"Laughton as Sempronius Gracchus, and Tony Curtis as Antoninus. Douglas, whose company Bryna Productions was producing the film, removed original director Anthony Mann after the first week of shooting. Kubrick, with whom Douglas had worked before, was brought on board to take over direction. It was the only film directed by Kubrick where he did not have complete artistic control. Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo was blacklisted at the time as one of the Hollywood Ten. Douglas publicly announced that Trumbo was the screenwriter of ""Spartacus"", and President-elect John F. Kennedy crossed American Legion picket lines to view the film, helping to"
"hired Trumbo to write the script for ""Spartacus"" (1960), Hopper denounced the film in her column, stating that ""[the script is based on] a book written by a Commie and the screen script was written by a Commie, so don't go see it."" Nonetheless the film was a critical and financial success. Charlie Chaplin was another target of Hedda Hopper's vitriol because of his alleged Communist sympathies and his penchant for much younger women, which she considered immoral. She also loathed him for remaining a British citizen and not becoming an American, which she considered an act of ingratitude towards"
"his ""richest, most impressive collaborations"" with Douglas, and for Minnelli, no other actor portrayed his level of ""cool"": ""A robust, athletic, sometimes explosive player, Douglas loved stagy rhetoric, and he did everything passionately."" That level of passion in Douglas's persona was also used effectively by Minnelli in ""The Bad and the Beautiful"", four years earlier, for which Douglas was nominated for Best Actor, with the film winning five Oscars. In 1960 Douglas played the lead role in what many consider his career defining role of the Thracian slave rebel Spartacus with an all-star cast in ""Spartacus"" (1960). He was the"
"Woody Strode Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (July 25, 1914 – December 31, 1994) was an American athlete and actor. He was a decathlete and football star who was one of the first African American players in the National Football League in the postwar era. After football, he went on to become a film actor, where he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in ""Spartacus"" in 1960. He served in the United States Army during World War II. Strode was born in Los Angeles. His parents were from New Orleans; his grandmother was"
"anything to me."" Elaine joined the office in 1955 and by 1959, Saul was delegating important tasks to her. In 1960, she co-directed and co-produced the opening title sequence to ""Spartacus"". The following year, Saul and Elaine married and after the birth of their children, Jennifer in 1964 and Jeffrey in 1967, Elaine concentrated on motherhood, film directing, and title sequences. Elaine designed title sequences alongside Saul Bass for more than 40 years, and employed diverse filmmaking techniques from Bunraku-style maneuvers in ""Spartacus"" (1960), live action sequences in ""Walk on the Wild Side"" (1962), to time-lapse photography in ""The Age"
"recruits him to script ""Exodus"". Both men publicly credit him as the screenwriter, despite Hopper's futile efforts to intimidate Douglas into dropping Trumbo. By 1960, the effectiveness of the Blacklist has been broken to the point where newly elected US President John F. Kennedy publicly endorses ""Spartacus"", and Trumbo and others are able to begin rebuilding their careers. Ten years later, finally receiving his due accolades from Hollywood, Trumbo speaks about how the Blacklist victimized them all: those who stood by their principles and lost their jobs, and also those who compromised their principles to keep them. On September 18,"
"credibility. Trumbo was publicly given credit for two major films. Otto Preminger made public that Trumbo wrote the screenplay for his film ""Exodus"", and Kirk Douglas publicly announced that Trumbo was the screenwriter of ""Spartacus"". Further, President John F. Kennedy publicly ignored a demonstration organized by the American Legion and went to see the film. After David Lean turned down an offer to direct, ""Spartacus"" was to be directed by Anthony Mann, then best known for his Westerns such as ""Winchester '73"" and ""The Naked Spur"". Douglas fired Mann at the end of the first week of shooting, in which"
"popular was ""Operation Petticoat"" (1959), a military comedy which Curtis made for Edwards alongside Cary Grant. Curtis and Leigh made one more film together ""Who Was That Lady?"" (1960), a comedy with Dean Martin. He and Debbie Reynolds then starred in the romantic comedy ""The Rat Race"" (1960). Douglas came calling again, offering Curtis a key role in the former's epic production ""Spartacus"" (1960). It was a huge hit and earned Curtis a Golden Globe nomination. Curtis then made his first movies in a while without a significant ""name"" co star. Both were biopics: ""The Great Impostor"" (1961), directed by"
