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Evelyn Varden (June 12, 1893, Adair, Oklahoma – July 11, 1958, Manhattan, New York City) was an American character actress. She began her career as a teenager in the first decade of the 20th century and was on Broadway by age sixteen in 1910. It was not until the 1930s and into her forties that her stage career took off in the theater, notably playing Mrs. Gibbs, the small town matron who dreams of Paris, in the original production of Our Town. The role was played by Fay Bainter in the 1940 motion picture.
Varden's stage work mainly consisted of showy supporting roles although she did star in the ill-fated Return Engagement by Lawrence Riley. The 1950 melodrama Hilda Crane was a personal success for Varden although the play itself ran only two months. The following year she played the Nurse in a production of Romeo and Juliet toplining Olivia De Havilland. Her final Broadway appearance in The Bad Seed was one of her acclaimed performances. She occasionally appeared on radio from the early 1940s and well into the 1950s. She starred in radio productions of Hay Fever, The Silver Cord, and The Glass Menagerie among several other programs. She would later appear in a number of television productions during the 1950s, including an adaptation of Cradle Song, opposite Judith Anderson.
The Bad Seed is a 1954 novel by American writer William March, the last of his major works published before his death.
Nominated for the 1955 National Book Award for Fiction, The Bad Seed tells the story of a mother's realization that her young daughter has committed a murder, or two. Its enormous critical and commercial success was largely realized after March's death only one month after publication.
In 1954 the novel was adapted into a successful and long-running Broadway play by Maxwell Anderson, and in 1956 into an Academy Award-nominated film directed by Mervyn LeRoy.
Eight-year-old Rhoda Penmark appears to be what every little girl brought up in a loving home should be. Outwardly, she is charming, polite and intelligent beyond her years. To most adults, she's every parent's dream: obedient, well groomed, unassuming and compliant. She does her homework on time, gets good grades and attends Sunday school each and every week. However, most children who know Rhoda keep their distance from her, sensing that there is something not quite right about her.
Bad Seed or The Bad Seed may refer to:
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Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was an English stage and film character actor, director, producer and screenwriter who had a successful career in Hollywood.
Laughton was trained in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and first appeared professionally on the stage in 1926. In 1927, he was cast in a play with his future wife Elsa Lanchester, with whom he lived and worked until his death; they had no children.
He played a wide range of classical and modern parts, making a big impact in Shakespeare at the Old Vic. His film career took him to Broadway and then Hollywood, but he also collaborated with Alexander Korda on some of the most notable British films of the era, including The Private Life of Henry VIII.
Laughton, was one of the most recognisable and beloved character actors of his generation, and portrayed everything from monsters and misfits to kings. Among Laughton's biggest film-hits were The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Mutiny on the Bounty, Ruggles of Red Gap, Jamaica Inn, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and The Big Clock. In his later career, he took up stage directing, notably in The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, and George Bernard Shaw's Don Juan in Hell, in which he also starred. He directed one film, the acclaimed thriller The Night of the Hunter.
The Night may refer to:
Featuring: Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart, Evelyn Varden, William Hopper, Joan Croydon
Trailer for Charles Laughton's film starring Robert Mitchum,Shelley Winters,Lillian Gish,James Gleason,Evelyn Varden,Peter Graves,Don Beddoe,Billy Chapin,Gloria Castilo,Sally Jane Bruce,
My review for Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 2, Episode 12 "The Rose Garden." It stars John Williams, Patricia Collinge and Evelyn Varden. Episode Rating: 2.5/5
2.05 [21] Suspense: DOCTOR VIOLET (on film) 04-Oct-1949 Written by Halstead Welles Hume Cronyn, Dr. Violet, Evelyn Varden, Mrs. Violet, Anne Francis, Lois, Ray Walston, Mousey, Frank Thomas Jr, Art, Jack Overman, Detective, Mike Kellin, Johnny the Policeman , Floyd Buckley, Texan, Synopsis: A young, engaged couple wandering the carnival enters a sideshow that displays wax figures of famous killers and their crimes. Dr. Violet, the tour guide, is particularly fond of the final wax figure, a man who murders young women who are about to be married. Epsiode information courtesy: http://ctva.biz/US/Anthology/Suspense.htm Series Premise: Suspense is an American television anthology series that ran on CBS Television from 1949 to 1954. It was adapted from the radio program of the same name...
