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The Eve Of St. Mark
''The Eve of St Mark'' is a 1942 play by Maxwell Anderson set during World War II. It later became a 1944 film by 20th Century Fox that featured some of the same actors who repeated their roles in the film. The title is derived from the legend of St. Mark's Eve and the title of an uncompleted 1819 poem by John Keats. Plot Quizz West is conscripted into the United States Army in late 1940. Quizz and his hometown girlfriend Janet discuss their future plans before he ships off for San Francisco and then the Philippines. When the U.S. enters the war, Quizz and his friends are manning a coastal artillery gun against overwhelming odds. Quizz communicates with his mother and Janet through dreams in which he asks them whether he and his friends should stay with their gun to sacrifice themselves by covering the withdrawing American troops or leave by boat for a chance of survival. Play Maxwell Anderson dedicated the play to his nephew Sgt. Lee Chambers, who was killed in a military ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lem Ward
Lem may refer to: Places * 3836 Lem, an asteroid named after Stanisław Lem * , a municipality in Jutland People Given name or nickname (Alphabetical by surname) * Lemuel Lem Barney (born 1945), American football player * Lem Billings (1916–1981), John F. Kennedy's friend * Lem Burnham (born 1947), American football player * Lem Cross (1872–1930), American Major League Baseball player * George Lewis Lem Davis (1914–1970), American jazz saxophonist * Lemuel Davis (born 1953), American software engineer * Anton Lemuel Lem Dobbs (born 1959), British-American screenwriter * Henry Honiball (born 1965), nicknamed "Lem", South African rugby player * Lemuel Lem Johnson (1909–1989), American jazz saxophonist * Lem T. Jones, Jr. (1924–1995), American politician * Thomas Lemuel Lem Johns (1925–2014), American Secret Service agent present during the assassination of John F. Kennedy * Lem Overpeck (1911–2003), American politician, Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota * Lem T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Powell (director)
Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 – 19 February 1990) was an English filmmaker, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger. Through their production company The Archers, they together wrote, produced and directed a series of classic British films, notably '' The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'' (1943), ''A Canterbury Tale'' (1944), '' I Know Where I'm Going!'' (1945), '' A Matter of Life and Death'' (1946, also called ''Stairway to Heaven''), ''Black Narcissus'' (1947), '' The Red Shoes'' (1948), and ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' (1951). His later controversial 1960 film ''Peeping Tom'', while today considered a classic, and a contender as the first "slasher", was so vilified on first release that his career was seriously damaged. Many filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and George A. Romero have cited Powell as an influence. In 1981, he received the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award along with his partner Pressburger, the highest honour t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Test Screening
A test screening is a preview screening of a movie or television show before its general release to gauge audience reaction. Preview audiences are selected from a cross-section of the population and are usually asked to complete a questionnaire or provide feedback in some form. Harold Lloyd is credited with inventing the concept, having used it as early as 1928. Test screenings have been recommended for starting filmmakers "even if a film festival is fast approaching". Notable examples and outcomes of test screenings In 2004, Roger Ebert, the late reviewer for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'', wrote that test screenings by filmmakers are "valid" to get an idea of an audience response to a rough cut. But "too often, however, studio executives use preview screenings as a weapon to enforce their views on directors, and countless movies have had stupid happy endings tacked on after such screenings." Ebert writes that Billy Wilder dropped the first reel from '' Sunset Boulevard'' after ... [...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 combine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Price
Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor, art historian, art collector and gourmet cook. He appeared on stage, television, and radio, and in more than 100 films. Price has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures and one for television. Price's first film role was as leading man in the 1938 comedy ''Service de Luxe''. He became well known as a character actor, appearing in films such as '' The Song of Bernadette'' (1943), '' Laura'' (1944), ''The Keys of the Kingdom'' (1944), '' Leave Her to Heaven'' (1945), '' Dragonwyck'' (1946), and ''The Ten Commandments'' (1956). He established himself as a recognizable horror-movie star after his leading role in '' House of Wax'' (1953). He subsequently starred in other horror films, including '' The Fly'' (1958), '' House on Haunted Hill'' (1959), ''Return of the Fly'' (1959), '' The Tingler'' (1959), '' The Last Man on Earth'' (1964), '' Witchfinder General'' (1968), '' Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Morgan
Harry Morgan (born Harry Bratsberg; April 10, 1915 – December 7, 2011) was an American actor and director whose television and film career spanned six decades. Morgan's major roles included Pete Porter in both ''December Bride'' (1954–1959) and ''Pete and Gladys'' (1960–1962); Officer Bill Gannon on '' Dragnet'' (1967–1970); Amos Coogan on ''Hec Ramsey'' (1972–1974); and his starring role as Colonel Sherman T. Potter in ''M*A*S*H'' (1975–1983) and ''AfterMASH'' (1983–1985). Morgan also appeared in more than 100 films. Early life and career Morgan was born Harry Bratsberg in Detroit, the son of Hannah and Henry Bratsberg.United States Census for 1930; Census Place: Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan; Roll: 1014; p. 7B; Enumeration District: 27; Image: 830.0. His parents were of Swedish and Norwegian ancestry. In his interview with the Archive of American Television, Morgan spelled his Norwegian family surname as "Brasburg". Many sources, however, including some family r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Baxter
Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an American actress, star of Hollywood films, Broadway productions, and television series. She won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, and was nominated for an Emmy. A granddaughter of Frank Lloyd Wright, Baxter studied acting with Maria Ouspenskaya and had some stage experience before making her film debut in ''20 Mule Team'' (1940). She became a contract player of 20th Century Fox and was loaned to RKO Pictures for the role of Lucy Morgan in Orson Welles' ''The Magnificent Ambersons'' (1942), one of her earlier films. In 1947, she won both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Sophie MacDonald in ''The Razor's Edge'' (1946). In 1951, she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for the title role in ''All About Eve'' (1950). She worked with several of Hollywood's greatest directors, including Billy Wilder in ''Five Graves to Cairo'' (1943), Alfred Hitchcoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toni Favor
Toni, Toñi or Tóni is a unisex given name. In Spanish, Italian, Croatian and Finnish, it is a masculine given name used as a short form of the names derived from Antonius like Antonio, Ante or Anttoni. In Danish, English, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish, it is a feminine given name used as a short form of Antonia. In Bulgarian, it is a unisex name used as a diminutive form of both Antoniya and Anton. Toñi is a Spanish feminine given name used as a short form of Antonia. Tóni a Hungarian masculine given name used as a diminutive form of Antal. It is sometimes a short form (hypocorism) of other names, such as Antonio, Antoine, Antonia or Antoinette. It is also sometimes a surname. Notable people with this name include the following: People Women * Toni Adams (1964–2010), American professional wrestling manager and valet * Toni Arden (1924–2012), stage name of Antoinette Ardizzone, American traditional pop music singer * Toni Aubin (1927–1990), American vocalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joven E
Joven may refer to: Tequila * Joven (tequila), a type of tequila Given names * Joven Clarke (born 1983), Australian former rugby league footballer *Joven Alba, participated in Billiards and snooker at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games *Joven Bustamante, participated in 2007 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship *Joven Bedic, participated in 2011 PFF National Men's U-23 Championship * Joven Benitez, participated in 2015 UFL Cup * Joven E. Rola, actor in ''The Eve of St. Mark'' *Joven Yuson, in Manila local elections, 2010 Surname *Chris Joven, participated in 2011–12 UCI Asia Tour *Ceferino Jóven, Governor of Pampanga *Francis Joven, participated in Boxing at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 69 kg See also * *Jovon, given name *Jovan (given name) Jovan ( sr-Cyrl, Јован, Macedonian: Јован, cu, Їωан) is a Serbian male given name equivalent to English "John" or Slavic "Ivan", from he, יהוחנן. Notable people with this name A * Jovan Aćimović (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joann Dolan
Jo-Ann Stores, LLC, more commonly known as Jo-Ann (stylized as JOANN), is an American specialty retailer of crafts and fabrics based in Hudson, Ohio. It operates the retail chains ''JOANN Fabrics and Crafts'' and ''Jo-Ann Etc''. The headquarters of the company is located in the former General Motors Terex plant. History In 1943, German immigrants Hilda and Berthold Reich, Sigmund and Mathilda Rohrbach, and Justin and Alma Zimmerman opened the Fabric Shop in Cleveland, Ohio. After further expansion, in 1963, the name was changed to ''Jo-Ann Fabrics''. The store's name was created by combining the names of the daughters from both families: Joan and Jacqueline Ann. In 1969, Jo-Ann Fabrics became a publicly held corporation traded on the American Stock Exchange under the name of ''Fabri-Centers of America, Inc.'' In 1994, the company made its first acquisition with the purchase of ''Cloth World'', a 342-store southern company. At the time of the acquisition, Fabri-Centers operated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Matthews (actor)
George Matthews may refer to: * George Matthews (soldier) (1726–1798), soldier and signatory of the 1790 Pennsylvania Constitution * George E. Matthews (1855–1911), American publisher of the ''Buffalo Courier-Express'' * George Matthews (musician) (1912–1982), American jazz trombonist * George Matthews (journalist) (1917–2005), British political activist and editor of ''The Morning Star'' * George Matthews (artist) (born 1924), Australian artist whose work featured in the 1953 inaugural exhibition in the New Gallery of Fine Art in Adelaide * George Matthews (broadcaster), contemporary Canadian radio ice hockey commentator See also * George Mathews (other) {{hndis, Matthews, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael O'Shea (actor)
Michael O'Shea (born Edward Francis Michael Patrick Joseph O'Shea; March 17, 1906 – December 4, 1973) was known as an American actor who appeared in feature films and later in television and whose career spanned the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Early life O'Shea was born in Hartford, Connecticut, of Irish descent. He wanted to follow his five brothers into the police force but was not tall enough. He dropped out of school at 12 and began his acting career in vaudeville by touring with boxing idol Jack Johnson's show. He did a variety of jobs including soda jerk, bricklayer, private detective and bodyguard.MR. O'SHEA, THE HARTFORD GYPSY By THEODORE STRAUSS. New York Times (18 Apr 1943: X3. Career O'Shea played drums and the banjo. Much like his character from ''Lady of Burlesque'' (1943), Biff Brannigan, O'Shea was a comedian and emcee at speakeasies. He put together his own dance band, "Michael O'Shea and His Stationary Gypsies", and later broke into radio and the "legitimate" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
