing on a Dime

    Dancing on a Dime

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  • 1945
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    Earl Carroll Vanities

    Earl Carroll Vanities

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  • 1938
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    Always in Trouble

    Always in Trouble

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  • 1937
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    There Goes the Groom

    There Goes the Groom

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  • 1941
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    Ice-Capades

    Ice-Capades

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  • 1945
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    Hitchhike to Happiness

    Hitchhike to Happiness

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  • 1937
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    Meet the Missus

    Meet the Missus

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  • 1934
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    Million Dollar Baby

    Million Dollar Baby

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    Million Dollar Baby

    Million Dollar Baby

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1936
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    We Went to College

    We Went to College

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  • 1942
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    Remember Pearl Harbor

    Remember Pearl Harbor

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  • 1936
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    Walking on Air

    Walking on Air

    5.8 1936 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Spirit of Culver

    The Spirit of Culver

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  • 1930
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    Swing High

    Swing High

    7 1930 HD

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  • 1930
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    Swing High

    Swing High

    7 1930 HD

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  • 1929
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    Two Americans

    Two Americans

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Family Next Door

    The Family Next Door

    5.2 1939 HD

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  • 1936
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    Dancing Feet

    Dancing Feet

    5.2 1936 HD

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  • 1944
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    Rosie the Riveter

    Rosie the Riveter

    4.5 1944 HD

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  • 1936
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    Her Master's Voice

    Her Master's Voice

    6 1936 HD

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  • 1941
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    Puddin' Head

    Puddin' Head

    5 1941 HD

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  • 1942
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    Yokel Boy

    Yokel Boy

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  • 1944
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    Jamboree

    Jamboree

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  • 1944
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    Goodnight, Sweetheart

    Goodnight, Sweetheart

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    Three Little Sisters

    Three Little Sisters

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  • 1931
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    Oh! Oh! Cleopatra

    Oh! Oh! Cleopatra

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    Oh! Oh! Cleopatra

    Oh! Oh! Cleopatra

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  • 1940
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    Melody and Moonlight

    Melody and Moonlight

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  • 1943
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    Thumbs Up

    Thumbs Up

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  • 1941
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    Rookies on Parade

    Rookies on Parade

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  • 1938
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    Swing, Sister, Swing

    Swing, Sister, Swing

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  • 1943
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    Here Comes Elmer

    Here Comes Elmer

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  • 1930
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    The Life of the Party

    The Life of the Party

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  • 1943
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    Shantytown

    Shantytown

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  • 1933
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    The House on 56th Street

    The House on 56th Street

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  • 1929
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    His College Chums

    His College Chums

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  • 1950
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    When You're Smiling

    When You're Smiling

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  • 1943
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    Chatterbox

    Chatterbox

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  • 1929
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    All Americans

    All Americans

    5 1929 HD

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  • 1935
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    Frisco Waterfront

    Frisco Waterfront

    1 1935 HD

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  • 1949
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    Make Believe Ballroom

    Make Believe Ballroom

    5.5 1949 HD

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  • 1936
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    Laughing Irish Eyes

    Laughing Irish Eyes

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1943
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    Sleepy Lagoon

    Sleepy Lagoon

    4.5 1943 HD

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  • 1934
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    Million Dollar Baby

    Million Dollar Baby

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1935
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    Beautiful Dreamer

    Beautiful Dreamer

    1 1935 HD

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  • 1936
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    Mad Holiday

    Mad Holiday

    6 1936 HD

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  • 1939
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    Two Bright Boys

    Two Bright Boys

    1 1939 HD

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