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Margaret Phillips (actress)
Margaret Phillips (6 July 1923 – 9 September 1984) was a Welsh-born actress who was active on Broadway from the 1940s and in television in the 1950s and 1960s. Early life Margaret Phillips was born at Cwmgwrach, South Wales. She moved to the United States with her parents at age 16 and attended Walton High School, a girls' school in the Bronx."Margaret Phillips Dies at 61; Veteran Broadway Actress" ''New York Times'' (11 September 1984). She performed in summer theatre at and trained with actor Cecil Clovelly. Career Margaret Phillips had a stage career lasting ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales Of Tomorrow
''Tales of Tomorrow'' is an American anthology science fiction series that was performed and broadcast live on ABC from 1951 to 1953. The series covered such stories as ''Frankenstein'' starring Lon Chaney Jr., ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' starring Thomas Mitchell as Captain Nemo, and many others. Cast Besides Chaney and Mitchell, the show featured such performers as Boris Karloff, James Dean, Brian Keith, Lee J. Cobb, Eva Gabor, Veronica Lake, Rod Steiger, Bruce Cabot, Franchot Tone, Louis Hector, Gene Lockhart, Walter Abel, Cloris Leachman, Leslie Nielsen, Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman. The series had many similarities to the later '' Twilight Zone'' which also covered one of the same stories, " What You Need". In total it ran for eighty-five 30-minute episodes. It was called “the best science-fiction fare on TV today” by Paul Fairman, editor of '' If.'' Production The idea for this science fiction television series was developed by Theodore Sturgeon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nun's Story (film)
''The Nun's Story'' is a 1959 American drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Peggy Ashcroft, and Dean Jagger. The screenplay was written by Robert Anderson (playwright), Robert Anderson, based on the 1956 The Nun's Story, novel of the same name by Kathryn Hulme. The film tells the life of Gabrielle Van Der Mal (Hepburn), a young woman who decides to enter a convent and make the many sacrifices required by her choice. The film is a relatively faithful adaptation of the novel, which was based on the life of Belgian nun Marie Louise Habets. Latter portions of the film were shot on location in the Belgian Congo and feature Finch as a cynical but caring surgeon. The film was a financial success and was nominated for eight 32nd Academy Awards, Academy Awards, including Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture and Academy Award for Best Actress, Best Actress for Hepburn. Plot Gabrielle "Gaby" Van Der Mal, whose widowed father, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 Births
In Greece, this year contained only 352 days as 13 days was skipped to achieve the calendrical switch from Julian to Gregorian Calendar. It happened there that Wednesday, 15 February ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Thursday, 1 March ''(Gregorian Calendar).'' Events January–February * January 9, January 5 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium Occupation of the Ruhr, occupy the Ruhr area, to force Germany to make reparation payments. * January 17 (or 9) – First flight of the first rotorcraft, Juan de la Cierva's Cierva C.4 autogyro, in Spain. (It is first demonstrated to the military on January 31.) * February 5 – Australian cricketer Bill Ponsford makes 429 runs to break the world record for the highest first-class cricket score for the first time in his third match at this level, at Melbourne Cricket Ground, giving the Victor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maureen Stapleton
Lois Maureen Stapleton (June 21, 1925 – March 13, 2006) was an American actress. She received numerous accolades becoming one of the few actors to have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting winning an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and two Tony Awards. She has also received a British Academy Film Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award. Stapleton started her career in theatre making her Broadway debut in '' The Playboy of the Western World'' (1946). She went on to receive two Tony Awards for Best Featured Actress in a Play for '' The Rose Tattoo'' (1951) and for Best Actress in a Play for '' The Gingerbread Lady'' (1971). She was Tony-nominated for her roles in '' The Cold Wind And The Warm'' (1959), '' Toys in the Attic'' (1960), '' Plaza Suite'' (1971), and '' The Little Foxes'' (1981). For her portrayal of Emma Goldman in the historical epic film '' Reds'' (1981) she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montgomery Clift
Edward Montgomery Clift (October 17, 1920 – July 23, 1966) was an American actor. A four-time Academy Award nominee, he was known for his portrayal of "moody, sensitive young men", according to ''The New York Times''. He is best remembered for his roles in Howard Hawks's '' Red River'' (1948), George Stevens's '' A Place in the Sun'' (1951), Fred Zinnemann's ''From Here to Eternity'' (1953), Stanley Kramer's '' Judgment at Nuremberg'' (1961), and John Huston's '' The Misfits'' (1961). Along with Marlon Brando and James Dean, Clift was considered one of the original method actors in Hollywood (though Clift distanced himself from the term); he was one of the first actors to be invited to study in the Actors Studio with Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan. He also executed a rare move by not signing a contract after arriving in Hollywood, only doing so after his first two films were a success. This was described as "a power differential that would go on to structure the star–studio r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor. Widely regarded as one of the greatest cinema actors of the 20th century,''Movies in American History: An Encyclopedia''"Marlon Brando Quotes." ''Flixster''. Retrieved August 19, 2009. Brando received List of awards and nominations received by Marlon Brando, numerous accolades throughout his career, which spanned six decades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, Cannes Film Festival Award, three British Academy Film Awards, and an Primetime Emmy Award, Emmy Award. Brando is credited with being one of the first actors to bring the Stanislavski system of acting and method acting to mainstream audiences. Brando came under the influence of Stella Adler and Stanislavski's sys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actors Studio
