"Rock Hudson Rock Hudson (born Roy Harold Scherer, Jr.; November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985) was an American actor, generally known for his turns as a leading man during the 1950s and 1960s. Viewed as a prominent ""heartthrob"" of the Hollywood Golden Age, he achieved stardom with roles in films such as ""Magnificent Obsession"" (1954), ""All That Heaven Allows"" (1955) and ""Giant"" (1956), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor, and found continued success with a string of romantic comedies co-starring Doris Day in ""Pillow Talk"" (1959), ""Lover Come Back"" (1961) and ""Send"
"Monthly Film Bulletin"" offered a less enthusiastic review, writing: ""Alas, the aquarium scene is the film's high-water mark. After it, the sex comedy is transformed into slushy romance ... Occasionally Tony Randall's satirical zaniness salvages a laugh, but Rock Hudson and a subdued Doris Day, who do well enough with the wisecracks earlier, put little life into the love scenes when these usurp the narrative."" Lover Come Back (1961 film) Lover Come Back is a 1961 Eastmancolor romantic comedy released by Universal Pictures and directed by Delbert Mann. The film stars Doris Day and Rock Hudson in their second film"
"Lover Come Back (1961 film) Lover Come Back is a 1961 Eastmancolor romantic comedy released by Universal Pictures and directed by Delbert Mann. The film stars Doris Day and Rock Hudson in their second film together. The supporting cast includes Tony Randall, Edie Adams, Ann B. Davis, and Donna Douglas. This is the second of three movies in which Day, Hudson and Randall starred together, the other two being ""Pillow Talk"" (1959) and ""Send Me No Flowers"" (1964). The story is similar to ""Pillow Talk"" in that it includes mistaken identity as a key plot device. Although not as well"
"film ""The Making of Rock Hudson"" scripted by Tyler Ruggeri, currently in development with Maven Pictures and Gadabout: A Moving Picture Company. Rock Hudson Rock Hudson (born Roy Harold Scherer, Jr.; November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985) was an American actor, generally known for his turns as a leading man during the 1950s and 1960s. Viewed as a prominent ""heartthrob"" of the Hollywood Golden Age, he achieved stardom with roles in films such as ""Magnificent Obsession"" (1954), ""All That Heaven Allows"" (1955) and ""Giant"" (1956), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor, and"
"Send Me No Flowers Send Me No Flowers is a 1964 American Technicolor comedy film, directed by Norman Jewison and starring Rock Hudson, Doris Day, and Tony Randall. After ""Pillow Talk"" and ""Lover Come Back"", it is the third and final film in which Hudson, Day and Randall starred together. The screenplay by Julius J. Epstein is based on the play by Norman Barasch and Carroll Moore, which had a brief run on Broadway in 1960. The title tune was written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach. George Kimball (Rock Hudson), a hypochondriac, lives with his wife Judy (Doris Day)"
"actors Female supporting actors The 1961 American romantic comedy film ""Come September"", featuring Rock Hudson and Gina Lollobrigida, directed by Robert Mulligan, was a worldwide box office success, especially in Chennai. The film tells the story of Robert (Hudson), an American millionaire, who arrives at his villa for his vacation. His girlfriend, Lisa (Lollobrigida), has given up waiting for him and has decided to marry another man. Robert's villa manager, Maurice (Walter Slezak), converts the villa into a hotel while Robert is away. The villa is now occupied by a group of young American girls trying to fend off a"
"for the next three years. Less popular was a Western ""The Last Sunset"" (1961) co starring alongside Kirk Douglas. He then made two hugely popular comedies: ""Come September"" (1961) with Gina Lollobrigida, Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin, directed by Robert Mulligan; and ""Lover Come Back"" (1961) with Day. He made two dramas: ""The Spiral Road"" (1962) was a medical adventure story, directed by Mulligan, and ""A Gathering of Eagles"" (1963), a military story, directed by Delbert Mann. Nonetheless, Hudson was still voted the third most popular star in 1963. Hudson went back to comedy for ""Man's Favorite Sport?"" (1964), directed"
"a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. This is the first of three romantic comedies in which Day, Hudson and Randall starred together, the other two being ""Lover Come Back"" (1961) and ""Send Me No Flowers"" (1964). Upon its release, ""Pillow Talk"" brought in a then staggering domestic box-office gross of $18,750,000 and gave Rock Hudson's career a comeback after the failure of ""A Farewell to Arms"" earlier that year. On July 14, 1980, Jack Martin reported on ""Pillow Talk"" as ""biggest hit of 1959"". In 2009, it was entered into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being"
