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Sunday In New York (film)
''Sunday in New York'' is a 1963 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Tewksbury and starring Jane Fonda, Rod Taylor and Cliff Robertson. Filmed in Metrocolor, its screenplay was written by Norman Krasna on the basis of his own 1961 play, ''Sunday in New York''. The score was composed and recorded by Peter Nero, who also appears as himself performing in a nightclub; Mel Tormé sang the title song. Plot Eileen Tyler ( Jane Fonda), a 22-year-old music critic for the upstate New York ''Albany Times Union'', is suffering from her breakup with Russ Wilson (Robert Culp) - a handsome, athletic, and thoroughly self-absorbed scion of that city's richest family. Seeking advice on the premarital sex she has refused him, she appears unannounced at the chic Upper East Side loft apartment of her elder brother Adam (Robertson), an airline pilot. Eileen confides to him that she thinks she may be the only 22-year-old virgin left in the world. Adam assures her that men want women w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Tewksbury
Henry Peter Tewksbury (March 21, 1923 – February 20, 2003) was an American film and television director. Biography Born in Cleveland, he attended Dartmouth College but left to serve as a US Army captain in the Pacific during WWII. Following the war he, then worked for radio KTIP in Porterville, California where he did almost every job at the station during a five-year stint. He also founded the Porterville Barn Theater in 1947 and becoming its director, and his reputation spread to Hollywood. Television When ''Father Knows Best'' moved from radio to TV in 1954, he was hired to direct where he was awarded an Emmy Award about five years into the run of the program. He also produced and directed episodes of the Jackie Cooper series '' The People’s Choice''. In 1960 he directed ''My Three Sons''. He left after the first season and together with a writer of the show's episodes, James Leighton, created, produced and directed '' It's a Man's World'', a TV series aired fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Morrow
Beverly Jo Morrow (born November 1, 1939) is an American actress who played the female lead in six B films between 1958 and 1964, and supporting roles in four major studio features, as well as appearing in 12 television episodes. Following a six-year absence, she returned to the screen in 1970, but after a few minor supporting roles, retired again in 1976. Early years Morrow was born in Cuero, Texas. She won the 1958 Miss Pasadena (California) title and represented the city in that year's Miss California contest. Career Through a "Be a Star" contest, Morrow won a film contract with 20th Century Fox (with Gary Cooper in ''Ten North Frederick'') in 1958. After only one film with 20th Century-Fox, she moved to Columbia Pictures, allegedly because a producer at 20th Century Fox tried to make a pass at her. At Columbia, she made some 10 films and a dozen TV series episodes between 1958 and 1963, the most notable being ''Our Man in Havana'', in which she played Alec Guinness's daught ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motion Picture Production Code
The Motion Picture Production Code was a set of industry guidelines for the self-censorship of content that was applied to most motion pictures released by major studios in the United States from 1934 to 1968. It is also popularly known as the Hays Code, after Will H. Hays, president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA) from 1922 to 1945. Under Hays's leadership, the MPPDA, later the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Motion Picture Association (MPA), adopted the Production Code in 1930 and began rigidly enforcing it in 1934. The Production Code spelled out acceptable and unacceptable content for motion pictures produced for a public audience in the United States. From 1934 to 1954, the code was closely identified with Joseph Breen, the administrator appointed by Hays to enforce the code in Hollywood. The film industry followed the guidelines set by the code well into the late 1950s, but it began to weaken, owing to the combined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
