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Edna Anhalt
Edna Anhalt (born Edna Thompson) was an American screenwriter, television writer, and film producer. Biography Together with then-husband Edward Anhalt, she enjoyed some considerable success in a 10-year stretch from 1947 to her retirement in 1957. This stretch was capped with an Academy Award for Best Story win for Elia Kazan's 1950 film '' Panic in the Streets'', and another nomination two years later for '' The Sniper''. She also wrote the screenplays to ''The Member of the Wedding'' (1952), '' Not as a Stranger'' (1955) and ''The Pride and the Passion ''The Pride and the Passion'' is a 1957 American Napoleonic-era war film in Technicolor and VistaVision from United Artists, produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, and Sophia Loren. The film co-stars ...'' (1957), which was her last film credit. Following her divorce from Edward, she later moved into television script-writing and wrote episodes for anthologies ''The Schlitz Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Anhalt
Edward Anhalt (March 28, 1914 – September 3, 2000) was an American screenwriter, producer, and documentary filmmaker. After working as a journalist and documentary filmmaker for Pathé and CBS-TV, he teamed with his wife Edna Anhalt, one of his five wives, during World War II to write pulp fiction. As a screenwriter, Anhalt won two Academy Awards: He shared the Oscar for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story with his wife Edna Anhalt for '' Panic in the Streets'' (1950) and a second Oscar for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium for '' Becket'' (1964). Early life and education Anhalt was born in New York City. He began writing at the age of 15, with his first play being '' On the Rocks: A Political Comedy'' by George Bernard Shaw. He got criticized by Shaw for messing with his work, and went to attend Columbia and Princeton universities instead. Career During World War II, Anhalt served with the Army Air Force's First Motion Picture Unit in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embraceable You (film)
''Embraceable You'' is a 1948 romantic drama film starring Dane Clark and Geraldine Brooks, and directed by Felix Jacoves. Plot The film opens with a montage of New York's buildings and skyline before an announcer states "Warner Brothers presents." In New York City, after gambler Sig Kelch shoots a crooked poker player, the getaway car driven by Eddie Novoc strikes Marie Willens. Although Eddie is shaken by the big accident, Kelch insists that he keep driving. Later, a concerned Eddie visits Marie at the hospital, pretending to be a friend of her brother. Police detective Ferris becomes interested in Marie's visitor after she tells him that she has no brother. Then Dr. Wirth discovers that Marie has an inoperable, fatal aneurism caused by the accident. Because nothing can be done for Marie, Wirth decides not to tell her that she is going to die. When she learns she is to be released from the hospital, a distraught Marie tells Ferris that she has lost her job and is locked out o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Best Story Academy Award Winners
Best or The Best may refer to: People * Best (surname), people with the surname Best * Best (footballer, born 1968), retired Portuguese footballer Companies and organizations * Best & Co., an 1879–1971 clothing chain * Best Lock Corporation, a lock manufacturer * Best Manufacturing Company, a farm machinery company * Best Products, a chain of catalog showroom retail stores * Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport, a public transport and utility provider * Best High School (other) Acronyms * Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature, a project to assess global temperature records * BEST Robotics, a student competition * BioEthanol for Sustainable Transport * Bootstrap error-adjusted single-sample technique, a statistical method * Bringing Examination and Search Together, a European Patent Office initiative * Bronx Environmental Stewardship Training, a program of the Sustainable South Bronx organization * Smart BEST, a Japanese experimental train * Brihanmumbai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Women Screenwriters
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader Mohammad Najibullah says that Afghanistan's 1978 Communist revolution is "not reversible," and that any opposition parties will have to align with Communist goals. * January 4 – ** 1987 Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route from Washington, D.C. to Boston collides with Conrail engines at Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people. ** Televangelist Oral Roberts announces to his viewers that unless they donate $8 million to his ministry by March 31, God will "call [him] home." * January 15 – Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, is forced into retirement by political conservatives. * January 16 – León Febres Cordero, president of Ecuador, is kidnapped for 11 hours by followers of imprisoned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1914 Births
This year saw the beginning of what became known as the First World War, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It also saw the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line. Events January * January 1 – The St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line in the United States starts services between St. Petersburg, Florida, St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida, becoming the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with Tony Jannus (the first federally-licensed pilot) conveying passengers in a Benoist XIV flying boat. Abram C. Pheil, mayor of St. Petersburg, is the first airline passenger, and over 3,000 people witness the first departure. * January 11 **The Sakurajima volcano in Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hole Card
