Tag: 1917

Mel Ferrer

(1917–2008) Melchor Gastón Ferrer Filmography as Actor: Elena et les hommes 1956 Director: Jean Renoir Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Jean Marais     War and Peace 1956 Director: King Vidor Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda     Paris When It Sizzles 1964 Director: Richard Quine…

Hurd Hatfield

(1917–1998) William Rukard Hurd Hatfield Filmography as Actor: El Cid 1961 Director: Anthony Mann Starring: Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren   Born December 7 1917 New York, NY (USA) Died December 25 1998 Monkstown, County Cork (Ireland) Cause of death Heart…

Herbert Lom

(1917–2012) Filmography as Actor: War and Peace 1956 Director: King Vidor Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda     Spartacus 1960 Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier     El Cid 1961 Director: Anthony Mann Starring: Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren   Born September 11 1917…

Armando Trovajoli

(1917–2013) Works: • The Best of Armando Trovajoli (Vol. 1) Filmography as Composer: I mostri 1963 Director: Dino Risi Starring: Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman     Matrimonio all’italiana 1964 Director: Vittorio De Sica Starring: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni    …

Les toits du Vieux Nice (c.1911-1919)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les toits du Vieux Nice (The Roofs of Old Nice) c.1911–1919 Oil on canvas Musée Renoir, Cagnes-sur-Mer The old town seen from Renoir‘s house. See also: • Nice (France)

Allies Day, May 1917 (1917)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Allies Day, May 1917 1917 Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 76.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A patriotic whirlwind overtook mid–town Manhattan as America entered the First World War in the spring of 1917. On Fifth Avenue,…

Arlequin à la guitare (1917)

Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Arlequin à la guitare (Harlequin with a Guitar) 1917 Oil on panel, 100.3 × 65.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Like many European artists before them, Cubists often depicted Harlequin, a stock character in the Italian…

Nu couché (1917)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Nu couché (Reclining Nude) 1917 Oil on canvas, 60.6 x 92.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Modigliani’s celebrated series of reclining nudes, begun in 1916, is influenced by Italian Renaissance representations of Venus and other idealized…