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HRH The Princess Royal
HRH The Duke of Gloucester
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The British royal family comprises the monarch of the United Kingdom and her close relations. There is no strict legal or formal definition of who is or is not a member of the British royal family and, apart from Queen Elizabeth II herself, different lists include different people. Those who at the time are entitled to the style His or Her Royal Highness (HRH), and any styled His or Her Majesty (HM), are normally considered members, including those so styled before the beginning of the current monarch's reign. By this criterion, a list of the current royal family will usually include the monarch, the children and male-line grandchildren of the monarch and previous monarchs, the children of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales, and all their current or widowed spouses.
Different terms may be applied to the same or similar group of relatives of the monarch in his or her role as sovereign of any of the other Commonwealth realms. For example, in Canada the family is officially known as the Canadian royal family.
Some members of the royal family have official residences named as the places from which announcements are made in the Court Circular about official engagements they have carried out. The state duties and staff of some members of the royal family are funded from a parliamentary annuity, the amount of which is fully refunded by the Queen to the Treasury.[1]
Since 1917, when King George V changed the name of the royal house from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, members of the royal family belong, either by birth or by marriage, to the House of Windsor. Senior titled members of the royal family do not usually use a surname, although since 1960 Mountbatten-Windsor, incorporating Prince Philip's adopted surname of Mountbatten, has been prescribed as a surname for Elizabeth II's direct descendants who do not have royal styles and titles, and it has sometimes been used when required for those who do have such titles. In 2014 the royal family were regarded as British cultural icons, with young adults from abroad naming the family among a group of people that they most associated with UK culture.[2]
Contents
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1 Status
2 Members
2.1 Family members not using a royal style
3 Family tree of members
4 In other Commonwealth realms
5 See also
6 Notes
7 References
8 Further reading
9 External links
Status[edit]
On 30 November 1917, King George V issued letters patent defining the styles and titles of members of the royal family; the text of the notice from the London Gazette is:[3]
Whitehall, 11th December, 1917.
The KING has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date the 30th ultimo, to define the styles and titles to be borne henceforth by members of the royal family. It is declared by the Letters Patent that the children of any Sovereign of the United Kingdom and the children of the sons of any such Sovereign and the eldest living son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales shall have and at all times hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of Royal Highness with their titular dignity of Prince or Princess prefixed to their respective Christian names or with their other titles of honour; that save as aforesaid the titles of Royal Highness, Highness or Serene Highness, and the titular dignity of Prince and Princess shall cease except those titles already granted and remaining unrevoked; and that the grandchildren of the sons of any such Sovereign in the direct male line (save only the eldest living son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales) shall have the style and title enjoyed by the children of Dukes.
In 1996 Queen Elizabeth II modified these letters patent, and this Notice appeared in the London Gazette:[4]
The QUEEN has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 21st August 1996, to declare that a former wife (other than a widow until she shall remarry) of a son of a Sovereign of these Realms, of a son of a son of a Sovereign and of the eldest living son of the eldest son of The Prince of Wales shall not be entitled to hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of Royal Highness.
On 31 December 2012, letters patent were issued to extend a title and a style borne by members of the royal family to additional persons to be born, and this Notice appeared in the London Gazette:[5]
The QUEEN has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 31 December 2012 to declare that all the children of the eldest son of The Prince of Wales should have and enjoy the style, title and attribute of Royal Highness with the titular dignity of Prince or Princess prefixed to their Christian names or with such other titles of honour.
Members and relatives of the British royal family historically represented the monarch in various places throughout the British Empire, sometimes for extended periods as viceroys, or for specific ceremonies or events. Today, they often perform ceremonial and social duties throughout the United Kingdom and abroad on behalf of the United Kingdom. Aside from the monarch, their only constitutional role in the affairs of government is to serve, if eligible and when appointed by letters patent, as a Counsellor of State, two or more of whom exercise the authority of the Crown (within stipulated limits) if the monarch is indisposed or abroad. In the other countries of the Commonwealth royalty do not serve as Counsellors of State, although they may perform ceremonial and social duties on behalf of individual states or the organisation.
