|
Rich And Famous (1981 Film)
''Rich and Famous'' is a 1981 American drama film directed by George Cukor, the final film of his career. The screenplay by Gerald Ayres is based on the 1940 play '' Old Acquaintance'' by John Van Druten, previously adapted in 1943 by Vincent Sherman under its original title, starring Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins. The film was released to commercial failure and mixed critical response. Plot Two women find their friendship is tested when one rises from obscurity to success while the other stagnates in a stalled career. Liz Hamilton, a young woman with literary ambitions, and Merry Noel Blake, an all-American blonde beauty from Atlanta, are close friends who met while they were freshmen at Smith College in the 1950s. Soon after graduation, Liz writes a critically acclaimed book and drifts into unfulfilling relationships and one-night stands, including an empty encounter in an airplane lavatory, a fling with a teenaged hustler, and an affair with Chris Adams, a young reporter f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Cukor
George Dewey Cukor ( ; July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director and film producer, producer. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO Pictures, RKO when David O. Selznick, the studio's head of production, assigned Cukor to direct several of RKO's major films, including ''What Price Hollywood?'' (1932), ''A Bill of Divorcement (1932 film), A Bill of Divorcement'' (1932), ''Our Betters'' (1933), and ''Little Women (1933 film), Little Women'' (1933). When Selznick moved to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1933, Cukor followed and directed ''Dinner at Eight (1933 film), Dinner at Eight'' (1933) and ''David Copperfield (1935 film), David Copperfield'' (1935) for Selznick, and ''Romeo and Juliet (1936 film), Romeo and Juliet'' (1936) and ''Camille (1936 film), Camille'' (1936) for Irving Thalberg. He was replaced as one of the directors of ''Gone with the Wind (film), Gone with the Wind'' (1939), but he went on to dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smith College
Smith College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts Women's colleges in the United States, women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States. It was chartered in 1871 by Sophia Smith (Smith College), Sophia Smith and opened in 1875. It is a member of the historic Seven Sisters (colleges), Seven Sisters colleges, a group of women's colleges in the Northeastern United States. Smith is also a member of the Five College Consortium with four other institutions in the Pioneer Valley: Mount Holyoke College, Amherst College, Hampshire College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst; students of each college are allowed to attend classes at any other member institution. On campus are Smith's Smith College Museum of Art, Museum of Art and The Botanic Garden of Smith College, Botanic Garden, the latter designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. Smith has 50 academic departments and programs and is structured around an open curricu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marsha Hunt (actress, Born 1946)
Marsha Hunt (born April 15, 1946) is an American actress, novelist, singer and former model, who has lived mostly in Britain and Ireland. She achieved national fame when she appeared in London as Dionne in the long-running rock musical ''Hair''. She had relationships with Marc Bolan and Mick Jagger, who is the father of her only child, Karis Jagger. Hunt has written three novels and three autobiographies, which include a frank account of life as a breast cancer sufferer. Early life Hunt was born in Philadelphia in 1946 and lived in North Philadelphia, near 23rd and Columbia, then in Germantown and Mount Airy, for the first 13 years of her life. Hunt told ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' that she remembers Philadelphia with affection, particularly the " Philadelphia steak sandwiches and the bad boys on the basketball court".Ann Kolson, "Marsha Hunt's Life is Filled with 'Joy': The Irrepressible Performer has Mick Jagger in her past, old ties to Philadelphia, and a New Book", ''P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merv Griffin
Mervyn Edward Griffin Jr. (July 6, 1925 – August 12, 2007) was an American television show host and media mogul. He began his career as a radio and big band singer, later appearing in film and on Broadway theatre, Broadway. From 1962 to 1986, Griffin hosted his own talk show, ''The Merv Griffin Show''. Griffin also created several game shows, including ''Jeopardy!'' and ''Wheel of Fortune (American game show), Wheel of Fortune'', through his production companies, Merv Griffin Enterprises and Merv Griffin Entertainment. Early life Griffin was born July 6, 1925, in San Mateo, California, to Mervyn Edward Griffin Sr., a stockbroker, and Rita Elizabeth Griffin (née Robinson), a homemaker. He had an older sister named Barbara. As a child, Griffin played Hangman (game), Hangman with his sister during family road trips. These games later inspired him to create the game show ''Wheel of Fortune (American game show), Wheel of Fortune''. The family was Irish-American and Roman Catholic. G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury ( ; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, Horror fiction, horror, mystery fiction, mystery, and Literary fiction, realistic fiction. Bradbury is best known for his novel ''Fahrenheit 451'' (1953) and his short-story collections ''The Martian Chronicles'' (1950), ''The Illustrated Man'' (1951), and ''The October Country'' (1955). Other notable works include the coming of age novel ''Dandelion Wine'' (1957), the dark fantasy ''Something Wicked This Way Comes (novel), Something Wicked This Way Comes'' (1962) and the fictionalized memoir ''Green Shadows, White Whale'' (1992). He also wrote and consulted on screenplays and television scripts, including ''Moby Dick (1956 film), Moby Dick'' and ''It Came from Outer Space''. Many of his works were adapted into television and film productions as well as comic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Cavett