Tallulah Bankhead & Evelyn Varden perform Patricia Collins' vignette "A Matter of Perspective". NBC's The Big Show Radio Programme, November 19th 1950.
A worth-its-watch little chiller in which Henry Jones is brilliant as smarmy custodian Leroy, along with equally strong performances from Eileen Heckart, Evelyn Varden, and Nancy Kelly. Patty McCormack is wickedly believable as Rhoda, an eight-year-old serial killer with the face of an angel. Although it was a disturbing release for its time, the film became one of Warner Bros. biggest hits of the year, and “The Bad Seed” has since become a cult favorite. Kelly was nominated for Best Actress, and Heckart and McCormack both received noms for Best Supporting Actress. If you haven’t seen this one yet, add it to your list of scary Halloween flicks – you can thank me later! This upload is Fair Use only - all rights belong to the creators, owners, and copyright holders of this content.
The Bad Seed (1956) Directed by Mervyn LeRoy Evelyn Varden as Monica "Now that's an interesting psychic block. Why would Christine dislike reading about murders?" - Monica Breedlove
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The Night of the Hunter movie clips: http://j.mp/1bHP1CJ BUY THE MOVIE: http://j.mp/131qrTT Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: Mr. Powell (Robert Mitchum) tells his animated story of love and hate. Young John (Billy Chapin) is skeptical while Mrs. Spoon (Evelyn Varden) eats it up. FILM DESCRIPTION: Adapted by James Agee from a novel by Davis Grubb, The Night of the Hunter represented legendary actor Charles Laughton's only film directing effort. Combining stark realism with Germanic expressionism, the movie is a brilliant good-and-evil parable, with "good" represented by a couple of farm kids and a pious old lady, and "evil" literally in the hands of a posturing psychopath. Imprisoned with thief Ben Harper (Peter Graves), phony preacher Harry Pow...
Bill, qué grande eres (1950) Sinopsis Bill Kluggs es un hombre de un pequeño pueblo americano, que se alista en el ejército para convertirse en un héroe. Pero sus superiores deciden mantenerlo alejado del frente, dedicándolo a tareas de entrenamiento. Pronto empezará a sentirse frustrado... hasta el día en que le destinan a una misión secreta... Director John Ford Reparto Dan Dailey Corinne Calvet Colleen Townsend William Demarest Jimmy Lydon Lloyd Corrigan Evelyn Varden Año / País:1950 / Estados Unidos Título original:When Willie Comes Marching HomeDuración82 min. Guion Richard Sale (Historia: Sy Gomberg) Música Alfred Newman Fotografía Leo Tover (B&W;) Productora Twentieth Century-Fox Género Comedia Bélico II Guerra Mundial
2.05 [21] Suspense: DOCTOR VIOLET (on film) 04-Oct-1949 Written by Halstead Welles Hume Cronyn, Dr. Violet, Evelyn Varden, Mrs. Violet, Anne Francis, Lois, Ray Walston, Mousey, Frank Thomas Jr, Art, Jack Overman, Detective, Mike Kellin, Johnny the Policeman , Floyd Buckley, Texan, Synopsis: A young, engaged couple wandering the carnival enters a sideshow that displays wax figures of famous killers and their crimes. Dr. Violet, the tour guide, is particularly fond of the final wax figure, a man who murders young women who are about to be married. Epsiode information courtesy: http://ctva.biz/US/Anthology/Suspense.htm Series Premise: Suspense is an American television anthology series that ran on CBS Television from 1949 to 1954. It was adapted from the radio program of the same name...
