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Howard Lindsay

(1889–1968) Herman Nelke Filmography as Librettist: The Sound of Music 1965 Director: Robert Wise Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer   Born March 29 1889 Waterford, NY (USA) Died February 11 1968 New York, NY (USA) Occupation Actor Librettist Occupation Playwright Producer Occupation Screenwriter…

Ernest Lehman

(1915–2005) Ernest Paul Lehman Filmography as Screenwriter: Sabrina 1954 Director: Billy Wilder Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn     The Sound of Music 1965 Director: Robert Wise Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer     Family Plot 1976 Director: Alfred Hitchcock…

Alan Jay Lerner

(1918–1986) Filmography as Screenwriter: My Fair Lady 1964 Director: George Cukor Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison   Born August 31 1918 New York, NY (USA) Died June 14 1986 New York, NY (USA) Cause of death Cancer (lung) Occupation Composer Librettist Occupation Lyricist…

Rex Harrison

(1908–1990) Sir Reginald Carey “Rex” Harrison Filmography as Actor: Major Barbara 1941 Director: Gabriel Pascal Starring: Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison     Midnight Lace 1960 Director: David Miller Starring: Doris Day, Rex Harrison     Cleopatra 1963 Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton…

George Cukor

(1899–1983) George Dewey Cukor Filmography as Director: Little Women 1933 Director: George Cukor Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett     The Philadelphia Story 1940 Director: George Cukor Starring: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn     Gaslight 1944 Director: George Cukor Starring: Charles Boyer, Ingrid…

Gabriel Pascal

(1894–1954) Gábor Lehel Filmography as Director: Major Barbara 1941 Director: Gabriel Pascal Starring: Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison     Caesar and Cleopatra 1945 Director: Gabriel Pascal Starring: Vivien Leigh, Claude Rains     Filmography as Producer: Pygmalion 1938 Director: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard Starring: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller   Born…

Ona Munson

(1903–1955) Owena Elizabeth Wolcott Filmography as Actress: Gone with the Wind 1939 Director: Victor Fleming Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh   Born June 16 1903 Portland, OR (USA) Died February 11 1955 New York, NY (USA) Cause of death Suicide (barbiturate overdose)…

Majas al balcón (c.1810)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Majas al balcón (Majas on a Balcony) c.1810 Oil on canvas, 194.9 x 125.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The theme of women on a balcony overseen by watchful, somewhat threatening male companions resulted in one…

La Duquesa de Alba (1797)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) La Duquesa de Alba (The Duchess of Alba) 1797 Oil on canvas, 210.3 x 149.3 cm Hispanic Society of America, New York   Inscribed bottom center and left (in the soil): “Solo Goya / 1797” Francisco de Goya…

Hispanic Society of America (New York)

Founded: 1904 Address: 613 W 155th St, New York, NY 10032, United States Website: https://hispanicsociety.org/ Collection: • Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): La Duquesa de Alba (1797) See also: • Museums | New York, NY (USA)