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Hal Kanter (December 18, 1918; Savannah, Georgia – November 6, 2011; Encino, California) was a writer, producer and director, principally for comedy actors such as Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, and Elvis Presley (in Loving You and Blue Hawaii), for both feature films and television. Kanter helped Tennessee Williams turn the play by Williams into the film version of The Rose Tattoo. Since 1991, he was regularly credited as a writer for the Academy Award broadcasts. Kanter was also the creator and executive producer of the television series Julia.
Kanter was famous for saying, "Radio is theater of the mind; TV is theater of the mindless."
Kanter started his career peddling jokes to Eddie Cantor for his radio program. Kanter recalls, "I'd listen to his show and say, 'I can write jokes as funny as that,' so I walked from my rooming house to his show, and told the guard, 'Mr. Kanter is here to see Mr. Cantor, figuring he'd see me because of our names, although his real name was Iskowitch. I was seventeen years old and had the nerve of a burglar." Although Kanter was not hired by Cantor, one of his writers, Hugh Wedlock, Jr., paid Kanter $10 per week to write jokes. Wedlock would then resell Kanter's jokes to Cantor. Kanter stated, "So I became a ghostwriter to a ghostwriter."
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as "the King of Rock and Roll", or simply, "the King".
Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, as a twinless twin, and when he was 13 years old, he and his family relocated to Memphis, Tennessee. His music career began there in 1954, when he recorded a song with producer Sam Phillips at Sun Records. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was an early popularizer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues. RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who managed the singer for more than two decades. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States. He was regarded as the leading figure of rock and roll after a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines that coincided with the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement, made him enormously popular—and controversial.
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A cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the chief over the camera crews working on a film, television production or other live action piece and is responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image. The study and practice of this field is referred to as cinematography. Some filmmakers say that the cinematographer is just the chief over the camera and lighting, and the Director of Photography is the chief over all the photography components of film, including framing, costumes, makeup, and lighting, as well as the assistant of the post producer for color correction and grading.
The cinematographer selects the camera, film stock, lens, filters, etc., to realize the scene in accordance with the intentions of the director. Relations between the cinematographer and director vary; in some instances the director will allow the cinematographer complete independence; in others, the director allows little to none, even going so far as to specify exact camera placement and lens selection. Such a level of involvement is not common once the director and cinematographer have become comfortable with each other; the director will typically convey to the cinematographer what is wanted from a scene visually, and allow the cinematographer latitude in achieving that effect.
Blue Hawaii is a 1961 American musical romantic comedy film set in the state of Hawaii and starring Elvis Presley. The screenplay by Hal Kanter was nominated by the Writers Guild of America in 1962 in the category of Best Written American Musical. The movie opened at no. 2 in box office receipts for that week and despite mixed reviews from critics, finished as the 10th top-grossing movie of 1961 and 14th for 1962 on the Variety national box office survey, earning $5 million. The film won a fourth place prize Laurel Award in the category of Top Musical of 1961.
Chadwick Gates (Elvis Presley) has just gotten out of the Army, and is happy to be back in Hawaii with his surfboard, his beach buddies, and his girlfriend Maile Duval (Joan Blackman). His mother, Sarah Lee (Angela Lansbury), wants him to follow in his father's footsteps and take over management at the Great Southern Hawaiian Fruit Company, the family business, but Chad is reluctant, so he goes to work as a tour guide at his girlfriend's agency.
Hal Kanter on creating "Julia" starring Diahann Carroll - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG
Stanley Dyrector -Hal Kanter Comedy Creator of JULIA
The Writers Guild Awards pays tribute to Emmy-winning writer Hal Kanter
Norman Lear on the comedic talents of Hal Kanter and Larry Gelbart
Legendary Comedy Writers Talk About "Lunch"
Let's Make Love 1960 Full Movie
Elvis at the Movies - Part One
BLUE HAWAII
CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE
ISLAND OF LOVE
Interview clip featuring Hal Kanter, creator of the sitcom "Julia," starring Diahann Carroll. See the full interview at http://emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/hal-kanter
This video is about Stanley Dyrector -Hal Kanter. Hal co-wrote screenplay with Tennessee Williams The Rose Tattoo, and also Hal wrote Elvis Presley movies.
