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A Child Is Waiting
''A Child Is Waiting'' is a 1963 American drama film directed by John Cassavetes, produced by Stanley Kramer, and written by Abby Mann based on his 1957 '' Studio One'' teleplay of the same name. It stars Burt Lancaster and Judy Garland as, respectively, the director of a state institution for intellectually disabled and emotionally disturbed children, and a new teacher who challenges his methods. Plot In New Jersey, Jean Hansen, a thirty-something woman who has been struggling to find direction and purpose in her life, applies for a job at Crawthorne State Training School, an institution for intellectually disabled and emotionally disturbed children. Her friend Mattie, who is already a teacher at Crawthorne, gives her a good recommendation, so the director of the school, Dr. Matthew Clark, hires Jean to teach music, as she once studied to be a concert pianist at Juilliard. Jean thinks both that Dr. Clark's training methods are more strict than they need to be and that, for Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Terpning
Howard Terpning (born November 5, 1927) is an American Painting, painter and illustrator best known for his paintings of Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans. Life and career Terpning was born in Oak Park, Illinois. His mother was an interior decorator, and his father worked for the railroad. He grew up in the Midwest living in Iowa, Missouri, and Texas as well as Illinois. As a boy he liked to draw and knew by the age of seven that he wanted to be an artist. At age 15, he became fascinated with the West and Native Americans when he spent the summer camping and fishing with a cousin near Durango, Colorado, Durango, Colorado. When he turned 17, he enlisted in the Marine corps, Marine Corps and served from 1945 through 1946. He was stationed in China for nine months.Stegmaier, ''American Artist''Dedera, ''The Storyteller''Scott-Blair, ''Wildlife Art'' After leaving the Marines he enrolled at the Carl Werntz#The Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago Academy of Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juilliard
The Juilliard School ( ) is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City. Founded by Frank Damrosch as the Institute of Musical Art in 1905, the school later added dance and drama programs and became the Juilliard School, named after its principal benefactor Augustus D. Juilliard. It is widely considered one of the world's most prestigious conservatories. The school is composed of three primary academic divisions: dance, drama, and music, of which the last is the largest and oldest. Juilliard offers degrees for undergraduate and graduate students and liberal arts courses, non-degree diploma programs for professional artists, and musical training for pre-college students. Juilliard has a single campus at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, comprising numerous studio rooms, performance halls, a library with special collections, and a dormitory. It has one of the lowest acceptance rates of schools in the United States. With a total enrollment of about 950 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman (29 August 191529 August 1982) was a Swedish actress.Obituary ''Variety Obituaries, Variety'', 1 September 1982. With a career spanning five decades, Bergman is often regarded as one of the most influential screen figures in cinematic history. She won List of awards and nominations received by Ingrid Bergman, numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, four Golden Globe Awards, BAFTA Award, and a Volpi Cup. She is one of only four actresses to have received at least List of actors with two or more Academy Awards in acting categories, three acting Academy Awards (only Katharine Hepburn has four). In 1999, the American Film Institute recognised Bergman as the fourth-greatest female AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars, screen legend of Classical Hollywood cinema, Classic Hollywood Cinema. Born in Stockholm to a Swedish father and German mother, Bergman began her acting career in Swedish and German films. Her introduction to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Lancaster
William Henry Lancaster (November 17, 1947 – January 4, 1997) was an American screenwriter and actor. The son of screen legend Burt Lancaster, he was perhaps best known for his screenplays for ''The Bad News Bears'' and ''The Thing (1982 film), The Thing''. Early life He was born November 17, 1947, in Los Angeles, California, the son of Burt Lancaster (1913–1994) and Norma Anderson (1917–1988). He contracted poliomyelitis, polio at an early age, leaving one leg shorter than the other. Career Lancaster, who resembled his famous father at the time, guest-starred in an episode of the television series ''The Big Valley'' in 1967. Lancaster played the role of "King", the boyfriend of a murdered college student in ''The Midnight Man (1974 film), The Midnight Man'' (1974), a mystery film starring and co-directed by his father. Lancaster's best-known work is his adapted screenplay for John Carpenter's ''The Thing (1982 film), The Thing''. He also penned the original screenplays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeast megalopolis, it is bordered to the northwest, north, and northeast by New York (state), New York State; on its east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on its west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on its southwest by Delaware Bay and Delaware. At , New Jersey is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, fifth-smallest state in land area. According to a 2024 United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau estimate, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 11th-most populous state, with over 9.5 million residents, its highest estimated count ever. The state capital is Trenton, New Jersey, Trenton, and the state's most populous city is Newark, New Jersey, Newark. New Jersey is the only U.S. stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vineland Training School
The Vineland Training School is a non-profit organization in Vineland, New Jersey with the mission of educating people with developmental disabilities so they can live independently. It has been a leader in research and testing. The Training School changed its name several times. According to the website of the Vineland Training School, the original official name was "The New Jersey Home for the Education and Care of Feebleminded Children" (1888). This was changed to "The New Jersey Training School" in 1893. In 1911, the name was changed again to "The Training School at Vineland". In 1965 its name was changed to ''American Institute for Mental Studies- The Training School Unit'', or the "AIMS". Finally in 1988 the name "The Training School at Vineland" was restored. However, the literature also makes reference to the "Vineland Training School for Backward and Feeble-minded Children" and "Vineland Training School for Feeble-Minded Girls and Boys" and other variations. The Psychol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Gallo (actor)