The Queen, her consort, her children and grandchildren, as well as all former sovereigns' children and grandchildren, hold places in the first sections of the official orders of precedence in England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Wives of the said enjoy their husbands' precedence, and husbands of princesses are unofficially but habitually placed with their wives as well. However, the Queen changed the private order of precedence in the royal family in favour of Princesses Anne and Alexandra, who henceforth take private precedence over the Duchess of Cornwall, who is otherwise the realm's highest ranking woman after the Queen herself.[6][7] She did not alter the relative precedence of other born-princesses, such as the daughters of her younger sons.
Members[edit]
See also: List of members of the House of Windsor
Royal family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the annual Trooping the Colour in 2013.
This is a list of members of the royal family as of 2017[update]:
The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh (The monarch and her husband)
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall[a] (The Queen's son and daughter-in-law)
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (The Queen's grandson and granddaughter-in-law)
Prince George of Cambridge (The Queen's great-grandson)
Princess Charlotte of Cambridge (The Queen's great-granddaughter)
Prince Henry of Wales (Prince Harry) (The Queen's grandson)
The Duke of York (The Queen's son)
Princess Beatrice of York (The Queen's granddaughter)
Princess Eugenie of York (The Queen's granddaughter)
The Earl and Countess of Wessex (The Queen's son and daughter-in-law)
The Princess Royal (The Queen's daughter)
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester (The Queen's cousin and cousin-in-law)
The Duke and Duchess of Kent (The Queen's cousin and cousin-in-law)
Prince and Princess Michael of Kent (The Queen's cousin and cousin-in-law)
Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (The Queen's cousin)
Family members not using a royal style[edit]
There are a few immediate family members (a spouse and the children and grandchildren of its current full or deceased members) using no royal style who sometimes appear in listings:[8][9]
James, Viscount Severn (The Queen's grandson)[b]
Lady Louise Windsor (The Queen's granddaughter)[b]
VAdm Sir Timothy Laurence (The Queen's son-in-law)
Peter and Autumn Phillips (The Queen's grandson and granddaughter-in-law)
Savannah Phillips (The Queen's great-granddaughter)
Isla Phillips (The Queen's great-granddaughter)
Zara and Mike Tindall (The Queen's granddaughter and grandson-in-law)
Mia Tindall (The Queen's great-granddaughter)
The Earl and Countess of Snowdon (The Queen's nephew and his wife)
Viscount Linley (The Queen's grand-nephew)
Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones, (The Queen's grand-niece)
Lady Sarah and Daniel Chatto (The Queen's niece and her husband)
Samuel Chatto (The Queen's grand-nephew)
Arthur Chatto (The Queen's grand-nephew)
Lady Patricia Lascelles, Dowager Countess of Harewood (Widow of the Queen's Cousin)
Sarah, Duchess of York (The Queen's former daughter-in-law)
Family tree of members[edit]
See also: Family tree of the British royal family and Genealogy of the British royal family
[show]Royal family tree
King George V Queen Mary
King George VI Queen Elizabeth Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester Prince George, Duke of Kent Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent
The Duke of Edinburgh The Queen The Duke of Gloucester The Duchess of Gloucester The Duke of Kent The Duchess of Kent Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy Prince Michael of Kent Princess Michael of Kent
Diana, Princess of Wales[N 1]
(div. 1996) The Prince of Wales The Duchess of Cornwall The Princess Royal The Duke of York Sarah, Duchess of York
(div. 1996) The Earl of Wessex The Countess of Wessex
The Duke of Cambridge The Duchess of Cambridge Prince Henry of Wales Princess Beatrice of York Princess Eugenie of York Lady Louise Windsor Viscount Severn
Prince George of Cambridge Princess Charlotte of Cambridge
Notes
Jump up ^ The Prince of Wales' first wife, Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a car crash in 1997. They had divorced in 1996. She lost the style of Royal Highness but remained a member of the royal family to reflect the fact she was the mother of the second and third in line to the throne, Prince William and Prince Harry.
