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Walter Huston
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Today, Walter Huston may be best known as the father of John Huston, and grandfather of actress Anjelica Huston, but to many he was one of the first great American actors. He was the first of the three generations to win an Oscar, for his role in The Treasure of Sierra Madre.
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During World War II, Huston was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Army Signal Corps. His military service involved making documentary films about the military in the Aleutians and in Italy. His final documentary for the Signal Corps, Let There Be Light, narrated by Walter Huston, was about the treatment of "psychoneurotic" combat veterans. The film was made in 1946 but was suppressed by the Army for more than 30 years. Also in 1946 Huston divorced Lesley Black and married actress Evelyn Keyes; they divorced in 1950. After the war, Huston returned to the theater, directing Jean-Paul Sartre's play No Exit on Broadway.
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In addition to making films noir, Huston made war films (The Red Badge of Courage), westerns (The Unforgiven), comedies (Beat the Devil), documentaries, musicals (Annie) and most of all, adaptations of literary classics (The Bible, The Dead). Critics castigated his auteur-free approach, he responded by claiming he was "eclectic."
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Synopsis: In this highly acclaimed adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' novel, Walter Huston plays Sam Dodsworth, a good-hearted, middle-aged man who runs an auto manufacturing firm. His wife Fran (Ruth Chatterton) is obsessed with the notion that she's growing old, and she eventually persuades Sam to sell hisRead More
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Walter Huston deserved his Oscar as the shrewd and eccentric prospector, Howard. Experience has taught him that the quest for gold ends as often in madness and defeat as it does in riches, and he warns a disbelieving Dobbs of his fate when they first meet. Yet Howard is more than ready to make another try himself. It’s his vitality that guides the expedition, and his rich humor that crowns the final irony.
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Potent western melodrama from Anthony Mann stars Barbara Stanwyck and Walter Huston as a rich rancher and his free spirited daughter who start a bizarre battle of wills over her gambler boyfriend (Wendell Corey) and his gold digging fiancee (Judith Anderson). Awesome performances. Excellent quality.
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