Sally Benson
Sally Benson (''née'' Sara Smith; September 3, 1897 – July 19, 1972) was an American writer of short stories, screenplays, and theatre. She is best known for her humorous tales of modern youth collected in '' Junior Miss'' and her semi-autobiographical stories collected in '' Meet Me in St. Louis''. Early life and career Benson was born in St. Louis, the youngest of five children of Alonzo Redway and Anna Prophater Smith. She attended the Mary Institute until she moved with her family to New York. She attended the Horace Mann School, studied dance and then started working when she was 17 years old. At age 19, she married Reynolds "Babe" Benson. The couple had a daughter, Barbara Benson, and later divorced. She began her career writing weekly interview articles and film reviews for the ''New York Morning Telegraph''. Between 1929 and 1941, she published 99 stories in ''The New Yorker'', including nine signed with her pseudonym Esther Evarts. Her stories "The Overcoat" and " ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Woodland Hills, California
Woodland Hills is a neighborhood bordering the Santa Monica Mountains in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California, United States. History The area was inhabited for around 8,000 years by Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans of the Fernandeño, Fernandeño-Tataviam and Chumash (tribe), Chumash-Venturaño tribes, who lived in the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills and close to the Arroyo Calabasas (Calabasas Creek) tributary of the Los Angeles River in present-day Woodland Hills. The first Europeans to enter the San Fernando Valley were the Portola Expedition in 1769, exploring Alta California for Spanish missions in California, Spanish mission and settlement locations. Seeing it from present-day Sepulveda Pass, the California oak woodland, oak savanna inspired them to call the area ''El Valle de Santa Catalina de Bononia de Los Encinos'' (Valley of St. Catherine of Bononia of the Oaks). The Mission San Fernando Rey de España (Mission San Fe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Junior Miss (film)
''Junior Miss'' is a 1945 American comedy film starring Peggy Ann Garner as a teenager who meddles in people's love lives. A collection of Sally Benson's stories from ''The New Yorker'' was published by Random House as ''Junior Miss'' in 1941. The stories were adapted by Jerome Chodorov and Joseph Fields into a successful play that same year. Directed by Moss Hart, ''Junior Miss'' ran on Broadway from 1941 to 1943. In 1945, the play was adapted to the film ''Junior Miss'' with George Seaton directing Peggy Ann Garner in the lead role of Judy Graves. ''Junior Miss'' was adapted as a radio series three times in the late 1940s and early ‘50s, first with Shirley Temple and later with Barbara Whiting performing the lead role. Plot Lively and imaginative sisters Judy and Lois Graves, 13 and 16 years old, live in an apartment in New York City with their forgiving and patient mother Grace and father, Harry, a lawyer. Judy's equally energetic friend Fuffy Adams frequently visits, and th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Farmer Takes A Wife (1953 Film)
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Curtain Call (American TV Series)
''Curtain Call'' is an American television anthology series that aired on NBC from June 20, 1952 until September 26, 1952, as the summer replacement for '' The RCA Victor Show''. Fourteen 30-minute episodes were telecast live from Hollywood. Its stories were based upon the works of writers like John Steinbeck, Henry James, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and John Cheever, among others. Guest stars included Boris Karloff, Richard Kiley, Carol Bruce, Charlton Heston, Jack Palance, Robert Preston, Maureen Stapleton, Miriam Hopkins, and John Forsythe. Worthington Miner Worthington Miner (November 13, 1900 – December 11, 1982) was an American film producer, screenwriter, actor and director. He was married to actress Frances Fuller, with whom he had three children, including producer/director Peter Miner. He ... developed the program as an attempt "to prove that TV could make good programming out of less dramatic material than could the movies or the stage". Robert Boyle was the di ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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No Man Of Her Own (1950 Film)
''No Man of Her Own'' is a 1950 American film noir drama (film and television), drama directed by Mitchell Leisen and featuring Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund (actor), John Lund, Phyllis Thaxter, Jane Cowl and Lyle Bettger. Made and distributed by Paramount Pictures, the production is the second film Stanwyck made with director Mitchell Leisen. Its screenplay was adapted from Cornell Woolrich's 1948 novel ''I Married a Dead Man''. Woolrich is cited in the film's opening credits by one of his commonly used pseudonyms, "William Irish". Plot Helen Ferguson, filled with dread, holds her baby as Bill Harkness reads a book. The phone rings, and police tell Bill that they are on the way to their home. She puts the child to bed, praying that the boy will not suffer for her mistakes and whispering that she was desperate. A year earlier in New York, Helen is eight months pregnant, unmarried, and broke. She goes to her unfaithful boyfriend Stephen Morley, tearfully pleading for help as she st ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Conspirator (1949 Film)
''Conspirator'' is a 1949 British film noir, suspense, espionage, and thriller film directed by Victor Saville and starring Robert Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor. Based on the 1948 novel ''Conspirator'' by Humphrey Slater, the film is about a beautiful 18-year-old American woman who meets and falls in love with one of a British Guards, an officer who turns out to be a spy for the Soviet Union. After they are married, she discovers his true identity and forces him to choose between his marriage and his ideology. When his Soviet handlers order him to murder his young American wife, he is faced with the ultimate choice. The film was made for distribution by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot While visiting England, 18 year old Melinda Greyton attends a Regimental Ball where she meets handsome Major Michael Curragh. The attraction is mutual and a whirlwind courtship follows. After the honeymoon is over the young bride finds out her husband is actually a Russian spy. She is frantic and canno ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Come To The Stable
''Come to the Stable'' is a 1949 American comedy drama film that tells how two French religious sisters come to a small New England town and involve the townsfolk in helping them to build a children's hospital. It features Loretta Young, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlowe, Elsa Lanchester, Thomas Gomez, Dooley Wilson and Regis Toomey. The movie was based on a story by Clare Boothe Luce, and the screenplay was written by Oscar Millard and Sally Benson. It was directed by Henry Koster. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Loretta Young), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Celeste Holm and Elsa Lanchester), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White ( Lyle R. Wheeler, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little, and Paul S. Fox), Best Cinematography, Best Music, Song ( Alfred Newman and Mack Gordon for "Through a Long and Sleepless Night") and Best Writing, Motion Picture Story. Plot One winter's night, two French sisters, Chicago-born Sister Mar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anna And The King Of Siam (film)
''Anna and the King of Siam'' is a 1946 American drama film directed by John Cromwell. An adaptation of the 1944 novel of the same name by Margaret Landon, it was based on the fictionalized diaries of Anna Leonowens, an Anglo-Indian woman who claimed to be British and became governess in the Royal Court of Siam (now modern Thailand) during the 1860s. Darryl F. Zanuck read Landon's book in galleys and immediately bought the film rights. The story mainly concerns the culture clash of the Imperialist Victorian values of the British Empire with the autocratic rule of Siam's King Mongkut. The successful film starred Rex Harrison as the king and Irene Dunne as Anna. At the 19th Academy Awards ceremony, the film received two Oscars; for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction ( Lyle R. Wheeler, William S. Darling, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes). Also nominated were Bernard Herrmann for the score, the screenwriters and supporting actress Gale Sondergaard. Landon's novel wa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shadow Of A Doubt
''Shadow of a Doubt'' is a 1943 American psychological thriller film noir directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten. Written by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, and Alma Reville, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story for Gordon McDonell. The story follows Charlotte "Charlie" Newton and her family who live in very quiet Santa Rosa, California. An unexpected visit by Charles Oakley, her charming and sophisticated Uncle Charlie, brings much excitement to the family and the small town. That excitement turns to fear as young Charlie slowly begins to suspect that her uncle may be concealing a dark secret. In 1991, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Hitchcock's favorite of all his films, ''Shadow of a Doubt'' was also the one he enjoyed making the most. Plot Charles Oakley spots two de ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Seventeen (musical)
''Seventeen'' is a 1951 American musical that debuted in the United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ... starring Kenneth Nelson. Overview Set in Indianapolis in 1907, ''Seventeen'' is based on Booth Tarkington’s '' Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William'', a series of sketches first published in 1914 in ''Metropolitan Magazine'', before being collected into a book two years later. Adapted as a 1916 silent film, then a 1917 stage play, it became a 1926 musical under the title ''Hello, Lola''. In an adaptation by '' The New Yorker'' writer Sally Benson, and music by Walter Kent and lyrics by Kim Gannon, ''Seventeen'' opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway June 21, 1951. The show detailed the puppy-lo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Memphis Bound
''Memphis Bound'' (usually styled ''Memphis Bound!'') is a 1945 American musical based on the Gilbert and Sullivan opera ''H.M.S. Pinafore''. The score was adapted and augmented by Don Walker and Clay Warnick, with a libretto credited to Albert Barker and Sally Benson, "with gratitude to W. S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan." The original production starred an all-black cast including Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Avon Long, Billy Daniels, Ada Brown, and Sheila Guyse. Plot An all-African-American touring company is traveling to Memphis on a showboat, the ''Calliboga Queen''. When the boat is run aground in Tennessee, the company mounts a production of Gilbert and Sullivan's ''H.M.S. Pinafore'' to raise funds to get it unstuck. Much of the musical consists of a play within a play, as the company presents a musically updated version of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera; the boat pilot (played by Bill Robinson in the original production) takes a major role as Sir Joseph Porter, First ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Barbara Whiting
Barbara Whiting Smith (May 19, 1931 – June 9, 2004) was an American actress and singer. Early life Whiting was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of music manager Eleanor Youngblood Whiting and composer Richard A. Whiting. Her older sister was singer Margaret Whiting. Career Her movie career began with the 1945 film, '' Junior Miss'', a movie based on her popular radio show by the same name. This was followed by nine other starring roles until she married Gail Smith and retired. On television, she co-starred with her sister, Margaret in ''Those Whiting Girls'' on CBS. The program debuted July 4, 1955, as a summer replacement for ''I Love Lucy''. Whiting's radio career was what she was most known for during her lifetime. In 1948 she began to star in CBS's '' Junior Miss''. It was one of the most successful radio shows of the time especially with younger audiences. On February 8, 1960, Barbara was honored with a star at 6443 Hollywood Boulevard, in th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |