Harold Daniels Explained

Harold Daniels was an actor and then a director of American films. He directed about 14 films.

The 1958 Terror in the Haunted House he directed was one of the first to use the technique known as Psychorama.^[1]

Daniels was born Harold Goldstein in Pittsburgh. His brother, Sam, was a makeup artist for RKO Pictures.^{[2] [3]}

Filmography

Director

• They Met in Argentina (1941), assistant director
• The Greatest Gift (1942), short film^[4]
• The Woman from Tangier (1948)
• The Lawton Story (1948), co-director
• Daughter of the West (1949)
• Roadblock (1951)^[5]
• Sword of Venus (1953)
• Port Sinister (1953)
• Bayou (1957)
• Terror in the Haunted House (1958)
• Date with Death (1959)
• The Phantom (1961)
• Ten Girls Ago (1962)
• House of the Black Death (1965), one of the directors
• Diabolic Wedding (1971), one of the directors

Actor

• Trail Dust (1936)
• Hollywood Cowboy (1937)
• Doomed at Sundown (1937)
• Oklahoma Renegades (1940)^[6]
• Secrets of a Model (1940)

Notes and References

1. News: Halloween Film Thriller Booked At Rebel . 27 October 2023 . Hattiesburg American . 30 October 1959.
2. News: Harold Goldstein Daniels . 16 March 2023 . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . 20 November 1936.
3. News: Plays 'Horse Operas' . 16 March 2023 . Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph . 25 April 1938.
4. Book: Jones, Chuck. Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist. October 4, 1999. Macmillan. 9780374526207. Google Books.
5. Book: Reid, John Howard. Hollywood's Miracles of Entertainment. May 4, 2005. Lulu.com. 9781411635227. Google Books.
6. Web site: Harold Daniels. www.tcm.com.