John Farrow: Hollywood’s Man in the Shadows
2021•1h 36m•6.0•Released
Documentary
John Farrow: Hollywood’s Man in the Shadows is the first documentary ever made about one of Hollywood’s most prolific yet forgotten filmmakers, John Villiers Farrow (1904 -1963). Part mystery, part biography, part film noir – the documentary follows the stranger than fiction story of this Australian born, Oscar-winning filmmaker. As one of Hollywood’s most enigmatic f igures, Farrow was the director of some 50 films; a sailor, a poet, a war hero, best-selling author, a religious scholar, a family man and a philanderer – a man who lived many lives – yet who left behind no memoirs, no interviews and no archival footage – and who today is only a shadow in the pages of film history.
Director
Claude Gonzalez
Languages
English
Studio
Third Street Steps Productions
Cast
Margaret Pomeranz
Self
David Stratton
Self
Phillip Noyce
Self
Philippe Mora
Self
Production
Company
Third Street Steps Productions
Producer
Claude Gonzalez
Producer
Frans Vandenburg
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