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Alan Ladd Jr.
Alan Walbridge Ladd Jr. (October 22, 1937 – March 2, 2022) was an American film industry executive and producer. He served as president of 20th Century Fox from 1976 to 1979, during which he approved the production of ''Star Wars''. He later established The Ladd Company and headed MGM/UA. Ladd won an Academy Award for Best Picture in 1996 for producing ''Braveheart''. Early life Ladd was born in Los Angeles, California, on October 22, 1937. He was the only child of Alan Ladd and Marjorie Jane (née Harrold), who divorced when he was two years old. He initially stayed with his mother, but lived with his father at his estate in Holmby Hills due to her poor health. He later recounted how the time he spent with the elder Ladd was sparse, and described their relationship as "basically nonexistent". Ladd served in the U.S. Air Force and was called up as a reservist during the Berlin Crisis of 1961, before being employed by his stepfather's business for a brief period. He subsequent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddie Fields
Freddie Fields (July 12, 1923 – December 11, 2007), December 12, 2007 born Fred Feldman, was an American and . Biography Born to a family, Fields was the brother of band leader . Fields and partner |
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of California cities by population, fourth most populous in California and List of United States cities by population, 17th most populous in the United States, with 815,201 residents as of 2021. It covers a land area of , at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City, and the County statistics of the United States, fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. Among the 91 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income (at $160,749) and sixth by aggregate income as of 2021. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include ''SF'', ''San Fran'', ''The '', ''Frisco'', and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northpoint Theatre
This is a list of theatres and live performance venues in San Francisco, California. For more information on theater in San Francisco, see Culture of San Francisco - Theater. Theatres in San Francisco * Alcazar Theatre - 511-seat theater at 650 Geary Street *Balancoire - restaurant/bar/club with live performances, 22nd and Mission Streets in the Mission *Bayview Opera House - includes a 300-seat theater; at 4705 Third Street *Beverly Hills Playhouse of San Francisco - theater and acting school at 414 Mason Street, Suite 502 in Union Square *Bill Graham Civic Auditorium - seats 7000, at 99 Grove Street in the San Francisco Civic Center * Bimbo's 365 Club - music venue at 1025 Columbus Avenue *Bindlestiff Studio - 80-seat Filipino American performing arts center at 185 6th Street *Bottom of the Hill - music venue at 1233 17th Street * Brava Theatre Center - 360-seat Main Stage and 60-seat Second Stage dedicated to "the artistic expression of women, people of color, youth, LGBTQ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Lucas
George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker. Lucas is best known for creating the ''Star Wars'' and ''Indiana Jones'' franchises and founding Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic and THX. He served as chairman of Lucasfilm before selling it to The Walt Disney Company in 2012. Lucas is one of history's most financially successful filmmakers and has been nominated for four Academy Awards. His films are among the 100 highest-grossing movies at the North American box office, adjusted for ticket-price inflation. Lucas is considered to be one of the most significant figures of the 20th-century New Hollywood movement, and a pioneer of the modern blockbuster (entertainment), blockbuster. After graduating from the University of Southern California in 1967, Lucas co-founded American Zoetrope with filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. Lucas wrote and directed ''THX 1138'' (1971), based on his student short ''Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB'', which was a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Stulberg
Gordon T. Stulberg (17 December 1923 – 12 October 2000) was a Canadian-American film executive and lawyer, best known for a long stint as president and chief operating officer of 20th Century Fox and Cinema Center Films and PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, PolyGram Pictures.Gordon Stulberg obituary at Los Angeles Times Early life and education Stulberg was born to a Canadian Jews, Jewish family in Toronto, the son of a labor organizer. He graduated with a B.A. from the University of Toronto and a J.D. from Cornell University before moving to Los Angeles. He became a naturalized citizen of the US in 1951.Career After school, he worked in entertainment law with the firm Pacht, Ro ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zee And Co
Zee is the phonetic pronunciation of the letter Z in American English ("zed" in Commonwealth English). Zee may also refer to: People *Zee (徐), a Wu Chinese surname, an equivalent of Xu *Anthony Zee (b. 1945), Chinese-American physicist * Chief Zee (born 1941-2016), American sports fan *Ginger Zee (born 1981), American meteorologist *Hope Jane Zee (born 1930), American actress better known as Hope Holiday * Joe Zee (born 1968), American stylist *Ona Zee (born 1951), American pornographic actress * Phyllis Zee, professor *Teddy Zee, American film producer *Troi Zee, American actress *Young Zee (born 1975), American hip hop emcee Fictional characters * Zee (''The Matrix''), a movie character * Coach Zee, a character in ''Homestar Runner'' *Zatanna, a DC Comics character, nicknamed "Zee" *Zee D. Bird, a main character and the sidekick of Moose *Zee, a character in True and the Rainbow Kingdom Other uses *Zee Entertainment Enterprises, a multinational television company ** Zee TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nightcomers
