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Robert Stevenson (Director)

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Filmmaker

The Resume

    (March 31, 1905-April 30, 1986)
    Born in Buxton, England, United Kingdom
    Directed the films ‘Falling for You’ (1933), ‘Tudor Rose’ (1935), ‘King Solomon’s Mines’ (1937), ‘Return to Yesterday’ (1940), ‘Tom Brown’s School Days’ (1940), ‘Joan of Paris’ (1942), ‘Jane Eyre’ (1944), ‘Dishonored Lady’ (1947), ‘I Married a Communist’ (1949), ‘The Las Vegas Story’ (1952), ‘Johnny Tremain’ (1957), ‘Old Yeller’ (1957), ‘Darby O’Gill and the Little People’ (1959), ‘Kidnapped’ (1960), ‘The Absent-Minded Professor’ (1961), ‘In Search of the Castaways’ (1962), ‘Son of Flubber’ (1963), ‘Mary Poppins’ (1964), ‘That Darn Cat!’ (1965), ‘The Love Bug’ (1968), ‘Bedknobs and Broomsticks’ (1971), ‘Herbie Rides Again’ (1974), ‘One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing’ (1975) and ‘The Shaggy D.A.’ (1976)

Why he might be annoying:

    He was married four times, divorced three times.
    At the start of World War II, he left England for Hollywood to avoid the draft.
    Several commercial failures in the late 40s/early 50s forced him to switch from movies to television for several years.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was president of the Cambridge Union, the university’s debating society.
    He produced several documentaries for Frank Capra during World War II, including covering the liberation of Rome.
    He was the most successful live-action director for the Walt Disney Company.
    He said, ‘When I'm directing a picture, what I have in mind is a happy audience, enjoying it in a movie house.’

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 17 Votes: 5.88% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 62 Votes: 54.84% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 75 Votes: 62.67% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying