"The Wild Party (1956 film) The Wild Party is a 1956 American crime film directed by Harry Horner and written by John McPartland. The film stars Anthony Quinn, Carol Ohmart, Arthur Franz, Jay Robinson, Kathryn Grant, Nehemiah Persoff, and Paul Stewart. The film was released on December 21, 1956 by United Artists. A former football player, ""Big Tom"" Kupfen, despondent over his glory days being behind him, drinks and uses drugs with a coterie of sycophants that include a piano player called Kicks Johnson, a drifter named Gage Freeposter and a naive young woman known only as ""Honey"". On a"
"occasionally. At the start and ending of the film, the creators list and thank a number of galleries, collectors and historians who allowed the works of Van Gogh to be photographed for the film. Lust for Life (film) Lust for Life is a 1956 American biographical film about the life of the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Irving Stone which was adapted for the screen by Norman Corwin. It was directed by Vincente Minnelli and produced by John Houseman. The film stars Kirk Douglas as Van Gogh, James Donald as"
"in Federico Fellini's ""La Strada"" (1954) opposite Giulietta Masina. Quinn won his second Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of painter Paul Gauguin in Vincente Minnelli's ""Lust for Life"" (1956). The following year, he received an Oscar nomination for his part in George Cukor's ""Wild Is the Wind"". He starred in ""The Savage Innocents"" 1959 (film) as Inuk, an Eskimo who finds himself caught between two clashing cultures. As the decade ended, Quinn allowed his age to show and began his transformation into a major character actor. His physique filled out, his hair grayed, and his once smooth,"
"Countdown"" (1980) and ""Saturn 3"" (1980). His acting style and delivery made him a favorite with television impersonators such as Frank Gorshin, Rich Little and David Frye. His role as Vincent van Gogh in ""Lust for Life"" (1956), directed by Vincente Minnelli and based on Irving Stone's best-seller, was filmed mostly on location in France. Douglas was noted not only for the veracity of van Gogh's appearance but for how he conveyed the painter's internal turmoil. Some reviewers consider it the most famous example of the ""tortured artist"" who seeks solace from life's pain through his work. Others see it"
"Lust for Life (novel) Lust for Life (1934) is a biographical novel written by Irving Stone based on the life of the famous Dutch painter, Vincent van Gogh, and his hardships. It was adapted into a film of the same name starring Kirk Douglas, which was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning one. It is Stone's first major publication and is largely based on the collection of letters between Vincent van Gogh and his younger brother, art dealer Theo van Gogh. They lay the foundation for most of what is known about the thoughts and beliefs of the artist. Stone"
"Lust for Life (novel) Lust for Life (1934) is a biographical novel written by Irving Stone based on the life of the famous Dutch painter, Vincent van Gogh, and his hardships. It was adapted into a film of the same name starring Kirk Douglas, which was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning one. It is Stone's first major publication and is largely based on the collection of letters between Vincent van Gogh and his younger brother, art dealer Theo van Gogh. They lay the foundation for most of what is known about the thoughts and beliefs of the artist. Stone"
"in the US and Canada and $1,100,000 elsewhere resulting in a loss of $2,072,000. MGM produced a short film ""Van Gogh: Darkness Into Light"", narrated by Dore Schary and showing the European locations used for the filming, to promote ""Lust for Life"". In the film, a 75-year-old woman from Auvers-sur-Oise (not Jeanne Calment, who lived in Arles several hundred kilometers to the south), who claims to have known Van Gogh when she was a young girl, meets star Kirk Douglas, and comments on how much he looks like the painter. This short promotional film is shown on Turner Classic Movies"
"Lust for Gold Lust for Gold is a 1949 American western film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Ida Lupino, Glenn Ford and Gig Young. The film is about the legendary Lost Dutchman gold mine, starring Ford as the ""Dutchman"" and Lupino as the woman he loves. The historical events are seen through a framing device set in the contemporary 1940s. It was based on the book ""Thunder God's Gold"" by Barry Storm. Part of the film was shot on location in Arizona's Superstition Mountains. In modern times, a newspaper reports that ""noted explorer and writer"" Floyd Buckley (Hayden"
"14th Golden Globe Awards The 14th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1956 films, were held on February 28, 1957, at the Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles). Kirk Douglas - ""Lust for Life"" Ingrid Bergman - ""Anastasia"" Elia Kazan - ""Baby Doll"" Cantinflas - ""Around the World in 80 Days"" Deborah Kerr - ""The King and I"" ""Around the World in 80 Days"" directed by Michael Anderson ""The King and I"" directed by Walter Lang Earl Holliman - ""The Rainmaker"" Eileen Heckart - ""The Bad Seed"" Three way tie Three way tie Jacques Bergerac Taina Elg"
"to Eugène Boch on October 2, 1888, writing he had painted ""a view of the café on place du Forum, where we used to go, ""painted at night"""" (emphasis van Gogh's). The painting and the café were both featured in the 1956 film ""Lust for Life"" starring Kirk Douglas and later in ""Vincent and the Doctor"" (2010), the tenth episode in the fifth series of British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"", and in the fully painted film ""Loving Vincent"" (2017). ""This is a night painting without black, with nothing but beautiful blue and violet and green and in this"
"Peter Douglas Peter Vincent Douglas (born November 23, 1955) is an American television and film producer, a son of actor Kirk Douglas and his second wife, the German American producer Anne Buydens. Douglas was born in Los Angeles, California. His middle name was given him in homage to Vincent van Gogh, whom his father was playing in the film ""Lust for Life"" (1956) when he was born. He used it for his production company, Vincent Pictures. Peter Douglas' television production credits include ""Inherit the Wind"" (1988), for which he won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama or Comedy Special, and"
"Second World War saw a decline in interest in the auberge, but in 1952 it was bought by Roger and Micheline Tagliana who restored Vincent's room with the help of Adeline Ravoux. The film ""Lust for Life"" by Vincente Minnelli was filmed in Auvers and The House of Van Gogh was featured, garnering much publicity for the location. Since 1986 the auberge has been under the supervision of Dominique-Charles Janssens. An award-winning architect, Bernard Schoebel, specializing in the restoration of historical landmarks, was chosen to renovate the auberge. Van Gogh's room was painstakingly restored to its original condition. The dining"
"image, and as his career progressed, he selected roles that would not compromise his off-screen image. At a party in 1957, Wayne confronted actor Kirk Douglas about the latter's decision to play the role of Vincent van Gogh in the film ""Lust for Life"", saying: ""Christ, Kirk, how can you play a part like that? There's so goddamn few of us left. We got to play strong, tough characters. Not these weak queers."" Wayne's rise to being the quintessential movie war hero began to take shape four years after World War II, when ""Sands of Iwo Jima"" (1949) was released."
"Bigger Than Life Bigger Than Life is an American DeLuxe Color CinemaScope film made in 1956 directed by Nicholas Ray and starring James Mason, who also co-wrote and produced the film, about a school teacher and family man whose life spins out of control upon becoming addicted to cortisone. The film co-stars Barbara Rush as his wife and Walter Matthau as his closest friend, a fellow teacher. Though it was a box-office flop upon its initial release, many modern critics hail it as a masterpiece and brilliant indictment of contemporary attitudes towards mental illness and addiction. In 1963, Jean-Luc Godard"
"Gogh, this biographical tribute never rises above the level of the popular novel on which it is based ... Despite a remarkable physical resemblance, Kirk Douglas' performance remains essentially an American study in neuroticism; also, the presentation of the aesthetic controversy between Van Gogh (humane and intuitive) and Gaugin (intellectual and brusquely cynical) is both over simplified and somewhat misleading."" The world premiere was held on September 17, 1956 at the Plaza Theatre on East 58th Street in New York City as a benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's student program. According to MGM records, the film earned $1,595,000"
"Quentin Tarantino – ""Django Unchained"" Tony Kushner – ""Lincoln"" Wreck-It Ralph Skyfall Daniel Craig – ""Skyfall"" as James Bond Jennifer Lawrence – ""The Hunger Games"" as Katniss Everdeen Silver Linings Playbook Bradley Cooper – ""Silver Linings Playbook"" as Patrizio ""Pat"" Solitano, Jr. Jennifer Lawrence – ""Silver Linings Playbook"" as Tiffany Maxwell Looper ""Amour"" • Austria / France / Germany Searching for Sugar Man Sarah Greenwood (Production Designer) and Katie Spencer (Set Decorator) – ""Anna Karenina"" Claudio Miranda – ""Life of Pi"" Jacqueline Durran – ""Anna Karenina"" William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor – ""Zero Dark Thirty"" Cloud Atlas John Williams –"
"""Battle Hymn"" directed by Douglas Sirk Cassidy Ross Ronald Reagan James Dean and Kim Novak 14th Golden Globe Awards The 14th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1956 films, were held on February 28, 1957, at the Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles). Kirk Douglas - ""Lust for Life"" Ingrid Bergman - ""Anastasia"" Elia Kazan - ""Baby Doll"" Cantinflas - ""Around the World in 80 Days"" Deborah Kerr - ""The King and I"" ""Around the World in 80 Days"" directed by Michael Anderson ""The King and I"" directed by Walter Lang Earl Holliman - ""The Rainmaker"" Eileen"
"was greenlighted sometime before his death in 1936. This was reportedly Shearer's favorite role. Originally to be directed by Sidney Franklin, the job was given to W.S. Van Dyke. Irving Thalberg originally planned for Charles Laughton to play the role of Louis XVI, but Laughton, after lengthy deliberations, finally declined. The film boasted thousands of expensive costumes and lavish set design. The array of costumes created for the film are among the most expensive in film history. Costume designer Adrian visited France and Austria in 1937 to research the period. While there he purchased vast quantities of antique materials, French"
"day it was painted because he described it in a letter to his brother, Theo, and said he painted it the previous day July 4, 1888. Various aspects of van Gogh's life have been portrayed in several film features including ""Lust for Life"" (1956) with Kirk Douglas in the title role, ""Vincent"" (1987), ""Vincent & Theo"" (1990), ""Vincent and Me"" (1990), ""Dreams"" (1990), and ""Van Gogh"" (1991). ""Dreams"" was directed by Akira Kurosawa and featured Martin Scorsese in a vignette portraying van Gogh during his last year while painting wheat fields. ""At Eternity's Gate"" (2018) is an upcoming drama film"
"in the ""Motion Picture Herald"". Alec Guinness Sir Alec Guinness, (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, Guinness was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including ""The Ladykillers"" and ""Kind Hearts and Coronets"" in which he played nine different characters. He is also known for his six collaborations with David Lean: Herbert Pocket in ""Great Expectations"" (1946), Fagin in ""Oliver Twist"" (1948), Col. Nicholson in ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" (1957, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor), Prince"
