Writing
Ira Genet
Born — Died
1903-05-24 — 1977-02-13
Place of birth
New York, New York, USA
Known for
Writing
Credits
6 titles
Ira Genet was born on 24 May 1903 in New York, New York, USA. Ira was a writer and director, known for Roping 'em Alive! (1937), Toradja Land (1938) and Crossroads of the Orient (1938). Ira died on 13 February 1977 in Tubac, Arizona, USA.
Known for
5.5A middle-aged woman with friends and a sleeping mother upstairs uses her head to protect everyone when she finds out that there is a burglar in her house.
Night Intruder
1938
NRShortened version of the film 'Snow flight' distributed by Warner Bros. The film was produced by Jerome Hill as 'a document of skiing according to the principles of Hannes Schneider.' It features Otto Lang, director of the Mt Rainier and Mt Baker ski schools. As the film opens, Otto emerges from a cabin beneath Table Mountain at the Mt Baker ski area with his canine friend. He applies wax-on climbing skins to his skis. Then he steps into his bindings and climbs to a scenic ridge. The narrator describes each technique in detail as Otto demonstrates again. Several of the maneuvers are done in slow motion on a slope meticulously packed by side-stepping.
Ski Flight
1938
7.0When an out-of-work Chicagoan travels west as a hobo on a freight train, he finds himself falsely accused of murder.
Alibi Mark
1937
In this short film's four segments, "Bowery Beautician", "Chutes", "Home Brew", and "Girth Control", the viewer is shown how certain conveniences and inventions aid the user.
For Your Convenience
1939
This short shows various curiosities of people and nature across the United States, in the style of the "Believe It or Not" series. Among the dozen subjects are Milwaukee's Monkey Island; a boy in Salt Lake City who wrestles with his pet lion; a tree that grows out of a courthouse's stone roof; a well shaft in Pennsylvania that freezes in summer and melts in cold weather; and the town crier of Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Can You Imagine?
1936
5.0This Vitaphone short starts with "Grass Growers", about the importance of beavers. The second segment, "Mallet Swingers", is all about polo players. The third segment "Golden Fleece" shows how wool "gets from sheep to you".
Vitaphone Pictorial Revue (Series 2) #10
1938
Behind the camera
5.5A middle-aged woman with friends and a sleeping mother upstairs uses her head to protect everyone when she finds out that there is a burglar in her house.
Night Intruder
1938
NRShortened version of the film 'Snow flight' distributed by Warner Bros. The film was produced by Jerome Hill as 'a document of skiing according to the principles of Hannes Schneider.' It features Otto Lang, director of the Mt Rainier and Mt Baker ski schools. As the film opens, Otto emerges from a cabin beneath Table Mountain at the Mt Baker ski area with his canine friend. He applies wax-on climbing skins to his skis. Then he steps into his bindings and climbs to a scenic ridge. The narrator describes each technique in detail as Otto demonstrates again. Several of the maneuvers are done in slow motion on a slope meticulously packed by side-stepping.
Ski Flight
1938
7.0When an out-of-work Chicagoan travels west as a hobo on a freight train, he finds himself falsely accused of murder.
Alibi Mark
1937
In this short film's four segments, "Bowery Beautician", "Chutes", "Home Brew", and "Girth Control", the viewer is shown how certain conveniences and inventions aid the user.
For Your Convenience
1939
This short shows various curiosities of people and nature across the United States, in the style of the "Believe It or Not" series. Among the dozen subjects are Milwaukee's Monkey Island; a boy in Salt Lake City who wrestles with his pet lion; a tree that grows out of a courthouse's stone roof; a well shaft in Pennsylvania that freezes in summer and melts in cold weather; and the town crier of Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Can You Imagine?
1936
5.0This Vitaphone short starts with "Grass Growers", about the importance of beavers. The second segment, "Mallet Swingers", is all about polo players. The third segment "Golden Fleece" shows how wool "gets from sheep to you".
Vitaphone Pictorial Revue (Series 2) #10
1938
