Sunday, September 6, 2009
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Movie - How to Start the Day (1937)
Said to be cool How to Start the Day movie
Movie Premier in 1937.
Copyright Holder: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation, 1937 (on print)
Certificates: USA:Approved
Color Info: Black and White
Countries: USA
Genres: Comedy, Short
Languages: English
Runtimes: 10
Sound Mix: Mono
Tech Info: OFM:35 mm, PFM:35 mm, RAT:1.37 : 1
Release Dates: USA:11 September 1937
In movie played:
Robert Benchley (actor)
Articles: "Dictionnaire du Cinéma/Les Acteurs" (France), 1996, pg. pg. 90, by: Jean Tulard, "Benchley, robert"
Interred at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA, Father of 'Nathaniel Benchley' (qv), who wrote the novel "The Off-Islanders", which became the film _The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)_ (qv)., Grandfather of 'Nat Benchley' (qv) and 'Peter Benchley' (qv), author of "Jaws."., Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. pg. 40-41. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387, The town of Benchley, Texas, is named after his grandfather, who founded it., Is portrayed by 'Campbell Scott' (qv) in _Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)_ (qv), Proposed the following epitaph for his tombstone although it was not ultimately used: "This is all above my head.".
Biographical Movies: _Robert Benchley and the Knights of the Algonquin (1998) (V)_ (qv)
Death Notes: New York City, New York, USA (cerebral hemorrhage)
Books: Babette Rosmond. _Robert Benchley: His Life and Good Times._ Reprint of 1970 edition. St. Paul, MN: Paragon House, 1989. ISBN 1557781699, 'Nathaniel Benchley' (qv). _The Benchley Roundup: A Selection by Nathaniel Benchley of his Favorites (orig. pub. by Harper & Bros. 1954)._ Chicago and London: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1983. ISBN 0226042189, 'Nathaniel Benchley' (qv) (foreword by 'Robert E. Sherwood (I)' (qv) ).. _Robert Benchley; A Biography._ New York: McGraw-Hill, 1955., Norris Wilson Yates. _Robert Benchley._ Twayne Publishers, 1968. ISBN 080570048X, Gordon E. Ernst. _Robert Benchley: An Annotated Bibliography._ CT: Greenwood Press, 1995. ISBN 031329321X, Robert Redding. _Starring Robert Benchley._ Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1975., Wes D. Gehring. _"Mr. B" or Comforting Thoughts About the Bison: Critical Biography of Robert Benchley._ Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992. ISBN 0313252424, Billy Altman. _Laughter's Gentle Soul: The Life of Roberlt Benchley._ New York: W.W. Norton, 1997., Charles Getchell (ed.). _Benchley at the Theatre._ Ipswich, MA: Ipswich Press, 1985., Billy Altman. _Laughter's Gentle Soul: The Life of Robert Benchley._ New York: W.W. Norton, 1997.
Although next to his personal testimony Benchley be not a little a biographer and not quite an thespian, he manage to become one of the best-known humorist and comedian of his circumstance. As a Harvard undergraduate, Benchley contribute his opening slapstick comedian performing, impersonate a befuddled after-dinner diplomat. The slap made him a campus prominence -- and remain in Benchley's repertoire all for the balance of his go. (Landing the posting of editor of the Harvard Lampoon was the other tine aloft of his academy exchange.) As a post-graduate correspondent, linking continual firings and other disruption, Benchley made his dupe using a theater doubting thomas and as writer of whimsical musings against the vagaries of capable of date life. He serve briefly as managing editor of the magazine Vanity Fair, where on earth his lieutenants be 'Dorothy Parker (I)' (qv) and 'Robert E. Sherwood (I)' (qv), but he quit to disturbance Parker's barrage of bullets. (Benchley, Parker and Sherwood were among the regulars at the so-called Algonquin Round Table, a broad circular of New York wits that also integrated 'Harpo Marx' (qv) and 'George S. Kaufman' (qv)). Benchley was among the first contributor to The New Yorker, where his industry influenced other writers -- such as 'E.B. White (I)' (qv) and 'James Thurber' (qv)
Quotes: Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing., Tell us your phobias, and we'll tell you what you are afraid of., Every boy should have a dog, for a dog teaches a boy three valuable traits: fidelity, perseverance and to turn around three times before lying down., In America there are two classes of travel - First Class, and with children. Traveling with children corresponds roughly to traveling third class in Bulgaria., In Milwaukee last month a man died laughing over one of his own jokes. That's what makes it so tough for us outsiders: we have to fight home competition., There is no such place as Budapest. Perhaps you are thinking of Bucharest . . . and there is no such place as Bucharest, either., It took me 15 years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous., Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with, that it's compounding a felony., The only real cure for a hangover is death., If you'll excuse me, I'd like to get out of these wet things and into a dry martini.
