"performance at the Comedy Theatre in the West End on 30 May 1989, in the play ""A Walk in the Woods"". In all, between 2 April 1934 and 30 May 1989, he played 77 parts in the theatre. In films, Guinness was initially associated mainly with the Ealing Comedies, and particularly for playing nine characters in ""Kind Hearts and Coronets"". Other films from this period included ""The Lavender Hill Mob"", black comedy ""The Ladykillers"", and ""The Man in the White Suit"", with all three ranked among the Best British films. In 1952, director Ronald Neame cast Guinness in his first"
"through a tube into water and then amplifying the bubble sound through a metal tube. After Habberfield captured each sound effect, she mixed them in different combinations by trial-and-error until she found the leitmotif that would accompany Sidney Stratton and his bubbling apparatus in the film. It was one of the most popular films of the year in Britain. The British Film Institute named it the 58th greatest British film of all time. In 2014 ""The Guardian"" included it as one of the 20 best British science fiction films. The Man in the White Suit The Man In The White"
"but its production was unconnected with Ealing. Many of the films were built around a repertory group of actors, screenwriters, directors and technicians. Directors were Alexander Mackendrick, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer, Charles Frend, Anthony Pelissier and Henry Cornelius. Notable actors who became prolific in these films included Stanley Holloway, Alec Guinness, Raymond Huntley and Alastair Sim. A number of actors also appeared frequently in smaller roles such as Philip Stainton and Edie Martin. Though Ealing Studios has come to be remembered for its comedies, they were only a tenth of its productions. Conversely, Gainsborough Pictures is associated with the Gainsborough"
"the late 1940s, in Britain, Ealing Studios embarked on their series of celebrated comedies, including ""Whisky Galore!"", ""Passport to Pimlico"", ""Kind Hearts and Coronets"" and ""The Man in the White Suit"", and Carol Reed directed his influential thrillers ""Odd Man Out"", ""The Fallen Idol"" and ""The Third Man"". David Lean was also rapidly becoming a force in world cinema with ""Brief Encounter"" and his Dickens adaptations ""Great Expectations"" and ""Oliver Twist"", and Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger would experience the best of their creative partnership with films like ""Black Narcissus"" and ""The Red Shoes"". The House Un-American Activities Committee investigated"
"Prejudice"" (1980) and ""The Old Men at the Zoo"" (1983). However, probably his best known work was as producer of the Alec Guinness-starring BBC serials ""Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"" (1979), and its sequel ""Smiley's People"" (1982). In late 1983, he was made Head of Drama Series and Serials at BBC Television, and later became the overall Head of Drama, overseeing a period of change in the BBC drama department, with more original dramas being produced as well as classic adaptations, and more drama programmes being made on film rather than in the BBC TV studios on video tape. In 1985,"
"to Come"" (1936), Thesiger's performance was deemed unsuitable by the author, and so was replaced by Cedric Hardwicke, although he was retained on the parallel production of Wells's ""The Man Who Could Work Miracles"". Around this same time Thesiger published a book, ""Adventures in Embroidery"", about needlework, which was his expert hobby. The remainder of Thesiger's career was centered on the theatrical stage, though he did appear in supporting roles in films produced in Britain, prominent among which is ""The Man in the White Suit"" (1951), starring Alec Guinness. He plays ""Sir John,"" the most powerful, the richest, and the"
"consternation and worry among the staff and cast. When the time came for the show, however, Ed Wynn surprised everyone with his flawlessly heartfelt performance. The Wynns, Ned Glass, Maxie Rosenbloom, ""PLAYHOUSE 90"" announcer Dick Joy, Ralph Nelson, Serling, and Red Skelton play themselves in this installment of ""The Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse"", originally broadcast on 15 April 1960. ""The Man in the Funny Suit"" was written and directed by Ralph Nelson, the director of both the original 1956 ""Playhouse 90"" television ""Requiem for a Heavyweight"" and the later 1962 movie version, which stars Jackie Gleason and Mickey Rooney in Keenan"
"he edited the film, ""The Big Blockade"" (1942). Crichton also served as an associate producer of the film, ""Nine Men"" (1943), which he also edited. Crichton made his directorial debut with ""For Those in Peril"" (1944). In 1945, he directed ""Painted Boats"" and co-directed a segment in ""Dead of Night"". Crichton then directed ""Hue and Cry"" (1947), a film considered to be the first comedy released by Ealing Studios. Crichton later directed ""Against the Wind"" (1948) and ""Dance Hall"" (1950). Crichton then directed Alec Guinness in ""The Lavender Hill Mob"" (1951). This was followed by ""Hunted"" (1952), starring Dirk Bogarde."
