Directing

Harold D. Schuster

Born — Died

1902-08-01 — 1986-07-19

Place of birth

Cherokee, Iowa, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

36 titles

A highly regarded editor (he cut the classic Sunrise (1927) ), Harold D. Schuster started out in films as an actor. It didn't take him long to abandon that career, and he turned to the production side of the business, working his way up to editor and eventually taking the reins as a director. While much of his directorial output is routine, there are some real gems scattered throughout. My Friend Flicka (1943) is a beautiful, serene tale of a boy and a spectacular horse and was a major success in its day. Although typed as an "outdoors" director, Schuster could turn out tough, gritty little thrillers when he wanted to, such as Loophole (1954), about a bank teller who gets framed for an embe…

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

So Dear to My Heart poster
6.6

The tale of Jeremiah Kincaid and his quest to raise his 'champion' lamb, Danny. Jeremiah's dream of showing Danny at the Pike County Fair must overcome the obstinate objections of his loving, yet strict, grandmother Granny. Jeremiah's confidant, Uncle Hiram, is the boy's steady ally.

So Dear to My Heart

1948

Girl Trouble poster
7.5

A South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.

Girl Trouble

1942

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle poster
5.3

Hunters trespass into Sukulu country, where animals are sacred, posing as photographers.

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

1955

Portland Exposé poster
6.0

The owner of a tavern is pressured by the local mob to go into business with them, and figures it's better all around if he does that rather than cause trouble. However, when he starts to see what kind of place his nice little neighborhood bar is turning into, and when one of the mob's goons tries to rape his daughter, he decides to fight them.

Portland Exposé

1957

Dragoon Wells Massacre poster
7.2

A cavalry officer, the sole survivor of an Indian attack, and a wagon load of prisoners travel through hostile Indian country.

Dragoon Wells Massacre

1957

My Friend Flicka poster
5.9

Ken McLaughlin is a precocious 10-year-old who lives with his family on a remote Wyoming ranch. When Ken returns home from school with failing grades, his father, Rob, blames the boy's lack of personal responsibility. At the suggestion of his wife, Nell, Rob allows Ken to choose a single colt from the herd to raise as his own. Much to his father's dismay, Ken chooses a fiery mustang filly -- but the two soon become fast friends.

My Friend Flicka

1943

Wings of the Morning poster
6.2

A beautiful Gypsy girl falls in love with a horse trainer.

Wings of the Morning

1937

Exposed poster
6.7

A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue, however, when the man is acquitted.

Exposed

1938

Swing That Cheer poster
10.0

Undeniably talented on the gridiron, Bob Potter is equally undeniably an arrogant pain in the posterior. So swell-headed does Potter become that he can never admit to himself that his blocking-back teammate Larry Royal is equally responsible for Bob's success. To teach his pal a lesson, Larry feigns an injury and pulls out of the Big Game, forcing Bob to have a go at it alone.

Swing That Cheer

1938

The Postman Didn't Ring poster
7.0

Stolen way back in 1880, a sack of United States mail is discovered in an old attic in 1942. The letters are finally delivered, profoundly affecting the lives of the recipients.

The Postman Didn't Ring

1942

Kid Monk Baroni poster
6.4

Leonard Nimoy is "Kid" Monk Baroni, the leader of a street gang who becomes a professional boxer to escape his life in "Little Italy" New York.

Kid Monk Baroni

1952

The Return of Jack Slade poster
7.3

To redeem his father's wrongdoings, Ericson joins the law to fight outlaws.

The Return of Jack Slade

1955

On the Sunny Side poster
7.0

Because of the war, a 12-year-old boy from England, Hugh, is sent to live with the Andrews family in Ohio. Don, the Andrews' 11-year-old son, eagerly accepts the English boy, and is happy when his school-friends do the same. But his isn't so happy when things begin to change when his father fore-goes their evening game of Chinese Checkers to play chess with Hugh, and Hugh shows himself to be a formidable scholar, and impresses Don's girlfriend Betty, and becomes more popular with the boys than Don was...and Don is beginning to think that Hugh is too much of a good thing. Don gets downright depressed and decides to run away. Uh, oh, here comes Hugh.

On the Sunny Side

1942

Finger Man poster
5.4

An ex-con is inspired to go undercover and "finger" the mob after finding out his sister is hooked on illegal drugs.

Finger Man

1955

A Very Young Lady poster
4.5

A tomboy is sent to a private school to become a refined young woman, but her innocent crush on the headmaster leads to serious complications.