Birth Notes: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Salary History: _The Treasurer's Report (1928)_ (qv)::$2000, _The Sex Life of the Polyp (1928)_ (qv)::$5500, _The Spellbinder (1928/I)_ (qv)::$5500, _Stewed, Fried and Boiled (1929)_ (qv)::$5500, _Lesson No. 1 (1929)_ (qv)::$5500, _Furnace Trouble (1929)_ (qv)::$5500, _You'd Be Surprised (1926)_ (qv)::$500/week, _The Bride Wore Boots (1946)_ (qv)::$1750/week, _Janie Gets Married (1946)_ (qv)::$1750/week, _Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)_ (qv)::$1750/week, _The Stork Club (1945)_ (qv)::$1750/week, _Snafu (1945)_ (qv)::$1750/week, _Duffy's Tavern (1945)_ (qv)::$1750/week, _A Social Celebrity (1926)_ (qv)::$2000, _The American Venus (1926)_ (qv)::$2000
Other Works: Twelve volumes of short stories collected., Book: "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, or David Copperfield," 1928., Book: "After 1903--What?", 1938., Book: "Benchley Beside Himself", Book: "From Bed to Worse, or Confusing Thoughts About the Bison," 1934., Book: "Inside Benchley", Book: "Love Conquers All," 1922., Book: "My Ten Years in a Quandary and How They Grew," 1936., Book: "No Poems, or Around the World Backwards and Sideways," 1932., Book: "Of All Things," 1921., Book: "Pluck and Luck," 1925., Book: "The Early Worm," 1927., Book: "The Treasurer's Report and Other Aspects of Community Singing," 1930.
Birth Name: Benchley, Robert Charles
Spouse: 'Gertrude Darling' (6 June 1914 - 21 November 1945) (his death)
Death Date: 21 November 1945
Portrayed: _Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)_ (qv)
Birth Date: 15 September 1889
Jack Chertok (producer)
Death Notes: Los Angeles, California, USA
Birth Notes: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Death Date: 14 June 1995
Other Works: In 1957, he produced a pilot all for a proposed anthology TV round call "The Family Tree." Each subdivision would individual tell the saga of a appendage of a extensive common clan, even as a result no framework optioned the series., In 1956, he produced two pilots for proposed TV sitcoms starring Jan Sterling. In the first, "Publicity Girl," Ms. Sterling played a publicity agent and in the second, she played a orange juice company worker., In 1957, he produced in a comedy pilot for NBC about the misadventures of an extremely reluctant private detective called, "The Reluctant Eye" starring Bobby Van. The series was never produced, however., In 1960, he produced an unsold pilot starring Jan Clayton called, "The Brown Horse" about a woman trying to pay for her daughter's college tuition by working in a San Francisco restuarant., In 1966, he produced an unsold pilot for a proposed CBS adventure series called "The Iron Man." The pilot starred Tom Simcox and Mike Whitney as railroad workers in the American West., In 1966, he produced an unsold comedy pilot called "Rambling Wreck from Discotheque" where Paul Dooley starred as a TV writer who reluctantly agrees to produce a rock-and-roll television series aimed at the teeny-bopper set., In 1959, he produced an unsold pilot called "Trace Hunter". This hour-long western was about a sheriff and his friend a gunslinger-turned minister.
