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A Night To Remember (Kraft Television Theatre)
"A Night to Remember" was an American television play broadcast live on March 28, 1956, as part of the NBC television series, ''Kraft Television Theatre''. The play was based on Walter Lord's 1955 book, '' A Night to Remember'', telling the story of the final night aboard the ''Titanic''. George Roy Hill was the director. The production was a major hit, attracting 28 million viewers and receiving positive reviews from critics. It was nominated for five Emmy Awards (including best program, best writing, best live camera work, best directing, and best art direction). It won the Emmy for live camera work and also won two Sylvania Television Awards as the year's best television adaptation and for best technical production. Plot The play opens with narration by Claude Rains telling of an 1898 novel that seemingly presaged the ''Titanic'' tragedy and reviewing the history of the ''Titanic'', its size, and capabilities. The production then turns to the events of the ship's fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kraft Television Theatre
''Kraft Television Theatre'' is an American anthology drama television series running from 1947 to 1958. It began May 7, 1947 on NBC, airing at 7:30pm on Wednesday evenings until December of that year. It first promoted MacLaren's Imperial Cheese, which was advertised nowhere else. In January 1948, it moved to 9pm on Wednesdays, continuing in that timeslot until 1958. Initially produced by the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency, the live hour-long series offered television plays with new stories and new characters each week, in addition to adaptations of such classics as '' A Christmas Carol'' and '' Alice in Wonderland''. The program was broadcast live from Studio 8-H at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, currently the home of ''Saturday Night Live''. Beginning October 1953, ABC added a separate series (also titled ''Kraft Television Theatre''), created to promote Kraft's new Cheez Whiz product. This series ran for sixteen months, telecast on Thursday evenings at 9:30pm, until January 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Smith (sea Captain)
Edward John Smith (27 January 1850 – 15 April 1912) was a British naval officer. He served as master of numerous White Star Line vessels. He was the captain of the , and perished when the ship sank on her maiden voyage. Raised in a working class environment, he left school early to join the merchant navy and the Royal Naval Reserve. After earning his master's ticket, he entered the service of the White Star Line, a prestigious British company. He quickly rose through the ranks and graduated in 1887. His first command was . He served as commanding officer of numerous White Star Line vessels,birth/death dates and parents at the International Genealogical Inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerome Kilty
Jerome Timothy Kilty (June 24, 1922 in Baltimore, Maryland – September 6, 2012) was an American actor and playwright. He wrote ''Dear Liar: A Comedy of Letters.'' He worked extensively on the stage, both in the United States and abroad. Career Kilty has written a number of notable plays including: ''Dear Liar'' ''Dear Liar'', full title ''Dear Liar: A Comedy of Letters'' is a play by Kilty that had a successful run in New York, which was based on the correspondence of famed playwright George Bernard Shaw and actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell. In the play, two actors duel with each other as they act on the letters exchanged between Shaw and Mrs. Campbell. It was staged in Chicago in 1957. The New York shows launched on March 17, 1960 with Katherine Cornell and Brian Aherne. It was staged in London for the first time in 1963. After London showings, in 1964 Kilty and his wife, actress Cavada Humphrey made a world tour. The play was brought to the screen in 1981 by the director Gordo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Matteson
Ruth Matteson (December 10, 1910 – February 5, 1975) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 20 Broadway plays and had a variety of television roles. Career Matteson began her acting career in San Francisco with the Henry Duffy Players. Her first Broadway role was in '' Geraniums in My Window'' in 1934. In 1936 she replaced Doris Nolan as the lead in '' Night of January 16th''. Her role in George Abbott's production of the comedy '' What a Life'' led to a regular spot on '' The Aldrich Family'', a radio program based on the play. In 1940 she took the main female role in '' The Male Animal''. Her only feature film role was in 1938's ''The Birth of a Baby'', directed by Al Christie. In 1948 she began acting on television, appearing on such shows as ''Actors Studio'' and ''Kraft Television Theatre'', while continuing to work in Broadway productions. Her final television role was on '' The Edge of Night'' from 1962 to 1963, and her last Broadway appearance was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodrow Parfrey
Sydney Woodrow Parfrey (October 5, 1922 – July 29, 1984) was an American film and television actor from the 1950s to the early 1980s. He is often remembered as "one of TV's great slimeball villains". Early life Parfrey was born on October 5, 1922, in New York City. He was orphaned as a teenager. He attended The New School, and worked as an automobile mechanic before going into the military. Military service Parfrey fought at the Battle of the Bulge during World War II and was wounded and captured by the Germans. When he was released from the Army, testing indicated that he should become an actor, which led to his new profession. Career Parfrey acted almost entirely on Broadway or regional stage in the late 1940s and 1950s, turning to television and film substantially in the 1960s. He played the unbalanced informer Herbert Gelman on Broadway in the original production of ''Advise and Consent'' (1961), for which he won the Fanny Kemble Award. Though usually a supporting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Stehli
Edgar Stehli (July 12, 1884 – July 25, 1973) was a French-born American actor of the stage, the screen and television. Early years The son of an English mother and a German-Swiss father, Stehli was born in Lyon, France. The family moved to New York in 1886 and later moved to Montclair, New Jersey. He graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor's degree in 1907 and a master's degree in 1908. While at Cornell, he acted in university theatrical productions. Career Stehli's professional acting debut came with a stock theater company in Bayonne as he had understudy and bit-part responsibilities and worked with props. He worked there and with other stock companies until 1919, when he was invited to join the Theatre Guild. Stehli appeared in the films ''Boomerang'', ''Executive Suite'', ''Drum Beat'', '' The Cobweb'', ''The Brothers Karamazov'', ''No Name on the Bullet'', ''4D Man'', ''Cash McCall'', ''Atlantis, the Lost Continent'', '' Parrish'', ''Pocketful of Miracles'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Roos