"and ""Mere Sanam"" (1965), and one in Tamil: ""Anbe Vaa"" (1966). Come September Come September is a 1961 romantic comedy film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin. Wealthy American businessman Robert Talbot (Rock Hudson) owns a villa on the Ligurian coast, where he and his Roman mistress Lisa Fellini (Gina Lollobrigida) spend September of each year. When Robert moves up his annual visit to July and calls her en route from Milano, she cancels her wedding to Englishman Spencer (Ronald Howard) and rushes to meet him. Upon his arrival at the"
"(1964-65). He had good support roles in ""A Very Special Favor"" (1965) with Rock Hudson; ""How to Steal a Million"" (1966) with Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole; ""Barefoot in the Park"" (1967) with Robert Redford and Jane Fonda. He had cameos in ""Is Paris Burning?"" (1966) and ""Casino Royale"" (1967) and was top billed in ""The Day the Hot Line Got Hot"" (1968). His career had lasted longer than that of other romantic actors, winning him the nickname ""the last of the cinema's great lovers."" He recorded a laid-back album called ""Where Does Love Go"" in 1966. The album consisted"
"Rock Hudson (film) Rock Hudson is a 1990 American made-for-television crime drama film directed by John Nicolella. The story is based on ""My Husband, Rock Hudson"", a 1987 novel by Phyllis Gates (Rock Hudson's wife). It is the story of their marriage after Hudson's 1985 death from AIDS. In the book Gates wrote that she was in love with Hudson and that she did not know Hudson was gay when they married, and was not complicit in his deception. The movie is also based on magazine articles, interviews and court records. Including transcripts of the Los Angeles Superior Court trial"
"thriller, ""Blindfold"" (1966). He worked outside his usual range on the science-fiction thriller ""Seconds"" (1966) directed by John Frankenheimer. The film flopped but it later gained cult status, and Hudson's performance is often regarded as one of his best. He also tried his hand in the action genre with ""Tobruk"" (1967), a World War Two film directed by Arthur Hiller. After the comedy ""A Fine Pair"" (1968) with Claudia Cardinale he starred in the action thriller ""Ice Station Zebra"" (1968) at MGM, a role which he had actively sought and remained his personal favorite. The film was a hit but"
"most successful film until the release of ""Thoroughly Modern Millie"" (1967). The film was rivalled in popularity by the romantic comedy ""Pillow Talk"", starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson. While ""Ross Hunter movies"" were a hit with audiences, his work was largely dismissed by critics. Hunter later said, ""I gave the public what they wanted: a chance to dream, to live vicariously, to see beautiful women, jewels, gorgeous clothes, melodrama."" Hunter followed these with two mystery melodramas, both written by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts"" ""Portrait in Black"" (1960), starring Turner, Anthony Quinn, Dee and Saxon, and ""Midnight Lace"" (1960)"
"Rock Hudson, and ""Avanti!"" (1972) in which he was a very convincing agent of the State Department. Among his other film credits are ""The Young Savages"" (1961), ""The Young Doctors"" (1961), ""Advise & Consent"" (1962), ""The Thrill of It All"" (1963), ""Good Neighbor Sam"" (1964), ""Youngblood Hawke"" (1964), ""Kisses for My President"" (1964), ""The Glass Bottom Boat"" (1966); ""The Trouble with Girls"" (1969) with Elvis Presley, ""Tora! Tora! Tora!"" (1970) as Admiral Harold R. Stark, ""How to Frame a Figg"" (1971), ""The Million Dollar Duck"" (1971), ""Now You See Him, Now You Don't"" (1972), ""Charley and the Angel"" (1973), and"
"Come September Come September is a 1961 romantic comedy film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin. Wealthy American businessman Robert Talbot (Rock Hudson) owns a villa on the Ligurian coast, where he and his Roman mistress Lisa Fellini (Gina Lollobrigida) spend September of each year. When Robert moves up his annual visit to July and calls her en route from Milano, she cancels her wedding to Englishman Spencer (Ronald Howard) and rushes to meet him. Upon his arrival at the villa, Robert discovers that, in his absence, his major domo, Maurice"
"book, Mills discusses details of the trial and also questions Christian's allegations against Hudson. For a number of years exhibitors voted Hudson as among the most popular stars in the country: Hudson has been the subject of three plays: ""Rock"" (2008), starring Michael Xavier as Hudson, ""For Roy"" (2010), starring Richard Henzel as Hudson, and ""Hollywood Valhalla"" (2011), starring Patrick Byrnes as Hudson. The story of Hudson's marriage was depicted in the 1990 TV film ""Rock Hudson"", starring Daphne Ashbrook (as Gates) and Thomas Ian Griffith (as Hudson). Hudson is also the subject of the upcoming (as of August 2015)"
"it ""probably the best of the Doris Day/Rock Hudson vehicles ... nicely set in a pastel-coloured suburban dreamworld, but the ineradicable blandness gets you down in the end."" Channel 4 says, ""it would be churlish to complain that it is a little bland, fairly predictable and has an unsurprising happy ending. There's enough humour in the ensuing misunderstandings and enough skill in the playing and direction to stifle not just criticism but even the odd yawn."" Send Me No Flowers Send Me No Flowers is a 1964 American Technicolor comedy film, directed by Norman Jewison and starring Rock Hudson, Doris"