"the government. Gradually the blacklist weakened. With the support of director Otto Preminger, Trumbo was credited for the screenplay of the 1960 film ""Exodus"", adapted from the novel of the same name by Leon Uris. Shortly thereafter, actor Kirk Douglas announced Trumbo had written the screenplay for Stanley Kubrick's film ""Spartacus"". With these actions, Preminger and Douglas helped end the power of the blacklist. Trumbo was reinstated into the Writers Guild of America, West and was credited on all subsequent scripts. Eventually in 2011, the Guild gave him full credit for the script of ""Roman Holiday"". In 1971, Trumbo directed"
"They were unable to find anyone to play the Ethiopian king so Strode was given that role too. He had a support role in ""Tarzan's Fight for Life"" (1958) and a small part in ""The Buccaneer"" (1958). In 1959 he portrayed the conflicted, some would say cowardly, Private Franklin in ""Pork Chop Hill"", which brought him critical acclaim. He called it ""the first dramatic thing that I had done."" He guest starred on ""The Man from Blackhawk"" (1960). Strode was next cast in ""Spartacus"" (1960) as the Ethiopian gladiator Draba, in which he has to fight Spartacus (played by Kirk"
"birth adopted into the Servilii Vatiae. Batiatus was played by Peter Ustinov in Stanley Kubrick's 1960 film, ""Spartacus"", for which Ustinov won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Ian McNeice played Batiatus in the 2004 television adaptation ""Spartacus"". John Hannah played Batiatus (here given the first name Quintus) in the 2010 Starz television series """" and the 2011 """". Lentulus Batiatus Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Batiatus (or, possibly, Vatia) was the Roman owner of a gladiatorial school in Capua. It was from this school that, in 73 BC, the Thracian slave Spartacus and about 70 to 78 followers escaped. The"
"that Dalton Trumbo, one of the best known members of the Hollywood Ten, was the screenwriter of his forthcoming film ""Exodus"". Six-and-a-half months later, with ""Exodus"" still to debut, the ""New York Times"" announced that Universal Pictures would give Trumbo screen credit for his role as writer on ""Spartacus"", a decision star Kirk Douglas is now recognized as largely responsible for. On October 6, ""Spartacus"" premiered – the first movie to bear Trumbo's name since he had received story credit on ""Emergency Wedding"" in 1950. Since 1947, he had written or co-written approximately seventeen motion pictures without credit. ""Exodus"" followed"
"with Bass in his Los Angeles office. By 1960, with the opening to ""Spartacus"", she was directing and producing title sequences, and in 1961 the two married, beginning more than 40 years of close collaboration. After the birth of their children, Jennifer in 1964 and Jeffrey in 1967, they concentrated on their family, film directing, and title sequences. Saul and Elaine designed title sequences for more than 40 years, continuously experimenting with a variety of innovative techniques and effects, from Bunraku-style maneuvers in ""Spartacus"" (1960), live-action sequences in ""Walk On The Wild Side"" (1962), to time-lapse photography in ""The Age"
"151 entertainment industry professionals in the context of ""Red Fascists and their sympathizers"". Soon, most of those named, along with a host of other artists, were barred from employment in most of the entertainment field. The blacklist lasted until 1960, when Dalton Trumbo, a Communist Party member from 1943 to 1948 and member of the Hollywood Ten, was credited as the screenwriter of the highly successful film ""Exodus"", and later publicly acknowledged by actor Kirk Douglas for writing the screenplay for the movie ""Spartacus"". A number of those blacklisted, however, were still barred from work in their professions for years"
"first in the title role, with Anthony Quinn as the king, and later exchanging roles with his co-star. Two films featuring Olivier were released in 1960. The first—filmed in 1959—was ""Spartacus"", in which he portrayed the Roman general, Marcus Licinius Crassus. His second was ""The Entertainer"", shot while he was appearing in ""Coriolanus""; the film was well received by the critics, but not as warmly as the stage show had been. The reviewer for ""The Guardian"" thought the performances were good, and wrote that Olivier ""on the screen as on the stage, achieves the tour de force of bringing Archie"
"saying that ""Stanley is unusually perceptive, and delicately attuned to people. He has an adroit intellect, and is a creative thinker—not a repeater, not a fact-gatherer. He digests what he learns and brings to a new project an original point of view and a reserved passion"". The two worked on a script for six months, begun by a then unknown Sam Peckinpah. Many disputes broke out over the project, and in the end, Kubrick distanced himself from what would become ""One-Eyed Jacks"" (1961). In February 1959, Kubrick received a phone call from Kirk Douglas asking him to direct ""Spartacus"" (1960),"
