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Charles Schnee
Charles Schnee (6 August 1916 Bridgeport, Connecticut29 November 1962 Beverly Hills, California) was an American screenwriter and film producer. He wrote the scripts for the Westerns '' Red River'' (1948) and '' The Furies'' (1950), the social melodrama '' They Live by Night'' (1949), and the cynical Hollywood saga ''The Bad and the Beautiful'' (1952), for which he won an Academy Award. He worked primarily as a film producer and production executive during the mid-1950s (credits include '' Until They Sail''), but he eventually turned his attention back to scriptwriting. Biography He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and graduated from Yale in 1936. He studied law for the next three years and practised law in Massachusetts. He was writing plays and a play ''Apology'' had a run in 1943 with Elissa Landi. Screenwriter Schnee came to Hollywood in 1945. He did some writing on ''From This Day Forward'' (1946) at RKO and was credited on '' Cross My Heart'' (1946) for Paramount. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport is the List of municipalities in Connecticut, most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut and the List of cities in New England by population, fifth-most populous city in New England, with a population of 148,654 in 2020. Located in eastern Fairfield County, Connecticut, Fairfield County at the mouth of the Pequonnock River on Long Island Sound, it is a port city from Manhattan and from The Bronx. It borders the towns of Trumbull, Connecticut, Trumbull to the north, Fairfield, Connecticut, Fairfield to the west, and Stratford, Connecticut, Stratford to the east. Bridgeport and other towns in Fairfield County make up the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, as well as the Greater Bridgeport, Bridgeport–Stamford–Norwalk–Danbury metropolitan statistical area, the second largest Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan area in Connecticut. The Bridgeport–Stamford–Norwalk–Danbury metropolis forms part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Walk Alone
''I Walk Alone'' is a 1947 film noir released by Paramount Pictures starring Burt Lancaster and Lizabeth Scott, with a supporting cast featuring Wendell Corey, Kirk Douglas, and Kristine Miller. The film was produced by Hal B. Wallis, and directed by Byron Haskin. Plot Frankie Madison and Noll "Dink" Turner were bootlegging partners during Prohibition. They were involved in a shootout with thieves attempting to hijack their liquor, attracting the attention of the police. Frankie and Noll parted ways with an agreement that if one of them should be caught he will still receive an equal share of their combined business after serving his prison sentence. Noll escapes cleanly but Frankie ends up getting 14 years. When he is set free, he goes straight to Noll - who never even once came to visit him - to settle up. Noll now runs a swanky nightclub, the Regency. When Frankie goes there, Noll stalls, fobbing him off to dinner with his sultry girlfriend, singer Kay Lawrence. Instru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Right Cross
''Right Cross'' is a 1950 American sports drama film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by John Sturges, written by Charles Schnee and starring June Allyson, Ricardo Montalbán, Dick Powell, Lionel Barrymore and (in a small uncredited role) Marilyn Monroe. Plot Sean O'Malley, a wheelchair-using fight promoter once known as the best in his business, has lost his professional stature and is now in poor health. His daughter Pat has taken over many of his responsibilities and is romantically involved with his best fighter, Johnny Monterez. Sean is unhappy that Johnny is ashamed of his Mexican heritage. When Sean tells Pat that promoter Allan Goff is trying to steal Johnny from him, Pat visits Johnny at his training camp in time to watch him fight a practice match, but Johnny hurts his hand. While Johnny's hand is being examined at the hospital, Pat looks for her friend Rick Gavery, a hard-drinking sports reporter who has been following Johnny's career. Pat finds Rick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Born To Be Bad (1950 Film)
''Born to Be Bad'' is a 1950 American film noir melodrama directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan and Zachary Scott. It features Fontaine as a manipulative young woman who will stop at nothing to get what she wants. It is based on the bestselling novel ''All Kneeling'' by Anne Parrish (1928). Plot Donna Foster works for publisher John Caine. She agrees to have his niece, Christabel, live with her in San Francisco while Christabel attends business school. Christabel proves to be a scheming, socially ambitious tramp. She flirts with Donna's fiancé, the wealthy Curtis Carey, at a party for Donna's friend, painter Gabriel Broome. She also attracts the interest of aspiring author Nick Bradley. While having her portrait done by Broome, a call from Curtis brings her eagerly to a jeweler, only to discover to her disappointment that he merely seeks her advice in buying Donna an engagement gift. After he purchases an expensive one, Christabel plants a seed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Next Voice You Hear
The Next Voice You Hear may refer to: *'' The Next Voice You Hear...'', a 1950 drama film *'' The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne'', an album by Jackson Browne {{DEFAULTSORT:Next Voice You Hear, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paid In Full (1950 Film)
''Paid in Full'' is a 1950 American drama film directed by William Dieterle and written by Robert Blees and Charles Schnee. The film stars Robert Cummings, Lizabeth Scott, Diana Lynn, Eve Arden, Ray Collins and Frank McHugh. The film was released on February 15, 1950 by Paramount Pictures. Plot The movie opens with Jane Langley giving birth while gravely ill. She has given a fake name to the doctor, who tells her that she has the choice of giving up the baby or sacrificing her own life. She says that the child must live. A flashback shows how things came to this pass. Jane's mother died in childbirth; she raised her younger sister, Nancy. Now both work with Bill Prentice, an advertising executive, Jane as a clothing designer and Nancy as a model. Jane is in love with Bill, but Bill prefers Nancy and marries her. Nancy, who is portrayed as selfish, quickly becomes bored by married life, preferring to spend time with old friends. But the idea of having a baby excites he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scene Of The Crime (1949 Film)
