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Emrich Nicholson
Emrich Nicholson (1913–2001) was an American art director for Paramount and Universal Studios and painter of murals, and designer of furniture and merchandise associated with the 1939 New York World's Fair. In 1948, he was nominated for an Academy Award for art direction for the film ''One Touch of Venus''. He later was the national art director for the Loe Burnett Company advertising agency. Nicholson was the father of American calligrapher and stamp designer Mohamed Zakariya and three other children by his wife, Amy Aplin.Kitses p.132 Selected filmography * ''One Touch of Venus'' (1948) * '' The Countess of Monte Cristo'' (1948) * ''Kansas Raiders'' (1950) * ''Son of Ali Baba'' (1952) * ''Just Across the Street'' (1952) * ''Taza, Son of Cochise'' (1954) * ''Magnificent Obsession ''Magnificent Obsession'' is a 1929 novel by American author Lloyd C. Douglas. It was one of four of his books that were eventually made into blockbuster motion pictures, the other three being ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelburn, Indiana
Shelburn is a town in Curry Township, Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 1,252 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Shelburn was named after the town's founder, Paschal Shelburn. The Shelburn post office has been in operation since 1861. An F4 tornado devastated the northwestern part of Shelburn on May 21, 1949, killing 14 people and destroying 160 homes. Geography Shelburn is located at (39.179506, -87.396900). According to the 2010 census, Shelburn has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 1,252 people, 485 households, and 334 families living in the town. The population density was . There were 556 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 96.2% White, 0.5% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.6% from other races, and 2.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.2% of the population. There ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puako, Hawaii
Puako ( haw, Puakō) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 772 at the 2010 census, up from 429 at the 2000 census. The epicenter of the 2006 Kiholo Bay earthquake was some offshore of the village. Geography Puako is located on the west side of the island of Hawaii at (19.967500, -155.846667). It is bordered to the west by the Pacific Ocean and to the east by Waikoloa Village. Hawaii Route 19 forms the eastern border of Puako and leads northeast to Waimea and southwest to Kailua-Kona. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Puako CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 41.56%, are water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 429 people, 215 households, and 118 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 702 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 71.56% White, 11.42% Asian, 4.43% Pacific Islander, and 12.59% from tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vision of an artistic production. In particular, they are in charge of its overall visual appearance and how it visual communication, communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements, what artistic style (visual arts), style(s) to use, and when to use motion graphic design, motion. One of the biggest challenges art directors face is translating desired moods, messages, concepts, and underdeveloped ideas into imagery. In the brainstorming process, art directors, colleagues and clients explore ways the finished piece or scene could look. At times, the art director is responsible for solidifying the vision of the col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Touch Of Venus (film)
''One Touch of Venus'' is a 1948 American black-and-white romantic musical comedy film directed by William A. Seiter starring Robert Walker, Ava Gardner, Dick Haymes, and Eve Arden. released by Universal-International, and based on the 1943 Broadway musical of the same name, book written by S. J. Perelman and Ogden Nash, with music composed by Kurt Weill (lyrics by Nash). However, the film omits most of Weill's music. The actors did their own singing, except for Ava Gardner (Venus) whose singing was dubbed by Eileen Wilson. The plot is from an original 1885 novella by Thomas Anstey Guthrie. In 1945, Mary Pickford announced that she would produce a film version of this musical with the Broadway cast, including Mary Martin, filmed in Technicolor, directed by Gregory La Cava, and released by United Artists. However, Martin became pregnant and Pickford sold the rights to Lester Cowan at Universal in August 1947. Ann Ronell, Cowan's wife, wrote the additional music that replaced m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Zakariya
Mohamed Zakariya,born 1942 in Ventura, California, is an American master Arabic calligrapher and an American Muslim convert. Biography Mohamed Zakariya was born in 1942 in Ventura, California. Later he moved to Los Angeles with his family. Zakariya saw Islamic calligraphy for the first time in the window of an Armenian carpet store in Los Angeles. Zakariya traveled to Morocco in his late teens where he became fascinated with Islam and Islamic Calligraphy. After returning from his trip to the United States he converted to Islam. Zakariya spent some time studying manuscripts in the British Museum. He then studied with the Egyptian calligrapher Abdussalam Ali-Nour. Afterwards in 1984, he traveled to Istanbul and became a student of the Turkish master calligrapher Hasan Celebi. He received his diploma from Celebi in 1988 at the Research Center of Islamic History, Art, and Culture in Istanbul. He is the first American to receive this honor. In 1997, he received his second dip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Countess Of Monte Cristo (1948 Film)
''The Countess of Monte Cristo '' is a 1948 American comedy film directed by Fred de Cordova and starring Sonja Henie, Olga San Juan and Dorothy Hart. The film was distributed by Universal Pictures. It was Henie's last dramatic feature film. Plot summary Right before closing time Karen Kirsten and Jenny Johnsen, who work as waitresses at an Oslo night club, get an offer from the National Studios assistant director Jensen. He promises to make them both famous, and wants to give them screen test auditions. They accept the offer, and the very next day the girls show up at the film studio to try out for roles in the company's new production "Countess of Monte Cristo". There are two roles available: the countess herself and her maid. However, the director, Mr. Hansen, manages to insult the young women gravely, and they leave the studios in anger, taking one of the studio's fancy cars as their ride while still wearing the costumes from the production. They drive to the luxurious Hotel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas Raiders
''Kansas Raiders'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Ray Enright, and stars Audie Murphy, Brian Donlevy, Marguerite Chapman, and Scott Brady. It is set during the American Civil War and involves Jesse James coming under the influence of William Quantrill. Plot Jesse James (Murphy) and his friends—brother Frank ( Richard Long), brothers Cole (James Best) and Jim Younger ( Dewey Martin), plus Kit Dalton (Tony Curtis) -- arrive in Lawrence, Kansas, and are falsely accused of being members of Quantrill's Raiders. They are about to be lynched but are saved by the intervention of a Union officer. The men are released and they go on and join Quantrill (Donlevy). Jesse at first admires Quantrill but comes to question his devotion after seeing atrocities committed by the man and his troops. He also falls for Kate Clarke (Marguerite Chapman). The raiders take part in the Lawrence Massacre in which Jesse and his men rob their first bank. Most of the raiders abandon Quantrill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Son Of Ali Baba
''Son of Ali Baba'' is a 1952 American adventure film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Tony Curtis and Piper Laurie. According to the film's trailer, it was made in response to thousands of letters in response to ''The Prince Who Was a Thief'' wanting to see Curtis and Laurie together again. Plot In medieval Persia, Kashma Baba is a military cadet by day, and a roisterer by night. The morning after a rowdy banquet, Kiki, an escaped slave, takes shelter under Kashma's roof. Word comes that the wicked Caliph is looking for her; but Kashma, by this time in love, flees with her to his father's palace. Alas, there's more to Kiki than meets the eye. Will the evil schemers succeed? The sons of the Forty Thieves to the rescue! Cast * Tony Curtis as Kashma Baba * Piper Laurie as Princess Azura of Fez / Kiki * Susan Cabot as Tala * William Reynolds as Mustapha * Hugh O'Brian as Hussein * Victor Jory as Caliph * Gerald Mohr as Capt. Youssef * Robert Barrat as Commandant * Leon Bela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Across The Street
''Just Across the Street'' is a 1952 American comedy film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Ann Sheridan and John Lund.Bubbeo p.206 Plot Henrietta applies for a job as a social secretary for the wealthy Medford family, and while at their residence is mistaken for the spoiled daughter of the house by a young plumber. Rejected for a job at the house, she instead is employed as secretary by Fred the plumber who still thinks she is a rich girl, but believes she wants to do something useful in this life. As she is attracted by Fred, Henrietta keeps up this façade, even to the point of letting him drive her home to the wealthy section of town, only to then catch the bus to her real home. Further complications ensue when both Mr. Medford and his wife believe that the other is having a secret affair with Henrietta and Fred, respectively. Cast * Ann Sheridan as Henrietta Smith * John Lund as Fred Newcombe * Robert Keith as Walter Medford * Cecil Kellaway as Pop Smith * Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taza, Son Of Cochise
''Taza, Son of Cochise'' is a 1954 American Western film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Rock Hudson and Barbara Rush. The film was shot in 3D, and is one of just two films confirmed to have been released in the Pola-Lite 3D System using one projector. Plot Three years after the end of the Apache Wars, peacemaking chief Cochise dies. His elder son Taza (Rock Hudson) shares his ideas, but brother Naiche (Bart Roberts) yearns for war...and for Taza's betrothed, Oona (Barbara Rush). Naiche loses no time in starting trouble which, thanks to a bigoted cavalry officer, ends with the proud Chiricahua Apaches on a reservation, where they are soon joined by the captured renegade Geronimo, who is all it takes to start a war. Cast * Rock Hudson as Taza * Barbara Rush as Oona * Gregg Palmer as Captain Burnett * Bart Roberts as Naiche * Morris Ankrum as Grey Eagle * Gene Iglesias as Chato * Richard H. Cutting as Cy Hegan * Ian MacDonald as Geronimo * Robert Burton as General Croo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnificent Obsession (1954 Film)
''Magnificent Obsession'' is a 1954 American romantic drama film directed by Douglas Sirk starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson. The screenplay was written by Robert Blees and Wells Root, after the 1929 book ''Magnificent Obsession'' by Lloyd C. Douglas. The film was produced by Ross Hunter. Sirk sometimes claimed that the story was based distantly on the Greek legend of Alcestis. This is a remake of the 1935 film with the same name. In 1935, Universal Pictures had introduced ''Magnificent Obsession'', starring Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor, based on Lloyd C. Douglas' book. Plot Spoiled playboy Bob Merrick's reckless behaviour causes him to lose control of his speedboat. Rescuers send for the nearest resuscitator, located in Dr. Phillips's house across the lake. While the resuscitator is being used to save Merrick, Dr. Phillips suffers a heart attack and dies. Merrick ends up a patient at Dr. Phillips's clinic, where most of the doctors and nurses resent the fact that Merrick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