"Peter Brocco Carl Peter Brocco (January 16, 1903 – December 20, 1992) was an American screen and stage actor. He appeared in about 300 credits, notably ""Spartacus"" (1960) and ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"" (1975), during his career spanning over 60 years. Brocco was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Brocco. Brocco acted on stage with the Walter Hampton Players. He debuted on Broadway in ""Centuries"" (1927); he also performed in ""The Merry Wives of Windsor"" (1938). Brocco appeared as a criminal type in several episodes of ""Adventures of Superman"". He holds"
"began producing films as varied as ""Paths of Glory"" (1957) and ""Spartacus"" (1960). In those two films, he collaborated with the then-relatively-unknown director Stanley Kubrick taking lead roles in both films. Douglas has been praised for helping to break the Hollywood blacklist by having Dalton Trumbo write ""Spartacus"" with an official on-screen credit, although this has been disputed by others. He produced and starred in ""Lonely Are the Brave"" (1962), considered a classic, and ""Seven Days in May"" (1964), opposite Burt Lancaster, with whom he made seven films. In 1963, he starred in the Broadway play ""One Flew Over the"
"remaining forces of Arminius, defeating them after a bitter battle. The Revenge of Spartacus The Revenge of Spartacus or La vendetta di Spartacus (US title: ""Revenge of the Gladiators"") is a 1965 Italian film directed by Michele Lupo. It was shot back to back with ""Seven Slaves Against the World"". Arminio and Trasone do believe that the legendary Spartacus is still alive and has organized a group of armed men to destroy the Romans . Valerio, Roman legionary, he discovers the deception and attempts to warn those who believe in the false news. The attempt is unsuccessful . After killing"
"Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators () is a |1964 international co-production sword and sandal film directed by Nick Nostro and co-written by Nostro, Alfonso Balcázar and Sergio Sollima. Rocca and his nine gladiators have just completed a triumphal show in the arena in front of the Emperor. However their ebullient mood changes to horror and sadness when they are followed by a group of a dozen gladiators from Thrace who are ordered to kill each other until one man is standing. In this group is a father and son. They reluctantly comply but when the"
"on improvising extensively during the production. Kubrick and Douglas were also at odds over the script, with Kubrick angering Douglas when he cut all but two of his lines from the opening 30 minutes. Despite the on-set troubles, ""Spartacus"" was a critical and commercial success, earning $14.6 million at the box office in its first run. The film established Kubrick as a major director, receiving six Academy Award nominations and winning four; it ultimately convinced him that if so much could be made of such a problematic production, he could achieve anything. ""Spartacus"" also marked, however, the end of the"
"Bass was asked by directors and producers to produce not only title sequences for their films, but also to visualize and storyboard key scenes and sequences within them. Bass has the unusual credit of ""visual consultant"" or ""pictorial consultant"" on five films. For ""Spartacus"" (1960), Bass as ""visual consultant"" designed key elements of the gladiator school and storyboarded the final battle between slaves and Romans. John Frankenheimer, the director of ""Grand Prix"" (1966), had Bass storyboard, direct, and edit all but one of the racing sequences for his film. For ""West Side Story"" (1961) Bass filmed the prologue, storyboarded the"
"autocrat – Marcus Licinius Crassus in ""Spartacus"" and Commodus in ""Gladiator."" Both actors who played Gracchus (in ""Spartacus"" and ""Gladiator""), played Claudius in previous films – Charles Laughton of ""Spartacus"" played Claudius in the unfinished 1937 film ""I, Claudius"" and Sir Derek Jacobi of ""Gladiator"", played Claudius in the 1976 BBC adaptation. Both films also share a specific set piece, wherein a gladiator (Maximus here, Woody Strode's Draba in ""Spartacus"") throws his weapon into a spectator box at the end of a match, as well as at least one line of dialogue: ""Rome is the mob"", said here by Gracchus"
"Emilio Ruiz del Río Emilio Ruiz del Río (1923 – September 14, 2007) was a Spanish film set decorator and special effects and visual effects artist. Ruiz del Rio's career spanned over 60 years. Ruiz del Río's filmography includes work on over 450 films from studios in Europe and the United States. His career lasted more than sixty years. Among Ruiz del Río's achievements was to consistently work with a number of higher profile directors, including with Stanley Kubrick on ""Spartacus"" (1960), George Cukor on ""Travels with My Aunt"" (1970), Orson Welles on ""Mr. Arkadin"" (1955), and Guillermo del Toro"
"work under other authors' names or pseudonyms. His uncredited work won two Academy Awards: for ""Roman Holiday"" (1953), which was given to a front writer, and for ""The Brave One"" (1956) which was awarded to a pseudonym of Trumbo's. When he was given public screen credit for both ""Exodus"" and ""Spartacus"" in 1960, this marked the beginning of the end of the Hollywood Blacklist for Trumbo and other screenwriters. He finally was given full credit by the Writers' Guild for all his achievements, the work of which encompassed six decades of screenwriting. Trumbo was born in Montrose, Colorado, the son"