''The Nightcomers'' is a 1971 British horror film directed by Michael Winner and starring Marlon Brando, Stephanie Beacham, Thora Hird, Harry Andrews and Anna Palk. It is a prequel to Henry James' 1898 novella ''The Turn of the Screw'', which had already been adapted into the 1961 film '' The Innocents''. The manor house in the film is Sawston Hall, a 16th-century Tudor manor house in Sawston, Cambridgeshire. Plot Recently orphaned, Flora and Miles are abandoned by their new guardian (Harry Andrews) and entrusted to the care of housekeeper Mrs. Grose (Thora Hird), governess Miss Jessel (Stephanie Beacham), and Peter Quint (Brando), the former valet and now gardener. With only these three adults for company, the children live an isolated life in the sprawling country manor estate. The children are particularly fascinated by Peter Quint due to his eclectic knowledge and engaging stories, and willingness to entertain them. With this captive audience, Quint doses out his strange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villain (1971 Film)
''Villain'' is a 1971 British gangster film directed by Michael Tuchner and starring Richard Burton, Ian McShane, Nigel Davenport and Donald Sinden. It is based on James Barlow's 1968 novel '' The Burden of Proof''. ''Villain'' was director Michael Tuchner's first feature film after directing in television. As with other films of ''Villain'''s same era and genre (''Get Carter'', ''A Clockwork Orange'' and ''Performance'', for example), some of the violence is quite graphic, especially during the heist scene, and it foreshadows several 1970s cop TV shows such as ''The Sweeney'', ''Target'' and ''Special Branch''. Plot Ruthless East End gangster Vic Dakin has plans for an ambitious raid on the wages van of a plastics factory. This is a departure from Dakin's usual ''modus operandi'' and the job is further complicated by having to work with fellow gangster Frank Fletcher's firm. The film's intricate subplots explore Dakin's sadistic nature, his relationship with small-time assoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Severed Head (film)
''A Severed Head'' is a 1970 British comedy-drama film directed by Dick Clement, and starring Claire Bloom, Lee Remick, Richard Attenborough, and Ian Holm. It is based on the 1961 A Severed Head, novel of the same name by Iris Murdoch. Opening credits The highly unique credits features accurate dolls of each cast member in turn, rotating against a black background. Plot The story is set in and around London. Antonia is the pampered wife of an upper class wine merchant Martin Lynch-Gibbon. She tells her husband that she is in love with their best friend psychiatrist Palmer Anderson. Palmer and Antonia wish to deal with the situation in a civilized manner by remaining friends with Martin. Meanwhile, Martin tries to keep his mistress, Georgie Hands, a secret. Palmer's sister Honor Klein is met at a railway station by Martin instead of Palmer. Honor, who once taught Georgie at Oxford University, tells Palmer and Antonia about the affair between her former student and Martin. Hon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Walking Stick
''The Walking Stick'' is a 1970 British crime drama film directed by Eric Till and starring David Hemmings and Samantha Eggar. It was based on the 1967 novel of the same title by Winston Graham. " Cavatina" was used as the film's theme, eight years before the piece became famous as the theme for ''The Deer Hunter'' (1978). Plot Deborah Dainton suffers from a limp as a result of polio. Treatment for the disease as a child has left her claustrophobic and reclusive in large crowds. Her rigid and controlled life is transformed when she meets a struggling artist, Leigh Hartley, at a party she begrudgingly attends to please her parents. Although she is not interested in Leigh, his persistence pays off when she finally agrees to go out on a date with him. Deborah is initially defensive toward Leigh, but he begins to grow on her. Leigh brings Deborah home for some coffee, where he asks to paint her portrait, which she declines but, eventually, allows. Some time later, Deborah pers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Gershwin
Jerome "Jerry" Gershwin (April 20, 1926 – September 17, 1997) was an American film producer. He was best known for his long collaboration with Elliott Kastner. His credits include '' Where Eagles Dare'' (1968) and ''Harper'' (1966). He was a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences. Gershwin was born in New York City. He died at the age of 71 in Los Angeles, California from leukemia. Partial filmography * ''Bound By Honor'' (1993) * ''Nomads (1986 film), Nomads'' (1986) * ''Breakheart Pass (film), Breakheart Pass'' (1975) * ''Your Three Minutes Are Up'' (1973) * ''When Eight Bells Toll (film), When Eight Bells Toll'' (1971) * ''A Severed Head (film), A Severed Head'' (1970) * ''The Walking Stick'' (1970) * ''Tam-Lin (film), Tam-Lin'' (1970) * ''The Night of the Following Day'' (1968) * '' Where Eagles Dare'' (1968) * ''Harper Harper may refer to: Names * Harper (name), a surname and given name Places ;in Canada * Harper Islands, Nunavut *Harper, Princ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
