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F. Scott Fitzgerald And 'The Last Of The Belles'
''F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles is a 1974 American made-for-television biographical romance drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ... directed by George Schaefer and starring Susan Sarandon, Blythe Danner and Richard Chamberlain. The film, which is known as ''The Last of the Belles'' in Australia, was written by James Costigan based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1935 short story "The Last of the Belles". Cast * Richard Chamberlain as F. Scott Fitzgerald * Blythe Danner as Zelda Fitzgerald * Susan Sarandon as Ailie Calhoun * David Huffman as Andy McKenna * Ernest Thompson as Earl Shoen * Richard Hatch as Bill Knowles * James Naughton as Captain John Haines * Albert Stratton as John Biggs * Alex Sheafe as Philippe * Sasha von Scher ...
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James Costigan
James Costigan (March 31, 1926 – December 19, 2007) was an American television actor and Emmy Award-winning television screenwriter. His writing credits include the television movies '' Eleanor and Franklin'' and '' Love Among the Ruins''. Early life Costigan was born on March 31, 1926, in East Los Angeles, where his parents owned and operated a hardware store. He first achieved some level of success in the 1950s, when he came to write for television anthology series, such as '' Studio One'' and ''Kraft Television Theatre''. Career Costigan won his first Emmy for original teleplay in 1959 for ''Little Moon of Alban'', a segment which appeared as part of the ''Hallmark Hall of Fame''. He earned a second Emmy nomination in 1959 for his script adaptation of ''The Turn of the Screw''. He did not win, but Ingrid Bergman won an Emmy for her performance in ''The Turn of the Screw''. He increasingly began writing for the stage as the format of television began to change. His Broadwa ...
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Ernest Thompson
Ernest Thompson (born Richard Ernest Thompson; November 6, 1949) is an American writer, actor, and director. He won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for '' On Golden Pond'', an adaptation of his own play of the same name. Early life Thompson was born as Richard Ernest Thompson in Bellows Falls, Vermont, to parents Theron and Esther Thompson. He spent his early years in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine, moving to Maryland as a junior high school student. He attended the University of Maryland and the Catholic University of America, before ultimately graduating cum laude from American University in 1971. Career Thompson is best known as the author of the play '' On Golden Pond'', which he wrote at the age of 28. The play opened off-Broadway in 1978, starring Tom Aldredge and Frances Sternhagen. A great success at the Kennedy Center, it opened at the New Apollo Theater on Broadway February 28, 1979. Revived the following season at the Century Theatre, ''On ...
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Cultural Depictions Of F
Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, attitudes, and habits of the individuals in these groups.Tylor, Edward. (1871). ''Primitive Culture''. Vol 1. New York: J. P. Putnam's Son Culture often originates from or is attributed to a specific region or location. Humans acquire culture through the learning processes of enculturation and socialization, which is shown by the diversity of cultures across societies. A cultural norm codifies acceptable conduct in society; it serves as a guideline for behavior, dress, language, and demeanor in a situation, which serves as a template for expectations in a social group. Accepting only a monoculture in a social group can bear risks, just as a single species can wither in the face of environmental change, for lack of functional responses to the change. Thus in military culture, valor is counted ...
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Biographical Films About Writers
A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or curriculum vitae (résumé), a biography presents a subject's life story, highlighting various aspects of their life, including intimate details of experience, and may include an analysis of the subject's personality. Biographical works are usually non-fiction, but fiction can also be used to portray a person's life. One in-depth form of biographical coverage is called legacy writing. Works in diverse media, from literature to film, form the genre known as biography. An authorized biography is written with the permission, cooperation, and at times, participation of a subject or a subject's heirs. An unauthorized biography is one written without such permission or participation. An autobiography is written by the person themselves, sometimes wit ...
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American Romantic Drama Films
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 ...
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1970s English-language Films
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on an artificial canal between the Ti ...
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1974 Television Films
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of President of the United States, United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following List of Prime Ministers of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkey, Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, the Greek junta's collapse paves the way for the establishment of a Metapolitefsi, parliamentary republic and Chancellor of Germany, Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an Guillaume affair, espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the 1974 FIFA World Cup, FIFA World ...
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1974 Romantic Drama Films
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, the Greek junta's collapse paves the way for the establishment of a parliamentary republic and Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the FIFA World Cup in West Germany, in which the hosts won the championship title, as well as ''The Rumble in the Jungle'', a boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire. ...
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1974 Films
The year 1974 in film involved some significant events. Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) celebrated their 50th anniversaries. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1974 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *February 7 – '' Blazing Saddles'' is released in the United States. *May 28 - Joseph E. Levine, the founder of Embassy Pictures, resigns as president. *June 20 – '' Chinatown'', directed by Roman Polanski and featured Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and John Huston, is released to worldwide critical acclaim. *September 23 – Barry Diller announced as chairman and chief executive office of Paramount Pictures. *November 1 – Technicolor ceases its legendary dye-transfer printing process. *November 8 – Frank Yablans announces his resignation as president of Paramount Pictures with effect from January 5, 1975. *Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with big fanfare, including '' That's ...
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Tom Fitzsimmons (actor)
Tom Fitzsimmons (born October 28, 1947) is an American television actor. He is known for playing Franklin Ford III in the American drama television series '' The Paper Chase''. Life and career Fitzsimmons was born in San Francisco, California. He attended Fairfield College Preparatory School. He then attended at Yale University, where he earned his Master of Fine Arts degree. After earning his degree, Fitzsimmons made his theatre debut in the Broadway play ''Scapino''. He began his television career in 1974, where he first appeared in the soap opera television series ''Love of Life'', where Fitzsimmons played Price Madden. Fitzsimmons guest-starred in television programs including ''The Bob Newhart Show'', '' One Day at a Time'', ''Baa Baa Black Sheep'', ''Dallas'', '' The Facts of Life'', ''Murder, She Wrote'' and ''All in the Family''. In 1978, Fitzsimmons joined the cast of the new CBS drama television series '' The Paper Chase'', where he played Franklin Ford III. In 1980, ...
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