"Which 1973 Oscar winning actor made his cinema debut in the 1953 film ""It Should Happen to You""?"
"emotions and witty, idiomatic dialogue."" It Should Happen to You It Should Happen to You is a 1954 American romantic comedy film starring Judy Holliday and Peter Lawford, and notable as the first major screen appearance of Jack Lemmon, who was then an aspiring young actor. The film was directed by George Cukor, and filmed on location in New York City. Screenwriter Garson Kanin originally intended the script as a vehicle for Danny Kaye, but Kanin's wife, Ruth Gordon, suggested casting Judy Holliday instead. The title was initially ""A Name for Herself"". Lemmon had a contentious meeting with studio boss"
"Mexico, where her father had mining interests. Planning to be a writer, Leeds earned a bachelor of arts degree from UCLA. She began her film career in 1933 playing bit parts and using her given name. As Andrea Leeds she played her first substantial role in the film ""Come and Get It"" (1936) and achieved another success with her next film ""It Could Happen to You!"" (1937). As part of an ensemble cast that included Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers and Lucille Ball, Leeds was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as an aspiring actress"
"It Could Happen to You (1994 film) It Could Happen to You is a 1994 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Nicolas Cage and Bridget Fonda. It is the story of New York City police officer (Cage) who wins the lottery and splits his winnings with a waitress (Fonda). This basic premise was inspired by a real-life incident. Isaac Hayes has a role as undercover reporter and photographer Angel Dupree, while also being the film's narrator. The film was remade in Hindi as ""Bade Dilwala"", which was released in 1999 and in Telugu as ""Bahumati"" in 2007. NYPD officer Charlie Lang"
"training there for the Mr. Universe competition. Schwarzenegger won a Golden Globe for ""Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture"" for his portrayal of Joe Santo: technically, it was not his debut role, since he had played Hercules (as ""Arnold Strong"") in the 1969 film ""Hercules in New York"", a gangster's henchman in Robert Altman's 1973 film ""The Long Goodbye"" and a masseur in the 1974 television film ""Happy Anniversary and Goodbye"". Craig Blake (Jeff Bridges) is a young Southern man born of a wealthy family, but left lonely and idle after his parents died in a plane crash. He"
"""It Happened One Night"" (1934), and was looking for the right actor to suit his needs—other recent actors in Capra's films such as Clark Gable, Ronald Colman, and Gary Cooper did not quite fit. Not only was Stewart just what he was looking for, but Capra also found Stewart understood that archetype intuitively and required very little directing. Later Capra commented, ""I think he's probably the best actor who's ever hit the screen."" ""You Can't Take It With You"", starring Capra's ""favorite actress"", comedian Jean Arthur, won the 1938 Best Picture Academy Award. The following year saw Stewart work with"
"It Had to Be You (1947 film) It Had to Be You is a 1947 romantic comedy film directed by Don Hartman and Rudolph Maté, starring Ginger Rogers and Cornel Wilde. A marriage-shy sculptor meets the boy of her childhood dreams, now a firefighter. In this fantasy, screwball romantic comedy, Victoria Stafford (Ginger Rogers), is a wealthy girl who has been engaged three times, and each time has backed out at the altar. On a train she meets the vision George McKesson (Cornel Wilde) dressed as an Indian, just like she envisioned her dream man when she was a child."
"Four Freshmen, Robert Palmer, Keith Jarrett, Sonny Clark, Diana Krall, Barry Manilow, Johnny Mathis, Nat King Cole, Susannah McCorkle, Dinah Washington, Barbra Streisand, Kiri Te Kanawa, Dave Brubeck, Bob Dorough, Andy Williams, Maynard Ferguson, Roseanna Vitro and Monica Zetterlund. It Could Happen to You (song) ""It Could Happen to You"" is a popular standard with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke. The song was written in 1943 and was introduced by Dorothy Lamour in the Paramount musical comedy film ""And the Angels Sing"" (1944). A recording by Jo Stafford made on December 13, 1943, was released"
"The Happening (2008 film) The Happening is a 2008 American post-apocalyptic psychological thriller film written, co-produced and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo and Betty Buckley. The film follows a man, his wife, his best friend and his friend's daughter as they try to escape from an inexplicable natural disaster. The film was advertised as being Shyamalan's first R-rated film; it held its premiere in New York City on June 10, 2008, and was later released on June 13, 2008 in the United States. It received generally unfavorable reviews from critics and grossed"
"It Happened in L.A. It Happened in L.A. is a 2017 American comedy film written and directed by Michelle Morgan. The film stars Morgan, Jorma Taccone and Dree Hemingway. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2017. The film was released on November 3, 2017, by The Orchard. The film premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2017. In October 2017, The Orchard acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film, and set it for a November 3, 2017, release. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval"
"Tobey Maguire Tobias Vincent Maguire (born June 27, 1975) is an American actor and film producer. He gained recognition for his role as Peter Parker / Spider-Man in Sam Raimi's ""Spider-Man"" trilogy. His other major films include ""Pleasantville"" (1998), ""The Cider House Rules"" (1999), ""Wonder Boys"" (2000), ""Seabiscuit"" (2003), ""The Good German"" (2006), ""Brothers"" (2009), and ""The Great Gatsby"" (2013). He was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe Awards, and received two Saturn Awards, including one for Best Actor. He established his own production company in 2012 called Material Pictures, and co-produced ""Good People"" that same year."
"Tobey Maguire Tobias Vincent Maguire (born June 27, 1975) is an American actor and film producer. He gained recognition for his role as Peter Parker / Spider-Man in Sam Raimi's ""Spider-Man"" trilogy. His other major films include ""Pleasantville"" (1998), ""The Cider House Rules"" (1999), ""Wonder Boys"" (2000), ""Seabiscuit"" (2003), ""The Good German"" (2006), ""Brothers"" (2009), and ""The Great Gatsby"" (2013). He was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe Awards, and received two Saturn Awards, including one for Best Actor. He established his own production company in 2012 called Material Pictures, and co-produced ""Good People"" that same year."
"Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (; born November 11, 1974) is an American actor, film producer, and environmentalist. DiCaprio began his career by appearing in television commercials in the late 1980s. He next had recurring roles in various television series, such as the soap opera ""Santa Barbara"" and the sitcom ""Growing Pains"". He debuted in his film career by starring as Josh in ""Critters 3"" (1991). He starred in the film adaptation of the memoir ""This Boy's Life"" (1993), and received acclaim and his first Academy Award nomination for his supporting role in ""What's Eating Gilbert Grape"" (1993). He gained"
"won the Best Actor Oscar for ""From Here to Eternity"" instead of him. It is said that he felt he was given the award as consolation for not having previously won it for ""Sunset Boulevard"". In addition, Wilder was nominated for the Best Director Oscar, and Strauss for Best Supporting Actor. Stalag 17 Stalag 17 is a 1953 comedy-drama war film which tells the story of a group of American airmen held in a German World War II prisoner of war camp, who come to suspect that one of their number is an informant. The film was adapted by Billy"
"Philip Coolidge Philip Coolidge (August 5, 1908 – May 23, 1967) was an American film and stage actor best known for his numerous appearances in Alfred Hitchcock's films. Born August 5, 1908, in Concord, Massachusetts, he made his first film, ""Boomerang"", in 1947. In later films, he had roles as a self-protective small-town mayor in ""Inherit the Wind"" (1960), as Dr. Cross in ""North by Northwest"" (1959), and as Wilbur Peterson in ""It Happened to Jane"" (1959). Rarely a leading character, he played Thockmorton, the shopkeeper in the ""Twilight Zone"" 1962 episode ""A Piano in the House"" and also he"
"Jack Lemmon John Uhler ""Jack"" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor and musician. Lemmon was an eight-time Academy Award nominee, with two wins. He starred in over 60 films, such as ""Some Like It Hot"", ""The Apartment"", ""Mister Roberts"" (for which he won the 1955 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), ""Days of Wine and Roses"", ""The Great Race"", ""Irma la Douce"", ""The Odd Couple"" and its sequel ""The Odd Couple II"" (and other frequent collaborations with ""Odd Couple"" co-star Walter Matthau), ""Save the Tiger"" (for which he won the 1973 Academy Award"
"was that Lancaster had to appear in some non-Norma films, of which this was one. Lancaster played one of his best-remembered roles with Deborah Kerr in ""From Here to Eternity"" (1953) for Columbia, directed by Fred Zinnemann. The American Film Institute acknowledged the iconic status of the scene from that film in which he and Deborah Kerr make love on a Hawaiian beach amid the crashing waves. The organization named it one of ""AFI's top 100 Most Romantic Films"" of all time. Lancaster's performance earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, and the film would be one of the"
