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Bedtime Story (1964 Film)
''Bedtime Story'' is a 1964 American comedy film made by Marlon Brando's company, ''Pennebaker Productions''. It was directed by Ralph Levy and produced by Stanley Shapiro, with Robert Arthur as executive producer, from a screenplay by Shapiro and Paul Henning. The music score was by Hans J. Salter and the cinematography by Clifford Stine. The film stars Marlon Brando, David Niven and Shirley Jones. The film has been the basis for two remakes: 1988's '' Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'', starring Steve Martin and Michael Caine; and 2019's '' The Hustle'', starring Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson. Plot Lawrence Jameson is a refined, elegant con artist living in the French Riviera town of Beaumont-sur-Mer, where he masquerades as the deposed prince of a small European country, seducing wealthy women into donating money and jewellery to his revolutionary "cause". Meanwhile, Corporal Freddy Benson is a small-time operator in the US Army stationed in Germany, conning his way into the hearts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Levy
Ralph Levy (December 18, 1920 – October 15, 2001) was an American producer, film and television director. Biography Ralph Levy was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He directed episodes of several television shows, including ''I Love Lucy'', ''Green Acres'', '' The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction'', ''Trapper John, M.D.'' and'' Hawaii Five-O''. He also served as producer/director of ''The Ed Wynn Show'', ''The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show'' and ''The Jack Benny Program''. Levy's film directorial career includes '' Do Not Disturb'' starring Doris Day, and ''Bedtime Story'' starring David Niven, Shirley Jones and Marlon Brando. Levy was the director of '' General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein'', a TV special broadcast on March 28, 1954, on all four TV networks in the US at the time. Levy won the 1960 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy for ''The Jack Benny Program''. Death Levy died in Santa Fe, New Mex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Hathaway
Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an American actress. The recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Anne Hathaway, various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award, she was among the world's highest-paid actresses in 2015. Her films have grossed over $6.8 billion worldwide, and she appeared on the Forbes Celebrity 100, ''Forbes'' Celebrity 100 list in 2009. Hathaway graduated from Millburn High School in New Jersey, where she performed in several plays. As a teenager, she was cast in the television series ''Get Real (American TV series), Get Real'' (1999–2000) and made her breakthrough by playing the lead role in the Disney comedy ''The Princess Diaries (film), The Princess Diaries'' (2001). After starring in a string of family films, including ''Ella Enchanted (film), Ella Enchanted'' (2004), Hathaway made a transition to adult roles with the 2005 drama ''Brokeback Mountain''. The comedy-dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Films
The year 1964 in film involved some significant events, including three highly successful musical films, ''Mary Poppins,'' '' My Fair Lady,'' and ''The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.'' Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1964 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 29 – 50-year-old actor Alan Ladd is found dead in bed at his home in Palm Springs, California. An autopsy confirms the cause of death as cerebral edema caused by an acute overdose of "alcohol and three other drugs" His death is ruled accidental. Ladd's final film, '' The Carpetbaggers'', is released in April and, despite mostly negative reviews from critics, becomes a major commercial success. * March 6 – Elvis Presley's 14th motion picture, '' Kissin' Cousins'', is released to theaters. * March 15 - Elizabeth Taylor marries Richard Burton. * July 6 – '' A Hard Day's Night'', the first Beatles film, premieres. * August 27 – The film ''Mary Poppins'' is released. Not o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francine York