Mario Gallo (March 22, 1923 – October 30, 1984) was an American film and television actor. He was perhaps best known for playing Mario, the Jake LaMotta trainer in the 1980 Martin Scorsese film ''Raging Bull''. Life and career Gallo was born in Brooklyn, New York. He worked in New York, moving to Los Angeles, California in the 1950s. Gallo guest-starred in television programs including ''Peter Gunn'', '' Police Woman'', ''The Rockford Files'', ''Wagon Train'', ''Baretta'', ''The Untouchables'', ''Johnny Staccato'' and ''Columbo''. He also appeared in films such as ''Too Late Blues'', '' Aloha Bobby and Rose'', ''Raging Bull'', ''King Kong'', ''A Woman Under the Influence'', '' The Laughing Policeman'' and ''Capone''. In 1976, Gallo co-starred in the new CBS drama television series '' Delvecchio'', playing Sgt. Dominick Delvecchio's father Tomaso. In 1980, director Martin Scorsese cast Gallo in ''Raging Bull'', for the role of Mario, Jake LaMotta's trainer, who shares t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juanita Moore
Juanita Moore (October 19, 1914 – January 1, 2014) was an American film, television, and stage actress. She was the fifth black actor to be nominated for an Academy Awards, Academy Award in any category, and the third in the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Supporting Actress category at a time when only one black actor, Hattie McDaniel in ''Gone with the Wind (film), Gone with the Wind'' (1939), had won an Oscar. Her most famous role was as Annie Johnson in the film ''Imitation of Life (1959 film), Imitation of Life'' (1959). Early life and career Juanita Moore was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, the daughter of Ella (née Dunn) and Harrison Moore. She had seven siblings (six sisters and one brother). Her family moved in the Great Migration (African American), Great Migration to Los Angeles, where she was raised. Moore first performed as a dancer, part of a chorus line at the Cotton Club before becoming a film Extra (acting), extra while working in theater. Moore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June Walker
: ''For the American activist and former Hadassah leader, see June Walker (Hadassah)'' June Walker (June 14, 1900 – February 3, 1966) was an American stage and film actress. Early years Walker was born in New York City on June 14, 1900, and was orphaned when she was 14. She worked as a millinery clerk before becoming an actress. Stage career Walker performed as a member of the chorus of a Globe Theater production of ''Hitchy-Koo'' when she was 16 years old. She appeared on Broadway in such plays as '' Green Grow the Lilacs'', '' The Farmer Takes a Wife'', and ''Twelfth Night''. She was the first actress to portray the character of Lorelei Lee, in the 1926 Broadway production of '' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes''. Her obituary in ''The New York Times'' said the role "was as much her creation as that of Anita Loos who wrote the book that became the comedy ..." The success of the play launched Walker's career, and she had further Broadway successes. She played Linda Loman to Tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Pepper
Barbara Pepper (born Marion Pepper; May 31, 1915 – July 18, 1969) was an American stage, television, radio, and film actress. She is best known as the first Doris Ziffel on the sitcom '' Green Acres''. Early life and career Marion Pepper was born in New York City, the daughter of actor David Mitchell "Dave" Pepper, and his wife, Harrietta S. Pepper. At age 16 she started life in show business with Goldwyn Girls, a musical stock company where she met Lucille Ball, with whom she would remain friends, during production of Eddie Cantor's '' Roman Scandals'' in 1933. From 1937 to 1943, Pepper was a prolific actress, appearing in 43 movies, mostly in supporting roles or in minor films, with exceptions being main characters in '' The Rogues' Tavern'' and '' Mummy's Boys'', both feature films released in 1936. Among her later film parts were small roles in '' It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' (1963) and '' My Fair Lady'' (1964). She also performed radio parts. In 1943, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Wilson
Elizabeth Welter Wilson (April 4, 1921 – May 9, 2015) was an American actress whose career spanned nearly 60 years, including memorable roles in film and television. In 1972 she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role in '' Sticks and Bones''. Wilson was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2006. Early life Wilson was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the daughter of insurance agent Henry Dunning Wilson and Marie Ethel (née Welter) Wilson. Her maternal grandfather was a wealthy German immigrant, and Wilson was raised in a large mansion.Jean, Pat Grand"First Q&A: Elizabeth Wilson" ''Connecticut Magazine'', April 2012 She attended the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia, and then studied with Sanford Meisner at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City. Career Wilson was a versatile character actress, appearing in over 30 movies and many Broadway plays. The ''Los Angeles Times'' noted: "Tall and elegant, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Marley
John Marley (born Mortimer Leon Marlieb; October 17, 1907 – May 22, 1984) was an American actor and theatre director. He won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the 29th Venice International Film Festival for his performance in John Cassavetes' '' Faces'' (1968), and was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his role in '' Love Story'' (1970). He was also known to film audiences for his role as Jack Woltz—the defiant film mogul who awakens to find the severed head of his prized thoroughbred horse in his bed—in ''The Godfather'' (1972). Early years Marley was born in Harlem in New York City to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents. He dropped out of the City College of New York, turning to a career in acting. He served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II. Career Film and television Marley was a prolific actor, appearing in nearly 250 films and television series during a career spanning over 45 years. He had roles in TV series that included '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
