Tag: American

Louis Armstrong

(1901–1971) Louis Daniel Armstrong Works: • Basin Street Blues • Black and Blue (1965) • Hello Dolly • West End Blues • What a wonderful world (1967) • When the saints go marching In Filmography as Actor: High Society 1956…

All About Eve (1950)

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck Screenplay: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Based on: “The Wisdom of Eve” by Mary Orr Genre: Drama Music: Alfred Newman Country: United States Language: English Studio: 20th Century Fox Release date: 1950 Running time:…

Celeste Holm

(1917–2012) Filmography as Actress: All About Eve 1950 Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Starring: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter     High Society 1956 Director: Charles Walters Starring: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly   Born April 29 1917 Brooklyn, New York, NY (USA) Died July 15 2012 Manhattan, New York, NY…

Citizen Kane (1941)

Director: Orson Welles Producer: Orson Welles Screenplay: Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles Genre: Drama | Mystery Music: Bernard Herrmann Country: United States Language: English Studio: RKO Pictures Release date: 1941 Running time: 119 minutes Joseph Cotten (1905-1994) as Jedediah Leland…

Bernard Herrmann

(1911–1975) Max ‘Benny’ Herman Works: • Movie Theme Songs • “Scene d’amour” from Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” • Vertigo (1958) Filmography as Composer: Citizen Kane 1941 Director: Orson Welles Starring: Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore     Vertigo 1958 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: James Stewart, Kim…

Dorothy Comingore

(1913–1971) Mary Louise Comingore Filmography as Actress: Citizen Kane 1941 Director: Orson Welles Starring: Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore   Born August 24 1913 Los Angeles, CA (USA) Died December 30 1971 Stonington, CT (USA) Occupation Actress

Casablanca (1942)

Director: Michael Curtiz Producer: Hal B. Wallis Screenplay: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch Based on: Everybody Comes to Rick’s by Murray Burnett, Joan Alison Genre: Drama | Romantic | War Music: Max Steiner Country: United States Language: English…

Michael Curtiz

(1886–1962) Mihály Kertész Filmography as Director: Casablanca 1942 Director: Michael Curtiz Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman   Born December 24 1886 Budapest (Hungary) Died April 10 1962 Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Cancer Buried Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Occupation Film director Award…

Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

Director: Michael Anderson Producer: Michael Todd Screenplay: James Poe & others Based on: Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne Genre: Adventure | Comedy | Epic Music: Victor Young Country: United States Language: English Studio: United Artists Release…

Frank Sinatra

(1915–1998) Francis Albert Sinatra, OMRI Filmography as Actor: Around the World in 80 Days 1956 Director: Michael Anderson Starring: David Niven, Cantinflas     High Society 1956 Director: Charles Walters Starring: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly     Paris When It Sizzles 1964 Director: Richard Quine Starring: Audrey Hepburn, William…