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Joseph Sweeney (actor)
Joseph Sweeney (July 26, 1884 – November 25, 1963) was an American actor who worked in stage productions, television and movies principally in the 1950s, often playing grandfatherly roles. His best-known role was as the elderly Juror #9 in the 1957 classic '' 12 Angry Men'', the role he originated in a 1954 ''Westinghouse Studio One'' live teleplay of which the film was an adaptation. Early life Born in Philadelphia on 26 July 1884, he was raised in a rooming house in the same place with W. C. Fields. Career In 1910 he started on an acting career and moved to Broadway, being fully active on-stage and touring throughout the United States. Sweeney debuted on stage in stock theater with a company in Norwich, Connecticut. He had a successful career as a stage performer in such productions as ''The Clansmen'', '' George Washington Slept Here'', '' Ladies and Gentlemen'', ''A Slight Case of Murder'', ''Dear Old Darlin'', and ''Days To Remember''. In the 1940s, he made the swit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12 Angry Men (1957 Film)
''12 Angry Men'' is a 1957 American legal drama film directed by Sidney Lumet in his feature directorial debut, adapted by Reginald Rose from his Twelve Angry Men (Westinghouse Studio One), 1954 teleplay. A critique of the Juries in the United States, American jury system during the McCarthyism, McCarthy era, the film tells the story of a jury of twelve men as they deliberate the conviction or acquittal of a teenager charged with murder on the basis of reasonable doubt; disagreement and conflict among the jurors forces them to question their morals and values. It stars an ensemble cast, featuring Henry Fonda (who also produced the film with Rose), Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, E. G. Marshall, and Jack Warden. An independent film, independent production distributed by United Artists, ''12 Angry Men'' received acclaim from critics, despite a lukewarm box-office performance. At the 30th Academy Awards, it was nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture, Academy Award for B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lights Out (1949-1952 TV Series)
''Lights Out'' is an American television anthology series that featured dramas of thrills and suspense. Broadcast on NBC from July 12, 1949, until September 29, 1952, it was the first TV dramatic program to use a split-screen display. Overview ''Lights Out'' was an adaptation of the radio series of the same name. The series was preceded by four ''Lights Out'' TV specials in 1946. Jack LaRue was the initial host for the program. Frank Gallop, who replaced him in 1950 was described as "the hollow-voiced man with the ectoplasmic eyebrows." Episodes in the first season featured actors who were relatively unknown. The last two seasons had better-known actors, including Eddie Albert, Billie Burke, Yvonne DeCarlo, Boris Karloff, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Leslie Nielsen, and Basil Rathbone. The program's demise began on October 15, 1951, with the debut of ''I Love Lucy'' as its competition on CBS. Mike Dann, who was then program chief at NBC, said later, "We never knew what ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Fonda
Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American actor whose career spanned five decades on Broadway theatre, Broadway and in Hollywood. On screen and stage, he often portrayed characters who embodied an everyman image. Born and raised in Nebraska, Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor and made his Hollywood film debut in 1935. He rose to film stardom with performances in films like ''Jezebel (1938 film), Jezebel'' (1938), ''Jesse James (1939 film), Jesse James'' (1939) and ''Young Mr. Lincoln'' (1939). He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Tom Joad in ''The Grapes of Wrath (film), The Grapes of Wrath'' (1940). In 1941, Fonda starred opposite Barbara Stanwyck in the screwball comedy classic ''The Lady Eve''. After his service in World War II, he starred in two highly regarded Westerns: ''The Ox-Bow Incident'' (1943) and ''My Darling Clementine'' (1946), the latter directed by John Ford. He also starred in Ford ... [...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] |
Reginald Rose
Reginald Rose (December 10, 1920 – April 19, 2002) was an American screenwriter. He wrote about controversial social and political issues. His realistic approach was particularly influential in the anthology programs of the 1950s. Rose was born and raised in Manhattan. He was best known for his courtroom drama '' Twelve Angry Men'', exploring the members of a jury in a murder trial. It was adapted for a film of the same name, directed by Sidney Lumet and released in 1957. Early years Reginald Rose was born in Manhattan on December 10, 1920, the son of Alice (née Obendorfer) and William Rose, a lawyer. Rose attended Townsend Harris High School and briefly attended City College (now part of the City University of New York). He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, from 1942–46, where he was promoted to first lieutenant. Rose began trying to write when he was 15 years old and living in Harlem, but he said, "I didn't make it until I was 30." In the interim, he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twelve Angry Men (Westinghouse Studio One)
"Twelve Angry Men" is a 1954 teleplay directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and written by Reginald Rose for the American anthology television series '' Studio One''. It follows the titular twelve members of a jury as they deliberate an apparently clear-cut murder trial, and details the tension among them when one juror argues that the defendant might not be guilty. Initially staged as a CBS live production on September 20, 1954, the drama was later rewritten for the stage in 1955 under the same title, and as a feature film in 1957 titled '' 12 Angry Men''. The episode garnered three Emmy Awards for Rose' writing, Schaffner's direction, and Robert Cummings' lead performance. Plot Act I The program opens as a judge instructs the jury in a murder case that their verdict must be unanimous. In the jury room, an initial vote is 11 to 1 in favor of guilty. Juror #8 (Robert Cummings) is the holdout voting not guilty. Juror #3 ( Franchot Tone) criticizes Juror #8 as being "out in left ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Car 54, Where Are You?