"international star through positive reception for his leading role as an unscrupulous boxing hero in ""Champion"" (1949), which brought him his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Other early films include ""Young Man with a Horn"" (1950), playing opposite Lauren Bacall and Doris Day; ""Ace in the Hole"" opposite Jan Sterling (1951); and ""Detective Story"" (1951). He received a second Oscar nomination for his dramatic role in ""The Bad and the Beautiful"" (1952), opposite Lana Turner, and his third nomination for portraying Vincent van Gogh in ""Lust for Life"" (1956). In 1955, he established Bryna Productions, which"
"and Susan Hayward as Rachel Donelson Jackson. In 1956, a film version was made of ""Lust for Life"", based on his 1934 novel, starring Kirk Douglas as Van Gogh. In 1965, a film was made of ""The Agony and the Ecstasy"", starring Charlton Heston as Michelangelo and Rex Harrison as Pope Julius II. Stone's 1975 book ""The Greek Treasure"" was the basis for the German television production """" (""Hunt for Troy"", 2007). Irving Stone Irving Stone (born Tennenbaum, July 14, 1903, San Francisco, California – August 26, 1989, Los Angeles) was an American writer, chiefly known for his biographical novels"
"Live for Life Live for Life () is a 1967 French film directed by Claude Lelouch starring Yves Montand, Candice Bergen and Annie Girardot. The film won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film had a total of 2,936,035 admissions in France and was the 7th highest grossing film of the year. Robert Colomb (Yves Montand) is a famous TV newscaster, married to Catherine (Annie Girardot), but continually unfaithful to her. Then he meets, and becomes fascinated with Candice (Candice Bergen). He takes her along"
"as a portrayal not only of the ""painter-as-hero,"" but a unique presentation of the ""action painter,"" with Douglas expressing the physicality and emotion of painting, as he uses the canvas to capture a moment in time. Douglas was nominated for an Academy Award for the role, with his costar Anthony Quinn winning the Best Supporting Actor Oscar as Paul Gauguin, van Gogh's friend. Douglas won a Golden Globe award, although Minnelli said Douglas should have won an Oscar: ""He achieved a moving and memorable portrait of the artist—a man of massive creative power, triggered by severe emotional stress, the fear"
"Shakespeare's ""Richard III"", Thornton Wilder's ""The Skin of Our Teeth"", Jean Anouilh's ""Antigone"" and Anton Chekhov's ""The Proposal"". Cushing struggled greatly to find work over the next few years, and became so stressed that he felt he was suffering from an extended nervous breakdown. Nevertheless, he continued to appear in several small roles in radio, theatre and film. Among them was the 1952 John Huston film ""Moulin Rouge"", where he played a racing spectator named Marcel de la Voisier appearing opposite star José Ferrer, who played the artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. During this discouraging period for Cushing, his wife encouraged"
"The Spirit of St. Louis (film) The Spirit of St. Louis is a 1957 aviation biography film in CinemaScope and WarnerColor from Warner Bros., directed by Billy Wilder, produced by Leland Hayward, that stars James Stewart as Charles Lindbergh. The screenplay was adapted by Charles Lederer, Wendell Mayes, and Billy Wilder from Lindbergh's 1953 autobiographical account of his historic flight, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1954. Along with reminiscences of his early days in aviation, the film's storyline largely focuses on Lindbergh's lengthy preparation for and finally his history-making transatlantic flight in the purpose-built ""Spirit of St. Louis"" high-wing"
"film left. Noel Langley signed to write a version of the script, and filming was to start in April 1956. However, in July 1956 it was announced that Ladd had bought himself out of his Paramount commitment by paying $135,000, and he would no longer make the film. (Henry Hathaway put this figure at $250,000.) Film rights were picked up by Hal Wallis, who had a deal with Paramount. In 1959 it was announced that Dean Martin would star. John Sturges was still attached as director. Eventually in 1964 John Wayne was signed to star, with Henry Hathaway to direct."