"Hudson, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Moreen Marceau (a movie fan), James Quinn and Natalie Wood John J. O'Connor of the New York Times said the movie was ""a sympathetic treatment of the actor's life and career"" and ""a generally feasible portrait"". He also praised Thomas Ian Griffith performance as Rock Hudson. ""The great flaw in Rock Hudson is the script."" states Rick Aragon of rickstexanreviews.com. Rock Hudson (film) Rock Hudson is a 1990 American made-for-television crime drama film directed by John Nicolella. The story is based on ""My Husband, Rock Hudson"", a 1987 novel by Phyllis Gates (Rock"
"Me No Flowers"" (1964). After appearing in films including ""Seconds"" (1966), ""Tobruk"" (1967) and ""Ice Station Zebra"" (1968) during the late 1960s, Hudson began a second career in television through the 1970s and 1980s, starring in the popular mystery series ""McMillan & Wife"" and the primetime ABC soap opera ""Dynasty"". Numerous film magazines declared Hudson Star of the Year, Favorite Leading Man, and similar titles. He appeared in nearly 70 films and starred in several television productions during a career that spanned more than four decades. Although he was discreet about his privacy throughout his life, and it was a"
"nationwide poll of disc jockeys had ranked Day as the No. 1 female vocalist nine times in ten years (1949 through 1958), but her success and popularity as a singer was now being overshadowed by her box-office appeal. In 1959, Day entered her most successful phase as a film actress with a series of romantic comedies. This success began with ""Pillow Talk"" (1959), co-starring Rock Hudson, who became a lifelong friend, and Tony Randall. Day received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Day, Hudson, and Randall made two more films together, ""Lover Come Back"" (1961) and ""Send"
"final film for veteran cinematographer Leo Tover who died before it was released. A Very Special Favor A Very Special Favor is a 1965 romantic comedy film directed by Michael Gordon, and starring Rock Hudson and Leslie Caron. Paul Chadwick (Hudson) is a wealthy American oilman who is in a Parisian court, where he is up against the opposing lawyer Michel Boullard (Charles Boyer). Paul wins the case, but only by seducing the judge, who happens to be a woman. Shortly after, Boullard sets out to New York, where he plans on reuniting with his daughter Lauren (Caron), whom he"
"Rock Hudson (since Cary Grant felt he was too old for the role) and Paula Prentiss. Hawks then returned to his childhood passion for car races with ""Red Line 7000"" in 1965, featuring a young James Caan in his first leading role. Hawks' final two films were both Western remakes of ""Rio Bravo"" starring John Wayne. In 1966, Hawks directed ""El Dorado"", starring Wayne, Robert Mitchum, and Caan, which was released the following year. He then made ""Rio Lobo"", with Wayne in 1970. After ""Rio Lobo"", Hawks planned a project relating to Ernest Hemingway and ""Now, Mr. Gus,"" a comedy"
"his problem speaking English, but said it was an honor to work alongside Marilyn Monroe. Let's Make Love Let's Make Love is a 1960 musical comedy film made by 20th Century Fox in DeLuxe Color and CinemaScope. It was directed by George Cukor and produced by Jerry Wald from a screenplay by Norman Krasna, Hal Kanter, and Arthur Miller. It starred Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand, and Tony Randall. It would be Monroe's last musical film performance. The plot revolves around billionaire Jean-Marc Clement (Montand) who learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue. After going to the"
"1959, alongside Rock Hudson and Tony Randall. She, Hudson, and Randall were later teamed for ""Lover Come Back"" (1961) and ""Send Me No Flowers"" (1964). In 1960, Day ranked #1 at the box office. She reached #1 at the box office again in 1962 and stayed there until 1964. Day went on to star in several other romantic comedies, including ""That Touch of Mink"" (1962) with Cary Grant, ""The Thrill of It All"", and ""Move Over, Darling"" (both 1963), both with James Garner. After the failure of ""Do Not Disturb"" in 1965 and being labeled ""The World's Oldest Virgin"", Day's"
"""Point Blank"", ""The Phantom Tollbooth"", ""Sol Madrid"", ""The Guns of San Sebastian"", ""The Extraordinary Seaman"", ""Cry Havoc"" with Robert Vaughan, ""The Impossible Tears"" with Peter Sellers, ""Very Special People"" with Natalie Wood, ""Potluck"" with Elvis Presley, ""The Power"", ""The Most Dangerous Game"" with George Peppard, and ""Shoes of the Fisherman"". Not all of these were made.). Due to scheduling conflicts, the original cast was no longer available when filming began in Spring 1967. Principal photography lasted nineteen weeks, ending in October 1967. Rock Hudson replaced Gregory Peck by February. Hudson had made four flop comedies in a row and was"
