The Chinese Room (film)

	The Chinese Room (film) ''The Chinese Room'' is a 1968 film directed by Albert Zugsmith. It starred Guillermo Murray Guillermo Murray (15 June 1927 – 6 May 2021) was an Argentine actor.Goble p.358 He also directed three films. Selected filmography * '' Alfonsina'' (1957) * ''Planet of the Female Invaders'' (1966) * '' La venus maldita'' (1967) * ''The Chine ..., Elizabeth Campbell, Carlos Rivas, and Cathy Crosby. It was based on a novel by Vivien Connell. According to Cathy Crosby, she became ill during the filming and had to swim to shore from the boat they were rehearsing on. References External links * 1968 films 1960s mystery films Films directed by Albert Zugsmith {{mystery-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Albert Zugsmith Albert Zugsmith (April 24, 1910 – October 26, 1993) was an American film producer, film director and screenwriter who specialized in low-budget exploitation films through the 1950s and 1960s. With a background in music promotion (Ted Weems, Paul Whiteman), public relations (one of his clients in Depression-era Chicago was Al Capone), journalism, and brokering communication properties (radio, newspaper, early television), Zugsmith became independently wealthy and began producing films at RKO during the Howard Hughes years. Zugsmith's most significant credits are a string of four genre masterpieces produced in the late 1950s, all for Universal Studios: the science-fiction classic ''The Incredible Shrinking Man'', Orson Welles' ''Touch of Evil'', Douglas Sirk's ''Written on the Wind'', and the camp exploitation films (produced for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) '' High School Confidential'' and ''The Girl in the Kremlin''. An archive of some of his shooting scripts and screenplays are h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Guillermo Murray Guillermo Murray (15 June 1927 – 6 May 2021) was an Argentine actor.Goble p.358 He also directed three films. Selected filmography * '' Alfonsina'' (1957) * ''Planet of the Female Invaders'' (1966) * '' La venus maldita'' (1967) * ''The Chinese Room'' (1968) * '' Flor marchita'' (1969) * '' The Rebellious Novice'' (1971) * ''Victoria'' (1972) * ''The Truce'' (2003) * ''My Mexican Shivah ''My Mexican Shivah'' is a 2007 Mexican-American comedy film directed by Alejandro Springall and starring Raquel Pankowsky, David Ostrosky and Sergio Kleiner. Cast Raquel Pankowsky David Ostrosky Sharon Zundel Emilio Savinni * Sergio Klein ...'' (2007) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1927 births 2021 deaths Argentine male film actors Argentine male television actors Argentine emigrants to Mexico People from Buenos Aires Province {{Argentina-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Carlos Rivas (actor) Carlos Rivas (born, Oscar Weber, February 16, 1925 – June 16, 2003) was an American actor, best remembered as Lun Tha in ''The King and I'' (1956), Dirty Bob in ''True Grit'' (1969), and Hernandez in ''Topaz'' (1969). Early life Rivas was born in El Paso, Texas, to a German father and Mexican mother. English was his first language and he was also known as Oscar von Weber and Karl Weber. Career Carlos Rivas was discovered in a bar in Mexico. He began his career in Mexican and Argentinian westerns, though his Argentinian films were actually filmed in Mexico. His American debut was in ''The King and I'' (1956) opposite Rita Moreno. After this career highlight, he was quickly reduced to supporting roles. That same year of 1956 he appeared as Johnny Bravo in the TV western ''Cheyenne'' in the episode titled "Johnny Bravo," and in the 1961 episode of ''Maverick'' titled "Poker Face" starring Jack Kelly. Rivas had co-starring roles in two science fiction films, ''The Beast of Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Vivien Connell Vivien may refer to: * Vivien (name), variant spelling * Vivien, Western Australia, an abandoned town in Australia * , a British destroyer launched in 1918 and sold in 1947 for scrapping See also * Saint-Vivien (other) * Vivienne * Vivian (other) * Viviana (other) Viviana is a female given name, and may refer to: * ''Viviana'' (film), a 1916 American film * ''Viviana'' (telenovela), a 1978 Mexican telenovela * Saint Bibiana, or Viviana, 4th-century Roman martyr * Viviana (given name) See also * * Bibiana ... {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Classic Images ''Classic Images'' is a monthly American mail-subscription newspaper in tabloid format, founded in 1962 by film collector Samuel K. Rubin, dedicated to film and television of the "Golden Age". Its offices are located in Muscatine, Iowa and it is published by the Muscatine Journal division of Lee Enterprises, Inc. As of October 2022, there have been 564 issues of ''Classic Images'' published. History and profile ''Classic Images,'' which has readers around the world, was founded in 1962 and was first known as ''The 8mm Collector'' (issues 1-15) and later as ''Classic Film Collector'' (issues 16-60). The magazine under the name ''Classic Film Collector'' was published quarterly in Indiana, Pennsylvania. At first the magazine focused heavily on reviews and information on silent films available on the then flourishing 8mm film home movie market, the performers and filmmakers of the silent period, and leaders and trends in the current home movie industry. Over the years ''Classic I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1968 Films The year 1968 in film involved some significant events, with the release of Stanley Kubrick's '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'', as well as two highly successful musical films, '' Funny Girl'' and '' Oliver!'', the former earning Barbra Streisand the Academy Award for Best Actress (an honour she shared with Katharine Hepburn for her role in '' The Lion in Winter'') and the latter winning both the Best Picture and Best Director awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1968 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * November 1 – The MPAA's film rating system is introduced. Awards Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): canceled due to events of May 1968 Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival): :'' Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos'' (''Artists under the Big Top: Perplexed''), directed by Alexander Kluge, West Germany Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): :'' Ole dole doff'' (''Who Saw Him Die?''), directed by Jan Troell, Sweden Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1960s Mystery Films Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]