Joanna Roos (born Dorothy Roos, January 11, 1901 – May 13, 1989) was an American Broadway, radio, and television actress and a playwright. She was born in Brooklyn in 1901 and attended Syracuse University as well as Yvette Guilbert's School in New York and Paris. Early years Roos was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Roos of Upper Montclair, New Jersey. She was born in Brooklyn, and her family moved to Syracuse when she was 10 years old. She completed high school in Syracuse and earned a bachelor of arts degree from Syracuse University. She earned money for her college expenses by working as a stenographer at ''The Post-Standard'', a Syracuse newspaper and by giving readings with touring Lyceum companies. After Roos graduated from college, she studied at Yvette Guilbert's School of the Theatre. Career Roos's professional theatrical debut occurred in May 1921 in a performance of ''The Harlequinade'' at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. In 1930, Roos performed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Pagan
Peter MacGregor Pagan (24 July 1921 – 2 June 1999)''Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014''. Social Security Administration. was an Australian-American actor from Sydney best known for his role in '' The Overlanders'' (1946). Following the success of that film, he left Australia for Britain, then moved to the U.S. where he worked extensively in theatre and TV. He became a U.S. citizen in 1954. He died in New York City, age 77. Career Pagan was born in Sydney, one of three sons. His family moved to Hay, where his father was the town surveyor. He boarded at Scots College, Bellevue Hill. His brother was Brigadier Sir John (Jock) Ernest Pagan, CMG MBE (1914–1986), federal president of the Liberal Party of Australia and NSW agent-general for New South Wales in London. When 16 he joined an amateur group at Bryant's Playhouse, Forbes Street, Darlinghurst, and studied drama there for four years. Pagan joined the AIF at 21, and served over three years with an armoured division in Wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millette Alexander
Millette Alexander (born August 11, 1933 in New York City) is an American actress and concert pianist, best known for having played Dr. Sara McIntyre Gantry Werner Blackford Thorpe on ''The Guiding Light'' from January 1969 to January 1983. She was the third and best-known actress to have portrayed the popular role. She also is known for her three roles on television's '' The Edge of Night'' and for having played Sylvia Hill Suker, R. N. on '' As the World Turns''. Alexander originally was interested in being a concert pianist, but turned her attention to acting. She majored in theater at Northwestern University. Alexander is best remembered for playing three different characters on '' The Edge of Night'' in the 1950s and 1960s. Those characters were named, Gail Armstrong (1958–1959), a commercial artist; Laura Hathaway Hillyer (1966–1967), a socialite, married to Orin Hillyer; and lastly, her long-lost identical twin sister, Julie (Hathaway) Jamison Hubbard Hillyer (1967 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Lightoller
Charles Herbert Lightoller, (30 March 1874 – 8 December 1952) was a British mariner and naval officer. He was the second officer on board the and the most senior member of the crew to survive the ''Titanic'' disaster. As the officer in charge of loading passengers into lifeboats on the port side, Lightoller strictly enforced the women and children only protocol, not allowing any male passengers to board the lifeboats unless they were needed as auxiliary seamen. Lightoller served as a commanding officer in the Royal Navy during World War I and was twice decorated for gallantry. During World War II, in retirement, he voluntarily provided his personal yacht, named the ''Sundowner'' and sailed her as one of the " little ships" that played a part in the Dunkirk evacuation. Early life Charles Herbert Lightoller was born in Chorley, Lancashire, on 30 March 1874, into a family that had operated cotton-spinning mills in Lancashire since the late 18th century. His mother, Sarah Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil North
Neil is a masculine name of Gaelic and Irish origin. The name is an anglicisation of the Irish ''Niall'' which is of disputed derivation. The Irish name may be derived from words meaning "cloud", "passionate", "victory", "honour" or "champion".. As a surname, Neil is traced back to Niall of the Nine Hostages who was an Irish king and eponymous ancestor of the Uí Néill and MacNeil kindred. Most authorities cite the meaning of Neil in the context of a surname as meaning "champion". Origins The Gaelic name was adopted by the Vikings and taken to Iceland as ''Njáll'' (see Nigel). From Iceland it went via Norway, Denmark, and Normandy to England. The name also entered Northern England and Yorkshire directly from Ireland, and from Norwegian settlers. ''Neal'' or ''Neall'' is the Middle English form of ''Nigel''. As a first name, during the Middle Ages, the Gaelic name of Irish origins was popular in Ireland and later Scotland. During the 20th century ''Neil'' began to be used in Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Brown (British Actor)
Robert James Brown (23 July 192111 November 2003) was an English actor, best known for his portrayal of M in the James Bond films from 1983 to 1989, succeeding Bernard Lee, who died in 1981. Brown made his first appearance as M in ''Octopussy'' in 1983. Brown was born in Swanage, Dorset and later died there on November 11, 2003, aged 82. Before appearing in the Bond films, he had a long career as a bit-part actor in films and television. He had a starring role in the 1950s television series ''Ivanhoe'' where he played Gurth, the faithful companion of Ivanhoe, played by Roger Moore. He had previously made an uncredited appearance as a castle guard in the unrelated 1952 film ''Ivanhoe''. He had an uncredited appearance as the galley-master in '' Ben-Hur'' (1959) and as factory worker Bert Harker in the BBC's 1960s soap opera '' The Newcomers''. In ''One Million Years B.C.'' (1966), he played grunting caveman Akhoba, brutal head of the barbaric "Rock tribe". Brown first starte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
