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Charles Barton
Director 1902 - 1981

Charles Barton

San Francisco, California, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Charles Barton (May 25, 1902 – December 5, 1981) was a film and vaudeville actor and film director. He won an Oscar for best assistant director in 1933. His first film as a director was the Zane Grey feature Wagon Wheels. Description... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

15 titles
Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus

Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus

Charles Barton 1960 1h 35m

Angered at stern Uncle Daniel, Toby Tyler runs away from his foster home to join the circus, where he soon befriends Mr. Stubbs, the frisky chimpanzee. However, the circus isn't all fun and games when the evil candy vendor, Harry Tupper, convinces Toby that his Aunt Olive and Uncle Daniel don't love him or want him back.

The Shaggy Dog

The Shaggy Dog

Charles Barton 1959 1h 44m 6.0

Through an ancient spell, a boy changes into a sheepdog and back again. It seems to happen at inopportune times and the spell can only be broken by an act of bravery....

Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

Charles Barton 1952 1h 18m

Ma and Pa are trying to raise enough money at the county fair to send their daughter Rosie to college. Ma competes in baking and Pa enters a trotter in a horse race, while Rosie takes up with handsome young Marvin Johnson.

Double Crossbones

Double Crossbones

Charles Barton 1951 1h 16m

Falsely accused by the corrupt Governor Elden of Charleston of fencing stolen pirate booty, young Davey Crandall and friend Tom Botts buy passage on the ship of local buccaneer Bloodthirsty Ben. They avoid being killed by faking a case of the pox, which causes the panicked captain and crew to desert the ship.

Africa Screams

Africa Screams

Charles Barton 1949 1h 19m 8.0

When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking that his friend Stanley knows all there is to know about Africa, they are abducted and ordered to lead Diana and her henchmen to an African tribe in search of a fortune in jewels.

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Charles Barton 1949 1h 24m 7.0

Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize Freddie into confessing, but Freddie is too stupid for the plot to work. Inspector Wellman uses Freddie to get the killer (and it isn't the Swami).

The Noose Hangs High

The Noose Hangs High

Charles Barton 1948 1h 17m 5.0

Two window washers mistakenly receive, and lose, $50,000 belonging to a shady bookie, and have only forty-eight hours to retrieve the money.

Mexican Hayride

Mexican Hayride

Charles Barton 1948 1h 18m 6.0

Bud and Lou head south of the border after getting mixed up in a phony oil stock scheme.

Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

Charles Barton 1948 1h 23m 7.2

The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

Charles Barton 1947 1h 18m

Chester Wooley (Lou Costello) and Duke Egan (Bud Abbott) are traveling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana while enroute to California. During the stopover, a notorious criminal, Fred Hawkins, is murdered, and the two are charged with the crime.

The Time of Their Lives

The Time of Their Lives

Charles Barton 1946 1h 22m

Two ghosts who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War return to 20th century New England to retieve a letter from George Washington which would prove their innocence.

Smooth as Silk

Smooth as Silk

Charles Barton 1946 1h 4m 6.0

An attorney's fiancée neglects him for a playboy client she hopes will fund her lead role. After acquitting the wealthy playboy of manslaughter, the jealous attorney kills his uncle and plans to murder him next.

Island of Doomed Men

Island of Doomed Men

Charles Barton 1940 1h 7m 7.0

Undercover agent Mark Sheldon gets paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamond mine manned by slave labor run by sadistic Stephen Danel.

Born to the West

Born to the West

Charles Barton 1937 59m

Can Dare Rudd prove he is responsible enough to win the heart of Judy and also outwit the crooked saloon owner?

The Last Outpost

The Last Outpost

Charles Barton, Louis J. Gasnier 1935 1h 16m

A love triangle set on the Eastern Front in World War I. The acting is strained, with no hint of the later brilliance of Cary Grant and Claude Rains in Hitchcock's "Notorious".

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