Birth Date: 13 July 1906
Robert Lees (writer)
Articles: "Los Angeles Times" (USA), 5 July 2004, pg. E1+E20, by: Martin Miller, "Trusting, to the end", "The New York Times" (USA), 15 June 2004, pg. A20, by: Reuters, "(National Briefing) California: Intruder Kills 2", "The Houston Chronicle" (USA), 14 June 2004, by: Reuters, "Man held in murders of LA Screenwriter, neighbor"
He be blacklisted bounded by Hollywood during the McCarthy age and consequently uninterrupted in the 1950s and 1960s to be in contact in favour of motion diagram and television beneath the heading of "J.E. Selby", being authoritative for episode of _"Rawhide" (1959)_ (qv) and _"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955)_ (qv)., In 1999 he had a prominent role in protesting the decision by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to award director 'Elia Kazan' (qv) a lifetime achievement Oscar. Kazan named names during the McCarthy era and continued to work while others were blacklisted., He pleaded the 5th Amendment while testifying at the House Un-American Activities committee and was blacklisted as a result., 'Frederic I. Rinaldo' (qv) was his writing partner for 18 years until they were blacklisted in the early '50s., Was an atheist and a staunch Democrat., He was found murdered in his apartment. He was decapitated. His murderer also killed his neighbor, a Mr. Engelson. Because this man was on the phone at the time, the police were alerted quickly. According to the Associated Press, Kevin Lee Graff, 27, was arrested for the murders on June 14, 2004., Grandpa of actress Tania Verafield.
Death Notes: Los Angeles, California, USA (homicide)
Birth Notes: San Francisco, California, USA
Spouse: 'Abel, Jean' (? - 1982) (her death); 2 children
Death Date: 13 June 2004
Interviews: "Starlog" (USA), November 1990, Iss. 160, pg. 64-70, by: Mark Phillips, "They Wrote for Giants Part Two"
Birth Date: 10 July 1912
Frederic I. Rinaldo (writer)
Death Notes: Los Angeles, California, USA
Birth Notes: New York City, New York, USA
Death Date: 22 June 1992
For 18 years was writing partner with Robert Lees, until they were balcklisted in the early '50s.
Birth Date: 27 September 1913
Roy Rowland (director)
Death Notes: Orange, California, USA
Birth Notes: New York City, New York, USA
Death Date: 29 June 1995
Father of actor 'Steve Rowland (I)' (qv)
Birth Date: 31 December 1910
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The Movie - Haitoku no mesu
Not bad - Haitoku no mesu movie
Movie Issued - in 1961.
Color Info: Black and White
Countries: Japan
Genres: Thriller
Languages: Japanese
Runtimes: Japan:87
Sound Mix: Mono
Release Dates: Japan:6 August 1961
In movie played:
Yoshi Kato (actor)
Birth Notes: Tokyo, Japan
Death Date: 1 March 1988
Spouse: 'Isuzu Yamada' (qv) (1950 - ?) (divorced)
Birth Date: 12 January 1913
Hideo Kidokoro (actor)
Takahiro Tamura (actor)
Death Notes: Tokyo, Japan (cerebral infarction)
Birth Notes: Kyoto City, Japan
Death Date: 16 May 2006
His father is 'Tsumasaburo Bando' (qv), his little brothers are 'Masakazu Tamura' (qv) and 'Ryo Tamura (I)' (qv).
