"Washington Post"" called the film ""a remarkable achievement, combining a rich adventure in the art of color with a perceptive study of a creative personality. In this biography of Vincent Van Gogh, Kirk Douglas adds to his advantage of striking resemblance a performance of powerful sensitivity."" Edwin Schallert of the ""Los Angeles Times"" called the film a ""remarkable and poignant study,"" and forecast that the artist's 'stellar portrayal' by Kirk Douglas ""will be recognized for Academy honors."" ""The Monthly Film Bulletin"" printed a somewhat negative review, writing: ""Although one feels that those responsible were determined to 'do right' by Van"
"Countdown"" (1980) and ""Saturn 3"" (1980). His acting style and delivery made him a favorite with television impersonators such as Frank Gorshin, Rich Little and David Frye. His role as Vincent van Gogh in ""Lust for Life"" (1956), directed by Vincente Minnelli and based on Irving Stone's best-seller, was filmed mostly on location in France. Douglas was noted not only for the veracity of van Gogh's appearance but for how he conveyed the painter's internal turmoil. Some reviewers consider it the most famous example of the ""tortured artist"" who seeks solace from life's pain through his work. Others see it"
"image, and as his career progressed, he selected roles that would not compromise his off-screen image. At a party in 1957, Wayne confronted actor Kirk Douglas about the latter's decision to play the role of Vincent van Gogh in the film ""Lust for Life"", saying: ""Christ, Kirk, how can you play a part like that? There's so goddamn few of us left. We got to play strong, tough characters. Not these weak queers."" Wayne's rise to being the quintessential movie war hero began to take shape four years after World War II, when ""Sands of Iwo Jima"" (1949) was released."
"Second World War saw a decline in interest in the auberge, but in 1952 it was bought by Roger and Micheline Tagliana who restored Vincent's room with the help of Adeline Ravoux. The film ""Lust for Life"" by Vincente Minnelli was filmed in Auvers and The House of Van Gogh was featured, garnering much publicity for the location. Since 1986 the auberge has been under the supervision of Dominique-Charles Janssens. An award-winning architect, Bernard Schoebel, specializing in the restoration of historical landmarks, was chosen to renovate the auberge. Van Gogh's room was painstakingly restored to its original condition. The dining"
"Live for Life Live for Life () is a 1967 French film directed by Claude Lelouch starring Yves Montand, Candice Bergen and Annie Girardot. The film won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film had a total of 2,936,035 admissions in France and was the 7th highest grossing film of the year. Robert Colomb (Yves Montand) is a famous TV newscaster, married to Catherine (Annie Girardot), but continually unfaithful to her. Then he meets, and becomes fascinated with Candice (Candice Bergen). He takes her along"
"to Eugène Boch on October 2, 1888, writing he had painted ""a view of the café on place du Forum, where we used to go, ""painted at night"""" (emphasis van Gogh's). The painting and the café were both featured in the 1956 film ""Lust for Life"" starring Kirk Douglas and later in ""Vincent and the Doctor"" (2010), the tenth episode in the fifth series of British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"", and in the fully painted film ""Loving Vincent"" (2017). ""This is a night painting without black, with nothing but beautiful blue and violet and green and in this"
"Peter Douglas Peter Vincent Douglas (born November 23, 1955) is an American television and film producer, a son of actor Kirk Douglas and his second wife, the German American producer Anne Buydens. Douglas was born in Los Angeles, California. His middle name was given him in homage to Vincent van Gogh, whom his father was playing in the film ""Lust for Life"" (1956) when he was born. He used it for his production company, Vincent Pictures. Peter Douglas' television production credits include ""Inherit the Wind"" (1988), for which he won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama or Comedy Special, and"
"international star through positive reception for his leading role as an unscrupulous boxing hero in ""Champion"" (1949), which brought him his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Other early films include ""Young Man with a Horn"" (1950), playing opposite Lauren Bacall and Doris Day; ""Ace in the Hole"" opposite Jan Sterling (1951); and ""Detective Story"" (1951). He received a second Oscar nomination for his dramatic role in ""The Bad and the Beautiful"" (1952), opposite Lana Turner, and his third nomination for portraying Vincent van Gogh in ""Lust for Life"" (1956). In 1955, he established Bryna Productions, which"