In other Commonwealth realms[edit]
As the royal family is shared by other Commonwealth realms, its members will often also conduct official and non-official duties outside the United Kingdom, on behalf of the relevant state.
Further information: Royal family's role in the realms
See also[edit]
Lists of monarchs in the British Isles
British prince
British princess
Succession to the British throne
Royal descent
Military service by the members of the British royal family
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ The Duchess of Cornwall is legally also the Princess of Wales, but does not use this title out of respect for the Prince of Wales' first wife, Diana, Princess of Wales.
^ Jump up to: a b As male-line grandchildren of the monarch, the children of the Earl and Countess of Wessex are entitled to the style of HRH Prince... and HRH Princess... respectively. However, when the Earl and Countess married, the Queen, via a Buckingham Palace press release, announced that their children would be styled as the children of an earl, rather than as princes or princesses.[10]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Sovereign Grant Act: main provisions
Jump up ^ "Culture, attraction and soft power" (PDF). British Council. 12 December 2016.
Jump up ^ "No. 30428". The London Gazette. 14 December 1917. p. 13086.
Jump up ^ "No. 54510". The London Gazette. 30 August 1996. p. 11603.
Jump up ^ "No. 60384". The London Gazette. 8 January 2013. p. 213.
Jump up ^ Davies, Caroline (24 December 2005). "First royal Sandringham Christmas for Camilla". The Daily Telegraph. UK. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
Jump up ^ Eden, Richard (24 June 2012). "The Queen tells the Duchess of Cambridge to curtsy to the 'blood princesses'". The Daily Telegraph. UK. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
Jump up ^ "Lord Chamberlain's Diamond Jubilee Guidelines" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2013.
Jump up ^ "Trade Marks Manual" (PDF). Intellectual Property Office. p. 204. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
Jump up ^ UK Government News – 19th June, 1999: TITLE OF HRH THE PRINCE EDWARD[permanent dead link] (Accessed 18 January 2014)
Further reading[edit]
Burke's Guide to the Royal Family. Burke's Peerage, 1973.
Cannon, John Ashton. The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy. Oxford University Press, 1988.
Churchill, Randolph S. They Serve the Queen: A New and Authoritative Account of the Royal Household. ("Prepared for Coronation Year") Hutchinson, 1953.
Fraser, Antonia (ed). The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England. Revised & updated edition. University of California Press, 1998.
Hayden, Ilse. Symbol and Privilege: The Ritual Context of British Royalty. University of Arizona Press, 1987.
Longford, Elizabeth Harman (Countess of Longford). The Royal House of Windsor. Revised edition. Crown, 1984.
Weir, Alison. Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy. Pimlico/Random House, 2002.
Royal Family (1969) is a celebrated and reverential BBC documentary made by Richard Cawston to accompany the investiture of the current Prince of Wales. The documentary is frequently held responsible for the greater press intrusion into the royal family's private life since its first broadcast.
External links[edit]
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"House of Windsor Family Tree" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-02. (74.2 KB)
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11th generation
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12th generation
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1 Not a British prince by birth, but created Prince Consort. 2 Not a British prince by birth, but created a Prince of the United Kingdom. 3 Status debatable; see his article.
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10th generation
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11th generation
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12th generation
Princess Charlotte of Cambridge
1 Status debatable; see her article.
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6th generation
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Katharine Worsley
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11th generation
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Howard McNear
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Howard McNear
McNear as Floyd Lawson
Born
Howard Terbell McNear
(1905-01-27)January 27, 1905
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died
January 3, 1969(1969-01-03) (aged 63)
San Fernando, California, U.S.
Resting place
Los Angeles National Cemetery
Nationality
American
Alma mater
Oatman School of Theater
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1930s–1969
Spouse(s)
Helen McNear (1902–1969)
Children
1
Howard Terbell McNear (January 27, 1905 – January 3, 1969)[1][2] was an American stage, screen, and radio character actor. McNear is best remembered as Floyd Lawson, the barber in The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968).