"rating of 67% based on 15 reviews, with a weighted average of 6/10. On Metacritic, the film holds a weighted average score of 58 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating ""mixed or average reviews"". It Happened in L.A. It Happened in L.A. is a 2017 American comedy film written and directed by Michelle Morgan. The film stars Morgan, Jorma Taccone and Dree Hemingway. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2017. The film was released on November 3, 2017, by The Orchard. The film premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival"
"Original Motion Picture Soundtrack"" was composed by James Newton Howard. It was released on June 3, 2008. The Happening (2008 film) The Happening is a 2008 American post-apocalyptic psychological thriller film written, co-produced and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo and Betty Buckley. The film follows a man, his wife, his best friend and his friend's daughter as they try to escape from an inexplicable natural disaster. The film was advertised as being Shyamalan's first R-rated film; it held its premiere in New York City on June 10, 2008, and was later released"
"How to Be How to Be is a 2008 independent comedy-drama film written and directed by Oliver Irving. It is about a young man named Art, played by Robert Pattinson, who is going through a quarter-life crisis. The film premiered in competition at 2008 Slamdance Film Festival on 18 January 2008. The film was also selected to open ""2008 Strasbourg International Film Festival"" and Pattinson received 'Best Actor in a Feature' award for his portrayal of Art at the festival. Art (Pattinson) is not talented, but aspires to be a musician. He has a dead-end job at a supermarket, despite"
"Billy Bob Thornton Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, filmmaker, singer, songwriter, and musician. Thornton had his first break when he co-wrote and starred in the 1992 thriller ""One False Move"", and received international attention after writing, directing, and starring in the independent drama film ""Sling Blade"" (1996), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He appeared in several major film roles in the 1990s following ""Sling Blade"", including Oliver Stone's neo-noir ""U Turn"" (1997), political drama ""Primary Colors"" (1998), science"
"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 Kerr and Donna Reed portray the women in their lives, and the supporting cast includes Ernest Borgnine, Philip Ober, Jack Warden, Mickey Shaughnessy, Claude Akins, and George Reeves. The film"
"Best Actor. He and River Phoenix hold the distinction of being the only brothers to be nominated for acting Academy Awards. His other films include the satire film ""Buffalo Soldiers"" (2001), the science fiction thriller ""Signs"" (2002), the animated film ""Brother Bear"" (2003), the historical drama film ""Hotel Rwanda"" (2004), the psychological thriller ""The Village"" (2004), the documentary ""Earthlings"" (2005), the romantic drama ""Two Lovers"" (2008), the drama ""The Immigrant"" (2013), the romantic science fiction drama ""Her"" (2013), the crime comedy-drama film ""Inherent Vice"" (2014), and the thriller ""You Were Never Really Here"" (2017), for which he won the Cannes"
"filmmaking. Two of his films have competed for the Palme d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival, and of the two, ""BlacKkKlansman"" won the Grand Prix in 2018. Spike Lee Shelton Jackson ""Spike"" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983. He made his directorial debut with ""She's Gotta Have It"" (1986), and has since directed such films as ""Do the Right Thing"" (1989), ""Malcolm X"" (1992), ""The Original Kings of Comedy"" (2000), ""25th Hour"" (2002), ""Inside Man"""
"the Best Actor Oscar for ""Save the Tiger"" (1973), becoming the first actor to achieve this rare double (the only other actors to have done so are Robert De Niro, Gene Hackman, Jack Nicholson, Kevin Spacey, and Denzel Washington). He was also nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his role in the controversial film ""Missing"" in 1982, and for his roles in ""Some Like It Hot"" (1959), ""The Apartment"" (1960), ""Days of Wine and Roses"" (1962), ""The China Syndrome"" (1979), for which he was also awarded Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival, and ""Tribute"" (1980). He won another"
"Lifetime Achievement Award. Eric Till Eric Till (born 24 November 1929) is an English film and television director working in Canada, the United States, and Europe since the 1960s. His 1977 film ""It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet"" was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. After directing for the ""Armchair Theatre"" and ""Wednesday Play"" series' in the UK, Till emigrated to Canada in Toronto in 1954. He has directed numerous Canadian and American TV films from the 1960s onwards, including ""An American Christmas Carol"" starring Henry Winkler, ""Getting Married in Buffalo Jump"", and ""To Catch a Killer"" starring"
"only after she did a screen test (which at first was used only as a ""benchmark against which to evaluate"" other actresses being considered for the role). She won the first Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and at the 23rd Academy Awards, Holliday won the Academy Award for Best Actress, defeating Gloria Swanson, nominated for ""Sunset Boulevard"", Eleanor Parker, for ""Caged"", and Bette Davis and Anne Baxter, both for ""All About Eve"". She starred opposite then-newcomer Jack Lemmon in his first two feature films, the comedies ""It Should Happen to You"" and ""Phffft!"""
