On which 1953 film poster are Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr sharing a passionate kiss on a beach?
"awards: a Cannes Film Festival Tribute in 1984; a BAFTA Special Award in 1991; and an Academy Honorary Award in 1994. In September and October 2010, Josephine Botting of the British Film Institute curated the ""Deborah Kerr Season"", which included around twenty of her feature films and an exhibition of posters, memorabilia and personal items loaned by her family. Deborah Kerr was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Actress: ""Edward, My Son"" (1949), ""From Here to Eternity"" (1953), ""The King and I"" (1956), ""Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison"" (1957), ""Separate Tables"" (1958) and ""The Sundowners"" (1960). She received"
"Killer's Kiss Killer's Kiss is a 1955 American crime film noir directed by Stanley Kubrick and written by Kubrick and Howard Sackler. It is the second feature film directed by Kubrick, the first being his 1953 debut feature ""Fear and Desire"". The film stars Jamie Smith, Irene Kane, and Frank Silvera. The film is about Davey Gordon (Jamie Smith), a 29-year-old welterweight New York boxer at the end of his career, and his relationship with his neighbor, taxi dancer Gloria Price (Irene Kane), and her violent employer Vincent Rapallo (Frank Silvera). The drama begins with Davey in his apartment room,"
"Eternity"" (1953), for which she received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. The American Film Institute acknowledged the iconic status of the scene from that film in which Burt Lancaster and she romped illicitly and passionately amidst crashing waves on a Hawaiian beach. The organisation ranked it 20th in its list of the 100 most romantic films of all time. Thereafter, Kerr's career choices would make her known in Hollywood for her versatility as an actress. She played the repressed wife in ""The End of the Affair"" (1955), with Van Johnson; a nun in ""Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison"" (1957) opposite"
"Criterion Collection's release of Kubrick's ""The Killing"". Killer's Kiss Killer's Kiss is a 1955 American crime film noir directed by Stanley Kubrick and written by Kubrick and Howard Sackler. It is the second feature film directed by Kubrick, the first being his 1953 debut feature ""Fear and Desire"". The film stars Jamie Smith, Irene Kane, and Frank Silvera. The film is about Davey Gordon (Jamie Smith), a 29-year-old welterweight New York boxer at the end of his career, and his relationship with his neighbor, taxi dancer Gloria Price (Irene Kane), and her violent employer Vincent Rapallo (Frank Silvera). The drama"
"ten spectators in the process. The press labeled the photo ""The Kiss of Death"". De Portago was 28 years old. Her ex-husband, Tyrone Power, died the following year of a heart attack at the age of 44. Christian was later married to the Rome-based British actor Edmund Purdom. On several occasions Christian and Power were offered the opportunity to work together, but for various reasons each offer was refused or rescinded. The most notable opportunity to co-star together came in 1953, when they were offered leading roles in ""From Here to Eternity"". Power did not want to do the film"
"The Hucksters The Hucksters is a 1947 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film directed by Jack Conway and starring Clark Gable that marked the debut of Deborah Kerr in an American film. The supporting cast includes Sydney Greenstreet, Adolphe Menjou, Keenan Wynn, Edward Arnold and Ava Gardner. The movie is based on the novel ""The Hucksters"" by Frederic Wakeman, Sr., a skewering of the post-World War II radio advertising industry with a racy backdrop for its day involving Gable and his alternating pursuit of Kerr and Gardner. Victor Norman (Clark Gable) is a radio advertising executive just back from World War II and looking"
"capsule summary calls it ""one of Clark Gable's best postwar films, as well as one of the finest Hollywood satires of the rarefied world of advertising."" The VHS editions of ""The Hucksters"" are long out-of-print. Its first DVD release was finally announced in August 2011 as part of the Warner Archive Collection. The Hucksters The Hucksters is a 1947 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film directed by Jack Conway and starring Clark Gable that marked the debut of Deborah Kerr in an American film. The supporting cast includes Sydney Greenstreet, Adolphe Menjou, Keenan Wynn, Edward Arnold and Ava Gardner. The movie is based on"
"DVD by MGM Home Video on April 1, 2003, and to Blu-Ray on June 7th, 2011. Vera Cruz (film) Vera Cruz is a 1954 American western film starring Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster, and featuring Denise Darcel, Sara Montiel, Cesar Romero, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson and Jack Elam. The movie was directed by Robert Aldrich from a story by Borden Chase. The picture's amoral characters and cynical attitude toward violence (including a scene where Lancaster's character threatens to murder child hostages) were considered shocking at the time and influenced future Westerns such as ""The Magnificent Seven"", ""The Professionals"", Sam Peckinpah's"