The Actors Studio is a membership organization for professional actors, theatre directors and playwrights located on West 44th Street in Hell's Kitchen in New York City. The studio is best known for its work refining and teaching method acting. It was founded in 1947 by Elia Kazan, Cheryl Crawford, and Robert Lewis, and later directed by Lee Strasberg, all former members of the Group Theatre, an early pioneer of the acting techniques of Constantin Stanislavsky that would become known as method acting.Warren, Larry (1998''Anna Sokolow The Rebellious Spirit'' New York: Routledge. pp.89–94. Notable actors and playwrights who have shared their work at the studio include Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando (who joined the studio in its first year), Lorraine Hansberry and James Baldwin. While at the Studio, actors work together to develop their skills in a private environment where they can take risks as performers without the pressure of commercial roles. , the studio's co-pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Step Beyond
One Step Beyond may refer to: Music * ''One Step Beyond'' (Dungeon album) or the title song, 2004 * ''One Step Beyond'' (Jackie McLean album), 1963 * '' One Step Beyond...'', an album by Madness, or the title song (see below), 1979 * ''One Step Beyond'' (Chocolate Watchband album), an album by the Chocolate Watchband, 1969 *''One Step Beyond'', an album by Chris Ward, 1996 * "One Step Beyond" (song), by Prince Buster, 1964; covered by Madness, 1979 * One Step Beyond, a Canadian jazz band including Andrew Scott * One Step Beyond, a 1992 rave at Donington Park organized by Fantazia * ''One Step Beyond'', a ska, bluebeat, and rocksteady radio show on WRAS in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Television * '' Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond'', an American anthology television series 1959–1961, hosted by John Newland * ''One Step Beyond'', a series on the Discovery Channel * ''One Step Beyond'', a TVB drama series featuring Deric Wan * "One Step Beyond", a cartoon short by Joe Orrantia a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rawhide (TV Series)
''Rawhide'' is an American Westerns on television, Western television series starring Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood. The show aired for eight seasons on the CBS network on Friday nights from January 9, 1959, to September 3, 1965, before moving to Tuesday nights from September 14, 1965, until December 7, 1965, with a total of 217 black-and-white episodes. The series was produced and sometimes directed by Charles Marquis Warren, who also produced early episodes of ''Gunsmoke''. The show is remembered by many for its theme song, "Rawhide (song), Rawhide". Spanning years, ''Rawhide'' was the sixth-longest-running American television Western, exceeded only by ''Wagon Train'', ''The Virginian (TV series), The Virginian'', ''Bonanza'', ''Death Valley Days'', and ''Gunsmoke''. Synopsis Set in the 1860s, ''Rawhide'' portrays the challenges faced by the droving, drovers of a Cattle drives in the United States, cattle drive. Most episodes are introduced with a monologue by Gil Favo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Brook
Peter Stephen Paul Brook (21 March 1925 – 2 July 2022) was an English theatre and film director. He worked first in England, from 1945 at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, from 1947 at the Royal Opera House, and from 1962 for the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). With them, he directed the first English-language production in 1964 of ''Marat/Sade'' by Peter Weiss, which was transferred to Broadway theatre, Broadway in 1965 and won the Tony Award for Best Play, and Brook was named Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play, Best Director. He also directed films such as an iconic version of ''Lord of the Flies (1963 film), Lord of the Flies'' in 1963. Brook was based in France from the early 1970s, where he founded an international theatre company, playing in developing countries, in an approach of great simplicity. He was often referred to as "our greatest living theatre director". He won multiple Emmy Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, the Japanese Praemium Imperiale, the Prix It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orson Welles
George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American director, actor, writer, producer, and magician who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre. He is among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. Aged 21, Welles directed high-profile stage productions for the Federal Theatre Project in New York City—starting with a celebrated Voodoo Macbeth, 1936 adaptation of ''Macbeth'' with an African-American cast, and ending with the political musical ''The Cradle Will Rock'' in 1937. He and John Houseman founded the Mercury Theatre, an independent repertory theatre company that presented productions on Broadway through 1941, including a modern, politically charged ''Caesar (Mercury Theatre), Caesar'' (1937). In 1938, his radio anthology series ''The Mercury Theatre on the Air'' gave Welles the platform to find international fame as the director and narrator of The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama), a radio adaptation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Lear (1953 Film)
''King Lear'' is a 1953 live television adaptation of the Shakespeare play staged by Peter Brook and starring Orson Welles. Preserved on kinescope, it aired October 18, 1953, as part of the CBS television series ''Omnibus'', hosted by Alistair Cooke. The cast includes Micheál Mac Liammóir and Alan Badel. Production A heavily abridged version of the play, this production condensed the play by eliminating the characters of Edgar and Edmund. To compensate for their absence, the role of Oswald is expanded to take Edmund's part in the play's climax, and "Poor Tom" is included not as a disguised Edgar but as an actual madman. Welles returned to America to star in this presentation. He was guarded by IRS agents, prohibited to leave his hotel room when not at the studio, prevented from making any purchases, and the entire sum (less expenses) he earned went to his tax bill. Welles returned to England after the broadcast. Cast * Orson Welles … King Lear * Natasha Parry … Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