Francine York (born Francine Yerich; August 26, 1936 – January 6, 2017) was an American actress and model. She also used the name Francine Yerick. Early life Francine Yerich was born to Frank and Sophie Yerich in the small mining town Aurora, Minnesota. She attended Hamline University on a drama scholarship. Career Model At age 17, she won the local Miss Eveleth beauty contest and became a runner-up in the Miss Minnesota contest, which was hosted by former Miss America BeBe Shopp. Showgirl York soon got a job as a showgirl at Bimbo's nightclub in San Francisco. Bimbo's headliner, Mary Meade French, brought Francine to Hollywood and helped get her signed with an agent. Francine worked as a showgirl at Frank Sennes' Moulin Rouge, a popular Hollywood nightclub on Sunset Blvd., where she performed in three shows a night, seven nights a week, for six months. Tired of sharing a stage with elephants, pigeons, and horses, she began taking acting classes with actor/teacher Jeff Cor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynthia Lynn
Cynthia Lynn (born Zinta Valda Ziemelis; April 2, 1937 – March 10, 2014) was a Latvian-American actress. Early life Lynn was born in Riga, Latvia, as Zinta Valda Ziemelis. At age eight, she and her mother, Alisa, fled the country prior to the Soviet re-occupation of Latvia in 1944 during World War II, eventually arriving in the United States in 1950. Career Lynn portrayed "Fräulein Helga", Colonel Klink's original secretary in '' Hogan's Heroes'' during the first season (1965–1966). The role was played by Sigrid Valdis as "Hilda" in the next five seasons. Lynn returned to the series in the 1968 and 1971 episodes "Will the Blue Baron Strike Again" and "Easy Come, Easy Go", respectively. Her last acting role was in 1975 in an episode of ''Harry O''. She also appeared in such television series as ''Gidget Grows Up'', '' Mission: Impossible'', ''The Odd Couple'', ''Love American Style'', and ''The Six Million Dollar Man''. Lynn wrote an autobiography, ''Escape to Freedom'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susanne Cramer
Susanne Cramer (3 December 1936 – 7 January 1969) was a German film and television actress. She was born in Frankfurt, Germany, and died in Hollywood, California, of pneumonia, at age 32. Biography At the age of 20, Cramer married the 37-year-old actor Hermann Nehlsen, who pushed her film ambitions. The marriage failed and the actress entered into a relationship with Claus Biederstaedt, whom she had met in 1956 while filming the literary adaptation Kleines Zelt und große Liebe. This relationship also failed; in February 1958, the Frankfurter Abendpost reported that the then 21-year-old actress had attempted suicide, which she denied. Cramer had a six-year career in American television, starting with a 1963 episode of ''The Dakotas'', and ending with a 1969 episode of ''The Guns of Will Sonnett''. In between, she was in 24 other television roles. Among them were two appearances on '' The Rogues'' in 1964, two appearances on the '' Kraft Suspense Theater'' in 1965, two appeara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Alden
Norman Alden (born Norman Adelberg, September 13, 1924 – July 27, 2012) was an American character actor who performed in television programs and motion pictures. He first appeared on television on ''The 20th Century Fox Hour'' in 1957. He provided the voice of Kay in '' The Sword in the Stone'' (1963), and had a notable role in '' I Never Promised You a Rose Garden''. His acting career began in 1957 and lasted nearly 50 years. He is also known for playing Kranix and Arblus in '' The Transformers: The Movie'' (1986). He retired from acting in 2006. He died on 27 June 2012 at the age of 87. Background Alden was born in Fort Worth, Texas and was the son of Ben Adelberg and Esther Covinsky Adelberg. He served in the United States Army during World War II and returned to Fort Worth to attend Texas Christian University under the GI Bill of Rights. Some of his acting ability was developed while at TCU with participation in the on-campus theater. He had two children. Career Alden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Slate
Henry Sonken (July 15, 1910 – August 11, 1996) was an American film, television and theatre actor. He was known for his appearances in the films ''Miss Sadie Thompson'', ''Loan Shark'', '' Hey Boy! Hey Girl!'', ''Somebody Loves Me'' and ''Rock Around the Clock'', and for playing the role of Bulldog Lovey in the American television series '' Adventures in Paradise''. Slate died in August 1996 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 86. He was cremated. Partial filmography *''College Swing'' (1938) - Hangout Waiter (credited as "The Slate Brothers") *''Winged Victory'' (1944) - Andrews Sister *''You're in the Navy Now'' (1951) - Chief Engineer Ryan *''Fourteen Hours'' (1951) - Cab Driver (uncredited) *''The Frogmen'' (1951) - Sleepy *'' Rhubarb'' (1951) - Dud Logan *'' The Belle of New York'' (1952) - Police Sgt. Clancy (uncredited) *'' Just This Once'' (1952) - Jeff Parma *''Loan Shark'' (1952) - Paul Nelson *''Down Among the Sheltering Palms'' (1952) - Pvt. Thompson (uncre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Robinson (actress)
