Barbara Bel Geddes

(1922–2005) Filmography as Actress: Vertigo 1958 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: James Stewart, Kim Novak   Born October 31 1922 New York, NY (USA) Died August 8 2005 Northeast Harbor, ME (USA) Cause of death Cancer (lung) Occupation Actress Awards Emmy…

Le lever (1871)

Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Le lever (Young Mother Gazing at Her Child) 1871 Oil on canvas, 142.2 x 102.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This doting mother in picturesque dress and her angelic offspring are two of many such…

Vertigo (1958)

Director: Alfred Hitchcock Producer: Alfred Hitchcock Screenplay: Alec Coppel, Samuel Taylor Based on: D’entre les morts by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac Genre: Film noir | Mystery | Romantic | Thriller Music: Bernard Herrmann Country: United States Language: English Studio:…

Raymond Burr

(1917–1993) Raymond William Stacy Burr Filmography as Actor: Rear Window 1954 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelly     Born May 21 1917 New Westminster (Canada) Died September 12 1993 Healdsburg, CA (USA) Cause of death Cancer Occupation…

Erasmus of Rotterdam (c.1532)

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Erasmus of Rotterdam c.1532 Oil on linden panel, 17.6 x 14 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Hans Holbein the Younger was one of the most celebrated portraitists of the sixteenth century. At an…