Birth Date: 31 August 1928
Sô Yamamura (actor)
Death Notes: Suginami, Tokyo, Japan (myocardial infarction)
Birth Notes: Tenri, Japan
Birth Name: Koga, Hirosada
Spouse: 'Yuriko Yamamura' (? - 26 May 2000) (his death)
Death Date: 26 May 2000
Birth Date: 24 February 1910
Kyoko Aoi (actress)
Reiko Hitomi (actress)
Birth Notes: Fukui, Japan
Birth Date: 10 January 1938
Yoshiko Kuga (actress)
Birth Notes: Tokyo, Japan
Spouse: 'Akihiko Hirata' (qv) (? - 25 July 1984) (his death)
Birth Date: 21 January 1931
Yasuko Matsui (actress)
Hizuru Takachiho (actress)
Birth Notes: Kobe, Japan
Birth Date: 10 October 1932
Jyugo Kuroiwa (writer)
Kaneto Shindô (writer)
Spouse: 'Nobuko Otowa' (qv) (? - 22 December 1994) (her death)
Quotes: [On Hadaka no shima (1960)] The film was made as a 'cinematic poem' to try and capture the life of human beings struggling like ants against the forces of nature.
Birth Notes: Hiroshima, Japan
Where Now: (September 2008) His consummate recent visualize, "Ishiuchi jinjo koto shogakko: Hana wa chiredomo" (2008), which he both write and directed, individual be released. At 96, this be believed to seed Kaneto Shindo the world's second oldest exciting film chief, after the Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira who is 4 years elder and inactive active beside technique of of November 2008.
Entered the film industry with the goal of being a screenwriter., He became a trainee under director Kenji Mizoguchi. Although Mizoguchi did not teach screenwriting, Shindo thought that working under him would improve his screenwriting skills., He served for 21 months in World War II., He made the film Hadaka no shima with his own production company, which was facing financial ruin at the time. Using one-tenth of the average budget, he took one last impassioned risk to make this film. Hadaka no shima won the Grand Prix at Moscow International Film Festival (where Luchino Visconti was a jury member). It is now considered to be one of Shindo's major works and saved his production company from bankruptcy.
Birth Date: 28 April 1912
Takashi Kawamata (cinematographer)
Yasushi Akutagawa (composer)
Son of 'Ryunosuke Akutagawa' (qv)., Brother of actor 'Hiroshi Akutagawa' (qv).
Death Date: 31 January 1989
Birth Date: 12 July 1925
Yoshitaro Nomura (director)
Articles: "Le Soir" (Belgium), 9 April 2005, pg. 32, "Yoshitaro Nomura est mort", "The Los Angeles Times" (USA), 9 April 2005, by: From Times Staff and Wire Reports, "Yoshitaro Nomura, 85; Japanese Director Made 89 Films in 3 Decades"
Death Notes: Tokyo, Japan (pneumonia)
Birth Notes: Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Two children: son, Yoshiki and daughter, Kaori, In 1995, Nomura was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun by the Japanese government., Began working in the Japanese movie industry when he was 22. He was best known for his suspense thrillers and his pioneering work in Japanese film noir, but he also made samurai dramas and musicals. His 1974 thriller, "Castle of Sand" (_Suna no utsuwa (1974)_ (qv)), is considered one of the best Japanese movies ever made. He adapted novels by 'Agatha Christie' (qv) and other authors for the screen. After retiring from directing in 1985, he continued to work as a movie and TV producer, as well as mentoring other Japanese directors.
Death Date: 8 April 2005
Birth Date: 23 April 1919
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Thursday, September 3, 2009
Movie - Le trfle d'argent (1914)
We've seen Le trèfle d'argent movie
Movie Issued - in 1914.
Color Info: Black and White
Countries: France
Genres: Short
Sound Mix: Silent
In movie played:
Juliette Depresle (actress)
Léon Poirier (director)
Birth Name: Poirier, Louis Marie Léon Alfred
Birth Notes: Paris, France
Death Date: 27 June 1968
Death Notes: Urval, Dordogne, France
Birth Date: 25 August 1884
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Movie - Khandhar (1984)
Said to be cool Khandhar movie (The Ruins).
Movie Is being made - in 1984.
Subhash be a photographer from the urban, who siege come to nick pictures of every elderly temple and debris in a rural community. Ruins spellbind him. While in the village, he get acquainted near a young-looking female, Jamini, who has have her heart done for traditionally, by route of another company from the sizeable city. Will long-ago retell itself, or will she find a egress of the ruins after all?
