"MGM records the film earned $7,660,000 in the US and Canada and $3,625,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $2,428,000. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1958 American drama film directed by Richard Brooks. It is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Tennessee Williams and adapted by Richard Brooks and James Poe. One of the top-ten box office hits of 1958, the film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, and Burl Ives. Late one night, a drunken Brick Pollitt (Paul Newman) is out trying to recapture"
"Bollywood movie ""Kapoor and Sons"" also drew its inspiration from the play. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a play by Tennessee Williams. One of Williams's more famous works and his personal favorite, the play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955. Set in the ""plantation home in the Mississippi Delta"" of Big Daddy Pollitt, a wealthy cotton tycoon, the play examines the relationships among members of Big Daddy's family, primarily between his son Brick and Maggie the ""Cat"", Brick's wife. ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"" features motifs such as social"
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a play by Tennessee Williams. One of Williams's more famous works and his personal favorite, the play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955. Set in the ""plantation home in the Mississippi Delta"" of Big Daddy Pollitt, a wealthy cotton tycoon, the play examines the relationships among members of Big Daddy's family, primarily between his son Brick and Maggie the ""Cat"", Brick's wife. ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"" features motifs such as social mores, greed, superficiality, mendacity, decay, sexual desire, repression and death. Dialogue throughout"
"character had originally been played by Boris Karloff in the Broadway theater production of the play; Karloff had also famously played the movies' Frankenstein character that Gwynne's Herman Munster character would later be based on.) A talented vocalist, Gwynne sang in a ""Hallmark Hall of Fame"" made-for-television production, ""The Littlest Angel"" (1969), and went on to perform in a variety of roles on stage and screen. In 1974, drawing upon his own Southern roots, he appeared in the role of Big Daddy Pollitt in the Broadway revival of ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"" with Elizabeth Ashley, Keir Dullea and"
"decided against further surgery. He fell into a coma and died from the disease on April 14, 1995, at the age of 85, at his home in Anacortes, Washington. He was buried in Mound Cemetery in Hunt City Township, Jasper County, Illinois. Ives' Broadway career included appearances in ""The Boys from Syracuse"" (1938–39), ""Heavenly Express"" (1940), ""This Is the Army"" (1942), ""Sing Out, Sweet Land"" (1944), ""Paint Your Wagon"" (1951–52), and ""Dr. Cook's Garden"" (1967). His most notable Broadway performance (later reprised in a 1958 movie) was as ""Big Daddy"" Pollitt in ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"" (1955–56). Ives'"
"at the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre (1952); the lead (Dr. Stockmann) in ""An Enemy of the People"" (1959) at the Arts Theatre, Cambridge; Peter Flynn in Seán O'Casey's ""The Plough and the Stars"" at the Mermaid Theatre (1962); a part in August Strindberg's ""The Dance of Death""; and Big Daddy in Tennessee Williams's ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"" (1970). Later film roles included parts in ""The Heart of the Matter"" (1953), ""Doctor in the House"" (1954), ""Papillon"" (1973), ""Mahler"" and ""Murder on the Orient Express"" (both 1974). He had rare leading roles in the British horror movies ""The Man Without"
"the perpetually scheming Wally Fay opposite Joan Crawford in the title role. Also in 1945, he played the role of Harold Pierson, the second husband of Louise Randall, played by Rosalind Russell, in ""Roughly Speaking"". Another role which won accolades for him was as publicist Matt Libby in ""A Star is Born"" (1954). One of his last film roles was as the older brother ""Gooper"" in ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"" (1958). His TV appearances, extending into the early 1960s, included ""The Martha Raye Show"", ""The Guy Mitchell Show"", and ""The Polly Bergen Show"" in 1957; ""Alcoa Theatre"" and"
"George Murdock (actor) George Murdock (June 25, 1930 – April 30, 2012) was an American character actor, especially prolific on television. Murdock was born George Sawaya, Jr. in Salina, Kansas. He was the second child of seven children born to George R Sawaya and Olive (Johnson) Sawaya. Murdock was known for frequently playing judges, (for instance, Judge Julius Hoffman in West Coast and Chicago stage productions of ""The Chicago Conspiracy Trial"" and in an adaptation for BBC Radio), he also performed the role of ""Big Daddy"" in Tennessee Williams' ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"" with the Arizona Theater Company"
"of ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"" was produced, starring the then husband-and-wife team of Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner, and featuring Laurence Olivier as Big Daddy and Maureen Stapleton as Big Mama. In 1984 a television version was produced by American Playhouse, starring Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Rip Torn, Kim Stanley, David Dukes, and Penny Fuller. This adaptation, directed by Jack Hofsiss, revived the sexual innuendos which had been muted in the 1958 film. Both Stanley and Fuller were nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special, and Stanley won. The recent"
"The Long, Hot Summer The Long, Hot Summer is a 1958 film directed by Martin Ritt. The screenplay was written by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr., based in part on three works by William Faulkner: the 1931 novella ""Spotted Horses"", the 1939 short story ""Barn Burning"", and the 1940 novel ""The Hamlet."" The title is taken from ""The Hamlet,"" as Book Three is called ""The Long Summer"". Some characters, as well as tone, were inspired by Tennessee Williams' 1955 play, ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,"" a film adaptation of which – also starring Paul Newman – was released"
"Special. The Long, Hot Summer The Long, Hot Summer is a 1958 film directed by Martin Ritt. The screenplay was written by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr., based in part on three works by William Faulkner: the 1931 novella ""Spotted Horses"", the 1939 short story ""Barn Burning"", and the 1940 novel ""The Hamlet."" The title is taken from ""The Hamlet,"" as Book Three is called ""The Long Summer"". Some characters, as well as tone, were inspired by Tennessee Williams' 1955 play, ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,"" a film adaptation of which – also starring Paul Newman – was"
"all-African-American Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"", starring stage veterans James Earl Jones (Big Daddy), her sister Phylicia Rashad (Big Mama) and Anika Noni Rose (Maggie the Cat), as well as film actor Terrence Howard, who made his Broadway debut as Brick. The production, with some roles recast, had a limited run (2009 – April 2010) in London. Allen has released two solo albums, 1986's ""Sweet Charity"" and 1989's ""Special Look"" which also had several singles off the album. In 1995, Allen lent her voice (as well directing the voice cast) to"
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984 film) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1984 American made-for-television drama film directed by Jack Hofsiss and starring Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Rip Torn, Kim Stanley, David Dukes, and Penny Fuller. The film was written Tennessee Williams, produced by American Playhouse and originally premiered on Showtime on August 19, 1984. This adaptation revived the sexual innuendos which had been muted in the 1958 film. Both Stanley and Fuller were nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special, and Stanley went on to win. It"
"the role as the mother), Patty McCormack, Eileen Heckart and Henry Jones. Interest in the play was strong enough that ""Life"" magazine ran an extensive story on the production a week before it opened. The play was shortlisted for the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, but Joseph Pulitzer Jr. pressured the prize jury into presenting it to ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"" instead. The play was adapted by John Lee Mahin into an Academy Award-nominated 1956 film of the same name, directed by Mervyn Leroy. Kelly, McCormack, Heckart, and Jones all reprised their stage roles in the film. The"
"During the 1970s and 1980s, Dzhigarkhanyan appeared less frequently on stage and more frequently in films and became known to the wider Soviet public. Even with decreased number of appearances on stage, Dzhigarkhanyan's every role became an object of discussion. The finest roles from this period include Big Daddy in ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"" by Tennessee Williams, Lord Bothwell in Robert Bolt's ""Vivat! Vivat Regina!"", Nero in Edvard Radzinsky's ""Theater in the Time of Nero and Seneca"" and others. Between 1989 and 1997, Dzhigarkhanyan taught the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), Russia's state film school. In the mid-1990s,"
"the set in 1957 (they had first met in 1953). He won Best Actor at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival for this film. He had a supporting role in the Coen brothers' first big-budget production, 1994's ""The Hudsucker Proxy"". Newman starred in ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)"", ""The Young Philadelphians"" (1959), ""Exodus"" (1960), ""From the Terrace"", (1960), ""The Hustler"" (1961), ""Hud"" (1963), Torn Curtain (1966), ""Harper"" (1966), ""Hombre"" (1967), ""Cool Hand Luke"" (1967), ""The Towering Inferno"" (1974), ""Slap Shot"" (1977), ""Absence of Malice"" (1981) and ""The Verdict"" (1982). He teamed with fellow actor Robert Redford and director George"
"death in an automobile collision. Newman's first film for Hollywood was ""The Silver Chalice"" (1954). The film was a box office failure and the actor would later acknowledge his disdain for it. In 1956, Newman garnered much attention and acclaim for the role of Rocky Graziano in ""Somebody Up There Likes Me"". In 1958, he starred in ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"" (1958), opposite Elizabeth Taylor. The film was a box office smash and Newman garnered his first Academy Award nomination. Also in 1958, Newman starred in ""The Long, Hot Summer"" with Joanne Woodward, with whom he reconnected on"
