andre de toth @ san fran film fest

andre de toth is one of the most underrated american directors of the classic era. he's probably best known for house of wax, which was re-made into a movie with paris hilton in it. scholarly types know him for a noir called crime wave-- which is good-- but i prefer its more psychological sibling, pitfall, which features a young, menacing raymond burr (prior to being puked on by r. cramer). also check out day of the outlaw, which is about as good a no-bullshit western as was ever made. anyway, here he is being loveably hateful not long before his passing. the eyepatch jokes are about how him, john ford, fritz lang and raoul walsh all wore them...