Contents
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1 Career
2 Death
3 Filmography
4 Footnotes
5 External links
Career[edit]
McNear was born in Los Angeles to Luzetta M. Spencer and Franklin E. McNear.[3] He studied at the Oatman School of Theater and later joined a stock company in San Diego.[4] McNear also worked in radio from the late 1930s, distinguishing himself in the 1937–1940 radio serial Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police as ace operator Clint Barlow.[5] McNear could be effective in such authoritative roles, but he gravitated more toward character roles, often comic.
He enlisted as a private in the United States Army Air Corps on November 17, 1942, during World War II.[6] He created the role of Doc Charles Adams in CBS Radio's Gunsmoke (1952–1961).[7] McNear was under contract to CBS for many years and was featured in many of the network's radio and TV programs. From 1955 to 1960 he appeared frequently, in various roles, in the popular radio detective series Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.[8] McNear made his film debut in an uncredited role in the 1951 sci-fi film The Day The Earth Stood Still as a boarding house resident along with the alien visitor Klaatu, and the 1953 film Escape from Fort Bravo. Over the course of his career, he would appear in over one hundred film and television guest spots. In 1959, McNear portrayed Dr. Dompierre in the film Anatomy of a Murder who testified about collecting evidence of a rape.
In 1961, McNear was cast as the vague, chatty barber Floyd Lawson on The Andy Griffith Show. During the show's run, he suffered a stroke that rendered the left side of his body nearly paralyzed.[9] He left the series for nearly a year and a half to recover. Andy Griffith asked McNear to return to the series, to which McNear agreed despite being unable to walk or stand, and the production crew accommodated him accordingly, as Floyd was usually seen onscreen either seated, or standing with support.[4] Many scenes were shot with him sitting on a bench outside the barber shop, as opposed to actively trimming hair as before. In most of his post-stroke scenes, McNear's left hand would be holding a newspaper or resting in his lap, while he moved his right arm and hand as he spoke his lines. In a 1964 episode titled "Otis Sues the County," McNear's character is heard, but not seen, walking into the courthouse. The next scene shows Floyd already seated in a chair. According to Jack Dodson, who played Howard Sprague on The Andy Griffith Show, McNear began having difficulty remembering his lines and became anxious and frustrated.[10] He left the series in 1967.
Death[edit]
On January 3, 1969, McNear died of complications from pneumonia following a stroke at San Fernando Valley Veterans Hospital in Sylmar, California.[11] He was interred in the Los Angeles National Cemetery. Actor and old friend Parley Baer delivered his eulogy.[11]
Filmography[edit]
Film
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1953 Escape from Fort Bravo Watson Uncredited
1953 The Long, Long Trailer Joe Hittaway Uncredited
1954 Drums Across the River Stilwell
1956 You Can't Run Away from It Vernon, Second proprietor
1956 Bundle of Joy Mr. Appleby
1957 Affair in Reno James T. James
1957 Public Pigeon No. One Warden
1957 The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown John Myers Uncredited
1958 Bell, Book and Candle Andy White - Shep's Co-Publisher
1959 Good Day for a Hanging Olson
1959 Anatomy of a Murder Dr. Dompierre
1959 The Big Circus Mr. Lomax
1959 It Started with a Kiss Emile Uncredited
1959 -30- Editor Alternative title: Deadline Midnight
1960 Heller in Pink Tights Photographer of dead gunmen
1960 The Last Time I Saw Archie General Williams
1960 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Congressman Llewellyn Parker
1961 Blue Hawaii Mr. Chapman
1960 The Errand Boy Dexter Sneak
1962 Bachelor Flat Dr. Dylan Bowman
1962 Follow That Dream George
1963 Irma la Douce Concierge
1963 The Wheeler Dealers Mr. Wilson Alternative title: Separate Beds
1963 Fun in Acapulco Dr. John Stevers Uncredited
1964 Kiss Me, Stupid Mr. Pettibone
1965 My Blood Runs Cold Henry
1965 Love and Kisses Mr. Frisby
1966 The Fortune Cookie Mr. Cimoli Alternative title: Meet Whiplash Willie
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1950 NBC Comics Voice role Unknown episodes