"The Revenge of Spartacus The Revenge of Spartacus or La vendetta di Spartacus (US title: ""Revenge of the Gladiators"") is a 1965 Italian film directed by Michele Lupo. It was shot back to back with ""Seven Slaves Against the World"". Arminio and Trasone do believe that the legendary Spartacus is still alive and has organized a group of armed men to destroy the Romans . Valerio, Roman legionary, he discovers the deception and attempts to warn those who believe in the false news. The attempt is unsuccessful . After killing the two Spartacists, Valerio and his followers fought against the"
"wife Cleo and teenage children to work as his support staff, adding to domestic conflict. King Brothers' film ""The Brave One"", an original story by Trumbo under a pseudonym, receives an Academy Award he cannot claim. His blacklisted friend Arlen Hird dies from cancer, destitute, but an attempt by Hedda Hopper's allies to intimidate the head of King Brothers to fire Trumbo fails completely. Over time, industry suspicion of Trumbo's ghostwriting develops, but he is careful not to confirm it. In 1960, actor Kirk Douglas recruits him to write the screenplay for his epic film ""Spartacus"", and director Otto Preminger"
"Bram Stoker's Dracula Bram Stoker's Dracula is a 1992 American gothic horror film directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel ""Dracula"" by Bram Stoker. It stars Gary Oldman as Count Dracula, Winona Ryder as Mina Harker, Anthony Hopkins as Professor Abraham Van Helsing, and Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Harker. ""Dracula"" grossed $215 million on a $40 million budget. Rotten Tomatoes's consensus cited ""some terrific performances"", but Reeves' work has been widely criticized. It was nominated for four Academy Awards and won three for Best Costume Design, Best Sound Editing, and Best Makeup. Its score was composed"
"Scars of Dracula Scars of Dracula is a 1970 British horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker for Hammer Studios. It stars Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, along with Dennis Waterman, Jenny Hanley, Patrick Troughton, and Michael Gwynn. Although disparaged by some critics, the film does restore a few elements of Bram Stoker's original character: the Count is introduced as an ""icily charming host;"" he has command over nature; and he is seen scaling the walls of his castle. It also gives Lee more to do and say than any other Hammer Dracula film except its first, 1958's ""Dracula"". This"
"director. During the 1950s, Berry directed two films starring Eddie Constantine, ""Ça va barder"" (1953) and ""Je suis un sentimental"" (1955), and he also directed ""Tamango"" (1958), a film about a slave uprising that starred Dorothy Dandridge. The blacklist was broken in 1960 with the release of two films written by blacklisted Hollywood Ten member Dalton Trumbo; ""Exodus"" and ""Spartacus"", which gave Trumbo — one of the most prominent of the Ten — his first screen credits since being blackballed by Hollywood. With the blacklist gone, Berry returned to the U.S. in the early 1960s, where he directed episodes of"
"was disappointed when Wyler chose Charlton Heston instead. Shortly after, Edward (Eddie) Lewis, a vice president in Douglas's film company, Bryna Productions (named after Douglas's mother), had Douglas read Howard Fast's novel, ""Spartacus"", which had a related theme—an individual who challenges the might of the Roman Empire—and Douglas was impressed enough to purchase an option on the book from Fast with his own financing. Universal Studios eventually agreed to finance the film after Douglas persuaded Olivier, Laughton, and Ustinov to act in it. Lewis became the producer of the film, with Douglas taking executive producer credit. Lewis subsequently produced other"
"1960s were set in either classical Greece or even earlier (""Hercules,"" ""Ulysses,"" ""The Giant of Marathon"") or the later Roman period (""Ben Hur,"" ""The Magnificent Gladiator,"" ""Quo Vadis""). The only other films made during the peplum era to use a Hellenistic setting are ""Hannibal"" (1959), ""Revak the Rebel"" and ""Siege of Syracuse"" (both 1960). A Greek military hero named Darios (Rory Calhoun) visits his uncle Lissipu (George Rigaud) on the island of Rhodes in the year 280 BC. Rhodes has just finished constructing an enormous colossal statue of the god Apollo to guard its harbor and is planning an alliance"
"the movie was known as ""The Day of the Gun"", ""Journey Into Sunset"" and ""The Hot Eye of Heaven"". In May 1960 it was announced that Dalton Trumbo was on set working on the script. Trumbo had previously written ""Spartacus"" for Douglas' company and Universal. At this stage Universal had not decided if Trumbo would get screen credit for his work on ""Spartacus"". However United Artists had said they would give Trumbo credit for his work on ""Exodus"". ""That was a toughie,"" said Aldrich. ""I found it extremely difficult personally to do the film. But in this business you have"