Directing
Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.
Born — Died
1926-02-14 — 2004-07-19
Place of birth
Berlin, Germany
Known for
Directing
Credits
9 titles
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Irvin Shortess "Shorty" Yeaworth, Jr. (February 14, 1926 in Berlin, Germany – July 19, 2004, in Amman, Jordan) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and theme park builder. He began his career singing at age 10 at KDKA, the world's first radio station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He later became a radio producer. He directed more than 400 films for motivational, educational, and religious purposes. As an impresario, he directed the Wayne (Pa.) Concert Series from 1979 to 2003. However, he is best known for directing the classic film The Blob. He was married to Jean Yeaworth and had five children. Before he died in a road accident in Am…
Known for
6.2A drive-in favorite, this sci-fi classic follows teenagers Steve and his best girl, Jane, as they try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches. The first to discover the substance and live to tell about it, Steve and Jane witness the blob destroying an elderly man, then it growing to a terrifying size. But no one else has seen the goo, and policeman Dave refuses to believe the kids without proof.
The Blob
1958
5.8Two brothers, scientists Scott and Tony Nelson, develop an amplifier which enables a person to enter a 4th dimensional state, allowing him to pass through any object. Scott experiments on himself and discovers that each time he passes through something he ages rapidly. He begins killing people, sucking out their life energies and regaining his youth as a result.
4D Man
1959
9.5A story of two men who become heroin addicts, what they must do to support their habit and how it affects their lives.
Way Out
1967
5.8After undersea explosions near a Caribbean island, prehistoric creatures are unleashed on the unsuspecting population.
Dinosaurus!
1960
7.0A church group uses a blimp to evangelize to their hometown, but things don't work as planned.
The Gospel Blimp
1967
5.0A small town boy heads for the lights of the big city and discovers the delights of hard liquor and fast women. Ere long, he becomes an addict, a dope peddler and a shop-lifter to obtain money for drugs.
The Flaming Teenage
1956
Behind the camera
6.2A drive-in favorite, this sci-fi classic follows teenagers Steve and his best girl, Jane, as they try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches. The first to discover the substance and live to tell about it, Steve and Jane witness the blob destroying an elderly man, then it growing to a terrifying size. But no one else has seen the goo, and policeman Dave refuses to believe the kids without proof.
The Blob
1958
5.8Two brothers, scientists Scott and Tony Nelson, develop an amplifier which enables a person to enter a 4th dimensional state, allowing him to pass through any object. Scott experiments on himself and discovers that each time he passes through something he ages rapidly. He begins killing people, sucking out their life energies and regaining his youth as a result.
4D Man
1959
5.8Two brothers, scientists Scott and Tony Nelson, develop an amplifier which enables a person to enter a 4th dimensional state, allowing him to pass through any object. Scott experiments on himself and discovers that each time he passes through something he ages rapidly. He begins killing people, sucking out their life energies and regaining his youth as a result.
4D Man
1959
9.5A story of two men who become heroin addicts, what they must do to support their habit and how it affects their lives.
Way Out
1967
9.5A story of two men who become heroin addicts, what they must do to support their habit and how it affects their lives.
Way Out
1967
5.8After undersea explosions near a Caribbean island, prehistoric creatures are unleashed on the unsuspecting population.
Dinosaurus!
1960
7.0A church group uses a blimp to evangelize to their hometown, but things don't work as planned.
The Gospel Blimp
1967
7.0A church group uses a blimp to evangelize to their hometown, but things don't work as planned.
The Gospel Blimp
1967
5.0A small town boy heads for the lights of the big city and discovers the delights of hard liquor and fast women. Ere long, he becomes an addict, a dope peddler and a shop-lifter to obtain money for drugs.
The Flaming Teenage
1956
