Edgar G. Ulmer apprenticed with F. W. Murnau to become a talented director in his own right and is remembered for his striking visual style. Blacklisted from the major Hollywood Studios he spent much of his career directing low-budget films on poverty row. This three disc set includes three features directed by Ulmer as well as eight short subjects, including films on the effects if venereal disease and tuberculosis, that he worked on as director or art director.
Contents:
Disc 1. Damaged lives (69 min., 1933) -- Damaged lives supplement (21 min.) -- Another to conquer (22 min., 1941) -- disc 2. From nine to nine (Ruth Roland in her last role alongside Roland Drew, 62 min., 1936) -- Cloud in the sky (19 min.) -- They do come back (16 min.) -- Goodbye Mr. Germ (14 min.) -- disc 3. Cossacks in exile (83 min., 1938) -- (The Army Hit Kit) Pistol packin' mama (with Ann Corio, 7 min., 1943) -- Way down south (10 min., 1930, with Giuseppe Creatore and his band) -- Let my people live (13 min., 1938).
OCLC:
(OCoLC)885206641
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.