Bill, qué grande eres (1950) Sinopsis Bill Kluggs es un hombre de un pequeño pueblo americano, que se alista en el ejército para convertirse en un héroe. Pero sus superiores deciden mantenerlo alejado del frente, dedicándolo a tareas de entrenamiento. Pronto empezará a sentirse frustrado... hasta el día en que le destinan a una misión secreta... Director John Ford Reparto Dan Dailey Corinne Calvet Colleen Townsend William Demarest Jimmy Lydon Lloyd Corrigan Evelyn Varden Año / País:1950 / Estados Unidos Título original:When Willie Comes Marching HomeDuración82 min. Guion Richard Sale (Historia: Sy Gomberg) Música Alfred Newman Fotografía Leo Tover (B&W;) Productora Twentieth Century-Fox Género Comedia Bélico II Guerra Mundial
Guest stars are Bob Hope, Eddie Cantor, Jimmy Durante, Jose Ferrer, Mindy Carson, Ray Middleton, Evelyn Varden and Perry Como.
This week's guest stars are Eddy Arnold, Eddie Cantor, Jack Carson, Olivia De Havilland, Phil Foster, Tommy Henrich, Martha Raye and Evelyn Varden.
2.05 [21] Suspense: DOCTOR VIOLET (on film) 04-Oct-1949 Written by Halstead Welles Hume Cronyn, Dr. Violet, Evelyn Varden, Mrs. Violet, Anne Francis, Lois .
This week's guest stars are Eddy Arnold, Eddie Cantor, Jack Carson, Olivia De Havilland, Phil Foster, Tommy Henrich, Martha Raye and Evelyn Varden.
2.26 [42] Suspense: THE MAN WHO TALKED IN HIS SLEEP 28-Feb-1950 Edith Atwater, Donald Briggs Epsiode information courtesy: . 2.05 [21] Suspense: DOCTOR VIOLET (on film) 04-Oct-1949 Written by Halstead Welles Hume Cronyn, Dr. Violet, Evelyn Varden, Mrs. Violet, Anne Francis, Lois .
Broadcast live and filmed in Kinescope, this spine-tingling anthology series ran for over 15 years featuring stories of mystery and the macabre! DR VIOLET: A . Suspense (1949): Dr. Violet. From IMDb: A college student studying abnormal psychology thinks the owner of a wax museum dedicated to murderers can . 2.05 [21] Suspense: DOCTOR VIOLET (on film) 04-Oct-1949 Written by Halstead Welles Hume Cronyn, Dr. Violet, Evelyn Varden, Mrs. Violet, Anne Francis, Lois . Suspense Dr. Violet Starring Hume Cronyn. Original broadcast date: October 4, 1949. An engaged couple enter a carnival sideshow of wax figures of famous .
Pinky 1949 Public Domain http://oldtimeradiofoundation.org Check out our great cause for seniors and veterans above A light-skinned African American woman falls in love with a white doctor, though he is unaware of her true race. Pinky is a 1949 American race drama film starring Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore and Ethel Waters about a light-skinned black woman passing for white, played by Crain. All three actresses were nominated for the Academy Award, Crain for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and Barrymore and Waters for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. The film was adapted from the Cid Ricketts Sumner novel Quality by Philip Dunne and Dudley Nichols and directed by Elia Kazan. Pinky was released by Twentieth Century Fox to both critical acclaim and controversy. Jeanne Crain,Et...
Phone Call from a Stranger is a 1952 American drama film directed by Jean Negulesco, who was nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. The screenplay by Nunnally Johnson and I.A.R. Wylie, which received the award for Best Scenario at the same festival, centers on the survivor of a plane crash who contacts the relatives of three of the victims he came to know on board the flight. After his wife Jane (Helen Westcott) admits to an extramarital affair, Iowa attorney David Trask (Gary Merrill) abandons her and their daughters and heads for Los Angeles. His flight is delayed, and while waiting in the airport restaurant he meets a few of his fellow passengers: troubled, alcoholic Dr. Robert Fortness (Michael Rennie), haunted by his responsibility for a car accident in which a col...
