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Producer 1890 - 1980

Sol Lesser

Spokane, Washington, USA

Filmography

Every title this person produced

25 titles
Tarzan's Fight for Life

Tarzan's Fight for Life

H. Bruce Humberstone 1958 1h 26m 2.0

Dr. Sturdy is trying to establish a modern hospital in the jungle. His efforts are strongly opposed by Futa, the witch doctor, and Ramo, a native warrior.

Tarzan and the Trappers

Tarzan and the Trappers

H. Bruce Humberstone, Sandy Howard 1958 1h 10m 5.0

Tarzan goes up against a baddie by the name of Schroeder, who is trapping animals and selling them illegally to zoos. A twist is thrown into the plot when Schroeder's brother, with the help of money-hungry trader Lapin, hunts a different kind of quarry, human game.

Tarzan and the Lost Safari

Tarzan and the Lost Safari

H. Bruce Humberstone 1957 1h 26m 6.0

Tarzan leads five passengers from a downed airplane out of the jungle. En route white hunter Hawkins tries to sell them to the Oparian chief.

Vice Squad

Vice Squad

Arnold Laven 1953 1h 27m 6.5

A tough captain investigates a cop shooting and stumbles upon a bank robbery plot. He's not afraid to bend rules to get results, using questionable tactics on witnesses and informants while balancing routine police work with major cases.

Tarzan's Peril

Tarzan's Peril

Byron Haskin 1951 1h 18m 6.0

Escaped convicts are selling weapons to a warlike native tribe.

Tarzan and the Slave Girl

Tarzan and the Slave Girl

Lee Sholem 1950 1h 14m

A band of lion worshippers captures Tarzan in a desperate attempt to find a cure for the malady plaguing their village.

Tarzan's Magic Fountain

Tarzan's Magic Fountain

Lee Sholem 1949 1h 13m

An expedition tries to enlist Tarzan's help in finding the secret Blue Valley, which legend says is the location of a miraculous fountain of youth.

Tarzan and the Mermaids

Tarzan and the Mermaids

Robert Florey 1948 1h 8m 5.0

Tarzan and Jane try to keep a woman from being forced to marry a con artist.

The Red House

The Red House

Delmer Daves 1947 1h 40m 6.5

A teenaged girl and her boyfriend suspect there's mysterious secrets being kept at her secluded home in the woods.

Tarzan and the Huntress

Tarzan and the Huntress

Kurt Neumann 1947 1h 12m 5.0

A shortage of zoo animals after World War II brings beautiful animal trainer Tanya, her financial backer and her cruel trail boss to the jungle. After negotiating a quota with the native king, they take more animals than allowed. Tarzan intervenes.

Tarzan and the Leopard Woman

Tarzan and the Leopard Woman

Kurt Neumann 1946 1h 12m 7.0

A tribe devoted to the leopard cult is dedicated to preventing civilization from moving further into Africa.

Tarzan and the Amazons

Tarzan and the Amazons

Kurt Neumann 1945 1h 16m 7.0

A group of archaeologists asks Tarzan to help them find an ancient city in a hidden valley of women. He refuses, but Boy is tricked into doing the job. The queen of the women asks Tarzan to help them.

Three Is a Family

Three Is a Family

Edward Ludwig 1944 1h 21m

Based on a play by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, "3 Is a Family" is a 1940s farce. Charlie Ruggles plays a hubby whose bungled business schemes force his wife, Fay Bainter, to enter the workplace. The couple's daughter, Marjorie Reynolds, shows up with her twin babies in tow. Son Arthur Lake arrives with his pregnant wife (Jeff Donnell).

Tarzan's Desert Mystery

Tarzan's Desert Mystery

Wilhelm Thiele 1943 1h 10m 7.0

With Jane still away for the war effort, Tarzan and Boy set off to retrieve rare medicinal herbs, only to run into an American messenger, German spies, and the mysterious desert's treacherous fauna and flora.

Tarzan Triumphs

Tarzan Triumphs

Wilhelm Thiele 1943 1h 16m 6.5

Zandra, white princess of a lost civilization, comes to Tarzan for help when Nazis invade the jungle with plans to conquer her people and take their wealth. Tarzan, the isolationist, becomes involved after the Nazis shoot at him and capture Boy: "Now Tarzan make war!"

Stage Door Canteen

Stage Door Canteen

Frank Borzage 1943 2h 12m 5.0

A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance

That Uncertain Feeling

That Uncertain Feeling

Ernst Lubitsch 1941 1h 24m

A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.

Our Town

Our Town

Sam Wood 1940 1h 30m 7.5

It is the story of the peaceful life in a town in the early 20th century. The message of the film is the preciousness of time in people's short lives.

Breaking the Ice

Breaking the Ice

Edward F. Cline 1938 1h 21m 5.0

The story begins while Tommy Martin and his mother, Martha Martin say goodbye to Henry and Reuben Johnson. After having stopped by the Mennonite farm, where Tommy and Martha stay with the William and Annie Decker, the Johnsons are headed back to their hometown of Goshen.

Chandu on the Magic Island

Chandu on the Magic Island

Ray Taylor 1935 1h 10m

On the mystic island of Lemuria, the cult of Ubasti seek the Egyptian Princess Nadji to sacrifice so that their goddess Ossana, whose soul resides in Nadji's body, may be resurrected by Black Magic.

The Return of Chandu

The Return of Chandu

Ray Taylor 1934 3h 23m

Chandu consults his crystal ball and sees that Nadji, Princess of Egypt, is in danger. She is about to be sacrificed by the black magic cult of Ubasti. Headed for the magic island of Lemuria, he is shipwrecked , washed ashore and captured. He becomes invisible, escapes and after numerous detours is able to rescue the princess.

Death Day

Death Day

Sergei Eisenstein 1934 17m

During his adventure in Mexico, Sergei Eisenstein made footage of a Mexican "Death Day" celebration for inclusion in his "Que Viva Mexico!" film project.

Tarzan the Fearless

Tarzan the Fearless

Robert F. Hill 1933 1h 26m 6.0

Mary Brooks' father, who has been studying ancient tribes, falls into the hands of "the people of Zar, god of the Emerald Fingers." Tarzan helps Mary locate her father, rescues everyone from the High Priest of Zar, and takes Mary to his cave.

Captain January

Captain January

Edward F. Cline 1924 1h 4m

During a tempestuous storm, a lighthouse keeper finds an infant girl who washes ashore tied to some wreckage. He adopts her and they become inseparable. Eventually her real family finds her and wants her to live with them.

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

Frank Lloyd 1922 1h 14m 7.0

In this animated version of Charles Dickens' classic novel, we see the story of young Oliver Twist, a boy orphaned at birth and left to grow up under the cruel tutelage of Mr. Bumble, the local parish beadle.

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