ORIGINALLY AIRED

JULY 29, 2007 AT 8 PM ET

SON MICHAEL DAVES ON

DIRECTOR DELMER DAVES

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DELMER DAVES

What do the following actors (talk about a Hollywood Who’s Who) have in common?

Cary Grant, John Garfield, Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, James Stewart, Alan Ladd, Charles Bronson, Richard Widmark, Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Rod Steiger, Jack Lemmon, Van Heflin, Karl Malden, George C. Scott, Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Dorothy McGuire, Maureen O’Hara, and Henry Fonda.

All starred in films directed by Delmer Daves.

Over a Hollywood career spanning five decades, Delmer Daves did it all: actor, writer, director, and producer. But it was as director that he left a lasting legacy, proving himself a master in everything from westerns to war, soap operas to suspense. Among his memorable films are: 3:10 to Yuma, Dark Passage, Destination Tokyo, The Hanging Tree, Jubal, The Red House, Broken Arrow, etc.

This Sunday, July 29, at 8 pm EST, Michael Daves appears on ICONS Radio Hour to discuss his father’s fascinating career. Michael Daves is himself a Hollywood vet, having worked as assistant director on such films as Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf , In Harm’s Way, Goin’ South, etc. And as only an insider can, he offers a richly illuminating analysis of his father’s career, especially the remarkable westerns he directed in the late fifties.