Certificates: Sweden:Btl
Color Info: Color
Countries: India
Genres: Drama
Languages: Hindi
Runtimes: Sweden:106
Sound Mix: Mono
Tech Info: MET:2887 m
Release Dates: India:8 June 1984, Canada:10 September 1984, Sweden:7 February 1986, France:22 March 1989
In movie played:
Annu Kapoor (actor)
Pankaj Kapur (actor)
Quotes: "The only similarity between my character in Maqbool and Marlon Brando's character in The Godfather is that both of them are an Underworld Don."
Spouse: 'Neelima Azim' (qv) (? - 1984), 'Supriya Pathak' (qv) (? - ?)
Pankaj Kapoor the acclaimed see in your mind`s eye, box and chapter lead singer signify the childlike outgrowth of fabulous actor of which Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah formed a part of the pack. Unlike his other counterpart Kapoor hasn't out of run through the guarantee to occupation singular encircled by compliant Art project. A ideal actor Pankaj Kapoor cause his engineering from New Delhi and next aligned National School Of Drama. Since then he enjoy potrayed frequent a characters flamboyantly. Like Puri and Shah he didn't tail go off to give prominence to any a terrorist in Mani Ratnam's Roja or to gambol a miser father in 'Chameli Ke Shaadi' or either a struggling scientist in 'Ek Doctor Key Maut' (probably his highest flamboyant role of all). The actor will be probably remember grateful in stake of playing a Duncan (William Shakespeare's Macbeth) addicted traits in the critically acclaimed 'Maqbool'. To position in more Kapoor's approach in Television serials approaching 'Karamchand Jasoos' to 'Office Office' by burial of in good health as many a stage drama hasn't be out of observation.
Father of 'Shahid Kapur' (qv) and 'Ishaan Kapoor' (qv), Has two sons. 'Ishaan Kapoor' (qv) from his marriage to 'Supriya Pathak' (qv) and 'Shahid Kapur' (qv) from his marriage to 'Neelima Azim' (qv).
Naseeruddin Shah (actor)
Spouse: 'Ratna Pathak' (qv) (1 April 1982 - present)
Height: 178 cm
Quotes: (2003): I don't enjoy seeing Hindi films.
Birth Notes: Delhi, India
Awarded Padma Bhushan for the year 2003 by the Government of India., Father of 'Immaduddin Shah' (qv)
Birth Date: 20 July 1950
Rajen Tarafder (actor)
Birth Notes: Rajshahi, East Bengal, British India [now in Bangladesh]
Death Date: 1987
Birth Date: 7 June 1917
Shabana Azmi (actress)
Articles: "Film Comment" (USA), September 2002, Vol. 38, Iss. 5, pg. 62-65, by: Maithili Rao, "Perfect Pitch: Maithili Rao Pays Tribute To Brilliant Indian Actress And Feminist Icon Shabana Azmi", "Time" (USA), July 19, 1976, "Asia's Frenetic Film Scene"
Spouse: 'Javed Akhtar (I)' (qv) (9 December 1984 - present)
One of the glory days lights of the now-largely-defunct Indian New Wave, Shabana Azmi (alongside the taken aback 'Smita Patil' (qv)) be one of the overriding important feminine actor who dominated the films of the so-called "Parallel Cinema" contained by India in the 1970s and 1980s. Born to noted Urdu free-thinking lyricist and lyricist 'Kaifi Azmi' (qv) and acting actress 'Shaukat Azmi' (qv), Shabana individual acted in films using virtually all of India's most recognized arthouse director plus 'Shyam Benegal' (qv), 'Satyajit Ray' (qv), 'Mrinal Sen (I)' (qv), 'Aparna Sen' (qv) and others, by association of capably as in commercial and middle-of-the-road Hindi films, where on earth she has essayed several burly female characters (e.g., in _The Death Sentence: Mrityu Dand (1997)_ (qv) and _Godmother (1999)_ (qv)). She be noted in favour of her naturalness and glow on-screen, matched by her vicious advocacy of the rights of women, minorities and slum-dwellers off-screen, both through activism and in her role as a Member of Parliament, where her even be in defense of liberal values and the freedom of spate is extraordinary. She has also acted lying on segment to apparent approbation, most above all in Tumhari Amrita next to Farookh Sheikh. She is married to noted scriptwriter and lyricist 'Javed Akhtar (I)' (qv).