1952-1955 Four Star Playhouse Various roles 3 episodes
1953–1958 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Mr. Jansen 7 episodes
1954 Dragnet Episode: "The Big Threat"
1954 Topper Judge Episode: "County Fair"
1955 Waterfront Mike Baxter Episode: "The Rivals"
1955 Willy Various roles 2 episodes
1955-1958 The Millionaire Various roles 2 episodes
1955-1959 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Various roles 2 episodes
1956 Chevron Hall of Stars Teeples Episode: "The Bequest"
1956 The George Gobel Show Sketch Actor Episode #2.18
1956 It's a Great Life Mr. Johnson Episode: "The Charity Drive"
1956 Screen Directors Playhouse Various roles 2 episodes
1956 Lassie Professor Scott Episode: "Bone"
1956 I Love Lucy Mr. Crawford Episode: "Little Ricky Gets Stage Fright"
1956-1957 The Brothers Captain Sam Box 2 episodes
1956-1964 Gunsmoke Various roles 6 episodes
1956-1957 December Bride Various roles 3 episodes
1957 Private Secretary Eye Doctor Episode: "Thy Name Is Sands"
1957 Cavalcade of America Phil Episode: "The Last Signer"
1957 The Ford Television Theatre Dave Carter Episode: "The Idea Man"
1957 The Adventures of Jim Bowie Colonel Episode: "Country Cousin"
1957 The George Sanders Mystery Theater Ben Episode: "The Night I Died"
1957-1958 The People's Choice Various roles 2 episodes
1957-1961 General Electric Theater Various roles 4 episodes
1958 The Thin Man Mr. Dingle Episode: "Unlucky Lucky Number"
1958 The Life of Riley Mr. Bellflower Episode: "Bowling Beauties"
1958 Playhouse 90 Bertram Episode: "No Time At All"
1958 Leave It to Beaver Andy the Barber Episode: "The Shave"
1958-1959 Bachelor Father Various roles 2 episodes
1958-1959 The Real McCoys Mr. Dagget 2 episodes
1958-1959 The Lineup Various roles 2 episodes
1958-1960 The Ann Sothern Show Various roles 3 episodes
1958-1962 The Jack Benny Program Various roles 7 episodes
1959 The Donna Reed Show Wilbur Wilgus 2 episodes
1959 M Squad Carl Hoganson Episode: "Murder in C-Sharp Minor"
1959 Alcoa Theatre Harry Episode:Tom, Dick, and Harry
1959 The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet Mr. Folwer Episode: "The Nelsons Decide to Move"
1959 Pony Express Ralph Whitaker Episode: "-The Good Samaritan"
1959 The Gale Storm Show Parker Episode: "Spanish Souvenir"
1959-1960 Peter Gunn Various roles 3 episodes
1960 Richard Diamond, Private Detective Dr. Braun Episode: "The Fine Art of Murder"
1960 Man with a Camera George Episode: "Hot Ice Cream"
1960 Goodyear Theatre Kramer Episode: "Marked Down for Connie"
1960 Happy Mr. Williams Episode: "The Wedding Anniversary"
1960 Tom, Dick and Harry Owner Television movie
1960 Outlaws Conductor Episode: "Thirty a Month"
1960 The Tab Hunter Show Plumber Episode: "The Matchmaker"
1960 Angel Mr. Hopkins Episode: "The Maid"
1960 Maverick Various roles 2 episodes
1960 Laramie Waldo Episode: "Duel at Parkison Town"
1960-1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Various roles 2 episodes
1960-1962 The Flintstones Doctor (Voice) 3 episodes
1961 Klondike Augustus Brown Episode: "The Golden Burro"
1961 Michael Shayne Ralph Beale Episode: "Murder at the Convention"
1961 Mister Ed Harry Sweetzer Episode: "Pine Lake Lodge"
1961 The Joey Bishop Show Episode: "Charity Begins at Home"
1961 The Tall Man Cyrus Skinner Episode: "A Tombstone for Billy"
1961–1967 The Andy Griffith Show Floyd Lawson 80 episodes, (incl. final television appearance)
1962 Room for One More Mr. Sommers Episode: "The Anniversary"
1962 Pete and Gladys Professor Sheboyan Episode: "Follow That Skeleton"
1962 Thriller Jack Passasstroy Episode: "Cousin Tundifer"
1962 Frontier Circus Judge Stuart Episode: "Calamity Circus"
1962 Calvin and the Colonel Ernie (Voice) 2 episodes
1962 Margie Selkirk Episode: "Margie, the Gossip Columnist"
1962 Alcoa Premiere Charles Bennett Episode: "The Time of the Tonsils"
1962 The Wide Country Agent Carmody Episode: "Straitjacket for an Indian"
1962 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Various roles 2 episodes
1962 The Twilight Zone Mitchell Episode: "Hocus-Pocus and Frisby"
1963 The Twilight Zone Bramhoff Episode: "The Bard"
1965 Harris Against the World Clark Episode: "Harris Against Anniversary Gifts"
1965 Honey West Mr. Tweedy Episode: "A Nice Little Till to Tap"
1965 Please Don't Eat the Daisies Mr. Arnold Episode: "The Leaning Tower of Ridgemont"
Footnotes[edit]
Jump up ^ Record of Howard McNear, Social Security Death Index.
Jump up ^ Record of Howard T. McNear. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, US: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.
Jump up ^ Ancestry.com community; Howard T. McNear
^ Jump up to: a b Kelly, Richard Michael (1985). The Andy Griffith Show. John F. Blair, Publisher. p. 49. ISBN 0-895-87522-5.
Jump up ^ Radio Broadcast Log Of: Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police
Jump up ^ National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, US: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.
Jump up ^ Gunsmoke Radio series information
Jump up ^ Golden Age of Radio
Jump up ^ Shull, Richard K. (June 27, 1976). "TV's Answer Man". Lakeland Ledger. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
Jump up ^ Kelly 1985 p.65
^ Jump up to: a b "Howard McNear, Actor, 63; On Andy Griffith Show", The New York Times, January 7, 1969, p. 38.
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St. Elmo's Fire (film)
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St. Elmo's Fire
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Joel Schumacher
Produced by
Lauren Shuler Donner
Written by
Joel Schumacher
Carl Kurlander
Starring
Rob Lowe
Demi Moore
Emilio Estevez
Ally Sheedy
Judd Nelson
Mare Winningham
Andrew McCarthy
Martin Balsam
Andie MacDowell
Music by
David Foster
Cinematography
Stephen H. Burum
Edited by
Richard Marks
Distributed by
Columbia Pictures
Release date
June 28, 1985 (1985-06-28)
Running time
110 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$10 million[1]
Box office
$37,803,872
St. Elmo's Fire is a 1985 American coming-of-age film directed by Joel Schumacher. The film, starring Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, and Mare Winningham, centers on a group of friends, recent graduates of Georgetown University, and their adjustment to their post-university lives and the responsibilities of encroaching adulthood. The film is a prominent movie of the Brat Pack genre.
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3 Pre-production
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Recent Georgetown University graduates Alec, his girlfriend Leslie, Kevin, Jules, and Kirby are waiting to hear about the conditions of their friends Wendy, a sweet-natured girl devoted to helping others, and Billy, a former frat boy and now reluctant husband and father, after a car accident. At the hospital, Kirby sees a female medical student named Dale, with whom he has been infatuated since college.
The group gathers at their favorite college hangout, St. Elmo’s Bar. Billy has been fired from the job Alec helped him secure and his marriage is unstable. At their apartment, Alec pressures Leslie to marry him, but she is convinced they are not ready. Kirby is telling Kevin of his love for Dale when Billy shows up, asking to spend the night as he cannot deal with his wife.
Kevin worries about his romantic life when Jules accuses him of being gay and loving Alec. When he visits Alec and Leslie for dinner, Alec confesses to Kevin that while buying lingerie for Leslie he had sexual intercourse with the saleswoman.
Billy and Wendy get drunk together and Wendy reveals that she is a virgin. She and Billy kiss but Wendy insists they just remain friends, especially since she realizes Billy is taking advantage of her crush on him.
