Cullen Tate (March 10, 1886 – October 12, 1947) was an American
assistant director as well as a
director. He was nominated for an Oscar in the dead category of
Best Assistant Director at the
1934 Academy Awards
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for the film ''
Cleopatra
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''.
1935 Oscar ceremony
/ref> He was also married to actress Bess Flowers with whom he had one daughter.
For several years, he often worked with Cecil B. DeMille. He worked on over 35 films from 1917 to 1942.
Selected filmography
*'' The Ten Commandments'' (1923)
* '' Try and Get It'' (1924)
* '' The Carnival Girl'' (1926)
*'' Rose of the Golden West'' (1927)
*''Cleopatra
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (; The name Cleopatra is pronounced , or sometimes in both British and American English, see and respectively. Her name was pronounced in the Greek dialect of Egypt (see Koine Greek phonology). She was ...
'' (1934)
*''Test Pilot
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'' (1938)
*'' The Man in the Iron Mask'' (1939)
*'' Arise, My Love'' (1940)
*'' Take a Letter, Darling'' (1942)
*'' Road to Morocco'' (1942)
References
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1886 births
1947 deaths
People from Paducah, Kentucky
Film directors from Kentucky
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