Quotes: I find it very frightening to be called an icon. To be institutionalised., The trick of enjoying life is to accept your age. Don't fight the years, grow with them., To speak in Parliament you really need to do your homework, otherwise you can be torn to shreds., You cannot be detached from what you portray. I think it is inevitable that the roles you play affect you. The residue is bound to remain, even after you've played the role., I'm not averse to doing anything as long as it's not at cross purposes with my values and I can make time for it.
Birth Notes: Delhi, India
Other Works: Advertising medium for Arial (1997)
Where Now: (January 2006) Shabana Azmi be at the instant in the UK film the make campaign for role in _Banglatown Banquet (2006) (TV)_ (qv) in espouse of the BBC documented near 'Tanika Gupta' (qv), directed by 'Hettie Macdonald' and produced by 'Sam Hill'. Executive producers be 'Will Trotter' (qv), 'Sally Woodward' and 'Tessa Finch (I)' (qv).
Aunt of 'Tabu (I)' (qv) and 'Farha'., One of India's most respected actresses, working in commercial and art house films alike., Daughter of 'Kaifi Azmi' (qv) and 'Shaukat Azmi' (qv)., Had a seven year long relationship with 'Shekhar Kapur' (qv)., Considered to be the best Indian actress of her generation together with 'Smita Patil' (qv)., She is a huge supporter of 'Benazir Bhutto' (qv).
Birth Date: 18 September 1950
Sreela Majumdar (actress)
Gita Sen (actress)
Height: 5' 2"
Spouse: 'Mrinal Sen (I)' (qv) (? - ?)
Birth Date: 30 October 1930
Jagdish Chowkhani (producer)
Premendra Mitra (writer)
Death Notes: Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Birth Notes: Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, British India [now India]
Death Date: 1988
Birth Date: 1905
Mrinal Sen (writer)
Biographical Movies: _10 Tage in Calcutta (1984)_ (qv)
Birth Notes: Faridpur, East Bengal, British India. [now in Bangladesh]
Was awarded the Padmabhushan by the Government of India in 1980., Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1982, Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1982, Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1983., Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1996.
Spouse: 'Gita Sen' (qv) (? - ?)
Birth Date: 14 May 1923
K.K. Mahajan (cinematographer)
Death Notes: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Birth Notes: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Death Date: 13 July 2007
Birth Date: 2 October 1944
Bhaskar Chandavarkar (composer)
Other Works: Lectured against "Music contained by Cinema" in 2004, in the succession "Nandini Sanyal Smarak Sanglap" organised near Nandini Sanyal Smarak Committee, in remembrance of Ms. Nandini Sanyal, a infantile and exceptional alumnus of Film & Television Institute of India, Pune.
Mrinal Sen (director)
Biographical Movies: _10 Tage in Calcutta (1984)_ (qv)
Birth Notes: Faridpur, East Bengal, British India. [now in Bangladesh]
Was awarded the Padmabhushan by the Government of India in 1980., Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1982, Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1982, Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1983., Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1996.
Spouse: 'Gita Sen' (qv) (? - ?)
Birth Date: 14 May 1923
Monday, August 31, 2009
The Movie - Gulmohar (2008)
Said to be cool Gulmohar movie
Movie Issued - in 2008.
Color Info: Color
Countries: India
Genres: Drama
Languages: Malayalam
Release Dates: India:2008
In movie played:
Meenu Mathews (actor)
Renjith (actor)
Siddique (actor)
Saji Karuveli (producer)
P.T. Mathew (producer)
M.J. Radhakrishnan (cinematographer)
Jayaraaj (director)