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Truman H. Talley(1891-1942)

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Writer
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Truman H. Talley
Talley was a foreign correspondent at the Paris bureau of The New York Herald before he became a producer for Fox Movietone News in New York City. His son is Truman Macdonald Talley.

Talley's granddaughter, Melanie De Voe Talley Whatley, has a documentary production company in New York City called Skye Films with her husband, Harlan Douglas Whatley.
BornMarch 18, 1891
DiedJanuary 18, 1942(50)
BornMarch 18, 1891
DiedJanuary 18, 1942(50)
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Known for

The Devil Tiger (1934)
The Devil Tiger
7.0
  • Editor(as Truman Talley)
  • 1934
Baboona (1935)
Baboona
6.9
  • Producer(uncredited)
  • 1935
Borneo (1937)
Borneo
6.4
  • Director
  • 1937
Congorilla (1932)
Congorilla
6.3
  • Producer
  • 1932

Credits

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Producer

  • Lew Lehr in Here Comes the Circus (1946)
    Monkey Doodle Dandies
    Short
    • producer
    • 1942
  • Soldiers of the Sky (1941)
    Guardians of the Sea
    Short
    • producer
    • 1942
  • Magic Carpet No. 6: Heart of Mexico
    Short
    • producer
    • 1942
  • Soldiers of the Sky (1941)
    Wings of Defense
    Short
    • producer
    • 1942
  • Alaskan Grandeur (1945)
    Secret of the Fjord
    Short
    • producer (as Truman Talley)
    • 1942
  • Evergreen Playland
    Short
    • producer
    • 1942
  • Soldiers of the Sky (1941)
    Men for the Fleet
    Short
    • producer
    • 1942
  • Hugh James, Lowell Thomas, and Fulton Lewis Jr. in Courageous Australia (1942)
    Dutch Guiana
    Short
    • producer (as Truman Talley)
    • 1942
  • Life of a Thoroughbred
    6.1
    Short
    • executive producer
    • producer
    • 1941
  • Magic Carpet: Call of Canada
    Short
    • producer
    • 1941
  • Soldiers of the Sky (1941)
    Wonders of the Sea
    Short
    • producer
    • 1941
  • Soldiers of the Sky (1941)
    Highway of Friendship
    Short
    • producer
    • 1941
  • Uncle Sam's Iron Warriors
    Short
    • producer (as Truman Talley)
    • 1941
  • Aristocrats of the Kennel
    Short
    • producer
    • 1941
  • American Sea Power
    Short
    • producer (as Truman Talley)
    • 1941

Director

  • Borneo (1937)
    Borneo
    6.4
    • Director
    • 1937
  • Baboona (1935)
    Baboona
    6.9
    • Director (as Truman Talley)
    • 1935

Writer

  • Baboona (1935)
    Baboona
    6.9
    • narrative (as Truman Talley)
    • 1935
  • Over the Seven Seas
    • subtitle contributor (as Truman Talley)
    • 1932

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Truman Talley
  • Born
    • March 18, 1891
    • Rockport, Missouri, USA
  • Died
    • January 18, 1942
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Spouse
    • Helen Nicholson Macdonald(2 children)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article

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  • Trivia
    Grandfather of Melanie De Voe Talley Whatley.

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