Joseph Kane

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Jasper Joseph Inman Kane 19 March 1894 San Diego 25 August 1975 Santa Monica California was a prolific American film director film producer film editor and screenwriter He is best known for his extensive directorship and focus on western films Kane began his career as a professional cellist In 1934 he took an interest in film directing and starting in 1935 he codirected serials for Mascot Pictures and Republic Pictures He soon became Republics top Western film director Kanes first directorial credit was for The Fighting Marines 1935 When Mascot Pictures and several other small film companies amalgamated into Republic Pictures in 1935 Kane became staff director remaining at the studio until it ceased production in 1958 He piloted many Gene Autry and Roy Rogers movies and directed John Wayne in films such as The Lawless Nineties 1936 and Flame of Barbary Coast 1944 and Joseph Schildkraut on The Cheaters 1945 Between 1935 and his death in 1975 he directed 119 films and numerous television series episodes Unlike most Republic house directors Kane was also credited as associate producer on many of his films Between 193957 he was a major film producer producing over 60 films Kane was also a film editor and screenwriter responsible for the editing process of over 20 of his films and he had a brief stint as an actor During the 1950s Kane worked steadily in television with emphasis on Westerns and action series He spent the last decade of his life as a secondunit director on such productions as Universal Studios Beau Geste 1966 and In Enemy Country 1968 Kane died on August 25 1975 in Santa Monica California