During Halloween at St. Elmo’s Bar, Jules reveals to a disapproving Leslie that she is having an affair with her married boss. Billy sees his wife with another man in the crowd and attacks him. Billy is thrown out of the bar but reconciles with his wife. The girls confront Jules about the affair and her reckless spending but she insists that everything is under control.
Kirby takes a job working for Mr. Kim, a wealthy Korean businessman, and invites Dale to a party he is holding at Mr. Kim’s house. Wendy arrives with Howie, a boy her parents set her up with. Alec announces that he and Leslie are engaged, upsetting Leslie. She confronts him about her suspicions of his infidelity and the two break up. Alec is also angry with Kevin, who he believes confessed everything to Leslie. After the party, Jules gives Billy a ride home. As she is about to confide in him, Billy makes a pass at her. Furious, Jules throws him out of her car.
Still pursuing Dale, Kirby drives to the ski lodge where she is staying but learns she has a boyfriend. His borrowed car becomes stuck in the snow and Dale and her boyfriend invites him to come inside. The next morning, as Kirby prepares to leave Dale’s cottage, Dale tells him she is flattered by his affections. He kisses her, and she does not resist. Kirby then takes a photo with Dale and departs the lodge, happy.
Leslie goes to Kevin’s place to stay the night after the breakup and discovers photographs of her. Kevin confesses his love for her, and the two sleep together but the next morning, Alec comes by to apologize to Kevin for attacking him the night before. Alec is shocked to find Leslie there and the two argue over his infidelity.
Wendy meets her father at a café and announces she wants to be independent from her family and move into her own place. Jules has been fired from her job and fallen behind on her credit card payments; as a result, her possessions have been seized. Jules locks herself in her apartment and opens the windows, intending to freeze to death. The friends attempt to coax her out, but she is unresponsive. Kirby fetches Billy, who landed a job at a gas station courtesy of Kevin, to calm Jules down. Billy convinces Jules to come back out.
Wendy moves into her own place, where Billy visits and informs her that he is getting a divorce and moving to New York City. The two have sex as a going away present. At the bus station, the group gathers once more to say goodbye to Billy. Billy urges Alec to make up with Leslie but Leslie declares that she does not want to date anyone for a while. Alec and Kevin make up and the group decides to get brunch. However, they decide not to go to St. Elmo's bar and instead choose Houlihan's because there are "not so many kids" there.
Cast[edit]
Emilio Estevez as Kirby "Kirbo" Keager, a law student and waiter at St. Elmo's Bar.
Rob Lowe as Billy Hicks, a saxophonist "frat boy" and reluctant husband and father.
Andrew McCarthy as Kevin Dolenz, a writer for The Washington Post with a sullen streak, and Kirby's roommate.
Demi Moore as Julianna "Jules" Van Patten, an international banker and the "party girl" of the group.
Judd Nelson as Alec Newbury, a yuppie pursuing a career in politics.
Ally Sheedy as Leslie Hunter, a budding architect who is reluctant to marry Alec.
Mare Winningham as Wendy Beamish, a welfare clerk from a wealthy family and devoted to helping others.
Andie MacDowell as Dale Biberman, a hospital intern and the object of Kirby's affection.
Martin Balsam as Mr. Beamish
Joyce Van Patten as Mrs. Beamish
Jenny Wright as Felicia
Pre-production[edit]
According to Schumacher, "a lot of people turned down the script...the head of [one] major studio called its seven-member cast "the most loathsome humans he had ever read on the page."[1] The producers interviewed "hundreds of people" for the cast, including Anthony Edwards and Lea Thompson.[2] According to Lauren Shuler Donner, she found Estevez, Nelson, and Sheedy through recommendations from John Hughes, who had cast them in The Breakfast Club;[3] Schumacher said he had to "push hard" to get the studio to agree to cast the three.[4] Demi Moore had to go to rehab before shooting.[5]
Georgetown University would not permit filming on campus, administrators citing questionable content such as premarital sex. As a result, the university seen on film is The University of Maryland located 10 miles away in College Park, Maryland.[6]
Reception[edit]
David Denby called Schumacher "brutally untalented" and said that "nobody over the moral age of fifteen" will like the work of the Brat Pack actors in the film:[7]
"St. Elmo's Fire isn't drama, it's gossip, and peculiarly early-adolescent gossip— a movie designed to be picked apart on the telephone. The turbidly self-important treatment of these vacuous college graduates, each one a 'type', is like a TV sitcom without jokes. St. Elmo's Fire is so depressing a portent of Hollywood's teen sycophancy because it not only devotes itself to stupid kids, it accepts their view of the world without any real criticism....The sole survivor of the general disaster is Ally Sheedy, who manages to make something charming out of the yup petulance."