"and horror of madness."" Douglas himself called his acting role as Van Gogh a painful experience: ""Not only did I look like Van Gogh, I was the same age he was when he committed suicide."" His wife said he often remained in character in his personal life: ""When he was doing ""Lust for Life"", he came home in that red beard of Van Gogh's, wearing those big boots, stomping around the house—it was frightening."" In general, however, Douglas's acting style fit well with Minnelli's preference for ""melodrama and neurotic-artist roles,"" writes film historian, James Naremore. He adds that Minnelli had"
"the studio, which the producer accepted. Houseman's stint at MGM began with ""Holiday for Sinners"" (1952) then he had a huge success with ""The Bad and the Beautiful"" (1952), directed by Vincente Minelli. He followed it with the film adaptation of ""Julius Caesar"" (1953) (for which he received an Academy Award nomination for ""Best Picture) Also popular was ""Executive Suite"" (1954), although ""Her Twelve Men"" (1954), Minelli's ""The Cobweb"" (1955) and Fritz Lang's ""Moonfleet"" (1955) all lost money. So did ""Lust for Life"" (1956), a biopic directed by Minelli of Vincent van Gogh, although it was extremely well-received critically. Houseman"
"Tcheky Karyo played the role of Vincent van Gogh. The film was shot in the Netherlands, France and Quebec, and her performance won her a nomination for a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (1991). The film’s small screen release in the United States by Disney was awarded an Emmy for Outstanding Children’s Special. Her travels for the European release and film festival circuit of ""Vincent and Me"" introduced her to a sensibility of fashion, architecture and style that she had not yet been exposed to in the woods of Nova Scotia. Visiting her"
"14th Golden Globe Awards The 14th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1956 films, were held on February 28, 1957, at the Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles). Kirk Douglas - ""Lust for Life"" Ingrid Bergman - ""Anastasia"" Elia Kazan - ""Baby Doll"" Cantinflas - ""Around the World in 80 Days"" Deborah Kerr - ""The King and I"" ""Around the World in 80 Days"" directed by Michael Anderson ""The King and I"" directed by Walter Lang Earl Holliman - ""The Rainmaker"" Eileen Heckart - ""The Bad Seed"" Three way tie Three way tie Jacques Bergerac Taina Elg"
"Lust for Gold Lust for Gold is a 1949 American western film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Ida Lupino, Glenn Ford and Gig Young. The film is about the legendary Lost Dutchman gold mine, starring Ford as the ""Dutchman"" and Lupino as the woman he loves. The historical events are seen through a framing device set in the contemporary 1940s. It was based on the book ""Thunder God's Gold"" by Barry Storm. Part of the film was shot on location in Arizona's Superstition Mountains. In modern times, a newspaper reports that ""noted explorer and writer"" Floyd Buckley (Hayden"
"you the quotidian stuff in between. This is the story of an artist being human, carrying canvases out or lugging them back in – their famous images intentionally out of sight."" Van Gogh (1991 film) Van Gogh is a 1991 French film written and directed by Maurice Pialat. It stars Jacques Dutronc in the role of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, a role for which he won the 1992 César Award for Best Actor. Set in 1890, the film follows the last 67 days of Van Gogh's life and explores his relationships with his brother Theo, his physician Paul Gachet"
"Van Gogh (1991 film) Van Gogh is a 1991 French film written and directed by Maurice Pialat. It stars Jacques Dutronc in the role of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, a role for which he won the 1992 César Award for Best Actor. Set in 1890, the film follows the last 67 days of Van Gogh's life and explores his relationships with his brother Theo, his physician Paul Gachet (most famous as the subject of Van Gogh's painting ""Portrait of Dr. Gachet""), and the women in his life, including Gachet's daughter, Marguerite. The film was entered into the 1991 Cannes"
"letters Vincent wrote during his life were to Theo, including his first and his last letters. It is largely thanks to Theo and his wife that these letters are available today. Hardly any of Theo's letters remain because Vincent failed to keep them. The letters have been collected and published in book form as ""The Letters of Vincent van Gogh"". The relationship between the two brothers was the subject of the movie ""Vincent & Theo"" (1990), directed by Robert Altman. It also formed an important part of the film ""Lust for Life"" (1956), which was directed by Vincente Minnelli. Theo"