"Kiss the Blood Off My Hands Kiss the Blood Off My Hands is a 1948 American film noir crime film directed by Norman Foster starring Burt Lancaster, Joan Fontaine and Robert Newton. Bill Saunders (Lancaster) is a former prisoner of war now living in England, whose experiences have left him unstable and violent. He gets into a bar fight in which he kills a man and then flees. He hides out with the assistance of a nurse, Jane Wharton (Joan Fontaine), who believes his story that the killing was an accident. Saunders is involved in another fight—this time with a"
"The Love Letter (1998 film) The Love Letter is a 1998 Hallmark Hall of Fame television film directed by Dan Curtis starring Campbell Scott and Jennifer Jason Leigh. It is based on Jack Finney's short story of the same name, which was first published in ""The Saturday Evening Post"" on August 1, 1959, and reprinted in the same magazine in January/February 1988 issue. The story has since appeared in several books. Elizabeth is living near Boston in 1863 and writes a letter addressing it to ""Dearest"" (no specific addressee), expressing her desire and hope to someday find someone to love"
"get more flexibility into his acting. Robert Newton, as a cockney schemer who witnessed the killing and attempts to blackmail Saunders, is somewhat flamboyant but still he gets over an effective characterization."" Kiss the Blood Off My Hands Kiss the Blood Off My Hands is a 1948 American film noir crime film directed by Norman Foster starring Burt Lancaster, Joan Fontaine and Robert Newton. Bill Saunders (Lancaster) is a former prisoner of war now living in England, whose experiences have left him unstable and violent. He gets into a bar fight in which he kills a man and then flees."
"Vera Cruz (film) Vera Cruz is a 1954 American western film starring Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster, and featuring Denise Darcel, Sara Montiel, Cesar Romero, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson and Jack Elam. The movie was directed by Robert Aldrich from a story by Borden Chase. The picture's amoral characters and cynical attitude toward violence (including a scene where Lancaster's character threatens to murder child hostages) were considered shocking at the time and influenced future Westerns such as ""The Magnificent Seven"", ""The Professionals"", Sam Peckinpah's ""The Wild Bunch"", and the films of Sergio Leone, which often featured supporting cast members from"
"legs' pose. [B]ut I'm a sucker for a well-done movie poster, and this just seems lazy."" A second poster was also released, which again featured Riseborough and D'Arcy as Wallis and Edward, about to kiss on a beach. Written on the top left of the poster is the following line: ""One of the greatest love stories of all time, the king who gave up his throne for the woman he loved."" Throughout January 2012, Madonna appeared on two different television shows and talked about the film. She first appeared on the ABC show called ""Nightline"", where she chatted with the"
"popular local female star at the box office. In 1943, she played three women in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's ""The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp"". During the filming, according to Powell's autobiography, Powell and she became lovers: ""I realised that Deborah was both the ideal and the flesh-and-blood woman whom I had been searching for"". Kerr made clear that her surname should be pronounced the same as ""car"". To avoid confusion over pronunciation, Louis B. Mayer of MGM billed her as ""Kerr rhymes with Star!"" Although the British Army refused to co-operate with the producers—and Winston Churchill thought"
"Marines Have a Word for It"" before Warners decided on ""South Sea Woman"". ""The New York Times"" reviewer Bosley Crowther called the film ""a rip-snorting glorification of two United States Marines"", with Lancaster doing his best ""with all the muscle and charm at his command"", but in the end, dismissed the effort as ""a terrible lot of nonsense and, eventually, a fizzle as a show."" South Sea Woman South Sea Woman is a 1953 American action-comedy-drama film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo and Chuck Connors. It is credited as being based on the play ""General"
"a Blu-ray release on 23 August 2010 through BFI. Applications for certification since 2000 have led to the film being rated as a ""12"" or ""12A"". ""The Infant Kiss"", a song by Kate Bush, from her 1980 album ""Never for Ever"", was inspired by the film. Mexican director Guillermo del Toro cites the film as an influence on his 2015 gothic horror film ""Crimson Peak"". The Innocents (1961 film) The Innocents is a 1961 British psychological horror film directed and produced by Jack Clayton, and starring Deborah Kerr, Michael Redgrave, and Megs Jenkins. Based on the novella ""The Turn of"
"Written by Jerry Bragin<br> Sung by Paul Valentine The film was released on DVD on 21 March 2005. Love Island (1952 film) Love Island is a 1952 American film directed by Bud Pollard starring Paul Valentine and Eva Gabor. Originally released in Cinecolor, the film uses extensive footage taken in Bali used from the film """" (1935). It was the final directorial effort of Bud Pollard who had previously directed several race films and exploitation films. US Navigator Lt Taber relates the account of his parachuting from his damaged plane onto the island of Tuba Tara (""Love Island"" in English)."
