Month: June 2016

Portrait of a Man in Royal Livery (1532-1535)

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Portrait of a Man in Royal Livery 1532–1535 Oil and gold on parchment, laid down on linden, diameter 9.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Holbein painted this small roundel about 1532–35, after his…

Edward VI as a Child (probably 1538)

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Edward VI as a Child probably 1538 Oil on panel, 56.8 x 44 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Inscription: PARVVLE PATRISSA, PATRIÆ VIRTVTIS ET HÆRES / ESTO, NIHIL MAIVS MAXIMVS ORBIS HABET. / GNATVM…

Thelma Ritter

(1902–1969) Filmography as Actress: All About Eve 1950 Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Starring: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter     Rear Window 1954 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelly   Born February 14 1902 Brooklyn, New York, NY (USA) Died February 4…

Wendell Corey

(1914–1968) Wendell Reid Corey Filmography as Actor: Rear Window 1954 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelly   Born March 20 1914 Dracut, MA (USA) Died November 8 1968 Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Cirrhosis…

Rear Window (1954)

Director: Alfred Hitchcock Producer: Alfred Hitchcock Screenplay: John Michael Hayes Based on: It Had to be Murder by Cornell Woolrich Genre: Mystery | Thriller Music: Franz Waxman Country: United States Language: English Studio: Paramount Pictures Release date: 1954 Running time: 112…

Rebecca (1940)

Director: Alfred Hitchcock Producer: David O. Selznick Screenplay: Joan Harrison, Robert E. Sherwood Based on: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Genre: Drama | Mystery | Romantic | Thriller Music: Franz Waxman Country: United States Language: English Studio: United Artists Release…

Whit Bissell

(1909–1996) Whitner Nutting Bissell Filmography as Actor: The Time Machine 1960 Director: George Pal Starring: Rod Taylor, Alan Young     Airport 1970 Director: George Seaton Starring: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin   Born October 25 1909 New York, NY (USA)…