Tag: aviator

Gabriele D’Annunzio

(1863–1938) General Gabriele D’Annunzio, Prince of Montenevoso Works: • Cabiria (Italian) • Contemplazione della morte (Italian) • Elegìe Romane (Italian) • Forse che sì forse che no (Italian) • Il ferro (Italian) • Isaotta Guttadàuro ed altre poesie (Italian) •…

L’aviateur (1920)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) L’aviateur (The Aviator) 1920 Oil on canvas, 65 x 92 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The abstract, circular shapes in this painting suggest the movement of a whirling propeller and infuse the composition with dynamic energy. After…

Howard Hawks

(1896–1977) Howard Winchester Hawks Filmography as Director: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 Director: Howard Hawks Starring: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe   Born May 30 1896 Goshen, IN (USA) Died December 26 1977 Palm Springs, CA (USA) Cause of death Accident (fall) Occupation Film director…

Tom Cruise

(1962) Thomas Cruise Mapother IV Filmography as Actor: Eyes Wide Shut 1999 Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman   Born July 3 1962 Syracuse, NY (USA) Wife Nicole Kidman (1967) Occupation Actor Producer Awards David di Donatello Golden…

Cecil Lewis

(1898–1997) Cecil Arthur Lewis, MC Filmography as Screenwriter: Pygmalion 1938 Director: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard Starring: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller   Born March 29 1898 Birkenhead (England) Died January 27 1997 Marylebone, London (England) Occupation Film director Producer Occupation Screenwriter Writer Awards Academy Award Military Cross

Sydney Pollack

(1934–2008) Filmography as Director: The Way We Were 1973 Director: Sydney Pollack Starring: Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford     Tootsie 1982 Director: Sydney Pollack Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange     Sabrina 1995 Director: Sydney Pollack Starring: Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond     Filmography as Actor: Eyes Wide…