W. Merle Connell
W. Merle Connell | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 7, 1905 |
| Died | November 25, 1963 (aged 58) |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1947-1967 |
| Notable work | Untamed Women |
William Merle Connell was born on January 7, 1905, in Yakima, Washington. In 1926, Connell married Jennie Ramsey.[1] Connell died on November 25, 1963, in Los Angeles. Connell directed a number of American burlesque films,[2] and exploitation films, including Untamed Women.
Career
[edit]Connell's "Quality Pictures"[3] distributed a one-reel burlesque compilations, including: Juke-Box Follies (1945),[4][5][6][7] and Variety Girls (c. 1955).[8]
"Quality Pictures, a small studio on Santa Monica Boulevard run by producer-director W. Merle Connell,[9] was one of the preeminent companies putting out burlesque films for the peepshow and theatrical markets. Connell filmed Los Angeles burlesque dancers in short, two-to-three-minute performances and packaged the segments as single-reel compilations, producing twenty-five of these by 1947. Keeping a hand in the peepshow market, Quality also bought and sold Panorams and converted them for a fee. By the 1950s, Quality had begun focusing on narrative films as well; the Quality Pictures studio was even used for several Ed Wood movies, including Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)."[7]
Film director
[edit]- A Night at the Follies (1947)[10][11] with Evelyn West
- filmed at a burlesque stage show at the Follies Theater in Los Angeles
- Test Tube Babies (1948)[10][11][12]
- The Devil's Sleep (1949)[10][11]
- Trouble at Melody Mesa (1949)[10][11]
- Midnight Frolics (1949)[10][11][13] with Annette Warren
- International Burlesque (1950)[10][14][11]
- Ding Dong (1951)[10][11][15]
Cinematographer
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Lewis County Auditor, Marriage Records, 1847-2024 - W - Ramsey - Connell - Et Al". Digital Archives. Washington State Archives. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ↑ pp.267-268 Shteir, Rachel Striptease: The Untold History of the Girlie Show Oxford University Press, USA 1 Nov 2004-
- ↑ "Plan9_PGM_WEB" (PDF). alex film society. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ↑ "Juke-Box Follies". FilmFlow.tv. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
A series of burlesque peep-show acts for servicemen.
- ↑ "Juke Box Follies". Variety. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. November 1945. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
"Juke Box Follies" (also Dc- I months attributed' in part to the at- zel) is the two-reelcr spurned by the tention altraefed to the company by board ...
- ↑ "F-7715 - JUKEBOX FOLLIES". Historic Films. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- 1 2 "Nitrate Shorts - Nitrate Picture Show". www.eastman.org | George Eastman Museum. May 31, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ↑ Paghat the Ratgirl. "Reviews: Variety Girls". www.weirdwildrealm.com. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ↑ Hollings, Ken (January 10, 1996). "Criswell Predicts: Lost Voices from a Forgotten Future, 1956-59". CTheory: 1/10/1996. ISSN 1190-9153. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "W. Merle Connell". AFI Catalog. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 W. Merle Connell - tcmdb Turner Classic Movies
- ↑ Barrett, Michael (September 28, 2020). "Exploitation Shenanigans 'Test Tube Babies' and 'Guilty Parents' Contend with the Aftermath". www.popmatters.com » PopMatters. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ↑ "Midnight Frolics (1949)". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on July 13, 2015.
- ↑ "International Burlesque". tcmdb. tcm.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ↑ "Ding Dong". tcmdb. Archived from the original on November 1, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ↑ "Moulin Rouge Theatre in Oakland, CA". cinematreasures.org - Cinema Treasures.
- ↑ "Moulin Rouge Theatre at 485 8th Street in Oakland, California". calisphere. 1976. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ↑ "'The Flesh Merchant' Registers No Sale". The New York Times. May 19, 1956. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ↑ Connell, W. Merle. "The Flesh Merchant (1956)". AllMovie. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ↑ "Flesh Merchant". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ↑ "The Flesh Merchant". The Grindhouse Cinema Database. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
External links
[edit]- "W. Merle Connell". AFI Catalog.
- W. Merle Connell - tcmdb Turner Classic Movies
- W. Merle Connell - tvguide.com
- W. Merle Connell - allmovie
- "W. Merle Connell (1905-1963)". Find a Grave.
- W. Merle Connell – IMDb
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