As Director
The Desert Hawk
1944
6.0
B. Reeves Eason
Directing
Born
October 2, 1886
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Deceased
June 9, 1956
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Reeves Eason (October 2, 1886 – June 9, 1956), known as B. Reeves Eason, was an American film director, actor and screenwriter. His directorial output was limited mainly to low-budget westerns and action pictures, but it was as a second-unit director and action specialist that he was best known. He was famous for staging spectacular battle scenes in war films and action scenes in large-budget westerns, but he acquired the nickname "Breezy" for his "breezy" attitude towards safety while staging his sequences—during the famous cavalry charge at the end of Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), so many horses were killed or injured so severely that they had to be euthanized that both the public and Hollywood itself were outraged, resulting in the selection of the American Humane Society by the beleaguered studios to provide representatives on the sets of all films using animals to ensure their safety.
The Filmography
As Director
The Phantom
1943
6.2
As Director
March On, Marines
1940
2.5
As Director
Mountain Rhythm
1939
4.0
As Director
Blue Montana Skies
1939
2.0
As Director
The Daredevil Drivers
1938
5.0
As Director
The Kid Comes Back
1938
5.3
As Director
Sergeant Murphy
1938
5.0
As Director
Prairie Thunder
1937
3.5
As Director
Give Me Liberty
1936
6.3
As Director
Sharad of Atlantis
1936
4.2
As Director
Red River Valley
1936
5.0
As Director
Darkest Africa
1936
7.9
As Director
The Honor of the Press
1932
6.0
As Director
The Shadow of the Eagle
1932
5.1
As Director
The Sign of the Claw
1926
6.0
As Director
Pink Tights
1920
3.5