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Beyond This Place (novel)
''Beyond This Place'' is a novel by Scottish author A. J. Cronin first published in 1950. The first edition for Australia and New Zealand was in 1953. A serial version appeared in ''Collier's'' under the title of ''To Live Again''. Plot summary Paul Mathry, a student about to graduate and embark upon a teaching career, finds out that his father was convicted for murder, a secret that his mother had hidden from him since his childhood. Driven by an intense desire to see his father, Paul sets out to visit him in prison, only to find out that visitors are never allowed there. From there, he meets the primary witnesses in the case that convicted his father, not all of whom are supportive to Paul's cause. He encounters several dead ends but he persists, with the help of a store girl named Lena and a news reporter. His persistent campaign finally bears fruit. Rees Mathry, Paul's father, goes on appeal and is vindicated. The novel ends with Paul's father, a hardened, cynical man, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Salter
George Salter (5 October 1897 – 31 October 1967), born Georg Salter, was an originally German, and from 1940 onwards an American book cover designer. He revolutionized cover design for books. He claimed worldwide fame for his design for Alfred Döblins ''Berlin Alexanderplatz''. Life Georg Salter was born in Bremen, the child of a Hamburg musician. In the year of his birth, his parents converted from Judaism to Christian faith. With his parents and three siblings he moved to Berlin. After finishing school and serving in the military, he studied in the art craft school in Berlin. 1921, he began work as set designer. Starting in 1927, he started working as designer for the publisher '' Die Schmiede''. Salter taught at the Municipal Art School in Berlin in the early 1930s, where he taught designer Hans Barschel. In November 1934 Salter emigrated to the US and started living in New York, where he immediately began to design book jackets for US publishers. He became an American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suhaag (1994 Film)
''Suhaag'' ( ''Living husband of a married women'') is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Kuku Kohli starring Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Karisma Kapoor and Nagma in lead roles. ''Suhaag'' was one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films of 1994 and was the first film where Devgn and Kumar shared screen space. The duo went on to appear in ''Khakee'' (2004), ''Insan'' (2005) and in Rohit Shetty's Cop Universe in ''Sooryavanshi'' (2021) and ''Singham Again'' (2024). Plot The story is about Ajay Malhotra and Raj Sinha, two best friends studying in the same college. Pooja and Madhu are their respective girlfriends. Raj is from a rich family and lives with his uncle as his father lives in another town. Ajay lives in Bombay with his widowed mother Asha. Raj treats Ajay's mother as his own and young men have a brotherly relationship. After graduating from college, Raj's maternal uncle asks Ajay for his birth certificate so that he can make his passport and find work f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farley Granger
Farley Earle Granger Jr. (July 1, 1925 – March 27, 2011) was an American actor. Granger was first noticed in a small stage production in Hollywood by a Goldwyn casting director, and given a significant role in '' The North Star'' (1943), a controversial film praising the Soviet Union at the height of World War II, but later condemned for its political position. Another war film, '' The Purple Heart'' (1944), followed, before Granger's naval service in Honolulu, in a unit that arranged troop entertainment in the Pacific. Here he made useful contacts, including Bob Hope, Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth. It was also where he began exploring his bisexuality, which he said he never felt any need to conceal. His role in Hitchcock's ''Rope'', a fictionalized account of the Leopold and Loeb murder case of 1924, earned him much critical praise though the film got mixed reviews. Hitchcock cast him again in '' Strangers on a Train'', as a tennis star drawn into a reciprocal murder plot by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney Lumet
Sidney Arthur Lumet ( ; June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American film director. Lumet started his career in theatre before moving to film, where he gained a reputation for making realistic and gritty New York City, New York dramas which focused on the working class, tackled Social justice, social injustices, and often questioned authority. He received several awards including an Academy Honorary Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for nine British Academy Film Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. He was nominated five times for Academy Awards: four for Academy Award for Best Director, Best Director for the legal drama ''12 Angry Men (1957 film), 12 Angry Men'' (1957), the crime drama ''Dog Day Afternoon'' (1975), the satirical drama ''Network (1976 film), Network'' (1976) and the legal thriller ''The Verdict'' (1982), and one for Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay for ''Prince of the City (film), Prince of the City'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Susskind
David Howard Susskind (December 19, 1920 – February 22, 1987) was an American producer of TV, movies, and stage plays and also a TV talk show host. His talk shows were innovative in the genre and addressed timely, controversial topics beyond the scope of others of the day. Early life, education and military service Susskind was born to a Jewish family of modest means in Manhattan and grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts. He graduated from Brookline High School in 1938. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison and then Harvard University, graduating with honors in 1942. He served in the Navy during World War II and, as communications officer on an attack transport, , saw action at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Career His first job after the war was as a press agent for Warner Brothers. Next he was a talent agent for Century Artists, ultimately ending up in the Music Corporation of America's newly minted television programming department, managing Dinah Shore, Jerry Lewis, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond This Place (1957)
