About

Known credits:
51
Birthday:
1902-08-01
Place of birth:
Cherokee, Iowa, USA
Website:
N/A

Harold D. Schuster

Overview

A highly regarded editor (he cut the classic Sunrise (1927) ), Harold D. Schuster started out in films as an actor. It didn't take him long to abandon that career, and he turned to the production side of the business, working his way up to editor and eventually taking the reins as a director. While much of his directorial output is routine, there are some real gems scattered throughout. My Friend Flicka (1943) is a beautiful, serene tale of a boy and a spectacular horse and was a major success in its day. Although typed as an "outdoors" director, Schuster could turn out tough, gritty little thrillers when he wanted to, such as Loophole (1954), about a bank teller who gets framed for an embezzlement; it ranks right up there with the edgy crime dramas of Don Siegel and Phil Karlson. Schuster's western Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957), despite its potboiler title, is a sharp, well-paced effort about two disparate groups of travelers who must band together to fight off rampaging Indians. Good writing, a rousing score and Schuster's tight direction raise this several notches above the product normally churned out by its studio, the usually low-grade Allied Artists. Schuster eventually turned to series television, and finished out his career there.

Known for

Directing
1958 The Power of the Resurrection Directing Director N/A
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1957 Dragoon Wells Massacre Directing Director 59
Average
1957 Portland Exposé Directing Director 59
Average
1957 Courage of Black Beauty Directing Director 59
Average
1955 The Return of Jack Slade Directing Director 59
Average
1955 Finger Man Directing Director 58
Average
1955 Tarzan's Hidden Jungle Directing Director 58
Average
1954 Port of Hell Directing Director N/A
N/A
1954 Security Risk Directing Director 59
Average
1954 Loophole Directing Director 59
Average
1953 Jack Slade Directing Director 59
Average
1952 Kid Monk Baroni Directing Director 58
Average
1948 So Dear to My Heart Directing Director 59
Average
1948 The Tender Years Directing Director 59
Average
1946 Breakfast in Hollywood Directing Director 58
Average
1944 Marine Raiders Directing Director 59
Average
1943 Bomber's Moon Directing Director 59
Average
1943 My Friend Flicka Directing Director 59
Average
1942 Girl Trouble Directing Director 59
Average
1942 The Postman Didn't Ring Directing Director N/A
N/A
1942 On the Sunny Side Directing Director 59
Average
1941 Small Town Deb Directing Director 59
Average
1941 A Very Young Lady Directing Director 58
Average
1940 Diamond Frontier Directing Director N/A
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1940 South to Karanga Directing Director N/A
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1940 Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me! Directing Director 59
Average
1940 Zanzibar Directing Director N/A
N/A
1940 Framed Directing Director 59
Average
1939 One Hour To Live Directing Director N/A
N/A
1938 Exposed Directing Director 59
Average
1938 Swing That Cheer Directing Director N/A
N/A
1938 Queer Cargo Directing Director N/A
N/A
1937 Dinner at the Ritz Directing Director 59
Average
1937 Wings of the Morning Directing Director 58
Average

Production
1925 The Iron Horse Production Production Assistant 59
Average

Editing
1934 Marie Galante Editing Editor 58
Average
1933 Berkeley Square Editing Editor 58
Average
1933 Zoo in Budapest Editing Editor 58
Average
1932 Call Her Savage Editing Editor 58
Average
1932 Chandu the Magician Editing Editor 59
Average
1931 Ambassador Bill Editing Editor 59
Average
1931 Skyline Editing Editor N/A
N/A
1931 The Man Who Came Back Editing Editor 58
Average
1930 Renegades Editing Editor 58
Average
1930 Women Everywhere Editing Editor 58
Average
1930 Such Men Are Dangerous Editing Editor 58
Average
1929 South Sea Rose Editing Editor N/A
N/A
1929 Frozen Justice Editing Editor 58
Average
1928 4 Devils Editing Editor 59
Average
1927 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans Editing Editor 70
Good
1925 The Iron Horse Editing Assistant Editor 59
Average