Tag: NYC

Eli Wallach

(1915–2014) Eli Herschel Wallach Filmography as Actor: How to Steal a Million 1966 Director: William Wyler Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Peter O’Toole     The Godfather: Part III 1990 Director: Francis Ford Coppola Starring: Al Pacino, Diane Keaton     The…

Scarlett Johansson

(1984) Scarlett Ingrid Johansson Filmography as Actress: Girl with a Pearl Earring 2003 Director: Peter Webber Starring: Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson     Match Point 2005 Director: Woody Allen Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson     The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 Director:…

Virgen con el Niño (1670s)

Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Virgen con el Niño (Virgin and Child) 1670s Oil on canvas, 165.7 x 109.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Like Zurbarán and Velázquez, Murillo was trained in Seville, where he spent his whole career. Often referred…

Crucifixión (c.1675)

Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Crucifixión (Crucifixion) c.1675 Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 33 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This oil sketch helped Murillo to prepare a large painting that is today in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. The artist’s…

Henry James

(1843–1916) Henry James, OM Works: • A Bundle of Letters (English) • A Little Tour in France (English) • A London Life, and Other Tales (English) • A Passionate Pilgrim (English) • A Small Boy and Others (English) • An International Episode…

Douglas Fowley

(1911–1998) Daniel Vincent Fowley Filmography as Actor: Singin’ in the Rain 1952 Director: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen Starring: Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds   Born May 30 1911 Bronx, New York, NY (USA) Died May 21 1998 Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, CA…

Stanley Donen

(1924–2019) Filmography as Director: Singin’ in the Rain 1952 Director: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen Starring: Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds     Funny Face 1957 Director: Stanley Donen Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire     Charade 1963 Director: Stanley Donen Starring: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn    …

Bronx, New York, NY (USA)

Births: • Allyson, June (1917-2006) • Bacall, Lauren (1924-2014) • Balsam, Martin (1919-1996) • Bancroft, Anne (1931-2005) • Caan, James (1940-2022) • Castellano, Richard S. (1933-1988) • Curtis, Tony (1925-2010) • Darin, Bobby (1936-1973) • Fowley, Douglas (1911-1998) • Lohan, Lindsay (1986) • Marshall, Garry (1934-2016) • Mulligan, Robert…

Fifth Avenue (New York)

Fifth Avenue in Art: Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Fifth Avenue at Washington Square, New York 1891 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid     Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Fifth Avenue Nocturne c.1895 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland     Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Allies Day, May 1917 1917…

Manhattan (New York City)

Streets: • Fifth Avenue Manhattan in Art: O’Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986) Manhattan 1932 Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington     Manhattan in Film: Manhattan 1979 Director: Woody Allen Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton     Births: • Aiello, Danny (1933-2019) • Cukor, George (1899-1983) • Gazzara,…