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Member Of The Wedding (film)
''The Member of the Wedding'' is a 1952 American film noir drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Ethel Waters, Julie Harris, and Brandon deWilde. The story, based on Carson McCullers' 1946 novel of the same name, is set in a small town in the Southern United States. Frankie Addams is an awkward, moody 12-year-old tomboy whose only friends are her young cousin John Henry and her black housekeeper Berenice. Co-starring as a drunken soldier who tries to take advantage of the vulnerable Frankie is former child actor Dick Moore, making his last film appearance. Julie Harris was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance. Later versions of McCuller's play were done for television, with Claudia McNeil playing Berenice in 1958, then Pearl Bailey performing the part in 1982, and Alfre Woodard playing the character in 1996, with Anna Paquin cast as Frankie in the latter production. Plot Feeling rejected when her older brother goes off on his honeymoon without i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eight Iron Men
''Eight Iron Men'' is a 1952 American World War II drama film directed by Edward Dmytryk and produced by Stanley Kramer. It stars Bonar Colleano, Arthur Franz, Lee Marvin, Richard Kiley and Mary Castle. Lee Marvin's plays the squad's leader in Dmytryk's noir style film with J. Roy Hunt's cinematography. The screenplay by Harry Brown was based on his 1945 play ''A Sound of Hunting'', which had featured Sam Levene, Frank Lovejoy and Burt Lancaster during its short run on Broadway from November 20 to December 8, 1945. "Burton" Lancaster had played Sgt. Mooney, Lee Marvin's role in the original play, Sam Levene played Pvt. Colluci and Frank Lovejoy played PFC Coke. Plot Three American infantrymen—Carter, Ferguson and Small—are returning from patrol in a bombed-out town when they are pinned down by an enemy machine gun. Meanwhile, Coke, who was separated from the patrol, returns on his own to the squad's basement outpost where goof-off Private Collucci is sleepin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Six Convicts
''My Six Convicts'' is a 1952 American film noir crime drama directed by Hugo Fregonese. The screenplay was adapted by Michael Blankfort from the autobiographical book ''My Six Convicts: A Psychologist's Three Years in Fort Leavenworth'', written by Donald Powell Wilson. The film stars Millard Mitchell, Gilbert Roland, John Beal and Marshall Thompson. Mitchell won a Golden Globe Award for his performance. Plot Prison psychologist Doc attempts to help his incarcerated patients. Cast *Millard Mitchell as James Connie *Gilbert Roland as Punch Pinero * John Beal as "Doc" *Marshall Thompson as Blivens Scott *Alf Kjellin as Clem Randall *Henry Morgan as Dawson *Jay Adler as Steve Kopac *Regis Toomey as Dr. Gordon *Fay Roope as the Warden *Carleton Young as Captain Haggerty *John Marley as Knotty Johnson *Russ Conway as Dr. Hughes *Byron Foulger as Dr. Brint *Charles Bronson as Jocko (credited as Charles Buchinsky) Uncredited * Wesley Addy as Convict * Jack Carr as Harry Higgins * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Return Of The Frontiersman
''Return of the Frontiersman'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Richard L. Bare and written by Edna Anhalt. The film stars Gordon MacRae, Julie London, Rory Calhoun, Jack Holt, Fred Clark and Edwin Rand. The film was released by Warner Bros. on June 24, 1950. Plot After Wyoming's territorial law and order is restored by men known collectively as "The Frontiersman," Sheriff Sam Barrett oversees the peaceful town of Laramie. One day, however, a gambling quarrel in the saloon turns violent. The fight involves his grown son, Logan, and a hot-tempered rancher, Kearney, who has been wounded by one of Logan's bullets. Newspaper editor Larrabee explains to the sheriff that he was accused of cheating by Kearney, who drew a gun on him. But because the editor was unarmed, Logan stepped in and shot the gun from Kearney's hand. Sheriff Barrett decides to detain both Logan and Kearney for 10 days. Kearney is livid, accusing the sheriff of bias toward his son. Later, after both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra (film)
''Sierra'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Wanda Hendrix, Audie Murphy and Burl Ives. The film was based on the 1937 novel ''The Mountains Are My Kingdom'' by Stuart Hardy. Plot Jeff Hassard (Dean Jagger) and his son Ring (Audie Murphy) lead an isolated existence in the mountains breaking horses, because Jeff is wanted for a murder he did not commit. Their lives are interrupted when they stumble upon a young woman lawyer, Riley ( Wanda Hendrix). When Jeff is injured, Ring has to go into town to get help. Cast * Wanda Hendrix as Riley Martin * Audie Murphy as Ring Hassard * Burl Ives as Lonesome * Dean Jagger as Jeff Hassard * Richard Rober as Big Matt * Tony Curtis as Brent Coulter (as Anthony Curtis) * Houseley Stevenson as Sam Coulter * Elliott Reid as Duke Lafferty * Griff Barnett as Dr. Robbins * Elisabeth Risdon as Aunt Susan * Roy Roberts as Sheriff Knudson * Gregg Martell as Hogan * Sara Allgood as Mrs. Jonas * Erskine Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
