- Jean Yarbrough
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name = Jean Yarbrough
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birthdate = birth date|1901|8|22|mf=y
location =Marianna, Arkansas
deathdate = death date and age|1975|8|2|1900|8|20|mf=y
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imdb_id = 0946391Jean Yarbrough (1901–1975) was a film director.
After attending the
University of the South , he entered the film business in 1922, first as a propman, but he steadily rose in the ranks to assistant director. Beginning with 1936, he was a bona fide director, first doing comedy and musical shorts forRKO , but in 1938, he already directed his first feature, "Rebellious Daughters ". His big time however came in the 1940s, when he directed films that are even today fondly remembered such as "The Devil Bat ", "King of the Zombies ", "She-Wolf of London", or any number ofAbbott and Costello and Bowery Boys comedies. In the 1950s, when the traditionalB-movie was on the decline, he had few problems switching to television and directed episodes for many TV-series throughout the 1950s and 1960s, including producing and directing "The Abbott and Costello Show ". Yarbrough's last film though, "Hillbillys in a Haunted House " from 1967, a mix of comedy, horror and country music, was a sadswan song to his career though. He was born 1901 inMarianna, Arkansas , and died in 1975.References
* [http://www.searchmytrash.com/articles/jeanyarbrough(8-06).shtml Jean Yarbrough biography] on (re)Search my Trash
External links
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* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=117555 NY Times filmography]Persondata
NAME= Yarbrough, Jean
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Film director
DATE OF BIRTH= 1901-8-22
PLACE OF BIRTH=Marianna, Arkansas
DATE OF DEATH= 1975-8-2
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