A Very Young Lady

1941

Jack Slade poster
7.0

A young boy witnesses his father murdered by bandits and grows into adulthood vowing revenge.

Jack Slade

1953

Bomber's Moon poster
6.5

An American pilot swears to get revenge on the German ace who shot his brother in this war movie set in war-torn Europe. Montgomery is the pilot. After he sees his brother die while trying to parachute to safety, Montgomery's plane is shot down over Germany. He is placed in a POW camp. There he meets a Russian medic and a Czech. Together the trio escapes.

Bomber's Moon

1943

Breakfast in Hollywood poster
6.0

The goings on of a few members of a radio show's audience is the premise for this feature film derived from the popular ABC radio show of the 1940s. This film features Tom Breneman, the radio show's host, as well as Bonita Granville, Beulah Bondi, Zasu Pitts, Billie Burke and Hedda Hopper. Musical performances are provided by Nat King Cole and the King Cole Trio, along with Spike Jones and his City Slickers.

Breakfast in Hollywood

1946

Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me! poster
6.5

In this musical, a sharp witted press agent teams up with an unemployed chorine and dubs her "Miss Manhattan" to promote a cheap line of clothing. To escort her about town, the agent invents a "Mr. Manhattan." He then has them fake a marriage. When he realizes that he is in love with his creation, the agent promptly fires "Mr. M" and takes her to the altar personally. Songs include: "Ma, He's Making Eyes At Me," "Unfair To Love," and "A Lemon In The Garden Of Love."

Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!

1940

Courage of Black Beauty poster
5.3

A young boy is given a colt to raise as his own.

Courage of Black Beauty

1957

Down Liberty Road poster
9.0

On a cross-country Greyhound bus, passengers give historically dubious summaries of major landmarks. Riders include a grieving father of a fallen soldier and C-list celebrities of the 1950s.

Down Liberty Road

1957

Dinner at the Ritz poster
5.8

The daughter of a murdered financier works as a jewelry salesperson while she tracks her father's colleagues who plotted against him.

Dinner at the Ritz

1937

One Hour to Live poster
6.5

Gangsters and police cross each other, including murder, in an attempt to cover up crimes.

One Hour to Live

1939

The Power of the Resurrection poster
7.0

A young man, Facing torture and possibly death for his Christian beliefs, confesses his fears to Peter, who awaits a similar fate. Peter tells him of fear he felt in following Jesus' arrest in the Garden of Gethesamene, when he denied knowing him three times - and yet Jesus told him that he would be the rock upon which the Church was built. Peter goes on to relate the events of the passion week, including the Christ's crucifixion, resurrection and ascension.

The Power of the Resurrection

1958

Marine Raiders poster
6.8

A Marine major looks out for his captain on Guadalcanal and in Australia.

Marine Raiders

1944

Diamond Frontier poster
9.0

Story of the early days of the diamond-mining era in South Africa.

Diamond Frontier

1940

The Tender Years poster
8.0

A progressive pastor takes on thoughtless brutality (and constitutional scruples against search and seizure) in order to promote animal cruelty protection laws.

The Tender Years

1948

Security Risk poster
6.0

An FBI agent on vacation in the mountains begins to suspect that a Communist spy ring may be operating in the area.

Security Risk

1954

Port of Hell poster
7.0

The new warden of a large American harbor raises the hackles of sailors and fishermen by his strict enforcement of all the safety rules. He takes the time, though, to romance the sister of his biggest rival.

Port of Hell

1954

Small Town Deb poster
6.5

Family bickering features young daughter favored by her father and older daughter favored by snobbish mother.

Small Town Deb

1941

Queer Cargo poster
10.0

The Captain of a tramp steamer is forced by his ship's owner to smuggle some priceless pearls, and take them to Singapore.

Queer Cargo

1938

South to Karanga poster
7.0

Passengers bound to an African copper mine at Karanga to quell a native uprising encounter murder and intrigue on the way.

South to Karanga

1940

Zanzibar poster
9.0

A beautiful young woman organizes an expedition to Africa to search for a sacred skull that is worshiped by the locals.

Zanzibar

1940

Loophole poster
6.9

Bank teller Mike Donovan (Barry Sullivan) takes the first step on the road to Perdition when he fails to report a $49,000 shortage. Accused of theft, Donovan is fired from his job. He is then prevented from finding other employment by Javert-like insurance investigator Gus Slavin (Charles McGraw). Despite many setbacks, Donovan attempts to clear his muddied name.

Loophole

1954

Framed poster
6.2

A young newspaper reporter finds himself framed for murder.

Framed

1940