"John Dighton John Dighton (1909 – 1989) was a British playwright and screenwriter. Dighton wrote for the stage until 1936, when he made the transition to films. His output during the 1940s included comedian Will Hay's last starring features, and several George Formby films as well as the 1947 adaptation of Charles Dickens' ""Nicholas Nickleby"", and the 1943 war movie ""Undercover"" starring John Clements and Michael Wilding. Employed by Ealing Studios, he collaborated on the screenplays of such celebrated comedies as ""Kind Hearts and Coronets"" (1949) and ""The Man in the White Suit"" (1952), sharing an Academy Award nomination for"
"is obviously a comedic take on Lipton's sometimes overly reverential approach to his interviewees. Comedian Will Sasso portrayed him on ""Mad TV"" and David Cross parodied him as Cyrus on ""Mr Show"". Weird Al Yankovic's song Couch Potato describes ""James Lipton discussing the oeuvre of Mr. Rob Schneider."" amongst other things on TV. Guest list for the show sorted alphabetically by last name. For a full list of episodes, see List of Inside the Actors Studio episodes. """"[B]y the time I started the show -- although he was a member of the Actor's Studio and had been trained by Stella"
"Alec Guinness. The film was directed by Ronald Neame, and starred Guinness, Kay Walsh, Renée Houston, Mike Morgan, and Robert Coote. It generally follows the book, except for deviating from the ending. It focuses on the Jimson character and what it means to be an artist, rather than the social and political themes. John Bratby painted the pictures attributed to Jimson in the film. Philip Larkin described the book as ""not superlative but managing to catch something of the indomitable soul of art. Really rather moving."" The Horse's Mouth The Horse's Mouth is a 1944 novel by Anglo-Irish writer Joyce"
"Most often remembered for its comedies such as Hue and Cry, Passport to Pimlico, The Lavender Hill Mob, Kind Hearts and Coronets starring Dennis Price, The Man in the White Suit and the black comedy The Ladykillers. However, following the withdrawal of Courtauld's financing in 1952 having relocated to Rhodesia the previous year due to failing health, he and Balcon were reluctantly forced to end this arrangement, selling the Ealing lot to the BBC in 1955 and relocating to MGM's Boreham Wood studios. The last Ealing film appeared in 1959. See Ealing Studios (1930–1959). In the aftermath of his son's"
"Bank during the lead up to the Festival of Britain. Many other comedies have used locations in the city, some of the best known being ""The Ghosts of Berkeley Square"" (1947), ""Doctor in the House"" (1954), ""The Horse's Mouth"" (1958), "" Mars Attacks!"", """", ""Nuns on the Run"", ""Mr Bean"",""Bedazzled"" (1967), ""Brassed Off"" (1996), ""Billy Elliott"" (2000) and ""Bend It Like Beckham"" (2002). With new developments in music, cinema and fashion, London found itself the centre of youth culture in the 1960s. The image of ""swinging London"", partly a creation of ""Time"" magazine, helped to fuel a production boom in"
"Alec Guinness. This was a massive hit and highly acclaimed. He was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1958. Hawkins played the lead role a film for John Ford, ""Gideon's Day"" (USA title: ""Gideon of Scotland Yard"") (1958), playing a police officer. He had a good role as a double agent in a war film, ""The Two-Headed Spy"" (1958) then was given another third lead in a Hollywood blockbuster ""Ben-Hur"" (1959), playing the Roman admiral who befriends Charlton Heston. It was even more successful than ""Bridge on the River Kwai"". He appeared as one"
