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Nelson Roosevelt Gidding (September 15, 1919 – May 1, 2004) was an American screenwriter specializing in adaptations. A longtime collaboration with director Robert Wise began with Gidding's screenplay for I Want To Live! (1958), which earned him an Oscar nomination. His long-running course on screenwriting adaptions at the University of Southern California inspired screenwriters of the present generation, including David S. Goyer.
Gidding was born in New York and attended school at Phillips Exeter Academy; as a young man he was friends with Norman Mailer. After graduating from Harvard University, he entered the Army Air Forces in World War II as the navigator on a B-26. His plane was shot down over Italy, but he survived; he spent 18 months as a POW but effected an escape. Returning from the war, in 1946 he published his only novel, End Over End, begun while captive in a German prison camp.
In 1949 Gidding married Hildegarde Colligan; together they had a son, Joshua Gidding, who today is a New York writer and college professor.
"The Haunting" Robert Wise, Russ Tamblyn & Nelson Gidding Q&A; 1993 at DGA,los angeles,ca.
The Haunting is a 1963 British psychological horror film directed and produced by Robert Wise and adapted by Nelson Gidding from the 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. It stars Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, and Russ Tamblyn. The film, about a small group of people invited by a paranormal investigator to stay at a haunted house that comes to life, is often cited as one of the most frightening films ever made. Dr. John Markway, an anthropologist with an interest in psychic phenomena, takes two specially selected women to Hill House, a reportedly haunted mansion. Eleanor (Julie Harris), a lonely, eccentric woman with a supernatural event in her past, and the bold Theodora (Claire Bloom), who has ESP, join John and the mansion's heir, cynical Luke (Russ T...
6.24 [--] Schlitz Playhouse: THE LIFE YOU SAVE 01-Mar-1957 Teleplay by Nelson Gidding/ Based on Flannery O'Connor short story Directed by Herschel Daugherty Gene Kelly, Tom T. Triplet, Janice Rule, Lucynell Crater, Agnes Moorehead, Paul Smith, George, Buddy Hart, Hitchhiker, Barbara Pepper, Miss Buell, Synopsis: Tom T. Triplet is an engaging one-armed tramp, a man who has been to a lot of places and seen a lot of things. But never before has he seen anyone like Lucynell Crater, a deaf-mute of angelic innocence. Marriage was the furthest thing from Tom's mind as he made his rounds through an impoverished section of the South. Episode information from: http://ctva.biz/US/Anthology/SchlitzPlayhouseOfStars.htm Series Premise: When Schlitz Playhouse of Stars first premiered it was an hou...
6.24 [--] Schlitz Playhouse: THE LIFE YOU SAVE 01-Mar-1957 Teleplay by Nelson Gidding/ Based on Flannery O'Connor short story Directed by Herschel . 3.13 [--] Schlitz Playhouse: THE CLOSED DOOR 27-Nov-1953 Written by Oliver Crawford Directed by Anthony Jowitt Gene Lockhart, Alfred Renell, Beverly .
The Andromeda Strain is a 1971 American science fiction film produced and directed by Robert Wise. Based on Michael Crichton's 1969 novel of the same name and adapted by Nelson Gidding, the film stars Arthur Hill, James Olson, Kate Reid, and David Wayne as a team of scientists who investigate a deadly organism of extraterrestrial origin. With a few exceptions, the film follows the book closely. The special effects were designed by Douglas Trumbull. The film is notable for its use of split screen in certain scenes. A group of scientists investigates a deadly new alien virus before it can spread. For further movie mayhem; https://www.facebook.com/VultureGraffix
The Andromeda Strain is a 1971 American science fiction film produced and directed by Robert Wise. Based on Michael Crichton's 1969 novel of the same name and adapted by Nelson Gidding, the film stars Arthur Hill, James Olson, Kate Reid, and David Wayne as a team of scientists who investigate a deadly organism of extraterrestrial origin. With a few exceptions, the film follows the book closely. The special effects were designed by Douglas Trumbull. The film is notable for its use of split screen in certain scenes. A group of scientists investigates a deadly new alien virus before it can spread. For further movie mayhem; https://www.facebook.com/VultureGraffix
The Inspector (UK title) or Lisa (US title) is a 1962 film directed by Philip Dunne that begins in post-WWII Holland. Lisa Held, a young Jewish girl, survivor of a Concentration Camp, tries to reach Palestine and start a new life, aided by a sympathetic and guilt-ridden Police Inspector. Screenplay: Nelson Gidding from Jan de Hartogs novel The Inspector Music: Malcolm Arnold Cast: Stephen Boyd...Peter Jongman Dolores Hart...Lisa Held Leo McKern...Brandt Hugh Griffith...Van der Pink Donald Pleasence...Sgt. Wolters Harry Andrews...Ayoob Robert Stephens...Dickens Marius Goring...Thorens Finlay Currie...De Kool Harold Goldblatt... Dr. Mitropoulos Neil McCallum...Browne Geoffrey Keen...Commissioner Bartels Jean Anderson...Mrs. Jongman Michael David...Capt. Berger Jane Jord...