Frances Robinson (born Marion Frances Ladd; April 26, 1916 – August 16, 1971) was an American actress. Early life Robinson was born Marion Frances Ladd in the Fort Wadsworth section of Staten Island, New York, on April 26, 1916. Her father was U. S. Army Major James A. Ladd. At age 5, Robinson portrayed Little Henrietta in the silent film ''Orphans of the Storm'' (1921). Before acting in films as an adult, she was a model for the agency operated by John Robert Powers. Career Her acting roles included a nurse in ''The Invisible Man Returns'' (1940) and Marcia in the 1941 version of ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941 film), Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde''. On television, she portrayed Louise Stewart in 1957 as a member of the regular cast of the CBS situation comedy ''Mr. Adams and Eve'' during its first season. Personal life Robinson was married to Sonny Chalif, a nephew of actress Mary Pickford; and they had a son, Louis. She died on August 16, 1971, in Los Angeles, California, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Windsor
Marie Windsor (born Emily Marie Bertelsen; December 11, 1919 – December 10, 2000) was an American actress known for her femme fatale characters in the classic film noir features ''Force of Evil'', ''The Narrow Margin'' and '' The Killing''. Windsor's height (5'9") created problems for her in scenes with all but the tallest actors. She was the female lead in so many B movies that she became dubbed the "Queen" of the genre. Early years The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lane Bertelsen, Windsor was born in 1919 in Marysvale, Utah. She was graduated from Marysvale High School in 1934, doing a "musical reading" as part of the graduation exercises. She attended Brigham Young University, where she participated in dramatic productions. She was described in a 1939 newspaper article as "an accomplished athlete ... expert as a dancer, swimmer, horsewoman, and plays golf, tennis and skis." In 1939, Windsor was chosen from a group of 81 contestants to be queen of Covered Wagon Days in Salt Lak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parley Baer
Parley Edward Baer (August 5, 1914 – November 22, 2002) was an American actor in radio and later in television and film. Despite dozens of appearances in television series and theatrical films, he remains best known as the original "Chester" in the radio version of ''Gunsmoke'', and as the Mayor of Mayberry (Roy Stoner) in ''The Andy Griffith Show''. Early life, family and education Parley Edward Baer was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He studied drama at the University of Utah. Career Baer had a circus background, but he began his radio career at Utah station KSL. Circus Early in his career, Baer was a circus ringmaster and publicist. He left those roles for military service in World War II. In the 1950s, he had a job training wild animals at Jungleland USA in Thousand Oaks, California. Still later, he served as a docent at the Los Angeles Zoo. Military Baer was commissioned as an officer in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, attaining the rank of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dody Goodman
Dody Goodman (October 28, 1914 – June 22, 2008) was an American character actress. She played the mother of the title character in the television series ''Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'', her distinctive high-pitched voice announcing the show's title at the beginning of each episode. She was a frequent guest on ''The Tonight Show'' in the 1950s, and cast member of ''The Mary Tyler Moore Hour'' in 1979. Aside from film and television appearances, she also voiced Miss Miller in the television series ''Alvin and the Chipmunks'' and the film spin-off ''The Chipmunk Adventure''. Early life Born Dolores Goodman in Columbus, Ohio, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Y. Goodman. She had a sister, Rose, and a brother, Dexter Jr. She attended North High School in Columbus, Ohio (now Columbus International High School) and is a member of the Hall of Fame at North High School. Goodman attended Northwestern University, where she studied dramatics, and two ballet schools—the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