"character of Chad was also nominated by the American Film Institute for their list of AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains, but did not make it into the top 100. It was listed on Empire's 500 Greatest films of all time at number 493. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: The DVD of the film contains two commentary tracks, one with director Neil LaBute, and the other with stars Aaron Eckhart, Matt Malloy, and Stacy Edwards. In the Company of Men In the Company of Men is a 1997 Canadian/American black comedy written and directed"
"a department store. In 1979 a TV adaptation of the same name was made by the BBC. It was a seven-part miniseries and was released in September of that year. The series was directed by John Irvin, produced by Jonathan Powell, and starred Alec Guinness as George Smiley. In the US, syndicated broadcasts and DVD releases compressed the seven-part UK episodes into six, by shortening scenes and altering the narrative sequence. In 1988, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a dramatisation, by Rene Basilico, of ""Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"" in seven weekly half-hour episodes, produced by John Fawcett-Wilson. It is available as"
"Dean Martin and Lewis. In a 1975 re-issue of ""MAD Magazine"" the contents of Lewis' wallet is satirized in their on-going feature ""Celebrities' Wallets"". Lewis, and Martin & Lewis, as himself or his films, have been referenced by directors and performers of differing genres spanning decades, including, Blake Edwards's ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1960), Andy Warhol's Soap Opera (1964), John Frankenheimer's ""I Walk the Line"" (1970), Francis Ford Coppola's ""The Godfather"" (1972), Randal Kleiser's ""Grease"" (1978), Rainer Werner Fassbinder's ""In a Year of 13 Moons"" (1978), Quentin Tarantino's Four Rooms (1995), Martin Scorsese's ""Gangs of New York"" (2002), Hitchcock (2012), Ben"
"goofing his lines in rehearsal. When the producers wanted to fire him, star Jack Palance said he would quit if they fired Ed. (However, unbeknownst to Wynn, supporting player Ned Glass was his secret understudy in case something ""did"" happen before air time.) On live broadcast night, Wynn surprised everyone with his pitch-perfect performance, and his quick ad libs to cover his mistakes. A dramatization of what happened during the production was later staged as an April 1960 ""Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse"" episode, ""The Man in the Funny Suit"", starring both senior and junior Wynns, with key figures involved in the"
"shoot his sci-fi epic ""The Abyss"". It was, at that time, the world’s largest underwater sound stage. Though E.O. was notorious for mostly utilizing unknown talent in its productions, many well-known names came through its doors. 1984’s ""Gremloids"", which E.O. produced in conjunction with Regency Productions, featured comedians Paula Poundstone and Chris Elliott, while the Grindhouse action film ""Hooch"" (1977) starred Gil Gerard and Danny Aiello. Though not an in-house E.O. film, the Oscar-nominated 1984 film ""Rueben, Rueben"" (starring Tom Conti and Kelly McGillis) filmed on the studio’s lot, as did 1987’s ""Florida Straits"" (with Raul Julia and Fred Ward)."
