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Born:
October 20, 1909
Died:
March 14, 1990
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Aubrey Lionel Wisberg (October 20, 1909 – March 14, 1990) was a screenwriter, director, and producer. He immigrated to the United States in 1921, attended New York University and Columbia University, and married Barbara Duberstein. Wisberg made his career as a screenwriter, director, and producer with credits in more than 40 films including The Big Fix, The Man from Planet X, Hercules in New York, The Neanderthal Man, Captive Women, Port Sinister and Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl. Three of his early screenplays were World War II movies: Counter-Espionage and Submarine Raider in 1942 and They Came to Blow Up America in 1943. Wisberg's 1945 film The Horn Blows at Midnight starred the comedian Jack Benny. Wisberg was associate producer for Edward Small Productions; founder and executive producer for Wisberg Productions; and co-founder of American Pictures Corporation and Mid-Century Films. Production credits for Mid-Century Film include, The Man From Planet X (1951), Return to Treasure Island (1954) and Murder Is My Beat (1955). Wisberg was the author of several books, including Patrol Boat 999, Savage Soldiers, This Is the Life and Bushman at Large. Wisberg was also a radio and television dramatist in the United States, Australia, and England; a radio diffusionist in Paris; and a journalist. He won the International Unity Award, from the Inter-Racial Society, for The Burning Cross. Aubrey Wisberg died of cancer in 1990 in New York City. He was 80 years old.
Adaptation:
1945 Betrayal from the East
Director:
1945 Betrayal from the East
1954 Dragon's Gold
Music:
1945 Betrayal from the East
1954 Dragon's Gold
1955 Murder Is My Beat
Novel:
1945 Betrayal from the East
1954 Dragon's Gold
1955 Murder Is My Beat
1956 The Women of Pitcairn Island
Original Story:
1945 Betrayal from the East
1954 Dragon's Gold
1955 Murder Is My Beat
1956 The Women of Pitcairn Island
Producer:
1945 Betrayal from the East
1951 The Man from Planet X
1952 Captive Women
1953 Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
1953 Port Sinister
1953 Problem Girls
1953 Sword of Venus
1953 The Neanderthal Man
1954 Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
1954 Dragon's Gold
1954 Return to Treasure Island
1955 Murder Is My Beat
1956 The Women of Pitcairn Island
1970 Hercules in New York
Screenplay:
1942 Counter-Espionage
1944 U-Boat Prisoner
1945 Betrayal from the East
1945 Escape in the Fog
1946 Just Before Dawn
1946 The Falcon's Adventure
1947 Road to the Big House
1947 The Burning Cross
1948 The Wreck of the Hesperus
1949 Treasure of Monte Cristo
1950 Hit Parade of 1951
1950 The Desert Hawk
1951 The Man from Planet X
1952 Captive Women
1952 Lady In The Iron Mask
1953 Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
1953 Port Sinister
1953 Problem Girls
1953 Sword of Venus
1953 The Neanderthal Man
1954 Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
1954 Dragon's Gold
1954 Return to Treasure Island
1955 Murder Is My Beat
1955 Son of Sinbad
1956 The Women of Pitcairn Island
1970 Hercules in New York
Story:
1942 Counter-Espionage
1943 After Midnight with Boston Blackie
1944 U-Boat Prisoner
1945 Betrayal from the East
1945 Escape in the Fog
1945 Out of the Depths
1945 The Horn Blows at Midnight
1946 Just Before Dawn
1946 The Falcon's Adventure
1947 Heaven Only Knows
1947 Road to the Big House
1947 The Burning Cross
1948 The Wreck of the Hesperus
1949 Treasure of Monte Cristo
1950 Hit Parade of 1951
1950 The Desert Hawk
1951 The Man from Planet X
1952 At Sword's Point
1952 Captive Women
1952 Lady In The Iron Mask
1953 Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
1953 Port Sinister
1953 Problem Girls
1953 Sword of Venus
1953 The Neanderthal Man
1953 The Steel Lady
1954 Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
1954 Casanova's Big Night
1954 Dragon's Gold
1954 Return to Treasure Island
1955 Murder Is My Beat
1955 Son of Sinbad
1956 The Women of Pitcairn Island
1967 Snow Devils
1968 Mission Mars
1970 Hercules in New York
Writer:
1942 Counter-Espionage
1942 Submarine Raider
1943 After Midnight with Boston Blackie
1943 Bomber's Moon
1943 They Came to Blow Up America
1944 U-Boat Prisoner
1945 Adventures of Rusty
1945 Betrayal from the East
1945 Escape in the Fog
1945 Out of the Depths
1945 The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945 The Power of the Whistler
1946 Just Before Dawn
1946 So Dark the Night
1946 The Falcon's Adventure
1947 Heaven Only Knows
1947 Road to the Big House
1947 The Burning Cross
1948 The Wreck of the Hesperus
1949 Treasure of Monte Cristo
1950 Hit Parade of 1951
1950 The Desert Hawk
1951 The Man from Planet X
1952 At Sword's Point
1952 Captive Women
1952 Lady In The Iron Mask
1953 Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
1953 Port Sinister
1953 Problem Girls
1953 Sword of Venus
1953 The Neanderthal Man
1953 The Steel Lady
1954 Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
1954 Casanova's Big Night
1954 Dragon's Gold
1954 Return to Treasure Island
1955 Murder Is My Beat
1955 Son of Sinbad
1956 The Women of Pitcairn Island
1967 Snow Devils
1968 Mission Mars
1970 Hercules in New York
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