Dan Bessie

Dan Bessie is associated with: Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers

Movies Made By Dan Bessie (3)

Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers (1993)

Documentary about the Yale Puppeteers. A bit eccentric, certainly off beat and creative, the puppeteers and their story - as well as their place in history - is meticulously documented and tugs at the heartstrings. ...

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Hard Traveling (1986)

Set during the Depression, Dan Bessie's film (based on a novel by his father Alvah) stars Ellen Geer as a widow who begins a romance with an uneducated janitor (J.E. Freeman) who is later accused of murder. ...

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Up Is Down (1969)

A boy who walks on his hands enjoys a different view of the world, much to the chagrin of the adults in the town in which he lives. ...

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Movies Starring Dan Bessie (1)

A War in Hollywood (2009)

The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) caused a great impression on the lives of most of the American artists of that era, so many movies were made in Hollywood about it. The final defeat of the Spanish Republic left an open wound in the hearts of those who sym ...

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