John H. Auer

John H. Auer (August 3, 1906 in Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire – March 15, 1975 in North Hollywood, Los Angeles) was a Hungarian-born child actor who, on coming to the Americas in 1928, became a movie director and producer, initially in Mexico but, from the early 1930s, in Hollywood.

[1][2] His success in Mexico helped Auer to make a re-entry into Hollywood and direct films.

Although he worked mostly for the Republic Pictures who specialized in Westerns and B films, he stuck to crime thrillers and musicals.

[1] The year 1934 saw Auer's Hollywood directorial venture, Frankie and Johnny, filmed at the Mascot Studios.

It was in the late 1940s and early 1950s when some of his B-rated movies such as Angel on the Amazon, Thunderbirds, and Hell's Half Acre were well accepted by the film lovers.

Costume designer Renié and John H. Auer on the set of Pan-Americana (1945)