"the D'Ascoynes. Additional filming was undertaken at Ealing Studios. The costumes were designed by Anthony Mendleson, who matched Louis's rise through the social ranks with his changing costumes. When employed as a shop assistant, Louis's suit was ill-fitting and drab; he is later seen in tailored suits with satin lapels, wearing a brocade dressing gown and waiting for his execution in a quilted-collar velvet jacket. Mendleson later recounted that to dress Guinness in his many roles, the costumes were of less importance than make-up and the actor's nuances. In one shot Guinness appears as six of his characters at once"
"funniest film of all time by the British public. A notable song from ""Life of Brian"", ""Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"" has become a common singalong at public events. Hollywood blockbusters filmed at major British studios in 1977–79, include ""Star Wars"" (featuring Alec Guinness, co-star Anthony Daniels–the only actor to appear in every film in the series–and 'the dean of special effects' John Stears) at Elstree Studios, ""Superman"" (featuring Terence Stamp) at Pinewood, and ""Alien"" (directed by Ridley Scott) at Shepperton. British films won back to back Academy and BAFTAs for best picture in the 1980s, with"
"and appeared in their movies. Brooks' style was generally slapstick and zany in nature, often parodying film styles and genres, including Universal horror films (""Young Frankenstein""), westerns (""Blazing Saddles"") and Hitchcock films (""High Anxiety""). Following his success on Broadway and on film with ""The Odd Couple"" playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon would also be prominent in the 1970s, with films like ""The Sunshine Boys"" and ""California Suite"". Other notable film comedians who appeared later in the decade were Richard Pryor, Steve Martin and Burt Reynolds. In 1980, the gag-based comedy ""Airplane!"", a spoof of the previous decade's disaster film series"
"following allegations by Jamie Lee Curtis Taete from ""Vice"" of homophobia and racism in that year's show. The show continued at Universal Studios Florida, until 2017. Bill & Ted Bill & Ted is an American comedy film series featuring William ""Bill"" S. Preston Esq. (Alex Winter) and Theodore ""Ted"" Logan (Keanu Reeves) as two metalhead slackers who travel through time. The first ""Bill & Ted"" film, ""Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure"", was released on February 17, 1989, followed by a sequel two years later entitled ""Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey"". A third film, ""Bill & Ted Face the Music"", started"
"Gazzara, Sidney Poitier, Karl Malden, Gene Wilder, Shelley Winters, Dennis Hopper, and Sally Field. The Emmy Award–winning author of ""Inside Inside"", James Lipton, writes that the Actors Studio became ""one of the most prestigious institutions in the world"" as a result of its desire to set a higher ""standard"" in acting. The founders, including Strasberg, demanded total commitment and extreme talent from aspiring students. Jack Nicholson auditioned five times before he was accepted; Dustin Hoffman, six times; and Harvey Keitel, 11 times. After each rejection, a candidate had to wait as long as a year to try again. Martin Landau"
"in NYC and Los Angeles, including ""Harm's Way"", ""The Misanthrope"", ""Macbeth"", ""Hamlet"", ""Richard III"", ""Tartuffe"", ""True West"", ""The Cheats of Scapin"", ""The Circle"", and ""The Job"". Stehlin serves as the company's artistic director. Stehlin shared a Screen Actor’s Guild (SAG) nomination for “Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series”. Stehlin is the son of Kitty O’Donnell, a circus juggler/acrobat, and John Stehlin, a minor league ball player turned defense contractor. His Australian prize-fighter great-grandfather turned his 10 children into a traveling circus act that joined P.T. Barnum and later the Ringling Brothers in the early 20th century. Stehlin’s"
"by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, including Best Picture nominations for ""American Hustle"", ""Captain Phillips"", ""The Social Network"", ""Moneyball"" and ""Zero Dark Thirty"". Lynton and Pascal have overseen blockbuster movie franchises such as ""The Amazing Spider-Man"", ""Grown Ups"", ""The Smurfs"", and James Bond. Sony Pictures is one of two movie studios to generate more than $1 billion in annual domestic box office sales for more than a decade. In 2012, the studio led the industry in market share and broke box office records with $4.4 billion in revenue worldwide. Lynton also oversees Sony Pictures Television (SPT), which"
