Alfred L. Werker

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Alfred L Werker December 2 1896 July 28 1975 was a film director whose work in movies spanned from 1917 through 1957 After a number of film production jobs and assistant directing Werker codirected his first film Ridin the Wind in 1925 alongside director Del Andrews He was brought in by Fox Film Corporation executives to reshoot and reedit Erich von Stroheims film Hello Sister 1933 costarring Boots Mallory and ZaSu Pitts Most of Werkers work is unremarkable but a few were well received by critics Those films included House of Rothschild 1934 and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1939 the latter film is considered one of the best in the Sherlock Holmes series During the early 1940s he directed a number of comedies including Laurel amp Hardys AHaunting We Will Go 1942 In the late 1940s Werker worked for the Bpicture film studio EagleLion Films Notable films from that period include the unique mystery thriller Repeat Performance and He Walked by Night The latter film however was taken over by uncredited director Anthony Mann Werker was nominated in 1949 for the Locarno International Film Festivals Best Police Film category for He Walked By Night 1948 and won The following year Alfred was nominated for the Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for Lost Boundaries 1949 but was unsuccessful Description above from the Wikipedia article Alfred L Werker licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia