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Stanley Prager
Stanley Prager (January 8, 1917 – January 18, 1972) was an American actor and a television and theatre director. Career Prager was born in New York City. He spent three years at Johns Hopkins University before working in summer stock and on Broadway theatre, Broadway, where he appeared in ''The Skin of Our Teeth'' and ''The Eve of St. Mark''. He appeared in the The Eve of St. Mark, film version of ''Eve of St. Mark'' and spent the remainder of the decade acting in mostly B-movies, with occasional roles in better films such as ''A Bell for Adano'', ''Gun Crazy'', ''In the Meantime, Darling'', and ''A Foreign Affair''. He told an interviewer in 1969 that as an actor he appeared in “all the parts that Phil Silvers wouldn't play.” Prager returned to Broadway and won critical praise in 1951 for his performance in the Comden and Green revue, ''Two on the Aisle''. He played Faker Englund in a 1953 revival of ''Room Service (play), Room Service'', and in 1954 he was Prez in ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behind Green Lights
''Behind Green Lights'' is a 1946 American crime film directed by Otto Brower and starring Carole Landis, William Gargan and Mary Anderson (actress, born 1918), Mary Anderson.Tsika p.113 It was produced and distributed by Twentieth Century Fox. Plot Police Lieutenant Sam Carson spots Walter Bard's bullet-ridden corpse in a car brazenly left in front of the police station. Carson questions Janet Bradley after finding her name in the dead man's appointment book. She admits that Bard had been blackmailing her friend for $20,000, and that she went to see him, though she had been able to raise only half the money. When he refused to settle for that, she claims she took what she came for at gunpoint. Max Calvert, a newspaper owner, pressures Carson to arrest Bradley to hurt her father's election campaign for mayor. Carson declines. When Dr. Yager, the corrupt medical examiner, informs Calvert that Bard actually died from poison, Calvert orders him to get the body out of the police st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bart Lytton
Bart Lytton (born Bernard Shulman, October 4, 1912 – June 29, 1969)was an American business executive, Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party fundraiser, writer, public relations executive and philanthropist. He was a founder of Lytton Financial Corporation, one of the five largest savings and loans in the United States with $700 million in assets. Lytton was known for his flair and showmanship, and once said, "the only ism for me is narcissism". Early life Lytton was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, the son of a lawyer who was murdered when Bart was three years old by a merchant who was enraged when the lawyer sought to enforce seizure of his business to satisfy a court judgment. The merchant was subsequently convicted of manslaughter. Lytton attended Westminster College (Pennsylvania), Westminster College and the University of Virginia, and then worked for the Works Progress Administration in New York as a theater director. Career Lytton moved to California ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnie's Boys
''Minnie's Boys'' is a musical with a book by Arthur Marx (Groucho Marx's son) and Robert Fisher, music by Larry Grossman, and lyrics by Hal Hackady. It provides a behind-the-scenes look at the early days of the Marx Brothers and their relationship with their mother Minnie Marx, the driving force behind their ultimate success. Production Development Producer Sol C. Siegel had developed a project based on the young Marx Brothers in the early 1960s with a script written by Julius J. Epstein, but it was never made. The producer of the Broadway show was Arthur Whitelaw, who had done the musical ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown''. Groucho hoped that Neil Simon would write the book but Simon turned down the job; comedian David Steinberg, a great admirer of the Marx Brothers, did it instead. Groucho disliked Steinberg's work and the job was then offered to his son Arthur and Arthur's writing partner Robert Fisher; the duo had just penned a Broadway comedy hit, '' The Impossib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bravo Giovanni
''Bravo Giovanni'' is a musical theatre, musical with a book by A. J. Russell, lyrics by Ronny Graham, and music by Milton Schafer. It is based upon Howard Shaw's 1959 novel, ''The Crime of Giovanni Venturi''. The musical was conceived as a vehicle for opera star Cesare Siepi, and the story concerned a family-owned Italian restaurant's efforts to compete with a restaurant chain.Bordman, 683 Background After three previews, the Broadway theatre, Broadway production, directed by Stanley Prager and choreographed by Carol Haney, opened on May 19, 1962, at the Broadhurst Theatre, where it ran for 76 performances. The cast included Cesare Siepi, Michele Lee, David Opatoshu, George S. Irving, Maria Karnilova, Lainie Kazan, Larry Fuller (choreographer), Larry Fuller, and Baayork Lee. The show received Tony Award nominations for Best Composer and Lyricist, Best Choreography, and Best Conductor and musical director. An cast album, original cast recording was released by Columbia Records. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Come Blow Your Horn
''Come Blow Your Horn'' is Neil Simon's first play, which premiered on Broadway in 1961 and had a London production in 1962 at the Prince of Wales Theatre. Simon rewrote the script more than two dozen times over several years, resulting in a hit premiere that allowed Simon to leave his full-time television writing career to write stage and film scripts. Productions ''Come Blow Your Horn'' opened on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on February 22, 1961 and closed on October 6, 1962 after 677 performances and one preview. The cast featured Hal March (Alan Baker), Arlene Golonka, Warren Berlinger (Buddy), Lou Jacobi (Mr. Baker) and Pert Kelton (Mrs. Baker). The director was Stanley Prager, with sets and lighting by Ralph Alswang. It was produced by Arthur Cantor. The play opened in the West End in 1962 at the Prince of Wales Theatre, starring Michael Crawford as Buddy, Bob Monkhouse and David Kossoff. The following year the play was the first production to take place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Simon
Marvin Neil Simon (July 4, 1927 – August 26, 2018) was an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly film adaptations of his plays. He received three Tony Awards and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for four Academy Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards. He was awarded a 29th Tony Awards, Special Tony Award in 1975, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1991, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1995 and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2006. Simon grew up in New York City during the Great Depression. His parents' financial difficulties affected their marriage, giving him a mostly unhappy and unstable childhood. He often took refuge in movie theaters, where he enjoyed watching early comedians like Charlie Chaplin. After graduating from high school and serving a few years in the United States Army Air Forces, Army Air Force Reserve, he began writing comedy scripts for radio progr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Abbott
George Francis Abbott (June 25, 1887January 31, 1995) was an American theatre producer, director, playwright, screenwriter, film director and producer whose career spanned eight decades. He received numerous honors including six Tony Awards, the Pulitzer Prize, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1982,"George Abbott Biography" kennedy-center.org, accessed August 6, 2019"History, 1982" kennedy-center.org, accessed August 6, 2019Hall, Carla; McCombs, Phil [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Kissel
Howard William Kissel (October 29, 1942 – February 24, 2012) was an American theater critic based in New York City. Before serving as the chief theatre critic for the '' Daily News'' for twenty years, Kissel was the arts editor for ''Women's Wear Daily''. He also wrote a column for ''The Huffington Post''. Kissel also authored a biography on theater producer David Merrick, entitled ''David Merrick, the Abominable Showman'', which was published in 1993. Kissel was born on October 29, 1942, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and attended Shorewood High School. He graduated from Columbia University in 1964 and obtained his master's from Northwestern University Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in .... He was married to Christine Buck from 1974 until her death in 2006. Kissel died in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Tyne
Martin Yarus (February 6, 1917 – March 7, 2008), better known as George Tyne, was an American stage and film actor and television director. He was blacklisted in 1951. Early life Tyne was born Martin Yarus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Charles and Mollie Yarus, who emigrated from Russia. Early in life he moved with his parents to Brooklyn, N.Y., where he attended James Madison High School. Career Tyne began his acting career under the name Buddy Yarus. He used that name when appearing in the 1945 war film '' Objective Burma!'', and in the Laurel and Hardy film '' The Dancing Masters'' (1943). As "George Tyne" he appeared in '' A Walk in the Sun'', '' Sands of Iwo Jima'' and '' Thieves Highway''. Tyne also appeared on Broadway in a number of roles, including the hit 1954 play ''Lunatics and Lovers''. Prior to his blacklisting, Tyne's last movie role was in the 1951 war film '' Decision Before Dawn''. During the period of his blacklisting he worked mainly as a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Polan
Lou may refer to: __NOTOC__ Personal name * Lou (given name), a list of people and fictional characters *Lou (German singer) *Lou (French singer) * Lou (surname 娄), the 229th most common surname in China * Lou (surname 楼), the 269th most common surname in China Arts and entertainment * ''Lou'' (2010 film), a 2010 Australian film starring John Hurt * ''Lou'' (2017 film), a Pixar short film * ''Lou'' (2022 film), a Netflix crime thriller * Lou!, a French series of comic books created by Julien Neel * Lord of Ultima, a browser-based MMORTS game developed by EA Other uses * Lyon Olympique Universitaire, a rugby union team playing in the Top14 competition of France * Bowman Field (airport) (IATA airport code LOU), an airport in Louisville, Kentucky, USA * Lou Island of Papua New Guinea * Lou language (Austronesian) of Lou Island * Lou language (Torricelli) * Letter of understanding A Letter of Understanding (LOU) is a formal text that sums up the terms of an undertakings o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Randolph (actor)
Emanuel Hirsch Cohen (June 1, 1915 – February 24, 2004), better known by the stage name John Randolph, was an American film, television and stage actor. Early life Randolph was born Emanuel Hirsch Cohen in New York City on June 1, 1915, the son of Jewish immigrants from Russia and Romania. His mother, Dorothy (née Shorr), was an insurance agent, and his father, Louis Cohen, was a hat manufacturer. In the 1930s, he spent his summers at the Pine Brook Country Club in Nichols, Connecticut, which was the summer home of the Group Theatre. He made his Broadway debut in 1938 in ''Coriolanus''. Randolph joined the United States Army Air Forces in World War II. He had a small role in the 1948 film '' The Naked City''. He and wife Sarah Cunningham were blacklisted from working in Hollywood films and in New York film and television and radio after 1948. In 1955, they were both called before the House Un-American Activities Committee to testify concerning ongoing investigations regardi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Miller
Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are '' All My Sons'' (1947), '' Death of a Salesman'' (1949), ''The Crucible'' (1953), and '' A View from the Bridge'' (1955). He wrote several screenplays, including '' The Misfits'' (1961). The drama ''Death of a Salesman'' is considered one of the best American plays of the 20th century. Miller was often in the public eye, particularly during the late 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s. During this time, he received a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee, and married Marilyn Monroe. In 1980, he received the St. Louis Literary Award from the Saint Louis University Library Associates. He received the Praemium Imperiale prize in 2001, the Prince of Asturias Award in 2002, and the Jerusalem Prize in 2003, and the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