According to Janet Maslin, "In the realm of films about close-knit bands of school friends, St. Elmo's Fire falls midway between The Big Chill and The Breakfast Club. Its characters are old enough to enjoy the first flushes of prosperity, but still sufficiently youthful to keep their self-absorption intact. But soon enough, they will be forced to give up their late-night carousing at a favorite bar and move on to more responsible lives. In the film's terms, which are distinctly limited, this will mean finding a more sedate hangout and learning to go there for brunch....St. Elmo's Fire is most appealing when it simply gives the actors a chance to flirt with the camera, and with one another. When it attempts to take seriously the problems of characters who are spoiled, affluent and unbearably smug, it becomes considerably less attractive."[8]
St. Elmo's Fire holds a 45% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with 17 positive reviews out of 38.[9]
Rob Lowe won a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor for his work in this film.[10]
In a 2015 retrospective review, Justin Gerber of Consequence of Sound said that he was "prepared to say it’s the worst movie of all time, with all the necessary stipulations lined up and accounted for,"[11] going on to criticize the characters, plot, set, direction, and even score.
Music[edit]
The theme song "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" was written by Canadian composer/producer David Foster and English musician John Parr, and also performed by Parr. The song was written for the Canadian athlete Rick Hansen who, at the time, was traveling around the world via his wheelchair to raise awareness for spinal cord injuries, a trip called the "Man in Motion Tour."[12] The song did not appear on any Parr album until Letter to America was released in July 2011.
The song "Give Her a Little Drop More", which plays during the movie when the characters enter St. Elmo's Bar & Restaurant, was written by British jazz trumpeter John Chilton.
"St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" hit No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart for two weeks in September 1985, and "Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire" (the instrumental theme to the movie by David Foster) reached No. 15. Another version of the "Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire" with lyrics, titled "For Just a Moment", was performed by Amy Holland and Donny Gerrard, and was included as the final song on the soundtrack album.
Potential adaptation[edit]
In August 2009, Sony Pictures Television received a "script commitment with a penalty attached to it" to adapt the film into a television series, which would "use the movie as a takeoff point and as an inspiration as it introduces six new friends: three boys and three girls."[13][14] Topher Grace and Gordon Kaywin of Sargent Hall Productions proposed the idea to Jamie Tarses; the three of them then recruited Dan Bucatinsky to write the pilot and got Schumacher to agree to the idea.[13]
References[edit]
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Jump up ^ Gora, Susannah (2010). You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried. p. 88.
Jump up ^ Priggé, Steven (2004). Movie Moguls Speak. p. 91. ISBN 0786419296.
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Jump up ^ Denby, David (July 15, 1985). "Time Warp". New York. p. 66. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
Jump up ^ Maslin, Janet (June 28, 1985). "St Elmo's Fire". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
Jump up ^ St. Elmo's Fire at Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
Jump up ^ "1985 RAZZIE Nominees & 'Winners'". razzies.com. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
Jump up ^ Gerber, Justin. "St. Elmo's Fire Might Be the Worst Movie Ever". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
Jump up ^ "John Parr Rewrites 'St. Elmo's Fire' As Valentine To Tebow". npr.org. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b Andreeva, Nellie (August 14, 2009). "'St. Elmo's Fire' Headed to TV". backstage.com. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
Jump up ^ Eng, Joyce (14 August 2009). "St. Elmo's Fire TV Series Heats Up at ABC". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
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