"""Rock Hunter"" and threw out his entire story and all but one of his characters. Axelrod had originally intended to call his play ""Will Success Spoil Rock Hudson?"" but Hudson's agent, Henry Willson, threatened a lawsuit. After the play opened, Axelrod was vacationing in Jamaica and ran into Rock Hudson and his new wife, Phyllis Gates, on their honeymoon. The three became friends and, when the Hudsons returned to New York, they attended a performance of the show at which Hudson's name was substituted for the fictitious Rock Hunter. After a year in Hollywood, Jayne Mansfield had played only bit"
"Rock Hudson, on loan from Universal; Hudson and de Carlo had previously made ""Scarlet Angel"" together. Rose arranged for the film to be distributed through RKO. The director was Raoul Walsh who had just made ""Blackbeard the Pirate"" (1952) for RKO. Filming started August 1952 on location on the Channel Islands. There was also shooting in Saint-Malo, France. Walsh fell into the sea during shooting one scene and had to take two days off to recover. De Carlo was having an affair with Aly Khan during filming. Bryan Forbes plays Rock Hudson's sidekick. The role was meant to be played"
"roles. ""The New York Times"" described it as ""nothing thing more than a plodding, old-fashioned soap opera"" triangle and that ""some spectators may find themselves simply tuning in, eyes closed, to the familiar train of events, dialogue and musical effects"", although praised the performances of the cast. One book described it as ""another 50s melodrama made at Universal"". One Desire One Desire is a 1955 Technicolor drama romance film directed by Jerry Hopper and starring Anne Baxter, Julie Adams and Rock Hudson. Described as a ""rugged story of oil-boom Oklahoma in the early 1900s"", it was adapted from Conrad Richter's"
"in any of these). For a complete change of pace, Universal cast her opposite Audie Murphy in a Western romantic comedy, ""The Wild and the Innocent"" (1959), playing a tomboy. It was not particularly popular. Warner Bros. borrowed her for another melodrama in the vein of ""Imitation of Life"", ""A Summer Place"" (1959), opposite Troy Donahue as her romantic co-star. The film was a massive hit, and that year US box office exhibitors voted her the 16th most popular star in the country. Hunter reunited her with Lana Turner and John Saxon in Universal's ""Portrait in Black"" (1960), a reasonably"
"Taylor and Rock Hudson, with Angela Lansbury as Miss Marple. That role was an atmospheric cameo appearance with Anthony Steel and Nigel Stock in the 'film within a film' ""Murder at Midnight"". Dinah Sheridan's second husband, film executive John Davis, whom she married in 1954, insisted that she quit acting and stay at home with her children. After their 1965 divorce (which was granted to Sheridan on the grounds of cruelty), she resumed her career appearing in Margaret Williams' comedy ""Let’s All Go Down the Strand"" (1967, alongside Gladys Cooper and Evelyn Laye, Phoenix Theatre, London). ""Let’s All Go Down"
"Dean and Rock Hudson). The other nominations came in the categories of Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Mercedes McCambridge); Best Art Direction–Set Decoration, Color (Boris Leven, Ralph S. Hurst); Best Costume Design, Color; Best Film Editing; Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture; Best Picture; and Best Writing, Best Screenplay – Adapted. Giant (1956 film) Giant is a 1956 American epic Western drama film, directed by George Stevens from a screenplay adapted by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat from Edna Ferber's 1952 novel. The film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean and features Carroll Baker,"
"Films, www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=52988. Accessed 23 Nov. 2016. Pillow Talk (film) Pillow Talk is a 1959 Oscar-winning Eastmancolor romantic comedy film in CinemaScope directed by Michael Gordon. It features Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter and Nick Adams. The film was written by Russell Rouse, Maurice Richlin, Stanley Shapiro and Clarence Greene. It tells the story of Jan Morrow (Day), an interior decorator and Brad Allen (Hudson), a womanizing composer/bachelor, who share a telephone party line. When she unsuccessfully files a complaint on him for constantly using the line to woo his conquests, Brad decides to take a chance on"
"in ""D-Day the Sixth of June"" (1956), alongside Rock Hudson and Sidney Poitier in ""Something of Value"" (1957), Mel Ferrer in ""Fräulein"" (1958), Robert Wagner in ""In Love and War"" (1958), James Cagney and Don Murray in ""Shake Hands with the Devil"" (1959) and the last of her 20th Century Fox contract roles opposite Kenneth More in ""Sink the Bismarck!"" (1960). She then starred opposite Danny Kaye in ""On the Double"" (1961), and George C. Scott in ""The List of Adrian Messenger"" (1963). In shooting two films in Ireland, she made a second home there with her husband, Hollywood divorce"