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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Beauty Parlor (1932)
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Thundering Romance (1924)
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Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
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Skedaddle Gold (1927)
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Roarin' Broncs (1927)
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Ivanhoe (1952)
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Jailhouse Rock (1957)
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Double Daring (1926)
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Tarzan Escapes (1936)
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The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
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Escapade (1932)
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Athena (1954)
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Bedevilled (1955)
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Fiesta (1947)
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Malaya (1949)
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Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945)
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Knights of the Round Table (1953)
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Vengeance Valley (1951)
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Forgotten (1933)
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Cheating Cheaters (1934)
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Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957)
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The Great Caruso (1951)
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The Last Challenge (1967)
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Love Is a Headache (1938)
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A Date with Judy (1948)
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
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Big Jack (1949)
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The Prodigal (1955)
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Ridin' Rivals (1926)
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The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
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Joe Smith, American (1942)
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Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)
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Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
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The King of the Kongo (1929)
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Follow the Boys (1963)
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Secret of the Chateau (1934)
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Fun in Acapulco (1963)
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Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)
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Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
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The Desert of the Lost (1927)
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The Meddlin' Stranger (1927)
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Easy Going (1926)
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The Soda Water Cowboy (1927)
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College Days (1926)
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Last of the Pagans (1935)
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Carbine Williams (1952)
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King of the Wild (1931)
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The Truth About Spring (1965)
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The King Murder (1932)
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Tearin' Into Trouble (1927)
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The Interferin' Gent (1926)
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It's a Big Country (1951)
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All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953)
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The Desert Demon (1925)
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Above Suspicion (1943)
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Quentin Durward (1955)
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The Toy Wife (1938)
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Thrill of a Romance (1945)
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Night Must Fall (1937)
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Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957)
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The Fighting Cheat (1926)
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The Flyin' Buckaroo (1928)
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Three Little Words (1950)
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On an Island with You (1948)
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Lest We Forget (1937)
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The House of the Seven Hawks (1959)
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The Ballyhoo Buster (1928)
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Murder at Dawn (1932)
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That Funny Feeling (1965)
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The Fatal Warning (1929)
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The Bonanza Buckaroo (—)
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Apache Trail (1942)
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Double Wedding (1937)
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The Dude Wrangler (1930)
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White Cargo (1942)
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Black Hand (1950)
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The Obligin' Buckaroo (1927)
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The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
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The Earl of Chicago (1940)
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Neck and Neck (1931)
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Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)
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Twisted Triggers (1926)
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Josselyn's Wife (1926)
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The Unknown Man (1951)
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The Midnight Lady (1932)
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What Next, Corporal Hargrove? (1945)
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Under Montana Skies (1930)
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The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962)
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The Student Prince (1954)
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The Secrets of Wu Sin (1932)
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The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936)
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The First Hundred Years (1938)
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The Lone Defender (1930)
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The Crowd Roars (1938)
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Thrill of Youth (1932)
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Hard-Hittin' Hamilton (1924)
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The Bad Man (1941)
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Three Hearts for Julia (1943)
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Wyoming (1940)
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The Scorpio Letters (1967)
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Barnacle Bill (1941)
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Stolen Sweets (1934)
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The Bachelor Girl (1929)
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The Tartars (1961)
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The Honeymoon Machine (1961)
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The Sun Comes Up (1949)
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The Ridin' Rowdy (1927)
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Challenge to Lassie (1949)
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20 Mule Team (1940)
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This Time for Keeps (1947)
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Dangerous Number (1937)
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Bringin' Home the Bacon (1924)
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Murder on the Campus (1933)
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Strange People (1933)
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Slightly Married (1932)
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A Man of Sentiment (1933)
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Green Eyes (1934)
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Tearin' Loose (1925)
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Between Dangers (1927)
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Cry 'Havoc' (1943)
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Border Romance (1929)
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Vultures of the Sea (1928)
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Grief Street (1931)
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Wings of Adventure (1930)
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Rainbow Over Broadway (1933)
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Strange Wives (1934)
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Probation (1932)
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Women Won't Tell (1932)
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City Park (1934)
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Man-Proof (1938)
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Forgotten Women (1931)
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The Utah Kid (1930)
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Cross-Examination (1932)
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Wild Horse (1931)
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Notorious But Nice (1933)
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The Lady from Nowhere (1931)
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The Roaring Rider (1926)
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The Sky Spider (1931)
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The Quitter (1934)
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The Golden Head (1964)
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Fast and Fearless (1924)
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The Lawless Woman (1931)
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The Vanishing West (1928)
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The Devil Plays (1931)
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The Thoroughbred (1930)
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I Have Lived (1933)
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The Valley Of Hunted Men (1928)
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On the Go (1925)
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