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George Stevens (December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer.
Among his most notable films were Diary of Anne Frank (1959), nominated for Best Director, Giant (1956), winner of Oscar for Best Director, Shane (1953), Oscar nominated, and A Place in the Sun (1951), winner of Oscar for Best Director.
He was born in Oakland, California, and his family included his father Landers Stevens and his mother Georgie Cooper, both stage actors. His uncle was drama critic Ashton Stevens. He also had two brothers, Jack and writer Aston Stevens. He learned about the stage from his parents and worked and toured with them, on his way to filmmaking. He broke into the movie business as a cameraman, working on many Laurel and Hardy short films, such as Night Owls (1930). His first feature film was The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble in 1933.
In 1934 he got his first directing job, the slapstick Kentucky Kernels. His big break came when he directed Katharine Hepburn in Alice Adams in 1935. He went on in the late 1930s to direct several Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire movies, not only with the two actors together, but on their own. In 1940, he directed Carole Lombard in Vigil in the Night, and the film has an alternate ending for European audiences in recognition of World War II, which the US had not yet entered.
Actors: Mark Rydell (producer), Maggie Wagner (actress), Mark Moses (actor), Andrew Prine (actor), Mark Rydell (actor), Gary Sievers (actor), Michael Moriarty (actor), Edward Herrmann (actor), Charles Dierkop (actor), Phil Hawn (actor), Barry Primus (actor), David Proval (actor), James Franco (actor), Yvonne Blake (costume designer), John Frizzell (composer),
Plot: A biopic about the actor James Dean, whose stardom of the ultimate teenage rebel as well as the premature death made him a legend. His roles are depicted having much in common with his personal life, most notably the difficult relationship with his father.
Keywords: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, acting, acting-class, actor, actors-studio-new-york-city, actress, audition, aunt-nephew-relationshipActors: Joseph Campanella (actor), Casey Kasem (actor), Mike Connors (actor), Casper Van Dien (actor), Connie Stevens (actress), Robert Mitchum (actor), Diane Ladd (actress), Monique Parent (actress), George Barris (miscellaneous crew), Richard S. Brummer (editor), Rebecca Budig (actress), Mohammed Rustam (producer), Mohammed Rustam (actor), Charles Guardino (actor), Mohammed Rustam (director),
Plot: Casper Van Dien of STARSHIP TROOPERS stars as James Dean, whose remarkable talent and rebel attitude took Hollywood by storm. But as Dean's star begins to rise, his passionate affair with Italian ingénue Pier Angeli (Carrie Mitchum of THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) angers her disapproving mother (Academy Awardïf¢ nominee Diane Ladd) and studio chief Jack Warner (Mike Connors). How did a broken heart, reckless behavior and his relationships with Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo and director George Stevens (the legendary Robert Mitchum in his final screen role) lead to Dean's ultimate race with destiny? Connie Stevens, Joseph Campanella and Casey Kasem co-star in this revealing biopic that goes behind the myth to tell the true story of the superstar who lived fast, died young and left a legacy that changed movies forever.
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Plot: The story of 'Elizabeth Taylor (I)' (qv)'s rise to stardom, beginning in Los Angeles 1942. Her dominating mother has decided that her daughter must become a star - no matter what others or Elizabeth herself think. Assisted by 'Hedda Hopper' (qv), she gets a part in _Lassie Come Home (1943)_ (qv). She becomes a child star, raised by her studio. Growing up, she has several love-affairs - and several divorces, since her husbands can't accept being married to a Hollywood icon.
Keywords: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, acting, actress, alcoholism, based-on-novel, behind-the-scenes, celebrity, character-name-in-titleActors: Pepe Serna (actor), Jimmy Bridges (actor), Pat Corley (actor), Read Morgan (actor), Sab Shimono (actor), Liz Sheridan (actress), Stu Krieger (writer), Dirk Blocker (actor), Pamela Malouf (editor), Elizabeth Swados (composer), Karen Landry (actress), Bruce Franklin Singer (writer), Peter Stelzer (actor), Marc Poppel (actor), Kerry Noonan (actress),
Plot: Mini series that follows a family, a year after the death of the matriarch. Her husband tries to cope by cycling. And one of the daughters is going through a rough patch in her second marriage. And the other daughter is about to give birth. And one son is still trying to find himself. And the younger son is engaged but when he meets a girl who makes him feel things he doesn't feel for his fiancée.
Keywords: tv-mini-seriesActors: Corrado Pani (actor), Bruno Arié (actor), Lisa Gastoni (actress), Hélène Chanel (actress), Silvano Tranquilli (actor), Ennio Morricone (composer), Jeremy Kemp (actor), Gino Santercole (actor), Giulio Baraghini (actor), Antonio Casale (actor), Armando Brancia (actor), Giulio Petroni (writer), Giulio Petroni (director), Silvia Petroni (miscellaneous crew), Franco Bottari (writer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Harry Andrews (actor), Ian Bannen (actor), Norman Bird (actor), Sean Connery (actor), Ossie Davis (actor), Roy Kinnear (actor), James Payne (actor), Michael Redgrave (actor), Sidney Lumet (director), Geoff Freeman (miscellaneous crew), Neil McCarthy (actor), Jack Watson (actor), Ian Hendry (actor), Thelma Connell (editor), Howard Goorney (actor),
Plot: WWII, in a British disciplinary camp located in the Libyan desert. Prisoners are persecuted by Staff Sergeant Williams, who made them climb again and again, under the heavy sun, an artificial hill built right in the middle of the camp. Harris is a more human and compassionate guard, but the chief, S.M. Wilson, refuses to disown his subordinate Williams. One day, five new prisoners arrive. Each of them will deal in a different way with the authority and Williams' ferocity.
Keywords: 1940s, all-male-cast, based-on-play, beating, belly-dancer, beret, blackmail, british-army, british-military, british-soldierActors: Dave Morris (actor), Leo Sulky (actor), Alice Belcher (actress), Roger Moore (actor), Spencer Bell (actor), Vernon Dent (actor), Sunshine Hart (actress), George Gray (actor), Billy Bevan (actor), Charles McMurphy (actor), Gordon Lewis (actor), Bobby Dunn (actor), Bobby Dunn (actor), Barbara Tennant (actress), Thelma Salter (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Tefft Johnson (director), Rod La Rocque (actor), George MacQuarrie (actor), Edward Roseman (actor), June Elvidge (actress), June Elvidge (actress), Philip Lonergan (writer), Donald Hall (actor), Lillian Lawrence (actress), Giles Warren (writer), Marion Barney (actress), Laura Burt (actress),
Genres: Drama,