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Pat And Mike
''Pat and Mike'' is a 1952 American romantic comedy film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. The movie was written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, and directed by George Cukor. Cukor directed ''The Philadelphia Story (film), The Philadelphia Story'' (1940) with Hepburn, and Cukor, Gordon and Kanin teamed with Hepburn and Tracy again for ''Adam's Rib'' (1949). Gordon and Kanin were nominated for the 1952 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for their work on ''Pat and Mike.'' (They had been similarly honored for ''Adam's Rib''.) Hepburn was nominated in the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, Best Actress category at the 10th Golden Globe Awards, while Ray was nominated for "New Star of the Year". Plot Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete who loses her confidence whenever her charming but overbearing fiancé, Collier, is around. Women's golf and tennis championships are within her reach; however, she gets flustered by his p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
George Cukor
George Dewey Cukor ( ; July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director and film producer, producer. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO Pictures, RKO when David O. Selznick, the studio's head of production, assigned Cukor to direct several of RKO's major films, including ''What Price Hollywood?'' (1932), ''A Bill of Divorcement (1932 film), A Bill of Divorcement'' (1932), ''Our Betters'' (1933), and ''Little Women (1933 film), Little Women'' (1933). When Selznick moved to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1933, Cukor followed and directed ''Dinner at Eight (1933 film), Dinner at Eight'' (1933) and ''David Copperfield (1935 film), David Copperfield'' (1935) for Selznick, and ''Romeo and Juliet (1936 film), Romeo and Juliet'' (1936) and ''Camille (1936 film), Camille'' (1936) for Irving Thalberg. He was replaced as one of the directors of ''Gone with the Wind (film), Gone with the Wind'' (1939), but he went on to dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Golden Globe Award For Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy Or Musical
Golden means made of, or relating to gold. Golden may also refer to: Places United Kingdom *Golden, in the parish of Probus, Cornwall *Golden Cap, Dorset *Golden Square, Soho, London *Golden Valley, a valley on the River Frome in Gloucestershire * Golden Valley, Herefordshire United States *Golden, Colorado, a town West of Denver, county seat of Jefferson County * Golden, Idaho, an unincorporated community * Golden, Illinois, a village * Golden Township, Michigan * Golden, Mississippi, a village * Golden City, Missouri, a city * Golden, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Golden, Nebraska, ghost town in Burt County * Golden Township, Holt County, Nebraska * Golden, New Mexico, a sparsely populated ghost town * Golden, Oregon, an abandoned mining town *Golden, Texas, an unincorporated community * Golden, Utah, a ghost town * Golden, Marshall County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Elsewhere * Golden, County Tipperary, Ireland, a village on the River Suir *Golden V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
William Self (actor)
William Edwin Self (June 21, 1921 – November 15, 2010) was an American television and film producer who began his career as an actor. Early life and education Self was born at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio.Grimes, William (New York Times)"Dayton native who produced 'Peyton Place,' 'M*A*S*H dies'" ''Dayton Daily News''. November 21, 2010. p. 27. Retrieved July 5, 2023. During his youth, he lived in Dayton, Akron, Chicago, and Milwaukee. He graduated from Dayton's Roosevelt High School in 1939. Self's father, Edwin Byron Self, worked as an Advertising Manager at the Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Company, Akron Rubber Company, Miller Brewing Company, and Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. Edwin Self wrote a novel, ''Limbo City'' (1949), and at least three plays which opened on Broadway: ''Junk'' (1927) starring Sydney Greenstreet, ''Two Strange Women''(1933), and ''The Distant City'' (1941). His play, ''The Lady and the Clown'', starring Estelle Winwood, opened in 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Carl Switzer
Carl may refer to: *Carl, Georgia, city in USA *Carl, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *Carl (name), includes info about the name, variations of the name, and a list of people with the name *Carl², a TV series * "Carl", an episode of television series ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' * An informal nickname for a student or alum of Carleton College CARL may refer to: *Canadian Association of Research Libraries *Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries See also *Carle (other) *Charles *Carle, a surname *Karl (other) *Karle (other) Karle may refer to: Places * Karle (Svitavy District), a municipality and village in the Czech Republic * Karli, India, a town in Maharashtra, India ** Karla Caves, a complex of Buddhist cave shrines * Karle, Belgaum, a settlement in Belgaum ... {{disambig ja:カール zh:卡尔 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Owen McGiveney
Owen Joseph McGiveney (4 May 1884 – 31 July 1967) was an English-born actor. He initially gained attention as a quick-change artist, and later worked on stage, in films and in television, principally as a character actor in the United States. Life and career McGiveney was born in Preston, Lancashire, England. By the age of 20 he had started a career as a straight actor, and in 1910 sailed to the United States to develop his skills. He became noted as a quick-change artist, and shared stages with such stars as Sarah Bernhardt and W. C. Fields. His speciality was to perform as several characters from Dickens' ''Oliver Twist'', including Bill Sykes, Fagin, and Nancy, changing his costume and appearance on stage with "sensational" speed,Roy Hudd and Philip Hindin, ''Roy Hudd's Cavalcade of Variety Acts'', Robson Books, 1998, , p.117 and being described by one critic as "the most versatile and talented Dickens’ actor the stage has ever known." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Joseph E
Joseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "Joseph" is used, along with " Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled , . In Kurdish (''Kurdî''), the name is , Persian, the name is , and in Turkish it is . In Pashto the name is spelled ''Esaf'' (ايسپ) and in Malayalam it is spelled ''Ousep'' (ഔസേപ്പ്). In Tamil, it is spelled as ''Yosepu'' (யோசேப்பு). The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with '' Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chuck Connors
Kevin Joseph "Chuck" Connors (April 10, 1921 – November 10, 1992) was an American actor and professional basketball and baseball player. He is one of only 13 athletes in the history of American professional sports to have played in both Major League Baseball ( Brooklyn Dodgers 1949, Chicago Cubs, 1951) and the National Basketball Association (Boston Celtics 1946–48). With a 40-year film and television career, he is best known for his five-year role as Lucas McCain in the highly rated ABC series '' The Rifleman'' (1958–63). Early life and education Connors was born on April 10, 1921, in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City to Marcella (; 1894–1971) and Alban Francis "Allan" Connors (1891–1966), immigrants of Irish descent from Newfoundland and Labrador."Fifteenth Census of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jim Backus
James Gilmore Backus (February 25, 1913 – July 3, 1989) was an American actor. Among his most famous roles were Thurston Howell III on the 1960s sitcom ''Gilligan's Island,'' the father of James Dean's character in '' Rebel Without a Cause,'' the voice of the near-sighted cartoon character '' Mr. Magoo'', the rich Hubert Updike III on the radio version of '' The Alan Young Show'', and Joan Davis' character's husband (a domestic court judge) on TV's '' I Married Joan''. He also starred in his own show of one season, '' The Jim Backus Show'', also known as ''Hot Off the Wire''. An avid golfer, Backus made the 36-hole cut at the 1964 Bing Crosby Pro-Am tournament. He was inducted to the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Early life Backus was born February 25, 1913, in Cleveland, Ohio,James Gilmore Backus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Frank Richards (actor)
Frank Richards (September 15, 1909 – April 15, 1992) was an American character actor, typically portraying a hoodlum or thug with a menacing appearance. Biography Richards was born in New York City and raised in Fall River, Massachusetts. Richards began acting in stock theater in Cape Cod while he worked 16 hours a day as a driver of a fruit truck. He continued his stock acting for eight years. He acted on Broadway in ''The Wanhope Building'' (1947), ''Embezzled Heaven'' (1944), ''The World We Make'' (1939), and ''Brown Danube'' (1939). After serving in the military during World War II, Richards studied dialects, diction, and speech in New York, in addition to working in radio and television. He appeared in 150 films and televisions shows from 1940 into the mid 1980s. He appeared in a 1952 episode of ''Superman'' "The Night of Terror" and a 1953 episode of ''The Lone Ranger''. His first stage appearance was in 1938 and his last film was John Cassavetes' '' A Woman Unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky; November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor. He was known for his roles in action films and his "granite features and brawny physique". Bronson was born into extreme poverty in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, a coal mining town in the Allegheny Mountains. Bronson's father, a miner, died when Bronson was young. Bronson himself worked in the mines as well until joining the United States Army Air Forces in 1943 to fight in World War II. After his service, he joined a theatrical troupe and studied acting. During the 1950s, he played various supporting roles in motion pictures and television, including anthology drama TV series in which he would appear as the main character. Near the end of the decade, he had his first cinematic leading role in '' Machine-Gun Kelly'' (1958). Bronson had sizeable co-starring roles in '' The Magnificent Seven'' (1960), '' The Great Escape'' (1963), '' This Property Is Condemned'' (1966), and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Phyllis Povah
Phyllis Povah (July 21, 1893 – August 7, 1975) was an American stage and film actress. Career Povah made her Broadway theatre debut in ''Mr. Pim Passes By'' in 1921 and acted in minor roles in several productions over the next two decades as well as one of the leads in the 1923 play Icebound. She achieved a notable success in a featured role in the stage production of '' The Women'', and the play ran for 18 months, from 1936 until 1938. When a film version was planned, Povah and Marjorie Main were the only members of the cast who were chosen to reprise their roles in the film which was released in 1939. (The film was directed by George Cukor). The film was a success, but Povah continued to work steadily in theatre, and appeared in the film '' Let's Face It'' (1943) with Bob Hope and Betty Hutton. ''Dear Ruth'', in which Povah starred with John Dall and Virginia Gilmore played on Broadway from 1944 until 1946, and provided her with a substantial role and her biggest success ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Loring Smith
Loring B. Smith (November 18, 1890 – July 8, 1981) was an American vaudeville, stage, film, radio and television actor, frequently of broadly comic and gregarious characters. He enjoyed a 65-year career involved in many facets of the entertainment business. Early life A native of Stratford, Connecticut, Smith left doubt as to the year of his birth. Most of the earliest sources list 1890, by the 1940s, it was 1895, and by the 1950s, the year became 1900. He does, however, have vaudeville and theatrical credits reaching back to the 1910s. While he served in the Tank Corps during World War I, he put on shows for soldiers. A booking agent saw him in a show at Camp Upton on Long Island, and that exposure led to his becoming a professional entertainer. Career During the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, he played hundreds of characters in radio drama, comedy and variety. He also intermittently appeared in films, playing supporting parts in 1941's '' Keep 'Em Flying'', with Abbott and Costello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
