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Period Of Adjustment (film)
''Period of Adjustment'' is a 1962 American comedy-drama film directed by George Roy Hill from a screenplay written by Isobel Lennart, based on Tennessee Williams' 1960 play of the same name and stars Tony Franciosa, Jane Fonda, Jim Hutton, and Lois Nettleton. In the film; a newlywed couple on their honeymoon visit friends who are having marital problems of their own. ''Period of Adjustment'' was theatrically released on October 31, 1962 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It received generally positive reviews from critics and was a moderate box office success grossing $4 million against a $1.9 million budget. The film marked Roy Hill's directorial debut and launched Fonda to bankable film stardom, also earning her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. Plot On Christmas Eve, two couples are experiencing a period of difficulty in their marital relationships. Newlyweds Isabel ( Jane Fonda) and George Haverstick (Jim Hutton) (who ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Roy Hill
George Roy Hill (December 20, 1921 – December 27, 2002) was an American film director. He is most noted for directing such films as ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' (1969) and ''The Sting'' (1973), both starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Davidson, Bill. (16 Mar 1975) The Entertainer. ''New York Times Magazine'', SM15. "Certainly George Roy Hill's pictures have been an important influence in showing the industry that what the public wants is a good story." Peter Bogdanovich, qtd. in Bill Davidson, "The Entertainer," ''New York Times Magazine'', March 16, 1975. Hill is also known for directing such films as ''The World of Henry Orient'' (1964), ''Hawaii (1966 film), Hawaii'' (1966), ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' (1967), ''Slaughterhouse-Five (film), Slaughterhouse-Five'' (1972), ''The Great Waldo Pepper'' (1975), ''Slap Shot'' (1977), ''A Little Romance'' (1979), ''The World According to Garp (film), The World According to Garp'' (1982) and his final film ''Funny Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabel Albertson
Mabel Ida Albertson (July 24, 1901 – September 28, 1982) was an American actress of television, stage, radio and film who portrayed Phyllis Stephens in the TV sitcom ''Bewitched''. Early years Mabel Ida Albertson was born on July 24, 1901, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, to Flora (Craft) and Leopold Albertson, who were Russian-born Jewish immigrants. Her younger brother was actor Jack Albertson who was best known for playing Grandpa Joe in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Albertson's mother, a stock actress, supported the family by working in a shoe factory. Albertson graduated from the New England School of Speech and Expression. Albertson traced her show business career back to age 13, when she was paid $5 per performance to play piano behind palm trees for a reader. She later moved to California and became involved with the Pasadena Playhouse. She "moved directly into professional stage work in stock, vaudeville, and night clubs, appearing with Jimmy Durante." Televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15th Writers Guild Of America Awards ...
The 15th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers and television writers of 1962. Winners were announced in 1963. Winners & Nominees Film Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface. Television Special Awards References External links WGA.org {{WGA Awards Chron 1962 W Writers Guild of America Awards Writers Guild of America Awards Writers Guild of America Awards Writers Guild of America Awards The Writers Guild of America Awards is an award for film, television, and radio writing including both fiction and non-fiction categories given by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America West since 1949. Eligibility T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurel Awards
The Laurel Awards was an American cinema awards system established to honor films, actors, actresses, producers, directors, and composers. This award was created by the ''Motion Picture Exhibitor'' magazine, and ran from 1948 to 1971 (with the exception of 1969). The Laurel Awards were determined by both American and Canadian film buyers. After the vote, the results were published in the magazine and each winner was given a golden plaque. Awardees ; Best Picture * ''Patton'': 1971, not awarded any other year ; Best Drama Performance * ''Joan Crawford'': 1953 ;Best Male Performance * James Stewart: ''The Stratton Story'' 1950 ;Best Female Performance * June Allyson: ''The Stratton Story'' 1950 ;Top Female Star * Doris Day: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 * Elizabeth Taylor: 1965, 1966 * Julie Andrews: 1967, 1968 * Katharine Hepburn: 1970, 1971 ;Top Male Star * Rock Hudson: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963 * Burt Lancaster: 1961 * Cary Grant: 1964, 1966 * Jack Lemmon: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Golden Globe Awards
The 20th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1962, were held on March 5, 1963. Winners Film Best Film - Drama ''Lawrence of Arabia'' *''The Chapman Report'' *'' Days of Wine and Roses'' *'' Freud: The Secret Passion'' *''Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man'' *''The Inspector'' *'' The Longest Day'' *''The Miracle Worker'' *''Mutiny on the Bounty'' *''To Kill a Mockingbird'' Best Film - Comedy ''That Touch of Mink'' *'' The Best of Enemies'' *'' Boys' Night Out'' *''If a Man Answers'' *''Period of Adjustment'' Best Film - Musical ''The Music Man'' *''Billy Rose's Jumbo'' *''Girls! Girls! Girls!'' *''Gypsy'' *''The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm'' Best Actor - Drama Gregory Peck - ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' *Bobby Darin - ''Pressure Point'' *Laurence Harvey - ''The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm'' *Jackie Gleason - '' Gigot'' *Burt Lancaster - ''Birdman of Alcatraz'' *Jack Lemmon - '' Days of Wine and Roses'' * James Mason - ''L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Pefferle
Richard Pefferle (January 5, 1905 – March 7, 1969) was an American set decorator. He was nominated for six Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. Selected filmography Pefferle was nominated for six Academy Awards for Best Art Direction: * '' Kismet'' (1944) * ''Madame Bovary'' (1949) * '' Annie Get Your Gun'' (1950) * ''Les Girls'' (1957) * ''The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm'' (1962) * ''Period of Adjustment ''Period of Adjustment'' is a 1960 play by Tennessee Williams that was adapted in the film version of 1962. Both the stage and film versions are set on Christmas Eve and tell the gentle, light-hearted story of two couples, one newlywed and the ...'' (1962) References External links * * 1905 births 1969 deaths American set decorators People from Sidney, Ohio {{US-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Grace