The Inspector (UK title) or Lisa (US title) is a 1962 film directed by Philip Dunne that begins in post-WWII Holland. Lisa Held, a young Jewish girl, survivor of a Concentration Camp, tries to reach Palestine and start a new life, aided by a sympathetic and guilt-ridden Police Inspector. Screenplay: Nelson Gidding from Jan de Hartogs novel The Inspector Music: Malcolm Arnold Cast: Stephen Boyd...Peter Jongman Dolores Hart...Lisa Held Leo McKern...Brandt Hugh Griffith...Van der Pink Donald Pleasence...Sgt. Wolters Harry Andrews...Ayoob Robert Stephens...Dickens Marius Goring...Thorens Finlay Currie...De Kool Harold Goldblatt... Dr. Mitropoulos Neil McCallum...Browne Geoffrey Keen...Commissioner Bartels Jean Anderson...Mrs. Jongman Michael David...Capt. Berger Jane Jord...
The Inspector (UK title) or Lisa (US title) is a 1962 film directed by Philip Dunne that begins in post-WWII Holland. Lisa Held, a young Jewish girl, survivor of a Concentration Camp, tries to reach Palestine and start a new life, aided by a sympathetic and guilt-ridden Police Inspector. Screenplay: Nelson Gidding from Jan de Hartogs novel The Inspector Music: Malcolm Arnold Cast: Stephen Boyd...Peter Jongman Dolores Hart...Lisa Held Leo McKern...Brandt Hugh Griffith...Van der Pink Donald Pleasence...Sgt. Wolters Harry Andrews...Ayoob Robert Stephens...Dickens Marius Goring...Thorens Finlay Currie...De Kool Harold Goldblatt... Dr. Mitropoulos Neil McCallum...Browne Geoffrey Keen...Commissioner Bartels Jean Anderson...Mrs. Jongman Michael David...Capt. Berger Jane Jord...
This interview with John Gidding was filmed on March 10, 2012 at the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival.
I booked Tim Considine on this interview for KTRS radio in st.louis,mo.
this interview took place in los angeles after a screening of "Around The World In 80 Days',
I booked my dear friend Jonathan Harris on this interview for KTRS radio in st.louis,mo.
The Inspector (UK title) or Lisa (US title) is a 1962 film directed by Philip Dunne that begins in post-WWII Holland. Lisa Held, a young Jewish girl, survivor of a Concentration Camp, tries to reach Palestine and start a new life, aided by a sympathetic and guilt-ridden Police Inspector. Screenplay: Nelson Gidding from Jan de Hartogs novel The Inspector Music: Malcolm Arnold Cast: Stephen Boyd...Peter Jongman Dolores Hart...Lisa Held Leo McKern...Brandt Hugh Griffith...Van der Pink Donald Pleasence...Sgt. Wolters Harry Andrews...Ayoob Robert Stephens...Dickens Marius Goring...Thorens Finlay Currie...De Kool Harold Goldblatt... Dr. Mitropoulos Neil McCallum...Browne Geoffrey Keen...Commissioner Bartels Jean Anderson...Mrs. Jongman Michael David...Capt. Berger Jane Jord...