"in the comedy/romance ""Sabrina"" (1954) starring Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn and William Holden; Mr. Benson in the drama ""Picnic"" (1955) starring William Holden and Kim Novak; a doctor in Hitchcock's drama/thriller ""Vertigo"" (1958) starring James Stewart and Novak; a colonel in the comedy ""No Time for Sergeants"" (1958) starring Andy Griffith; the warden of San Quentin in the crime/dramas ""I Want to Live!"" starring Susan Hayward and as Philip Dressler in ""The Lineup"" (1958); lawyer Brancato in the crime drama ""Al Capone"" (1959) starring Rod Steiger; and Major General Alexander ""Archie"" Vandegrift in the World War II drama ""The Gallant"
"1. Ralph Fiennes – ""Schindler's List""<br> 2. Leonardo DiCaprio – ""What's Eating Gilbert Grape"" and ""This Boy's Life""<br> 2. Tommy Lee Jones – ""The Fugitive"" 1. Madeleine Stowe – ""Short Cuts""<br> 2. Gwyneth Paltrow – ""Flesh and Bone""<br> 3. Jennifer Jason Leigh – ""Short Cuts""<br> 3. Anna Paquin – ""The Piano"" 1. Jane Campion – ""The Piano""<br> 2. John Guare – ""Six Degrees of Separation""<br> 3. Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt – ""Short Cuts"" 1. Janusz Kamiński – ""Schindler's List""<br> 2. Stuart Dryburgh – ""The Piano""<br> 3. Michael Ballhaus – ""The Age of Innocence"" 1. The Story of Qiu Ju"
"1. Kirsten Dunst – ""Melancholia"" (39)<br> 2. Yoon Jeong-hee – ""Poetry"" (25)<br> 3. Meryl Streep – ""The Iron Lady"" (20) 1. Albert Brooks – ""Drive"" (38)<br> 2. Christopher Plummer – ""Beginners"" (24)<br> 3. Patton Oswalt – ""Young Adult"" (19) 1. Jessica Chastain – ""The Help"", ""Take Shelter"", and ""The Tree of Life"" (30)<br> 2. Jeannie Berlin – ""Margaret"" (19)<br> 3. Shailene Woodley – ""The Descendants"" (17) 1. Asghar Farhadi – ""A Separation"" (39)<br> 2. Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin – ""Moneyball"" (22)<br> 3. Woody Allen – ""Midnight in Paris"" (16) 1. Emmanuel Lubezki – ""The Tree of Life"" (76)<br> 2."
"journalist. The screenwriters finally wound up rewriting the plot. The names of the two characters—Melville Goodwin and Dottie Peale—were retained, but both were made single. The film's credits state that it is ""based on characters"" in Marquand's book, rather than on the book itself. The music score was by Roy Webb, the cinematography by Stanley Cortez and costume design by Charles LeMaire. The film co-stars Paul Stewart and Jim Backus. The original leads were to be Humphrey Bogart and wife Lauren Bacall, and they were filmed doing a wardrobe test in 1956. But Bogart's illness forced his withdrawal from the"
"C. Barnes, Paul Mellon, Henry Ford II, David Rockefeller, and William S. Paley. There were personalities from the film such as Greta Garbo, Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, Kirk Douglas, and Edward G. Robinson. Among Salz's friends were writer Erich Maria Remarque, pianist Vladimir Horowitz, and painter Diego Rivera. He donated art to several institutions. He gave sketches by Paul Gauguin to the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. He donated to the Louvre Édouard Manet's Asparagus (it is housed in the Musée d'Orsay). To the Art Institute of Chicago, he gave the paintings Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth and John the"
"Louise"" 1. Harvey Keitel – ""Thelma & Louise"", ""Bugsy"" and ""Mortal Thoughts""<br> 2. Steven Hill – ""Billy Bathgate""<br> 3. Elliott Gould – ""Bugsy"" 1. Jane Horrocks – ""Life Is Sweet""<br> 2. Juliette Lewis – ""Cape Fear""<br> 3. Judy Davis – ""Naked Lunch"" 1. David Cronenberg – ""Naked Lunch""<br> 2. James Toback – ""Bugsy""<br> 3. Agnieszka Holland – ""Europa Europa""<br> 3. Calder Willingham – ""Rambling Rose"" 1. Roger Deakins – ""Barton Fink""<br> 2. Peter Suschitzky – ""Naked Lunch""<br> 3. Allen Daviau – ""Bugsy"" 1. The Double Life of Veronique (La double vie de Véronique)<br> 2. ""The Vanishing"" (""Spoorloos"")<br> 3. ""Europa Europa"""