Richard Alva Cavett (; born November 19, 1936) is an American television personality and former talk show host. He appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States from the 1960s through the 2000s. In later years, Cavett has written an online column for ''The New York Times'', promoted DVDs of his former shows as well as a book of his ''Times'' columns, and hosted replays of his TV interviews with Bette Davis, Lucille Ball, Salvador Dalí, Lee Marvin, Groucho Marx, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland, Marlon Brando, Orson Welles, Woody Allen, Ingmar Bergman, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Mitchum, John Lennon, George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix, Richard Burton, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Kirk Douglas and others on Turner Classic Movies. Early life and education Cavett was born in Buffalo County, Nebraska, but sources differ as to the specific town, locating his birthplace in either Gibbon, where his family lived, or nearby Kearney, the location of the neares ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Foch
Nina Foch ( ; born Nina Consuelo Maud Fock; April 20, 1924 – December 5, 2008) was an American actress who later became a drama instructor. Her career spanned 6 decades, consisting of over 50 feature films and over 100 television credits. She was the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and a National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress. Foch established herself as a dramatic actress in the late 1940s, often playing cool, aloof sophisticates. Biography 1924–1942: Early life Nina Foch was born Nina Consuelo Maud Fock in 1924 in Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands, to American actress and singer Consuelo Flowerton and Dutch classical music conductor . Her parents divorced when she was a toddler, and she and her mother moved to the United States, settling in New York City. Throughout Foch's childhood, her mother encouraged her artistic talents; she learned piano and enjoyed art but was more inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fay Kanin
Fay Kanin (née Mitchell; May 9, 1917March 27, 2013) was an American screenwriter, playwright and producer. Kanin was president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1979 to 1983. Biography Born Fay Mitchell in New York City to David and Bessie (née Kaiser) Mitchell, she was raised in Elmira, New York, where she won the New York State Spelling Championship at twelve and was presented with a silver cup by then Governor Franklin Roosevelt. She was encouraged to write for money by supplying small items to the ''Elmira Star Gazette''.Lefcourt. 2000. She was Jewish. In high school she wrote and produced a children's radio show; then on full scholarship, she attended the private, all-female Elmira College where she divided her studies between writing and acting as well as editing the yearbook. Fay's mother took her daughter to visit her grandmother in the Bronx, and it was there that she became devoted to the theater when she saw a matinée of '' Idiot's Delight'' s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Lattanzi
Matthew Vincent Lattanzi (born February 1, 1959) is an American former actor and dancer. He is most commonly recognized as the ex-husband of singer and actress Olivia Newton-John, and for his acting in films such as ''My Tutor'' and the soap opera ''Paradise Beach''. Personal life Lattanzi was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, the son of Jeanette (née Slowikowski) and Charles Paul Lattanzi."To Have and Hold". ''People''. January 7, 1985. Accessed 2013-08-26. His father was a maintenance foreman Accessed 2013-08-26. of Italian descent, while his mother is of Polish ancestry. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Eggert
Nicole Elizabeth Eggert (born January 13, 1972) is an American actress. Her notable roles include Jamie Powell on the situation comedy ''Charles in Charge'' and Summer Quinn on the television series ''Baywatch''. She guest-starred in ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' and ''Boy Meets World''. She made several Christmas films that premiered on Lifetime (TV network), Lifetime. Eggert was a 2010 contestant on the VH1 reality show ''Celebrity Fit Club (U.S. TV series), Celebrity Fit Club'' and came in second in 2013 on ABC's celebrity diving show ''Splash (American TV series), Splash''. Early life Eggert was born in Glendale, California. Her mother, Gina Duncan, was a British-born talent agent, and her father, Rolf Eggert, was a German-born canning-company executive. Eggert's quest for stardom started when her mother entered her in beauty contests. At age five, Eggert was Miss Universe in the petite division. An agent saw her and offered her parents a role for her in a Johnson's b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meg Ryan
Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra (born November 19, 1961), known by her stage name Meg Ryan, is an American actress. Known for her leading roles as quirky, charismatic women since the late 1980s, Ryan is particularly recognized for her work in romantic comedies, a genre she dominated during the 1980s and 1990s. Dubbed "America's Sweetheart" by the media, she became one of Hollywood's most bankable stars of the latter decade. She made her acting debut in 1981 in the drama film ''Rich and Famous''. She joined the cast of the CBS soap opera ''As the World Turns'' in 1982. In the 1980s, Ryan appeared in ''Top Gun'' (1986), ''Promised Land'' (1987), and the Rob Reiner-directed romantic comedy '' When Harry Met Sally...'' (1989), for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination. A prolific actress through the 1990s and 2000s, Ryan starred in '' Joe Versus the Volcano'' (1990), ''The Doors'' (1991), ''Sleepless in Seattle'' (1993), '' When a Man Loves a Woman'' (1994), ''French Kiss' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Brandon
Michael Brandon (born Michael Feldman; April 20, 1945) is an American actor. He is known for his role as James Dempsey in the British drama series ''Dempsey and Makepeace'' (1985–1986) and narrating the American dub of the children's television series ''Thomas & Friends'' (2004–2012). His theatre credits include the original Broadway production of '' Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?'' (1969), and Jerry Springer in the West End production of '' Jerry Springer: The Opera'' (2003–2004). Early life Brandon was born Michael Feldman in Brooklyn, New York on April 20, 1945, to Miriam (née Tumen) and Sol Feldman. At age nine, he and his family moved to Valley Stream, New York, where he attended Memorial Junior High and graduated from Valley Stream Central High School. Brandon then attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and made his debut on Broadway before turning to cinema. He is of Jewish heritage. Career Brandon starred in the TV series ''Dempsey and Makepeace'' and '' D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