Henry Grace (March 20, 1907 – September 16, 1983) was an American set decorator. He won an Academy Awards, Oscar and was nominated for twelve more in the category Academy Award for Best Production Design, Best Art Direction. As an actor, he had a role as Dwight D. Eisenhower, whom he strongly resembled, in ''The Longest Day (film), The Longest Day''. Selected filmography Grace won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction and was nominated for twelve more: ;Won * ''Gigi (1958 film), Gigi'' (1958) ;Nominated * ''Blackboard Jungle'' (1955) * ''North by Northwest'' (1959) * ''Cimarron (1960 film), Cimarron'' (1960) * ''The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm'' (1962) * ''Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film), Mutiny on the Bounty'' (1962) * ''Period of Adjustment (film), Period of Adjustment'' (1962) * ''How the West Was Won (film), How the West Was Won'' (1962) * ''Twilight of Honor'' (1963) * ''The Unsinkable Molly Brown (film), The Unsinkable Molly Brown'' (1964) * ''The Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Carfagno
Edward Carfagno (November 28, 1907 – December 28, 1996) was an art director who established himself in the 1950s with his Oscar-winning work on such films as Vincente Minnelli's ''The Bad and the Beautiful'' (1952), Joseph Mankiewicz's ''Julius Caesar'' (1953) and William Wyler's '' Ben-Hur'' (1959) . Carfagno went on to work consistently on a variety of films, including five collaborations with Clint Eastwood including ''Tightrope'' (1984) and ''Heartbreak Ridge'' (1987). Carfagno began working at MGM in 1933, and was also a member of the US's 1940 Olympic fencing team. See also * Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame The Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame was established by the Art Directors Guild in 2005 to recognize and honor the accomplishments and contributions of significant art directors and production designers in the film industry. 2005 inductees * Wi ... References External links * American art directors Best Art Direction Academy Award winners American m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Davis (art Director)
George Davis (April 17, 1914 – October 3, 1998) was an American art director and was the supervising art director at MGM from 1959 to 1970. He won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction for his work on ''The Robe'' in 1954 and for ''The Diary of Anne Frank'' in 1960. Career Davis began his career as a sketch artist at Warner Brothers Studio. He joined the U.S. Marines during World War II and was discharged as a colonel. He then began work at 20th Century Fox with his first film being Joseph L. Mankiewicz's fantasy ''The Ghost and Mrs. Muir'' in 1947, a director for whom he frequently worked including ''House of Strangers'' (1949), '' No Way Out'' (1950) and ''5 Fingers'' (1952). He received the first of 17 Academy Award nominations in 1951 for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White for ''All About Eve'', also directed by Mankiewicz. He won his first Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color in 1954 for his work on ''The Robe''. He was also heavily involve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Production Design
The Academy Award for Best Production Design recognizes achievement for art direction in film. The category's original name was Best Art Direction, but was changed to its current name in 2012 for the 85th Academy Awards. This change resulted from the Art Directors' branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) being renamed the Designers' branch. Since 1947, the award is shared with the set decorator(s). It is awarded to the best interior design in a film. The films below are listed with their production year (for example, the 2000 Academy Award for Best Art Direction is given to a film from 1999). In the lists below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees in alphabetical order. Superlatives Winners and nominees 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also * BAFTA Award for Best Production Design * Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Production Design T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
35th Academy Awards
The 35th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1962, were held on April 8, 1963, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California, hosted by Frank Sinatra. Ceremony The Best Actress Oscar occasioned the last act of the long-running feud between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. They had starred together for the first time in '' What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?'', a surprise hit the previous summer. Davis was nominated for her role as the title character, a faded child star who humiliates the wheelchair-using sister who eclipsed her fame in adulthood, while Crawford was not. Crawford told the other nominated actresses that, as a courtesy, she would accept their awards for them should they be unavailable on the night of the ceremony. Davis did not object as her rival had often done this, but, on the night of the ceremony, she was livid when Crawford took the stage to cheerfully accept the award on behalf of Anne Bancroft, who had a Broadway commitment. Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Movie Guide
AllMovie (previously All Movie Guide) is an online database with information about films, television programs, and screen actors. , AllMovie.com and the AllMovie consumer brand are owned by RhythmOne. History AllMovie was founded by popular-culture archivist Michael Erlewine, who also founded AllMusic and AllGame. The AllMovie database was licensed to tens of thousands of distributors and retailers for point-of-sale systems, websites and kiosks. The AllMovie database is comprehensive, including basic product information, cast and production credits, plot synopsis, professional reviews, biographies, relational links and more. AllMovie data was accessed on the web at the AllMovie website. It was also available via the AMG LASSO media recognition service, which can automatically recognize DVDs. In late 2007, TiVo Corporation acquired AMG for a reported $72 million. The AMG consumer facing web properties AllMusic.com, AllMovie.com and AllGame.com were sold by Rovi in August 2013 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
