Joseph Santley

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Mansfield Santley (born Joseph Ishmael Mansfield, January 10, 1890 – August 8, 1971) was an American actor, singer, dancer, writer, director, and producer of musical theatrical plays motion pictures and television shows. He adopted the stage name of his stepfather, actor Eugene Santley. Joseph Santley was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. As a boy, he and older brother Fred began performing in live theatre appearing in summer stock and touring with their parents. In 1906, at age seventeen, Joseph Santley co-wrote and starred on Broadway in the play, Billy the Kid. In 1907, he acted in film for the first time for Sidney Olcott at the Kalem Company in a silent Western film short called Pony Express. In 1928, Santley directed his first motion picture, a short talkie for Paramount Pictures that featured singer Ruth Etting. The next year, Paramount had Santley direct three more films that were short singing productions, one with Etting, another with crooner Rudy Vallee, plus a third titled High Hat with Broadway singing star Alice Boulden. Also, he directed A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic, a musical film featuring Eddie Cantor along with Eddie Elki…

Directed

1. The Cocoanuts (1929) — Director
2. Shadow of a Woman (1946) — Director
3. Music in My Heart (1940) — Director
4. Brazil (1944) — Director
5. Young and Beautiful (1934) — Director
6. Ice-Capades (1941) — Director
7. Harmony Lane (1935) — Director
8. Melody Ranch (1940) — Director
9. Walking on Air (1936) — Director
10. A Tragedy at Midnight (1942) — Director
11. A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic (1929) — Director
12. Smartest Girl in Town (1936) — Director
13. Dancing on a Dime (1940) — Director
14. Earl Carroll Vanities (1945) — Director
15. The Family Next Door (1939) — Director
16. Dancing Feet (1936) — Director
17. Ruth Etting in Favorite Melodies (1929) — Director
18. She's Got Everything (1937) — Director
19. Waterfront Lady (1935) — Director
20. There Goes the Groom (1937) — Director
21. Yokel Boy (1942) — Director
22. Oh! Oh! Cleopatra (1931) — Director
23. Sleepy Lagoon (1943) — Director
24. Sis Hopkins (1941) — Director
25. Blond Cheat (1938) — Director
26. Always in Trouble (1938) — Director
27. We Went to College (1936) — Director
28. Swing High (1930) — Director
29. Rosie the Riveter (1944) — Director
30. Jamboree (1944) — Director
31. Make Believe Ballroom (1949) — Director
32. Call of the Canyon (1942) — Director
33. Behind the News (1940) — Director
34. Hitchhike to Happiness (1945) — Director
35. Meet the Missus (1937) — Director
36. Remember Pearl Harbor (1942) — Director
37. Her Master's Voice (1936) — Director
38. Puddin' Head (1941) — Director
39. Melody and Moonlight (1940) — Director
40. Thumbs Up (1943) — Director