Oregon Movies, A to Z

In 1959, composer George Bruns, from Sandy, received his first Oscar nomination, for Sleeping Beauty.

In 1959, writer-director-producer  James Ivory, from Klamath Falls, made The Sword and the Flute, a documentary about Indian miniature paintings.

In 1959, future film scholar Sheldon Renan, from Oregon City, was studying at Yale.

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In 1959, Gordon Scott, from Portland,  was swinging from the vines and letting out bloodcurdling yells as King of the Jungle.

Scott (born Gordon Werschkul) was discovered while working as a lifeguard in a Las Vegas hotel. From 1955 to 1960, he was the big screen Tarzan. After a second career in Italian sword and sandal pictures, he retired in 1968. Born in 1926, he died in 2007.