Fred Button

Fred Button

Fred Button (Friedrich Kranfenstein Knopf) was the great unsung hero of Hollywood cinema who started making films in Germany until he flew to Hollywood in the mid 30s were he worked uncredited in many popular films such as You only live once and Ninotchka until he made his first break. He directed many films some of which never got distribution because of their experimental and forward-thinking nature. Button most likely directed the first ever film noir "Night" (one year before Huston's The Maltese Falcon) which unfortunately didn't got distribution until 1946 making Huston considered the patriarch of film noir. It is said that Button was planning to make the ultimate film that would make cinema reach its artistic peak "The preposterous masterpiece". The screenplay was ready but the film never started shooting (it is also said that Button burned the screenplay before his death at 1983. He worked with many popular actors and was friends with many filmmakers such as Lang, Ray and Bunuel but unfortunately not much is left from his work and most of his films are considered lost. Button worked during the silent era in Germany for the UFA, even if his films were not getting fair distribution, and after that he experimented with many genres during the classic Hollywood era but he was marginalised and haunted from McCarthy's prohibitions. He died in 1983 at the age of 84.

  • Popularity : 0.002
  • Known For : Directing
  • Birthday : 1899-04-13
  • Place of Birth : Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
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Fred Button Movies

  • 1932
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    Helga Nielsen

    Helga Nielsen

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1930
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    Scandal in Berlin

    Scandal in Berlin

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1929
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    Life is Short

    Life is Short

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1927
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    Melodrama

    Melodrama

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1927
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    Melodrama

    Melodrama

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1937
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    You Only Live Once

    You Only Live Once

    7.116 1937 HD

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  • 1934
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    Come on everyone!

    Come on everyone!

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1934
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    Come on everyone!

    Come on everyone!

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1934
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    Come on everyone!

    Come on everyone!

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1939
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    Midnight

    Midnight

    7.4 1939 HD

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  • 1939
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    A Happy Summer

    A Happy Summer

    1 1939 HD

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  • 1939
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    Ninotchka

    Ninotchka

    7.5 1939 HD

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  • 1946
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    Night

    Night

    1 1946 HD

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  • 1951
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    Let's break the rules tonight

    Let's break the rules tonight

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1951
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    Let's break the rules tonight

    Let's break the rules tonight

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1953
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    Friends

    Friends

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1955
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    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

    1 1955 HD

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