Scene of the Crime may refer to: Films * ''Scene of the Crime'' (1949 film), starring Van Johnson * ''Scene of the Crime'' (1986 film), a French film directed by André Téchiné * ''Scene of the Crime'' (1996 film), also known as ''Ladykiller'' *'' Scenes of the Crime'', a 2001 film directed by Dominique Forma Television * ''Scene of the Crime'' (1984 TV series), a 1984-1985 series of one-hour NBC mystery specials hosted by Orson Welles * ''Scene of the Crime'' (TV series), a 1991-1992 U.S. television mystery anthology series broadcast on CBS *'' S.O.C.O. (Scene of the Crime Operatives)'', a Philippine reality series Other uses * Crime Scene (other) *''The Scene of the Crime'', a 2007 album by Bettye LaVette *"Scene of the Crime", a song by the band Ratt Ratt (stylized as RATT) was an American glam metal band that had significant commercial success in the 1980s, with their albums having been certified as gold, platinum and multi-platinum by the Recording Industry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly shortened to MGM or MGM Studios) is an American Film production, film and television production and film distribution, distribution company headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was founded on April 17, 1924, and has been owned by the Amazon MGM Studios subsidiary of Amazon (company), Amazon since 2022. MGM was formed by Marcus Loew by combining Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B. Mayer Pictures into one company. It hired a number of well-known actors as contract players—its slogan was "more stars than there are in heaven"—and soon became Hollywood's most prestigious filmmaking company, producing popular musical films and winning many Academy Awards. MGM also owned film studios, movie lots, movie theaters and technical production facilities. Its most prosperous era, from 1926 to 1959, was bracketed by two productions of ''Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy Living (1949 Film)
''Easy Living'' is a 1949 American drama film directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Victor Mature, Lucille Ball and Lizabeth Scott. The film features the real-life Los Angeles Rams football team. Plot Star professional quarterback Pete Wilson thinks nothing of his future after football, not even after longtime teammate Bill "Holly" Holloran is released by the team. Pete gets advance after advance on his salary from Anne, the secretary of team owner and coach Lenahan. One day, however, he goes secretly to see a doctor about various symptoms he has been experiencing and learns that he has a heart condition due to a childhood bout of rheumatic fever, one that could kill him if he continues playing football. He starts to tell his wife Liza, but changes his mind when she is cool to Holly, whom she refers to as a has-been after he is gone. Liza is struggling to make her own interior design business a success, and drags Pete to a fancy party to try to land Gilbert Vollmer as a client ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Accused (1949 Film)
''The Accused'' is a 1949 American drama film starring Loretta Young and Robert Cummings. It was directed by William Dieterle, produced by Hal Wallis, and written by Ketti Frings, based on ''Be Still, My Love'', a 1947 novel written by June Truesdell. Wendell Corey appears in principal support. Plot Wilma Tuttle (Young) is a college professor who unintentionally arouses the sexual interest of her student Bill Perry (Douglas Dick). When Perry tries to rape Tuttle, she accidentally beats him to death with an auto part. She covers up her crime by making it seem as though Perry was killed while diving into the sea from a precipitous cliff. As she follows the police investigation into Perry's death, Wilma realizes that she'll never be able to escape her conscience, especially when she falls in love with Warren Ford (Cummings), the dead boy's guardian. Cast * Loretta Young as Dr. Wilma Tuttle * Robert Cummings as Warren Ford * Wendell Corey as Lt. Ted Dorgan * Sam Jaffe as Dr. Romley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Hawks
Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896December 26, 1977) was an American film director, Film producer, producer, and screenwriter of the Classical Hollywood cinema, classic Hollywood era. Critic Leonard Maltin called him "the greatest American director who is not a household name." Roger Ebert called Hawks "one of the greatest American directors of pure movies, and a hero of Auteur Theory, auteur critics because he found his own laconic values in so many different kinds of genre material." He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for ''Sergeant York (film), Sergeant York'' (1941) and earned the Honorary Academy Award in 1974. A versatile director, Hawks explored many genres such as comedies, dramas, gangster films, science fiction, film noir, war films and Westerns. His most popular films include ''Scarface (1932 film), Scarface'' (1932), ''Bringing Up Baby'' (1938), ''Only Angels Have Wings'' (1939), ''His Girl Friday'' (1940), ''To Have and Have Not (film), To H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Houseman
John Houseman (born Jacques Haussmann; September 22, 1902 – October 31, 1988) was a Romanians, Romanian-born British Americans, British-American theatre and film producer, actor, director, and teacher. He became known for his highly publicized collaboration with director Orson Welles from their days in the Federal Theatre Project through to the production of ''Citizen Kane''. He enjoyed a distinguished career as an influential producer of both the stage and screen, and was the founding director of the Juilliard School and co-founder of The Acting Company. Houseman was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture for producing William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, ''William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar'' (1953). As an actor, Houseman won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Professor Charles W. Kingsfield in the 1973 film ''The Paper Chase (film), The Paper Chase'', which he reprised in the 1978 The Paper Chase (TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
