Richard Thorpe
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Richard Thorpe (February 24, 1896 - May 1, 1991) was an American film director. Born Rollo Smolt Thorpe in Hutchinson, Kansas, he began his entertainment career performing in vaudeville and onstage. In 1921 he began in motion pictures as an actor and directed his first silent film in 1923. He went on to direct more than one hundred and eighty films. The first full length motion picture he directed for MGM was Last of the Pagans (1935) starring Ray Mala. After directing The Last Challenge in 1967, he retired from the film industry. He died in Palm Springs, California in 1991. Thorpe is also known as the original director of The Wizard of Oz. He was fired after two weeks of shooting, because it was felt that his scenes did not have the right air of fantasy about them. Thorpe notoriously gave Judy Garland a blonde wig and cutesy "baby-doll" makeup that made her look like a girl in her late teens rather than an innocent Kansas farm girl of about thirteen. Both makeup and wig were discarded at the suggestion of George Cukor, who was brought in temporarily. Stills from Thorpe's work on the film survive today. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Thorpe has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6101 Hollywood Blvd. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ivanhoe (1952)
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Jailhouse Rock (1957)
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Knights of the Round Table (1953)
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Tarzan Escapes (1936)
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Fun in Acapulco (1963)
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The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
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The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
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Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)
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Vengeance Valley (1951)
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Athena (1954)
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All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953)
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Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
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Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
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Fiesta (1947)
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Double Daring (1926)
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Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)
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Beauty Parlor (1932)
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Malaya (1949)
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Three Little Words (1950)
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The Last Challenge (1967)
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
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The Prodigal (1955)
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Carbine Williams (1952)
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Quentin Durward (1955)
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Skedaddle Gold (1927)
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Above Suspicion (1943)
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Easy Going (1926)
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A Date with Judy (1948)
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The Great Caruso (1951)
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The Toy Wife (1938)
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On an Island with You (1948)
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Big Jack (1949)
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Black Hand (1950)
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Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945)
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Forgotten (1933)
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It's a Big Country (1951)
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Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957)
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Bedevilled (1955)
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Twisted Triggers (1926)
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Cry 'Havoc' (1943)
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College Days (1926)
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Double Wedding (1937)
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Murder at Dawn (1932)
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The Honeymoon Machine (1961)
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The Truth About Spring (1965)
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Cheating Cheaters (1934)
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Night Must Fall (1937)
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The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
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Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)
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Thrill of a Romance (1945)
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The Dude Wrangler (1930)
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What Next, Corporal Hargrove? (1945)
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Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
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King of the Wild (1931)
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The Earl of Chicago (1940)
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The Crowd Roars (1938)
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That Funny Feeling (1965)
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The Tartars (1961)
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Challenge to Lassie (1949)
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Wyoming (1940)
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Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957)
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The Unknown Man (1951)
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Thundering Romance (1924)
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Three Hearts for Julia (1943)
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Follow the Boys (1963)
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The King of the Kongo (1929)
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The House of the Seven Hawks (1959)
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The Student Prince (1954)
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The Bad Man (1941)
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The Flyin' Buckaroo (1928)
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The Meddlin' Stranger (1927)
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The Soda Water Cowboy (1927)
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Joe Smith, American (1942)
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The Lone Defender (1930)
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Neck and Neck (1931)
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Escapade (1932)
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Grief Street (1931)
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The Desert of the Lost (1927)
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White Cargo (1942)
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The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962)
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The Midnight Lady (1932)
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The Sun Comes Up (1949)
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City Park (1934)
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Roarin' Broncs (1927)
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The King Murder (1932)
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The Scorpio Letters (1967)
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Apache Trail (1942)
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Josselyn's Wife (1926)
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This Time for Keeps (1947)
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Man-Proof (1938)
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The Ridin' Rowdy (1927)
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The Fighting Cheat (1926)
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Wild Horse (1931)
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20 Mule Team (1940)
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Tearin' Into Trouble (1927)
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Fast and Fearless (1924)
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Under Montana Skies (1930)
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Strange Wives (1934)
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Love Is a Headache (1938)
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The Bonanza Buckaroo (—)
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The Desert Demon (1925)
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Hard-Hittin' Hamilton (1924)
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Ridin' Rivals (1926)
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Thrill of Youth (1932)
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The Obligin' Buckaroo (1927)
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The First Hundred Years (1938)
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The Roaring Rider (1926)
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The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936)
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A Man of Sentiment (1933)
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Tearin' Loose (1925)
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The Secrets of Wu Sin (1932)
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The Golden Head (1964)
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Notorious But Nice (1933)
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The Ballyhoo Buster (1928)
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Last of the Pagans (1935)
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The Quitter (1934)
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Dangerous Number (1937)
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Slightly Married (1932)
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Rainbow Over Broadway (1933)
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I Have Lived (1933)
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Green Eyes (1934)
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Murder on the Campus (1933)
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Lest We Forget (1937)
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Cross-Examination (1932)
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Border Romance (1929)
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Stolen Sweets (1934)
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Women Won't Tell (1932)
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Probation (1932)
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Secret of the Chateau (1934)
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Vultures of the Sea (1928)
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Forgotten Women (1931)
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The Utah Kid (1930)
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The Devil Plays (1931)
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The Bachelor Girl (1929)
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The Fatal Warning (1929)
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Wings of Adventure (1930)
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Strange People (1933)
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The Interferin' Gent (1926)
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Barnacle Bill (1941)
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On the Go (1925)
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The Thoroughbred (1930)
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The Lawless Woman (1931)
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Between Dangers (1927)
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The Vanishing West (1928)
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Bringin' Home the Bacon (1924)
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The Valley Of Hunted Men (1928)
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The Sky Spider (1931)
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The Lady from Nowhere (1931)
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