''Car 54, Where Are You?'' is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 1961 to April 1963. Filmed in black and white, the series starred Joe E. Ross as Gunther Toody and Fred Gwynne as Francis Muldoon, two mismatched New York City Police Department, New York City police officers who patrol the fictional 53rd precinct in The Bronx. Car 54 was their Police car, patrol car. The series had a rotating group of directors, including Al De Caprio, Stanley Prager, and series creator Nat Hiken. Filming was done both on location and at Biograph Studios in the Bronx. Synopsis The series follows the adventures of New York City Police Department officers Gunther Toody (Joe E. Ross), badge #1432, and Francis Muldoon (Fred Gwynne), badge #723 and #1987 in early episodes, assigned to Police car, Patrol Car 54. Toody is short, stocky, nosy, and not very bright, and he lives with his loud, domineering wife Lucille (Beatrice Pons). College-educated Muldoon is very tall, quiet, and mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Defenders (1961 TV Series)
''The Defenders'' is an American courtroom drama television series that ran on CBS from 1961 to 1965. It was created by television writer Reginald Rose, and stars E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys Lawrence and Kenneth Preston. Original music for the series was scored by Frank Lewin and Leonard Rosenman. The series was spun off from the '' Studio One'' episode " The Defender", which starred Ralph Bellamy and William Shatner as the Prestons. This series is not related to the 2010s CBS series of the same name. Plot Lawrence Preston (Marshall) and Kenneth Preston (Reed) are father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, demonstrators of the Civil Rights Movement, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accused of pornography, and a physician charged in a mercy killing. Cast * E. G. Marshall as Lawrence Preston * Robert Reed as Kenneth P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The U
"The U" is a nickname often given to a university. Specifically, it has been used to refer to: * The University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida **Miami Hurricanes, the University of Miami's athletic program and teams * ''The U'' (film), a 2009 documentary about the University of Miami football team * The University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ... Other uses * WCIU-TV, a television station that currently carries "The U" branding; * WMEU-CD, a television station that was formerly branded as "The U". See also * U * U (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playwrights '56
''Playwrights '56'', a.k.a. ''The Playwright Hour'', is a 60-minute live American dramatic anthology series produced by Fred Coe for Showtime Productions. Twenty episodes aired on NBC from October 4, 1955, to June 19, 1956. It shared a Thursday time slot with ''Armstrong Circle Theatre''. Stars included Mary Astor, Ralph Bellamy, Joan Blondell, George Chandler, Robert Culp, Paul Douglas (actor), Paul Douglas, Tom Ewell, Norman Fell, Nina Foch, John Forsythe, Lillian Gish, Alice Ghostley, Lee Grant, James Gregory (actor), James Gregory, Louis Jean Heydt, Steven Hill (actor), Steven Hill, Vivi Janiss, Henry Jones (actor), Henry Jones, E. G. Marshall, John McGiver, Steve McQueen, Dina Merrill, Jack Mullaney, Paul Newman, Phyllis Kirk, Edmond O'Brien, J. Pat O'Malley, Nehemiah Persoff, Tom Poston, Peter Mark Richman, Janice Rule, Kim Stanley, Warren Stevens, Karl Swenson, Franchot Tone, Ethel Waters, James Whitmore, Estelle Winwood, Jane Wyatt, and Dick York. Among its notable write ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Producers' Showcase
''Producers' Showcase'' is an American anthology television series that was telecast live during the 1950s in compatible color by NBC. With top talent, the 90-minute episodes, covering a wide variety of genres, aired under the title every fourth Monday at 8 pm ET for three seasons, beginning October 18, 1954. The final episode, the last of 37, was broadcast May 27, 1957. Showcase Productions, Inc., packaged and produced the series, which received seven Emmy Awards, including the 1956 award for Best Dramatic Series. Production In 1953, stage producer Leland Hayward had the idea to create a 90-minute TV series, a series of color spectaculars to be broadcast monthly on NBC. Hayward was represented by Saul Jaffe of the Madison Avenue law firm Jaffe & Jaffe; Henry Jaffe, the firm's senior partner, was national counsel for the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, an organization he helped found. When illness forced Hayward to withdraw from the project, NBC partn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio One (American TV Series)
''Studio One'' is an American anthology drama television series that was adapted from a radio series. It was created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. It premiered on November 7, 1948, and ended on September 29, 1958, with a total of 467 episodes over the course of 10 seasons. History Radio On April 29, 1947, Fletcher Markle launched the 60-minute CBS Radio series with an adaptation of Malcolm Lowry's ''Under the Volcano''. Broadcast on Tuesdays opposite '' Fibber McGee and Molly'' and '' The Bob Hope Show'' at 9:30 pm Eastern Time, the radio series continued until July 27, 1948, showcasing such adaptations as '' Dodsworth'', ''Pride and Prejudice'', '' The Red Badge of Courage'' and '' Ah, Wilderness''. Top performers were heard on this series, including John Garfield, Walter Huston, Mercedes McCambridge, Burgess Meredith and Robert Mitchum. CBS Radio received a Peabody Award for ''Studio One'' in 1947, citing Markle's choi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