"achieved international fame and critical success, including: Julie Andrews, Richard Burton, Michael Caine, Colin Firth, Gary Oldman, Ben Kingsley, Ian McKellen, Liam Neeson, Charlie Chaplin, Sean Connery, Vivien Leigh, David Niven, Laurence Olivier, Peter Sellers, Kate Winslet, Anthony Hopkins, and Daniel Day-Lewis. Some of the most commercially successful films of all time have been produced in the United Kingdom, including two of the highest-grossing film franchises (""Harry Potter"" and ""James Bond""). Ealing Studios has a claim to being the oldest continuously working film studio in the world. Despite a history of important and successful productions, the industry has often been"
"as an overflow for making quota quickies. However, by 1937 his company had gone into liquidation. Between 1937 and 1946, the studios were owned by Jack Buchanan and produced such films as ""We'll Meet Again"" (1943) with Vera Lynn and ""The Seventh Veil"" (1945) with James Mason. In 1946 the studios were acquired by Alliance Film Studios (then owners of Twickenham Studios and Southall Studios) and produced films including ""They Made Me a Fugitive"" (1948) with Trevor Howard, ""The Happiest Days of Your Life"" (1950) with Alistair Sim and Margaret Rutherford and ""Father Brown"" (1954) with Alec Guinness. In 1954,"
"done by Hahn, with new audio-only interviews done by several of the studio's principal figures, including former executives Eisner, Katzenberg, and Roy E. Disney, and animator/directors Mike Gabriel, Rob Minkoff, Roger Allers, Gary Trousdale, and Kirk Wise. The footage includes filmmakers Tim Burton, John Lasseter, Don Bluth, Ron Clements, John Musker, Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis, Richard Williams, and George Scribner, as well as Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, Jodi Benson, Robin Williams, Paige O'Hara, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury, Jeremy Irons, Nathan Lane, Elton John, and Tim Rice. A significant portion of the personal film used was shot by John Lasseter and"
"Bridegroom"" (1976), ""Little Johnny Jones"" (1982), ""Guys and Dolls"" (1992) as Harry the Horse, ""A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"" (1996), ""Chicago"" as Amos Hart (replacement), ""Man of La Mancha"" (2002, as Sancho Panza) and ""Sweet Charity"" (2005). Film credits include ""Quiz Show"" (1994) as the car salesman, ""In & Out"" (1997) as Aldo Hooper, Disney's ""The Lion King"" (1994) and multiple sequels and spin-offs as Pumbaa. He also has worked with Nathan Lane, who had voiced Timon, in ""Guys and Dolls"", ""Mouse Hunt"", ""The Producers"" (in a deleted scene) and ""A Funny Thing Happened on"
"the critic for ""The New York Times"", calls the film a ""delicious little satire on Edwardian manners and morals"", while the unnamed reviewer for ""Time"" called it ""one of the best films of the year"". Guinness's multiple roles were praised by several reviewers, including C. A. Lejeune of ""The Observer"". The unknown reviewer from ""The Monthly Film Bulletin"" wrote that Guinness played his roles ""with intelligence and restraint and show[ed] his power as a character actor"", while Crowther considered that Guinness acted with ""such devastating wit and variety that he naturally dominates the film"". Price's performance was appreciated by a"
"an 18/100 rating, indicating ""overwhelming dislike"". Lisa Nesselson of ""Variety"" called it ""consistently silly, occasionally funny but mostly forced"". Company Man (film) Company Man is a 2000 comedy film written and directed by Peter Askin and Douglas McGrath. The film stars McGrath, Sigourney Weaver, John Turturro, Ryan Phillippe, Alan Cumming, Anthony LaPaglia, Woody Allen, and Denis Leary as ""Officer Fry"". Bill Murray had a cameo appearance in the film that was cut before the film's release. In the 1960s, Alan Quimp is a schoolteacher of English grammar and married to the very demanding Daisy Quimp. In order to avoid the"
"a cappella pieces of music by Sisqó, Baha Men, and The Notorious B.I.G.), singer Neil Diamond, ""Inside the Actors Studio"" host James Lipton (who favored Ferrell's impersonation), Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, United States Attorney General Janet Reno, convicted unabomber Ted Kaczynski, game show host Alex Trebek, fictitious private detective Shaft, professional wrestler Jesse Ventura, U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, and Cuban President Fidel Castro. His original characters included ""Morning Latte"" co-host Tom Wilkins, Ed the Horse's twin brother Ned, fictional Blue Öyster Cult member Gene Frenkle (physically modeled after the band's vocalist Eric Bloom), music teacher"