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The Flying Fontaines
''The Flying Fontaines'' is a 1959 American film about trapeze artists. It stars Michael Callan. Plot Cast *Michael Callan as Rick Rias *Evy Norlund as Suzanne Fontaine * Joan Evans as Jan Fontaine *Rian Garrick as Bill Rand *Joe De Santis as Roberto Rias *Roger Perry as Paul Fontaine *Jeanne Manet as Michele Fontaine *John Van Dreelen as Victor Fontaine *Barbara Kelley as Margie Veteran actor Pierre Watkin appears uncredited in his last film role as a doctor. Production The film was originally known as ''High Trap''. Filming started 20 April 1959. The sets were designed by the veteran art director Paul Palmentola, his last film credit. References External links * *Review of filmat New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ... 1959 films Columbia P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Sherman
George Sherman (July 14, 1908 – March 15, 1991) was an American film director and producer of low-budget Western films. One obituary said his "credits rival in number those of anyone in the entertainment industry." Biography George Sherman was born in New York City on July 14, 1908. At age 14 he sailed aboard the SS ''Mongolia'' to Los Angeles, California, where he found work in the mail room at Warner Bros. studios via a film editor friend. Sherman was credited for working on props on '' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' (1928). Mack Sennett He worked as an assistant director on the Mack Sennett comedy ''The Lion and the House'' (1932), then the short feature ''Hypnotized'' (1932). He worked on the shorts ''A Wrestler's Bride'' (1933), '' The Plumber and the Lady'' (1933), ''Uncle Jake'' (1933), ''See You Tonight'' (1933), ''Husbands' Reunion'' (1933), and ''The Big Fibber'' (1933). Assistant Director Sherman went to First Division Productions where he assisted on ''Sunset Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Palmentola
Paul Palmentola (1888–1966) was an Italian-born American art director.Stephens p.233 He designed the film sets for more than two hundred productions during his career, much of his work during the 1930s and 1940s at low-budget studios such as Mayfair Pictures, Monogram and PRC. He was later employed by Columbia Pictures in the early 1950s, working on their adventure films and with Sam Katzman's unit. Selected filmography * ''The Honor of the Press'' (1932) * '' The Heart Punch'' (1932) * ''High Gear'' (1933) * ''Her Resale Value'' (1933) * '' Found Alive'' (1933) * ''Revenge at Monte Carlo'' (1933) * '' Alimony Madness'' (1933) * ''Badge of Honor'' (1934) * '' Hollywood Mystery'' (1934) * ''I Hate Women'' (1934) * ''Shadows of the Orient'' (1935) * ''The Fire-Trap'' (1935) * '' White Legion'' (1936) * '' We Went to College'' (1936) * ''The Devil Is a Sissy'' (1936) * ''Wallaby Jim of the Islands'' (1937) * ''Here's Flash Casey'' (1938) * ''I Take This Oath'' (1940) * ''Tiger Fan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950s English-language Films
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1959 Drama Films
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American Drama Films
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Columbia Pictures Films
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1959 Films
The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with '' Ben-Hur'' winning a record 11 Academy Awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1959 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 23 – Republic Pictures releases its last production, ''Plunderers of Painted Flats''. *January 29 – Walt Disney's ''Sleeping Beauty'' premieres, their most expensive film to date and the first animated film to be shot in Super Technirama 70. It initially ends up losing money for the studio due to its high production costs. However, it would eventually gain a cult following and is now considered one of Disney's great classics. *April 30 – François Truffaut's ''The 400 Blows'' opens the 1959 Cannes Film Festival bringing international attention to the French New Wave. * June 4 – The Three Stooges release their 190th and last short film, ''Sappy Bull Fighters''. * June 7 – A contract between Paramount and Jerry Lewis Productions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital media, digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as ''The Daily (podcast), The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones (publisher), George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won List of Pulitzer Prizes awarded to The New York Times, 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national "newspaper of record". For print it is ranked List of newspapers by circulation, 18th in the world by circulation and List of newspapers in the United States, 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is Public company, publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 189 ... [...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] |
Sam Katzman
Sam Katzman (July 7, 1901 – August 4, 1973) was an American film producer and director. Katzman produced low-budget genre films, including serials, which had disproportionately high returns for the studios and his financial backers. Early career Sam was born to a Jewish family; his father Abe Katzman was a violinist. He and Sam's mother Rebecca (née Sugarman) were from Kishinev, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire (now Chisinău, Moldova). Katzman went to work as a stage laborer at the age of 13 in the fledgling East Coast film industry and moved from prop boy to assistant director at Fox Films. He would learn all aspects of filmmaking and was a Hollywood producer for more than 40 years. Katzman worked as an assistant to Norman Taurog and got married on the set of ''The Diplomats'' in 1928 at Fox. In October 1927 he signed with comic Joe Russo to make a series of two-reel comedies. Screencraft Pictures Katzman was a production supervisor at Showmen's Pictures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Watkin
Pierre Frank Watkin (December 29, 1887 – February 3, 1960) was an American character actor best known for playing distinguished authority figures throughout the Golden Age of Hollywood. He is best remembered for his roles of Mr. Skinner the bank president in ''The Bank Dick'' (1940); Lou Gehrig's father-in-law Mr. Twitchell in ''Pride of the Yankees'' (1942); and the first actor to portray Perry White in the ''Superman'' serials ''Superman'' (1948) and ''Atom Man vs. Superman'' (1950). Early life Watkin was born on December 29, 1887, in Afton Township, Iowa, the third of four sons born to Charles Henry Watkin and Elizabeth Jeannette (née Scoles) Watkin. When Watkin was a young child, his family moved to Sioux City, Iowa, where his parents ran a boarding house for actors. This environment influenced Watkin to go into acting. When he was a teenager, the family moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where he began acting in theater. Career Watkin began his career touring the Mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe De Santis
Joseph Vito Marcello De Santis (June 15, 1909 – August 30, 1989) was an American radio, television, movie and theatrical actor and sculptor. Biography Joe De Santis was born Joseph Vito Marcello De Santis to Italian immigrant parents in New York City. His father, Pasquale De Santis, was a tailor from San Pietro Apostolo in Catanzaro, Italy; his mother, Maria Paoli, emigrated from Gioviano in the province of Lucca in Tuscany and worked in a paper flower factory. He worked his way through New York University studying sculpture and drama, his first performances being in Italian. In 1931, De Santis debuted as a broadcaster on an Italian-language radio station. After obtaining a part in a play at Hunter College, he secured work as an actor for three seasons with the Walter Hampden Repertory Company, which marked the beginning of his performances in the English language. In the 1930s, when professional acting opportunities became scarce, he worked as an instructor with the Works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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