Screenwriter and Writers Guild of America, West Vice President Howard A. Rodman pays tribute to Hal Kanter at the 2012 Writers Guild Awards. An Emmy-winning writer, director and producer Kanter died November 6, 2011 at the age of 92. Kanter served as a writer and emcee of the Writers Guild Awards, an emcee of the DGA Awards, and for decades a writer of the Academy Awards. Kanter joined the Guild in 1950 and eventually served as a board member and a trustee of the Writers Guild Foundation. He was a recipient of the Morgan Cox and Valentine Davies Awards for Guild and community service, and in 1989, received the WGAW's Paddy Chayefsky Television Laurel Award. Co-hosted by "New Girl" star Zooey Deschanel and "Community/The Soup" star Joel McHale, the 2012 Writers Guild Awards West Coast...
Norman Lear on the comedic talents of Hal Kanter and Larry Gelbart. For more on this and over 600 interviews, please visit emmytvlegends.org
For the past 40 years, a group of legendary writers and directors have been meeting for lunch every other Wednesday. "Lunch, " a documentary written, produced and directed by Donna Kanter (daughter of writer Hal Kanter), follows Sid Caesar ("Your Show of Shows"), Monty Hall ("Let's Make a Deal"), Arthur Hiller ("Love Story"), Rocky Kalish ("Colgate Comedy Hour"), Hal Kanter ("The Academy Awards"), Arthur Marx (Alice"), Gary Owens ("Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In"), John Rappaport ("M*A*S*H"), Carl Reiner ("The Dick Van Dyke Show"), Matty Simmons ("Animal House") and Ben Starr as they discuss the lives and successes of these comedy masterminds. In this video, produced by the Writers Guild of America, West Career Longevity Committee Rappaport, Starr, Kalish, Simmons, Hall, Hiller, and Donna Kante...
When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell. Director: George Cukor Writers: Norman Krasna (written for the screen by), Hal Kanter (additional material) Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand, Tony Randall Let's Make Love 1960 Full Movie
A Brief History of "Elvis Presley" Movies in Five Parts. Part One - https://youtu.be/x7PZtjJ3_JI Part Two - https://youtu.be/8RPpMwFf98Q Part Three - https://youtu.be/SiaIB1zMoD4 Part Four - https://youtu.be/H0c7QoNq0to Part Five - https://youtu.be/eAypawFvIm0 'An Elvis Presley picture is the only sure thing in Hollywood'. Hal Wallis. 1956, Love Me Tender, Twentieth Century Fox Partial cast list: Richard Egan, Debra Paget, Elvis Presley, Robert Middleton, William Campbell, Neville Brand. Producer: David Weisbart Director: Robert D. Webb Screenplay: Robert Buckner. Based on a story by: Maurice Gerachyty. Director of Photography: Leo Tover. ========================================================================= 1957, Lovin...
A song from the movie - Blue Hawaii Blue Hawaii is a 1961 American musical romantic comedy film set in the state of Hawaii and starring Elvis Presley. The screenplay by Hal Kanter was nominated by the Writers Guild of America in 1962 in the category of Best Written American Musical.[3] The movie opened at no. 2 in box office receipts for that week and despite mixed reviews from critics, finished as the 10th top-grossing movie of 1961 and 14th for 1962 on the Variety national box office survey, earning $5 million.[4] The film won a fourth place prize Laurel Award in the category of Top Musical of 1961.[5]
A song from the movie - Blue Hawaii Blue Hawaii is a 1961 American musical romantic comedy film set in the state of Hawaii and starring Elvis Presley. The screenplay by Hal Kanter was nominated by the Writers Guild of America in 1962 in the category of Best Written American Musical.[3] The movie opened at no. 2 in box office receipts for that week and despite mixed reviews from critics, finished as the 10th top-grossing movie of 1961 and 14th for 1962 on the Variety national box office survey, earning $5 million.[4] The film won a fourth place prize Laurel Award in the category of Top Musical of 1961.[5]
A song from the movie - Blue Hawaii Blue Hawaii is a 1961 American musical romantic comedy film set in the state of Hawaii and starring Elvis Presley. The screenplay by Hal Kanter was nominated by the Writers Guild of America in 1962 in the category of Best Written American Musical.[3] The movie opened at no. 2 in box office receipts for that week and despite mixed reviews from critics, finished as the 10th top-grossing movie of 1961 and 14th for 1962 on the Variety national box office survey, earning $5 million.[4] The film won a fourth place prize Laurel Award in the category of Top Musical of 1961.[5]