"Tony Bill Gerard Anthony ""Tony"" Bill (born August 23, 1940) is an American actor, producer, and director. He produced the 1973 movie ""The Sting"", for which he shared the Academy Award for Best Picture with Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips. As an actor, Bill has had supporting roles in films including ""Come Blow Your Horn"" (1963), ""Shampoo"" (1975), ""Pee-Wee's Big Adventure"" (1985), and ""Less Than Zero"" (1987). He made his directorial debut with ""My Bodyguard"" (1980), and has since directed movies like ""Six Weeks"" (1982), ""Five Corners"" (1987), ""Crazy People"" (1990), ""Untamed Heart"" (1993), and ""Flyboys"" (2006). He often cast"
"– Drama, Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Best Director and Best Screenplay. The film opens in 1956 Massapequa, New York, with a 10-year-old Ron Kovic playing with his friends in a forest. On his Fourth of July birthday, he attends an Independence Day parade with his family and best friend Donna. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy's televised inaugural address inspires a teenage Ron to join the United States Marine Corps. After attending an impassioned lecture by two Marine recruiters visiting his high school, he enlists. His decision receives support from his mother, but upsets his father, an Armed"
"Liam Neeson filmography Liam Neeson is an Irish actor and voice actor, who rose to prominence with his acclaimed starring role in Steven Spielberg's 1993 Oscar winner ""Schindler's List"". He has since starred in a number of other successful films, including """", ""Taken"", ""Michael Collins"", ""Les Misérables"", ""Batman Begins"", ""Kinsey"", ""Clash of the Titans"", and ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" series. He has been nominated for a number of awards including an Academy Award for Best Actor, a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama. ""Empire"""
"It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog is a 1946 American comedy crime film directed by Herbert I. Leeds and starring Carole Landis, Allyn Joslyn and Margo Woode. After returning from World War II, a journalist is assigned by his newspaper to be science editor when he wishes to be restored to his old job as a crime reporter. While drowning his sorrows in a bar, he sees what he believes to be a hold-up involving a beautiful young woman and her dog. He triggers a major manhunt after calling in the story to his"
"Clark Gable William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American film actor and military officer, often referred to as ""The King of Hollywood"". He began his career appearing as an extra in silent films between 1924 and 1926, and progressed to supporting roles with a few films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1930. The next year, he landed his first leading Hollywood role, and over the next three decades, he was a leading man in more than 60 motion pictures. Gable won an Academy Award for Best Actor for ""It Happened One Night"" (1934), and was nominated"
"""It Should Happen to You"" (1954). Witherspoon appeared in several episodes of the classic American television series ""Fireside Theatre"", ""Kraft Theatre"" and ""Studio One in Hollywood"", and on radio in the NBC ""Great Plays"" series. In his 1975 autobiography, ""Tennessee Williams: Memoirs"", the writer told of his time (1941) as a night shift elevator operator at the old San Jacinto Hotel in Manhattan. Among the hotel’s guest at the time was Witherspoon who, according to Williams, would employ him or the hotel’s telephone operator, a budding poet, to pick up her morphine prescription from an all-night pharmacy. She used to"
"he also co-hosted the Nickelodeon series, ""You Gotta See This"", with Noah Crawford. In 2013 O'Neal had a starring role in the 2013 Nickelodeon television film ""Swindle"". In 2016 he was cast in a starring role on the 2017 Netflix drama series ""Greenhouse Academy"". In 2014 Chris dropped his EP ""Just getting started"". Chris O'Neal Christopher Richard O'Neal (born April 4, 1994) is an American actor. He is known for his role in the 2012 Nickelodeon television series ""How to Rock"". O'Neal, a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey, attended Teaneck High School, and previously attended Teaneck Community Charter School. He"