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Paul Weatherwax
Paul John Weatherwax (July 8, 1900 – September 13, 1960"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (26 November 2014), Paul J Weatherwax, 13 Sep 1960; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.) was an American film editor, and two-time winner of the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. Biography Weatherwax was born in Sturgis, Michigan, began his editing career in silent films in 1928, and over his career edited about 85 films. His final credit, 1961's ''A Raisin in the Sun'', was selected for preservation in the United States of America National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" in 2005. He also assisted, although uncredited, on the direction of '' Star Spangled Rhythm'' in 1945 and ''Vendetta'' in 1950. Partial filmography Weatherwax's films include: * ''Oh, Kay!'' (1928) * ''Rough Romance'' (1930) * ''Lady Godiva of Coventry'' (1930) * '' Body and Soul'' (1931) * ''Surrender ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Film Editing
The Academy Award for Best Film Editing is one of the annual awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Nominations for this award are closely correlated with the Academy Award for Best Picture. For 33 consecutive years, 1981 to 2013, every Best Picture winner had also been nominated for the Film Editing Oscar, and about two thirds of the Best Picture winners have also won for Film Editing. In 1980, ''Ordinary People'' won as Best Picture, but its editor Jeff Kanew was not nominated for Best Editing. Only the principal, " above the line" editor(s) as listed in the film's credits are named on the award; additional editors, supervising editors, etc. are not currently eligible. The nominations for this Academy Award are determined by a ballot of the voting members of the Editing Branch of the Academy; there were 220 members of the Editing Branch in 2012. The members may vote for up to five of the eligible films in the order of their preference; the five fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rulers Of The Sea
''Rulers of the Sea'' is a 1939 American historical drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Margaret Lockwood and Will Fyffe. The film's story is based on the voyage of the , the first steamship to cross the North Atlantic, from Britain to the United States. The film was made by Paramount Pictures, but featured Lockwood and Fyffe who were two of the leading stars of the British Gainsborough Pictures studios. The supporting cast features Alan Ladd. Cast * Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. as David 'Davie' Gillespie * Margaret Lockwood as Mary Shaw * Will Fyffe as John Shaw * George Bancroft as Captain Oliver * Montagu Love as Malcolm Grant * Vaughan Glaser as Junius Smith * David Torrence as Donald Fenton * Lester Matthews as Lt. Roberts * Alec Craig as Foreman MacNeil * Barlowe Borland as Magistrate * Wilson Benge as Campbell * Harry Allen as Murdock * Barry Macollum as Miller * David Cavendish as First Officer Lewis * David Clyde as Sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Around The World In 80 Days (1956 Film)
''Around the World in 80 Days'' (sometimes spelled as ''Around the World in Eighty Days'') is a 1956 American epic adventure-comedy film starring David Niven, Cantinflas, Robert Newton and Shirley MacLaine, produced by the Michael Todd Company and released by United Artists. The epic picture was directed by Michael Anderson and produced by Mike Todd, with Kevin McClory and William Cameron Menzies as associate producers. The screenplay, based on the classic 1873 novel of the same name by Jules Verne, was written by James Poe, John Farrow, and S.J. Perelman. The music score was composed by Victor Young, and the Todd-AO 70 mm cinematography (shot in Technicolor) was by Lionel Lindon. The film's six-minute-long animated title sequence, shown at the end of the film, was created by award-winning designer Saul Bass. The film won 5 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Plot Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow presents an onscreen prologue, featuring footage from ''A Trip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Never Say Goodbye (1956 Film)
