Robert D. Webb

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American film director (1903–1990) who worked his way up at Twentieth Century-Fox from assistant director — including second-unit work on In Old Chicago (1938) — to helming the studio's early CinemaScope adventure Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953), which earned an Academy Award nomination for its color cinematography.

Directed

6.01953·1h 42mPD

Adventure, Drama

One of the first features shot in CinemaScope, this Twentieth Century-Fox adventure drops a Romeo-and-Juliet romance into the sponge-diving wars of Tarpon Springs, Florida. Robert Wagner plays Tony Petrakis, son of a Greek sponge-boat captain (Gilbert Roland), who falls for Gwyneth Rhys (Terry Moore), daughter of the rival clan led by Richard Boone. Directed by Robert D. Webb, the film is remembered less for its melodrama than for Edward Cronjager's Oscar-nominated underwater cinematography and a shimmering early score by Bernard Herrmann. Shot on location in Florida and the Bahamas, it entered the public domain in the United States after its copyright was not renewed.

Adventure · Drama

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

1953 - Adventure