"Beyond This Place" is a 1957 American television adaptation from A. J. Cronin's 1950 novel '' Beyond This Place''. It is a live television production, possibly preserved on kinescope. The show was directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by David Susskind. It was the third episode of the first season of ''The DuPont Show of the Month'', which was broadcast on CBS. The dramatization starred Farley Granger, Peggy Ann Garner, Torin Thatcher, Max Adrian, Brian Donlevy, and Shelley Winters. Cast *Farley Granger as Paul Burgess *Peggy Ann Garner as Lena Anderson *Hurd Hatfield as Oswald * Ruth White as Mrs. Burgess *Torin Thatcher as Rees Mathry *Max Adrian as Sir Matthew Sprott *Brian Donlevy as Constable Dale *Shelley Winters as Louisa Burt *Farrell Pelly as Prusty *Eduard Franz as Dunn *Fritz Weaver Fritz William Weaver (January 19, 1926 − November 26, 2016) was an American actor. He appeared in over 170 theatre, television, and film productions in a career spanning nearly 60 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Miles
Vera June Miles (née Ralston; born August 23, 1930) is an American retired actress. She is known for appearing in John Ford's Western films ''The Searchers'' (1956) and '' The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'' (1962), and for playing Lila Crane in Alfred Hitchcock's '' Psycho'' (1960) and Richard Franklin's sequel '' Psycho II'' (1983). Miles' other film credits include '' Tarzan's Hidden Jungle'' (1955), '' The Wrong Man'' (1956), '' A Touch of Larceny'' (1959), '' Follow Me, Boys!'' (1966), '' Hellfighters'' (1968), '' Sergeant Ryker'' (1968), and ''Molly and Lawless John'' (1972). Early life Vera June Ralston was born in Boise City, Oklahoma, on August 23, 1930. She grew up first in Pratt, Kansas, and later lived in Wichita, where she worked nights as a Western Union operator-typist and graduated from Wichita North High School in 1948. She was crowned Miss Kansas in 1948 and was the third runner-up in the Miss America contest. Career Miles moved to Los Angeles in 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Johnson
Charles Van Dell Johnson (August 25, 1916 – December 12, 2008) was an American actor and dancer. He had a prolific career in film, television, theatre and radio, which spanned over 50 years, from 1940 to 1992. He was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during and after World War II, known for his upbeat and "all-American" screen persona, often playing young military servicemen, or in musicals. Originally a Broadway dancer, Johnson achieved his breakthrough playing a rookie bomber pilot in '' A Guy Named Joe'' (1943). Throughout the war years, he became a popular Hollywood star, as the embodiment of the "boy-next-door wholesomeness" playing "the red-haired, freckle-faced soldier, sailor, or bomber pilot who used to live down the street" in such films as '' The Human Comedy'' (also 1943) and '' Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo'' (1944). After World War II, he continued to play similar heartthrob and military characters, equal parts in serious dramas like ''The Caine Mutiny'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Cardiff
Jack Cardiff (18 September 1914 – 22 April 2009) was a British cinematographer, film and television director, and photographer. His career spanned the development of cinema, from silent film, through early experiments in Technicolor, to filmmaking more than half a century later. He is best known for his influential colour cinematography for directors such as Powell and Pressburger ('' A Matter of Life and Death'', '' Black Narcissus'', and '' The Red Shoes''), John Huston ('' The African Queen'') and Alfred Hitchcock ('' Under Capricorn''). He is also known for his work as a director – in particular, his critically acclaimed film '' Sons and Lovers'' (1960) for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. In 2000, he was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire and, in 2001, he was awarded an Academy Honorary Award for his contribution to the cinema. Jack Cardiff's work is reviewed in the documentary film '' Cameraman: The Life and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Web Of Evidence
''Beyond This Place'' (released in the United States as ''Web of Evidence'') is a 1959 British crime film, crime mystery film directed by Jack Cardiff and starting Van Johnson and Vera Miles. It was written by Ken Taylor (scriptwriter), Ken Taylor based on the 1950 novel Beyond This Place (novel), of the same title by A. J. Cronin. Plot The opening credits roll over images of a father playing with his young son in a wood and sailing a toy yacht on a pond. We then jump to Liverpool during the Blitz in the Second World War. A woman (it is implied she is a prostitute) tells a man she is pregnant, then he goes home to see his wife and children. The police arrive at his door and ask what he knows of the murder of the prostitute. The story jumps to 1959 and the man's son (Paul) is sailing back into Liverpool "to clear things up". He is shocked when a local shopkeeper tells him that Mr Oswald saved his father's life: "that is why he wasn't hanged... for the murder". He knows nothing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagma
Nagma Arvind Morarji (born Nandita Arvind Morarji; 25 December 1974), known mononyomusly as Nagma. is an Indian politician and former actress. She gained prominence as a leading actress in the 1990s and appeared in films across various Indian languages, primarily in Telugu language, Telugu, Hindi, Tamil language, Tamil and Bhojpuri language, Bhojpuri. Nagma made her film debut in ''Baaghi (1990 film), Baaghi'' (1990) opposite Salman Khan, which was the seventh highest-grossing Hindi film of the year.Baaghi: A Rebel for Love She went on to star in several notable films, including ''Gharana Mogudu'' (1992), ''King Uncle'' (1993), ''Varasudu'' (1993), Suhaag (1994 film), ''Suhaag'' (1994), ''Kaadhalan'' (1994), ''Baashha'' (1995), and ''Lal Baadshah'' (1999). Personal life Nagma was born ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karishma Kapoor
Karisma Kapoor (; born 25 June 1974) is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films. One of the leading and highest-paid actresses of the 1990s and early 2000s, Kapoor is a recipient of several accolades, including a National Film Award and four Filmfare Awards. A part of the Kapoor family, she made her acting debut as a teenager with a leading role in the moderately successful '' Prem Qaidi'' (1991). Subsequently, Kapoor starred in a number of box office hits, including the dramas '' Jigar'' (1992) and '' Anari'' (1993), the comedies '' Raja Babu'' (1994), '' Andaz Apna Apna'' (1994), '' Coolie No. 1'' (1995) and '' Saajan Chale Sasural'' (1996), and the thriller '' Jeet'' (1996). However, she was criticized for her brief, repetitive roles and inclination to male-dominated films. The 1996 blockbuster romance '' Raja Hindustani'' marked a significant turning point in Kapoor's career, earning her praise and a Filmfare Award for Best Actress. She later won the National Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