''Never Say Goodbye'' is a 1956 American drama romance film directed by Jerry Hopper starring Rock Hudson. The film is loosely based on the play ''Come Prima Meglio Di Prima'' by Luigi Pirandello. It is a remake of '' This Love of Ours'' (1945). Plot Dr. Mike Parker departs California to speak at a conference in New York. A widower, he and daughter Suzy have a deal with each other to never actually say goodbye. She remains behind with Miss Tucker, her governess. While Mike is having a drink after the conference, a caricature artist, Victor, comes to Mike's table along with a woman who plays piano at the nightclub, Dorian Kent. To their mutual shock, Mike recognizes Dorian as his late wife, Lisa. Dorian flees into the street, where she is hit by a car. While he waits for her injuries to heal, Mike recalls how they met in Vienna, Austria in 1945, when Mike was a US Army doctor. At that time, Lisa and Victor also had an act together as entertainers. Mike treated her for a sprained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ain't Misbehavin' (film)
''Ain't Misbehavin'' is a 1955 musical film released by Universal-International and starring Rory Calhoun, Piper Laurie, Jack Carson and Mamie Van Doren. A young, rich-dreaming club girl falls in love with and marries the rich man of her dreams. As she begins to try to change herself to fit in with the ladies of rich society, her husband feels she is misbehaving with another man. In the end, they divorce and Sarah goes to a remote lodge. Kenneth meets her there and another argument ensues. Sarah then overhears Kenneth talking to Piermont about his love for Sarah just the way she is, and she leaves for the club, leaving instructions for the lodge master to tell Kenneth where she is. At the club, they get back together and fall in love all over again. Plot Cast * Rory Calhoun as Kenneth Post * Piper Laurie as Sarah Bernhardt Hatfield * Jack Carson as Hal North * Mamie Van Doren as Jackie * Reginald Gardiner as Anatole Piermont Rogers * Barbara Britton as Pat Beaton See also *Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Came From Outer Space
''It Came from Outer Space'' is a 1953 American science fiction horror film, the first in the 3D process from Universal-International. It was produced by William Alland and directed by Jack Arnold. The film stars Richard Carlson and Barbara Rush, and features Charles Drake, Joe Sawyer, and Russell Johnson. The script is based on Ray Bradbury's original film treatment "The Meteor" and not, as sometimes claimed, a published short story.Stafford, Jeff "Articles: 'It Came from Outer Space'." ''Turner Classic Movies''. Retrieved: January 10, 2015. ''It Came from Outer Space'' tells the story of an amateur astronomer and his fiancée who are stargazing in the desert when a large fiery object crashes to Earth. At the crash site, he discovers a round alien spaceship just before it is completely buried by a landslide. When he tells the local sheriff and newspaper editor what he saw, he is branded a crackpot. Before long, odd things begin to happen, and the disbelief turns hostile. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behave Yourself!
''Behave Yourself!'' is a 1951 American comedy directed and cowritten by George Beck, starring Farley Granger and Shelley Winters and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Plot Mild mannered young CPA Bill Denny forgets about his and his wife Kate's second anniversary until the last minute, when a small dog starts to follow him. After Kate mistakes the dog for her present, mayhem ensues, and Bill is chased by police, smugglers, counterfeiters and murderers while being harassed by his mother-in-law. Cast * Farley Granger as William Calhoun 'Bill' Denny * Shelley Winters as Kate Denny * William Demarest as Officer O'Ryan * Francis L. Sullivan as Fat Freddy * Margalo Gillmore as Mother * Lon Chaney Jr. as Pinky * Hans Conried as Gillie the Blade * Elisha Cook Jr. as Albert Jonas * Glenn Anders as Pete the Pusher * Allen Jenkins as Plainclothesman * Sheldon Leonard as Shortwave Bert * Marvin Kaplan as Max the Umbrella * Archie as Himself * Henry Corden as Numi Production The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Naked City
''The Naked City'' (aka ''Naked City'') is a 1948 American film noir directed by Jules Dassin, starring Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart and Don Taylor. The film, shot almost entirely on location in New York City, depicts the police investigation that follows the murder of a young model. ''Naked City'' received two Academy Awards, one for cinematography for William H. Daniels and another for film editing to Paul Weatherwax. In 2007, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Plot In the late hours of a hot New York summer night, a pair of men subdue and kill Jean Dexter, an ex-model, by knocking her out with chloroform and drowning her in her bathtub. When one of the murderers gets conscience-stricken while drunk, the other kills him and throws his body into the East River. Homicide Detective Lt. Dan Muldoon and his young associat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Saxon Charm
''The Saxon Charm'' is a 1948 American film noir drama film written and directed by Claude Binyon based on the novel of the same name by Frederic Wakeman Sr. and starring Robert Montgomery (actor), Robert Montgomery, Susan Hayward, John Payne (actor), John Payne and Audrey Totter. Plot In a hospital, theatrical producer Matt Saxon is introduced to writer Eric Busch, and ends up offering to produce Eric's new play with financing from millionaire Zack Humber. Alma Wragge, a singer, is Saxon's girlfriend, but she warns Eric's wife Janet about the producer's notorious "Saxon charm" that coaxes others into doing his bidding, only to end up badly for everyone involved. Sure enough, Saxon's behavior soon ruins Alma's nightclub audition. It isn't long before Saxon makes a pest of himself, interrupting a beach vacation Eric and Janet take, closing the show after a poor review, then persuading Eric to go off by himself to do rewrites. Saxon loses the financial backing of Humber so he work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fun On A Weekend
''Fun on a Weekend'' is a 1947 American comedy film written and directed by Andrew L. Stone. The film stars Eddie Bracken, Priscilla Lane, Tom Conway, Allen Jenkins, Arthur Treacher, Clarence Kolb and Fritz Feld. The film was released on May 15, 1947, by United Artists. Plot A poor couple try get-rich-quick schemes. Cast *Eddie Bracken as Pete Porter *Priscilla Lane as Nancy Crane *Tom Conway as Jefferson Van Orsdale Jr. * Allen Jenkins as Joe Morgan *Arthur Treacher as Benjamin O. Moffatt *Clarence Kolb as Quigley Quackenbush *Fritz Feld as Sergei Stroganoff *Alma Kruger as Mrs. Van Orsdale * Russell Hicks as John Biddle *Richard Hageman as cyrus Cowperwaithe *Lester Allen Lester Allen (November 17, 1891 – November 6, 1949) was a screen, stage, vaudeville, circus actor, and film director. In vaudeville Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th cen ... as Hot Dog Vendor References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Face It (film)
''Let's Face It'' is a 1943 American musical film directed by Sidney Lanfield and written by Harry Tugend, adapted from the musical of the same name. The film stars Bob Hope, Betty Hutton, ZaSu Pitts, Phyllis Povah, Dave Willock, Eve Arden, and Cully Richards. The film was released on August 5, 1943, by Paramount Pictures. A ''New York Times'' critic at the time of its release wrote, "Strictly as hot-weather fare, ''Let's Face It'', now at the Paramount, is an acceptable bit of monkeyshines, but not much more. As a vehicle for Bob Hope it is a rather feeble and outdated contraption, and if it weren't for Mr. Hope himself ''Let's Face It'' would be a very sad affair indeed."Briefly, but well-discussed in Hal Erickson, ''Military Comedy Films: A Critical Survey and Filmography of Hollywood Releases Since 1918'' (Jefferson NC: McFarland, 2012), 60-61. ; and James Neibaur, ''The Bob Hope Films'' (Jefferson NC: McFarland, 2005), 55-57. Plot U.S. Army private Jerry Walker is in hot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fleet's In
''The Fleet's In'' is a 1942 movie musical produced by Paramount Pictures, directed by Victor Schertzinger, and starring Dorothy Lamour and William Holden. Although sharing the title of the 1928 Paramount film starring Clara Bow and Jack Oakie, it was not a remake. It was actually the second film version of the 1933 Kenyon Nicholson–Charles Robinson stage play ''Sailor, Beware!'', enlivened with songs by Schertzinger and lyricist Johnny Mercer. The score, under the musical direction of Victor Young, includes the popular hits "Tangerine (1941 song), Tangerine", and "I Remember You (1941 song), I Remember You". Jimmy Dorsey and his band are prominently featured in the movie. Supporting cast members include Eddie Bracken, singers Betty Jane Rhodes and Cass Daley, and Betty Hutton in her film debut. This was the final film of Schertzinger's long directorial career. He died in October 1941, before this production's release. Plot When unassuming sailor Casey Kirby goes backsta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