"short story, but there are a number of differences: The Love Letter (1998 film) The Love Letter is a 1998 Hallmark Hall of Fame television film directed by Dan Curtis starring Campbell Scott and Jennifer Jason Leigh. It is based on Jack Finney's short story of the same name, which was first published in ""The Saturday Evening Post"" on August 1, 1959, and reprinted in the same magazine in January/February 1988 issue. The story has since appeared in several books. Elizabeth is living near Boston in 1863 and writes a letter addressing it to ""Dearest"" (no specific addressee), expressing her"
"an unknown. Hunter went to see Heisler who asked the actor to take off his shirt. He tested on Saturday and by Monday was getting his passport to travel to Jamaica. Saturday Island Saturday Island (also known as Island of Desire) is a 1952 British romantic war film directed by Stuart Heisler, and starring Linda Darnell, Tab Hunter, Donald Gray, John Laurie, Lloyd Lamble, and Peter Butterworth. When a hospital ship strikes a mine during the Second World War, the only survivors are Lieutenant Elizabeth Smythe and Corporal Michael Dugan, who become marooned on an island in the South Pacific,"
"two largest counties, Douglas and Lancaster—home to Omaha and Lincoln, respectively—but only won three other counties. His margin in Omaha and Lincoln was not nearly enough to overcome Fischer's margin in the more rural parts of the state. While he was Governor of Nebraska, Kerrey dated actress Debra Winger while the latter was in Lincoln filming ""Terms of Endearment"" (part of which is set in Nebraska), which won the 1983 Oscar for Best Picture. When confronted with intense questioning by the press over the nature of the relationship, Kerrey famously replied; ""What can I sayshe swept me off my foot"","
"at Ealing Studios in west London. ""The Guardian"" declared the lake scene ""one of the most unforgettable moments in British TV history"". The sequence also appeared in Channel 4's Top 100 TV Moments in 1999, between the controversial programme ""Death on the Rock"" and the Gulf War. ""The New York Times"" compared the scene to Marlon Brando shouting ""Stella!"" in his undershirt in ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" and Firth's projects began alluding to it – screenwriter-director Richard Curtis added in-joke moments of Firth's characters falling into the water to ""Love Actually"" and ""Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason"", and Firth's"
"South Sea Woman South Sea Woman is a 1953 American action-comedy-drama film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo and Chuck Connors. It is credited as being based on the play ""General Court Martial"" by William M. Rankin with the working title being ""Sulu Sea"". Jeanine Basinger's and Jeremy Arnold's book ""The World War II Combat Film – Anatomy of a Genre"" calls the film a significant mixture of genres: tongue-in-cheek adventure, ""Flagg and Quirt"" (1926)-style service comedy, Hope and Crosby road film, South Seas, prison escape, pirate, World War II and costume drama mixing ridiculous comedy"
"The English band Siouxsie and the Banshees used the movie's name in the title and lyrics of their 1991 release ""Kiss Them for Me"". The song is an ode to Jayne Mansfield and her death while driving from Biloxi to New Orleans in 1967. Kiss Them for Me (film) Kiss Them for Me is a DeLuxe Color 1957 20th Century-Fox comedy film directed by Stanley Donen in CinemaScope. and starring Cary Grant, Jayne Mansfield and model-turned-actress Suzy Parker in her first movie role. The picture is an adaptation of the 1945 Broadway play of the same name. the supporting cast"
"Donald Kerr. They also appeared together in ""Son of the Navy"" (1940) and ""The Man Who Walked Alone"" (1945). In 1942, O'Brien starred in the movie serial ""Captain Midnight"", and had the lead role in the Western ""Brand of the Devil"" in 1944. One of his later roles was in the MGM musical version of ""Kiss Me, Kate"" (1953), a rare featured role for the actor in an 'A' list big-budget production. O'Brien married one of his co-stars of ""Reefer Madness"", Dorothy Short, in 1936, but they divorced in 1954 after having two children. In 1955, he married Nancy O'Brien"
"and Tom Nardini as Pvt Di Maggio was made in 1966. In 1979, William Devane starred as 1st Sgt Warden in a miniseries that became a television series in 1980. From Here to Eternity From Here to Eternity is a 1953 American romantic drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann, and written by Daniel Taradash, based on the novel of the same name by James Jones. The picture deals with the tribulations of three U.S. Army soldiers, played by Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, and Frank Sinatra, stationed on Hawaii in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Deborah"