5.07 [--] Schlitz Playhouse: NO TRIAL BY JURY 11-Nov-1955 Teleplay by Dewitt Bodeen/ Based on a Saturday Evening Post Story by Andrew Geer Directed by . 6.24 [--] Schlitz Playhouse: THE LIFE YOU SAVE 01-Mar-1957 Teleplay by Nelson Gidding/ Based on Flannery O'Connor short story Directed by Herschel .
8.17 [--] Stripe Playhouse: THE RUMOR 05-Jun-1959 Teleplay by Everett Greenbaum and Fritzell Greenbaum/ Story by Erskine Caldwell Directed by Richard . 2.43 [--] Schlitz Playhouse: THE LEDGE 26-Jun-1953 Writer Robert J. Shaw Director Ted Post Regis Toomey, Ed Bartlett, Skip Homeier, Dick Newton, Allene . 6.24 [--] Schlitz Playhouse: THE LIFE YOU SAVE 01-Mar-1957 Teleplay by Nelson Gidding/ Based on Flannery O'Connor short story Directed by Herschel .
http://stranded.hihome.com/sung.html The Haunting (1973) Directed by Robert Wise Produced by Robert Wise Screenplay by Nelson Gidding Based on The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Starring Julie Harris Claire Bloom Richard Johnson Russ Tamblyn Music by Humphrey Searle Cinematography Davis Boulton Editing by Ernest Walter Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release date(s) September 18, 1963 Running time 112 minutes Country United Kingdom Language English Budget $1.4 million
7.34 [--] Schlitz Playhouse: YOU'LL HAVE TO DIE NOW 20-Jun-1958 Teleplay by Donald S. Sanford/ Story by Michael Shaara Directed by John Brahm Steve . 2.43 [--] Schlitz Playhouse: THE LEDGE 26-Jun-1953 Writer Robert J. Shaw Director Ted Post Regis Toomey, Ed Bartlett, Skip Homeier, Dick Newton, Allene . 6.24 [--] Schlitz Playhouse: THE LIFE YOU SAVE 01-Mar-1957 Teleplay by Nelson Gidding/ Based on Flannery O'Connor short story Directed by Herschel .
Oscar-winners Gene Kelly ("Singin' in the Rain," "An American in Paris") and Frank Sinatra ("From Here to Eternity," "Guys and Dolls") star in this fun-filled spectacular musical about three sailors who wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City. Oscar-winning score features "New York, New York." MPAA Rating: NOTRATED 1949 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Directed with clinical precision by Academy Award winner Robert Wise, this compelling account of the earth's first biological crisis is perhaps the most chillingly realistic science fiction thriller ever made. After an errant satellite crashes on Earth near a remote New Mexico village, the recovery team discovers that almost everyone in the town are victims of a horrible death, with the mysterious exception of an infant and an old homeless man. The survivors are brought to a state-of-the-art laboratory descending five stories beneath the ground where the puzzled scientists race against time to determine the nature of the deadly microbe before it wreaks worldwide havoc. A trailblazer in the areas of special effects and inventive sets, The Andromeda Strain is based on Michael Crichton's best...
George C. Scott leads an all-star cast in this imaginative suspense thriller that attempts to shed some light on the historic disaster even as its intricate plot unfolds. As a colonel assigned by the German government to make certain no one sabotages the Hindenburg on its transatlantic voyage, Scott suspects everyone aboard the luxury ship particularly a German countess (Anne Bancroft) vehemently opposed to the Nazi regime. Stylishly directed by Robert Wise and co-starring Burgess Meredith, Gig Young, Charles Durning and Richard Dysart, The Hindenburg brings to life one of aviation's most infamous events and one of the screen's most engrossing mysteries.
"It should’ve been left up to the scientists! It’s a colossal mistake! Tell the President I said so!" Michael Crichton’s space disease thriller hit the public at the perfect time – when everyone was afraid of the astronauts accidentally bringing back space viruses upon returning to Earth. Crichton wrote the book in a very pseudo-scientific way that made it feel like more of a scientific documentation of a real happening, and it worked gangbusters for his readers. When Robert Wise decided to adapt it, he opted to treat it the same and make it feel like a documentary. For some, it works better than for others. Join us – Pete Wright and Andy Nelson – as we continue our disease series with Wise’s 1971 thriller _The Andromeda Strain_. We discuss Crichton, Wise and the adaptation by Nelson Gi...