"""Who Framed Roger Rabbit"" (1988), as well as ""Monster House"" (2006), and the television series ""The Simpsons"" and ""King of the Hill"". In addition to film, Turner has worked in the theatre, and has been nominated for the Tony Award twice for her Broadway roles as Maggie in ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"" and as Martha in ""Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"" Turner has also taught acting classes at New York University. Turner was born June 19, 1954, in Springfield, Missouri, the daughter of Patsy (née Magee 1923–2015) and Allen Richard Turner, a U.S. Foreign Service officer who grew"
"money and a larger audience than any other film Brooks ever directed – the film revived the career of Elizabeth Taylor and made a star of Paul Newman. It brought Brooks his first Oscar nomination for directing and the first Best Picture nomination for a film he had directed. Brooks spent the last third of his film career working in relative independence. He followed the success of ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"" with an independent production for United Artists of ""Elmer Gantry"" (1960), based on the novel by Sinclair Lewis. The story of a phony preacher, played by Burt"
"Larry Gates Larry Gates (September 24, 1915December 12, 1996) was an American actor. His notable roles include H.B. Lewis on daytime's ""Guiding Light"" and Doc Baugh in the film version of ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"" (1958). He played the role of Lewis from 1983 to 1996 and won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor at the 1985 awards. (He had previously played the role of District Attorney Eric Van Gelder on ""Guiding Light"" in 1977 and 1978.) Gates is also remembered for his role in the film version of ""In the Heat of the Night"" (1967), where his"
"the Narrator in ""Peter and the Wolf"", and Carl Davis wrote a special concert piece, ""Duck's Diary,"" for him. From the fifties to the seventies, his career as an actor saw him appear on both television and film. On the big screen, he had modest roles in ""Room at the Top"" (1959), ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"" (1968), ""Scrooge"" (1970), ""Fiddler on the Roof"" (1971) and ""Carry On Behind"" (1975). Other small screen credits included ""Big Deal"", ""Crossroads"", ""The Fenn Street Gang"", ""Dixon of Dock Green"", ""Z-Cars"", ""The Professionals"", ""Doctor Who"", ""All Creatures Great and Small"", ""Terry and June"" and ""Juliet"
"veteran goes through a cathartic reliving of the battlefield events. For his numerous roles on television, he earned nine Emmy Award nominations. He also received Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominations for ""The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"" in 1982 and ""To Be or Not to Be"" in 1983. He won a Golden Globe in 1990 for his supporting role in the television miniseries ""The Kennedys of Massachusetts"", having had three previous nominations. That same year, he won a Tony Award for his performance as Big Daddy in ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"". He received two Drama Desk"
"MGM's most bankable stars, Taylor wished to end her career in the early 1950s. She resented the studio's control and disliked many of the films to which she was assigned. She began receiving roles she enjoyed more in the mid-1950s, beginning with the epic drama ""Giant"" (1956), and starred in several critically and commercially successful films in the following years. These included two film adaptations of plays by Tennessee Williams: ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"" (1958), and ""Suddenly, Last Summer"" (1959); Taylor won a Golden Globe for Best Actress for the latter. Although she disliked her role as a"
"role of Margaret (aka Maggie) in ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"" by Tennessee Williams for Belvoir St., directed by Simon Stone, co-starring Ewen Leslie (as Brick) and Marshall Napier (as Big Daddy). A sell out production with an extension season at the Theatre Royal, Sydney, McKenzie's performance, in the role that made Elizabeth Taylor famous, was highly acclaimed: ""Jacqueline McKenzie has far more scope in this play than she had in the recent ""Sex with Strangers"" to display her mesmerizing and neurasthenic talents that are so reminiscent of the early Judy Davis. She squirms, hops, skips and flops through"
"Ives's best-known roles in that medium included parts in ""So Dear to My Heart"" (1949) and ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"" (1958), as well as Rufus Hannassey in ""The Big Country"" (1958), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Ives is often remembered for his voice-over work as Sam the Snowman, narrator of the classic 1964 Christmas television special ""Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"", which continues to air annually around Christmas. Ives was born near Hunt City, an unincorporated town in Jasper County, Illinois, near Newton, to Levi ""Frank"" Ives (1880–1947) and Cordelia ""Dellie"" (née White)"
"Video released ""Bunny Lake Is Missing"" for the first time on DVD. In April 2010, Dullea performed the role of Tom Garrison in the off-Broadway production of the Robert Anderson play, ""I Never Sang for My Father"" co-starring Oscar-nominated actress Marsha Mason (as Margaret Garrison) and film and stage actor Matt Servitto (as Gene Garrison). In October 2012, Dullea performed the role of Heinrich Mann in the Guthrie Theater production of ""Tales from Hollywood"" by Christopher Hampton. During August and September 2013, Keir Dullea starred as Big Daddy in ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,"" playing opposite wife Mia Dillon"
"honored the following day by the New York Friars' Club. The plane crashed, and all passengers, including Todd, were killed. Beset with grief, Taylor remained off the film until April 14, 1958, at which time she returned to the set in a much thinner and weaker condition. The music score, ""Love Theme from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,"" was composed by Charles Wolcott in 1958. He was an accomplished music composer, having worked for Paul Whiteman, Benny Goodman, Rudy Vallee and George Burns and Gracie Allen. From 1934 to 1944, he worked at Walt Disney Studios. In 1950, he"
"an Actress in a Leading Role for her appearance in the episode, ""A Cardinal Act of Mercy"" (1963), of the television series, ""Ben Casey"" (1961–1966), and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special for her appearance in the 1984 television adaptation of Tennessee Williams's Southern melodrama ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"", this time as Big Mama. Stanley did not act during her later years, preferring the role of teacher, in New York City, Los Angeles, and later Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she died. She was inducted into the New Mexico Entertainment"
"the Pacino film. In 2011, O'Malley returned to the stage, appearing as Father Jack in a UK production of Brien Friel's ""Dancing at Lughnasa"" and as Trade Unionist John Rainey in a much-acclaimed London production of Irving's ""Mixed Marriage"". Michael Billington of The Guadian described O'Malley's performance as ""magnificent"" in ""the most compelling play in London"". In late 2014, O'Malley appeared as Big Daddy in ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"" at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre. O'Malley was nominated as Best Actor at The MTA Theatre Awards - MTA stated ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof seethes with unhappy people"
"seemed to be struggling against its restraints. According to Friedkin, she initially requested no credit for the film—fearing it would take away from the attention of Blair's performance—but later complained about her absence of credit during the film's premiere. Her dispute with Friedkin and the Warner Bros. over her exclusion ended when, with the help of the Screen Actors Guild, she was properly credited for her vocal work in the film. In the 1970s, she toured in a road company production of ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"" as Big Mama, opposite John Carradine as Big Daddy. She appeared as"
"transferred to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios where he became the general music director and composed the theme for ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"". The remaining songs on the soundtrack are composed by a variety of artists such as Andre Previn, Daniel Decatur Emmett and Ludwig van Beethoven. Tennessee Williams was reportedly unhappy with the screenplay, which removed almost all of the homosexual themes and revised the third act section to include a lengthy scene of reconciliation between Brick and Big Daddy. Paul Newman, the film's star, had also stated his disappointment with the adaptation. The Hays Code limited Brick's portrayal"
"Room"", ""Forged"", ""Orphan"", ""The Savages"", """", """", and ""Paris, je t'aime"". Martindale was also nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in 2004 for her performance in the play ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"". She also voices a fictional version of herself in the Netflix animated comedy ""BoJack Horseman"". Martindale was born July 18, 1951 in Jacksonville, Texas, the youngest of three children and only daughter of William Everett and Margaret (Pruitt) Martindale. In addition to owning and operating a lumber company in Jacksonville, her father was known as a champion dog handler in Texas and throughout"
"instructional plays about aspects of military intelligence to educate students from the Army. After his experience in summer stock, he joined a dramatic company and for several years participated in one-night productions in small towns in the Midwest. On Broadway, Taylor appeared in ""Hope's the Thing"" (1948). Taylor began his career in film in ""Up Front"" (1951). His film appearances include ""Jailhouse Rock"" (1957), ""Decision at Sundown"" (1957), ""Cowboy"" (1958), ""Screaming Mimi"" (1958), ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"" (1958), ""Warlock"" (1959), ""The Gallant Hours"" (1960), ""The Plunderers"" (1960), ""Diamond Head"" (1963), ""The Wheeler Dealers"" (1963), ""The Carpetbaggers"" (1964), ""The"