"Love Island (1952 film) Love Island is a 1952 American film directed by Bud Pollard starring Paul Valentine and Eva Gabor. Originally released in Cinecolor, the film uses extensive footage taken in Bali used from the film """" (1935). It was the final directorial effort of Bud Pollard who had previously directed several race films and exploitation films. US Navigator Lt Taber relates the account of his parachuting from his damaged plane onto the island of Tuba Tara (""Love Island"" in English). He falls in love with one of the local beauties and fights for her. Written by Jerry Bragin"
"Mesa of Lost Women Mesa of Lost Women is a 1953 American low-budget black-and-white science fiction film directed by Ron Ormond and Herbert Tevos from a screenplay by the latter and Orville H. Hampton. The film opens with a brief scene serving as its introduction. A man is being caressed by feminine hands. The next shot includes the face of the woman, Tarantella (Tandra Quinn). A brief kiss between her and the man, ends with his lifeless body falling down. A disembodied voice asks the audience """"Have you ever been kissed by a girl like this?"""" The narrative properly begins"
"the dead bodies from the battle while the wives and mothers of the Juarista troops search among the dead and wounded for their loved ones. Burt Lancaster and Harold Hecht had just signed a contract with United Artists to make two films, starting with ""Apache"", directed by Robert Aldrich. Just before filming on that movie began in October 1953, Lancaster announced they second film would be ""Vera Cruz"" with himself and Gary Cooper, based on a story by Borden Chase. In December 1953, after ""Apache"" finished filming, Lancaster announced Aldrich would direct ""Vera Cruz"". United Artists would be so happy"
"as Deborah Kerr's double. In 1953 they made a new film together, ""Below The Sahara"", and appeared on BBC radio to promote it. The BBC saw the couple's potential for television work, and in 1954 they produced a pioneering and successful TV programme, ""Filming Wild Animals"". The quality of Armand Denis' film-making, combined with his heavy accent and Michaela's enthusiasm and glamorous appeal, made them fixtures on BBC TV screens in Britain during the 1950s and early 1960s. Accompanied by Armand's commentary, the two would be filmed getting as close to animals as possible, in a style later much parodied."
"look of the 1960s"". ""The New York Times"" hailed her in its review of the film (which was released in the U.K. in 1966 and in the U.S. in 1967), ""A marvelous breathing monument to womankind."" One author said, ""although she had only three lines in the film, her luscious figure in a fur bikini made her a star and the dream girl of millions of young moviegoers"". A publicity still of her in the bikini became a best-selling poster and turned her into an instant pin-up girl. The film raised Welch's stature as a leading sex symbol of the"
"others including Jayne Mansfield, Mamie Van Doren, Diana Dors, Sheree North, Anita Ekberg, Barbara Lang, Barbara Nichols, Joi Lansing, and Greta Thyssen. In the mid-1950s Columbia considered starring Moore in a film biography on Jean Harlow's life but the project did not come to pass. Despite never achieving true film stardom, Moore made headlines with several publicity stunts, notably a five-minute kiss on live Chicago television in 1954 and her tongue-in-cheek pledge to one day run for Governor of Louisiana, having been very briefly married in 1944 to Palmer Long, the youngest son of Louisiana kingmaker Huey Long. Moore began"
"Burt Lancaster. Her character becomes a prostitute who encounters her seducer years later and takes her revenge. The director, Richard Brooks, had originally fought against her being in the movie, but after seeing her first scene, told her she would win an Oscar for her performance. She was reunited with Ron Howard (who had played her brother in ""The Music Man"") in ""The Courtship of Eddie's Father"" (1963). Jones landed the role of a lady who fell in love with the professor in ""Fluffy"" (1965). In 1970, after turning down the role of Carol Brady on ""The Brady Bunch"", a"
"film included a public service announcement parody instructing men on how to check for testicular cancer, played during an episode of ""The Bachelor""; holiday messages for Chinese New Year and Australia Day; a cross-promotional video with Manchester United; a video starring Betty White; and an appearance on ""Conan"" where Deadpool gives Conan O'Brien a massage. Additionally, unconventional billboards for the film were put up, including one selling it as a romance film because of the closeness of the film's release to Valentine's Day, and one featuring the emojis ""💀💩L"" which was described as both idiotic and brilliant. Reynolds promoted the"