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Edgar Georg Ulmer ( / ˈʌlmər /; September 17, 1904 – September 30, 1972) was a Jewish - Moravian, [1] Austrian - American film director who mainly worked on Hollywood B movies and other low-budget productions, eventually earning the epithet 'The King of PRC ', [2] due to his extremely prolific output for the Poverty Row studios.
Edgar G. Ulmer was an American director known as a supreme stylist of the B-film. His movies, many of which were shot in a week and made on a minuscule budget, notably include The Black Cat (1934) and Detour (1945).
Jan 24, 2003 · Edgar G. Ulmer is famous principally for The Black Cat (1934) and Detour (1945). These stylish and eccentric works have achieved cult status, but Ulmer’s other films remain relatively obscure and his reputation is far from assured.
Edgar G. Ulmer was born on September 17, 1904 in Olmütz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Olomouc, Czech Republic]. He was a director and writer, known for The Naked Dawn (1955), The Black Cat (1934) and Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943). He was married to Shirley Ulmer and Joan Warner.
Edgar G. Ulmer. King of the B’s. By Bill Krohn in the July-August 1983 Issue. It’s 1945. A down-on-his-luck piano player quits his job at the “Break o’ Dawn Club” in New York and heads for Los Angeles to see his girl, using his thumb for transportation. Somewhere en route he gets into the wrong car.
Jul 15, 2005 · Although for many years it has appeared that the work of Austrian-born filmmaker Edgar G. Ulmer (1904-1972) was destined to fall into oblivion — in one of the earliest accounts of his career...
Edgar Georg Ulmer (September 17, 1904 – September 30, 1972) was an Austrian-American film director. He is best remembered for the movies The Black Cat (1934) and Detour (1945). These stylish and eccentric works have achieved cult status, whereas Ulmer's other films remain relatively unknown.