Featuring: Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart, Evelyn Varden, William Hopper, Joan Croydon
Trailer for Charles Laughton's film starring Robert Mitchum,Shelley Winters,Lillian Gish,James Gleason,Evelyn Varden,Peter Graves,Don Beddoe,Billy Chapin,Gloria Castilo,Sally Jane Bruce,
The Night of the Hunter movie clips: http://j.mp/1bHP1CJ BUY THE MOVIE: http://j.mp/131qrTT Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: Mr. Powell (Robert Mitchum) tells his animated story of love and hate. Young John (Billy Chapin) is skeptical while Mrs. Spoon (Evelyn Varden) eats it up. FILM DESCRIPTION: Adapted by James Agee from a novel by Davis Grubb, The Night of the Hunter represented legendary actor Charles Laughton's only film directing effort. Combining stark realism with Germanic expressionism, the movie is a brilliant good-and-evil parable, with "good" represented by a couple of farm kids and a pious old lady, and "evil" literally in the hands of a posturing psychopath. Imprisoned with thief Ben Harper (Peter Graves), phony preacher Harry Pow...
Tallulah Bankhead & Evelyn Varden perform Patricia Collins' vignette "A Matter of Perspective". NBC's The Big Show Radio Programme, November 19th 1950.
2.05 [21] Suspense: DOCTOR VIOLET (on film) 04-Oct-1949 Written by Halstead Welles Hume Cronyn, Dr. Violet, Evelyn Varden, Mrs. Violet, Anne Francis, Lois, Ray Walston, Mousey, Frank Thomas Jr, Art, Jack Overman, Detective, Mike Kellin, Johnny the Policeman , Floyd Buckley, Texan, Synopsis: A young, engaged couple wandering the carnival enters a sideshow that displays wax figures of famous killers and their crimes. Dr. Violet, the tour guide, is particularly fond of the final wax figure, a man who murders young women who are about to be married. Epsiode information courtesy: http://ctva.biz/US/Anthology/Suspense.htm Series Premise: Suspense is an American television anthology series that ran on CBS Television from 1949 to 1954. It was adapted from the radio program of the same name...
The Bad Seed (1956) Directed by Mervyn LeRoy Evelyn Varden as Monica "Now that's an interesting psychic block. Why would Christine dislike reading about murders?" - Monica Breedlove
Guest stars are Bob Hope, Eddie Cantor, Jimmy Durante, Jose Ferrer, Mindy Carson, Ray Middleton, Evelyn Varden and Perry Como.
Phone Call from a Stranger is a 1952 American drama film directed by Jean Negulesco, who was nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. The screenplay by Nunnally Johnson and I.A.R. Wylie, which received the award for Best Scenario at the same festival, centers on the survivor of a plane crash who contacts the relatives of three of the victims he came to know on board the flight. After his wife Jane (Helen Westcott) admits to an extramarital affair, Iowa attorney David Trask (Gary Merrill) abandons her and their daughters and heads for Los Angeles. His flight is delayed, and while waiting in the airport restaurant he meets a few of his fellow passengers: troubled, alcoholic Dr. Robert Fortness (Michael Rennie), haunted by his responsibility for a car accident in which a col...
This week's guest stars are Eddy Arnold, Eddie Cantor, Jack Carson, Olivia De Havilland, Phil Foster, Tommy Henrich, Martha Raye and Evelyn Varden.
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/VolbeatOGSLiT Director: Jakob Printzlau Production company: Charles & Raven Written by Michael Schøn Poulsen Music by Volbeat Published By: EMI Music Publishing Produced by Rob Caggiano & Volbeat Co-Produced by Jacob Hansen Recorded by Bryan Russell & Jacob Hansen at Puk Studios, Denmark. Additional recording at Baby Factory, Denmark. Additional editing by Bryan Russell Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge Mastering Engineer: Svante Forsbäck at Chartmaker Oy Vocals & Guitars: Michael Schøn Poulsen Drums: Jon Larsen Bass Guitar: Anders Kjølholm Guitars: Rob Caggiano (P) 2013 VOLBEAT, under exclusive license to Universal Music Domestic Rock/Urban - a division of Universal Music GmbH