"and Susan Hayward as Rachel Donelson Jackson. In 1956, a film version was made of ""Lust for Life"", based on his 1934 novel, starring Kirk Douglas as Van Gogh. In 1965, a film was made of ""The Agony and the Ecstasy"", starring Charlton Heston as Michelangelo and Rex Harrison as Pope Julius II. Stone's 1975 book ""The Greek Treasure"" was the basis for the German television production """" (""Hunt for Troy"", 2007). Irving Stone Irving Stone (born Tennenbaum, July 14, 1903, San Francisco, California – August 26, 1989, Los Angeles) was an American writer, chiefly known for his biographical novels"
"in Federico Fellini's ""La Strada"" (1954) opposite Giulietta Masina. Quinn won his second Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of painter Paul Gauguin in Vincente Minnelli's ""Lust for Life"" (1956). The following year, he received an Oscar nomination for his part in George Cukor's ""Wild Is the Wind"". He starred in ""The Savage Innocents"" 1959 (film) as Inuk, an Eskimo who finds himself caught between two clashing cultures. As the decade ended, Quinn allowed his age to show and began his transformation into a major character actor. His physique filled out, his hair grayed, and his once smooth,"
"on an assignment in Kenya and later establishes an ""arrangement"" with her in Amsterdam. He is then assigned to Vietnam, tells Candice their affair is over and discovers that is more than acceptable to her as she is tired of him. Returning from a Vietnamese prison, he decides to return to Catherine, but discovers she has made a new life for herself. Live for Life Live for Life () is a 1967 French film directed by Claude Lelouch starring Yves Montand, Candice Bergen and Annie Girardot. The film won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated"
"Bigger Than Life Bigger Than Life is an American DeLuxe Color CinemaScope film made in 1956 directed by Nicholas Ray and starring James Mason, who also co-wrote and produced the film, about a school teacher and family man whose life spins out of control upon becoming addicted to cortisone. The film co-stars Barbara Rush as his wife and Walter Matthau as his closest friend, a fellow teacher. Though it was a box-office flop upon its initial release, many modern critics hail it as a masterpiece and brilliant indictment of contemporary attitudes towards mental illness and addiction. In 1963, Jean-Luc Godard"
"""Battle Hymn"" directed by Douglas Sirk Cassidy Ross Ronald Reagan James Dean and Kim Novak 14th Golden Globe Awards The 14th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1956 films, were held on February 28, 1957, at the Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles). Kirk Douglas - ""Lust for Life"" Ingrid Bergman - ""Anastasia"" Elia Kazan - ""Baby Doll"" Cantinflas - ""Around the World in 80 Days"" Deborah Kerr - ""The King and I"" ""Around the World in 80 Days"" directed by Michael Anderson ""The King and I"" directed by Walter Lang Earl Holliman - ""The Rainmaker"" Eileen"
"Vincent & Theo Vincent & Theo is a 1990 biographical drama film about the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) and his brother Theo (1857–1891), who was an art dealer. While Vincent Van Gogh's artworks are now famous, he was essentially unrecognised in his lifetime, and survived on his brother's charity. The film was directed by Robert Altman, and starred Tim Roth and Paul Rhys in the title roles. The film was made as a four-hour mini-series (200-minute length) for television, and a 138-minute version was released to theatres. ""Vincent & Theo"" has a prelude, which is documentary footage of"
"of Vincent van Gogh's life in 1934 entitled ""Lust for Life"" that was largely based on the letters to Theo; this book and later the movie of the same name added to further the artist's fame. During his lifetime, Van Gogh contributed works of his own only on a few and minor occasions which mainly passed unnoted by critics and public. For example, in 1887, a display of Japanese woodcuts in the Restaurant ""Au Tambourin"", 62 Boulevard de Clichy, then run by Augustina Ségatori, for which Van Gogh probably interpreted three famous ""ukiyo-e"" prints by Keisai Eisen and Hiroshige. Towards"
"nominated for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. In May 2017, Schnabel announced that he would direct a film about the painter Vincent van Gogh, with Willem Dafoe cast in the role. The film was written by Schnabel and French screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière. In regards to the story, Schnabel said: The film was shot over 38 days beginning in September 2017 on location in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône and Auvers-sur-Oise, France, all locations where Van Gogh lived during his final years. In May 2018, CBS Films acquired distribution rights to the film. It had its world premiere at the 75th Venice International"
"Chained for Life Chained for Life is a 1952 exploitation film featuring the famous conjoined (""Siamese"") Hilton Twins, Daisy and Violet. It features several vaudeville acts, including juggler Whitey Roberts, a man doing bicycle stunts, and a man, Tony Lovello, who plays the ""William Tell Overture"" and ""Hungarian Dance No. 5"" at breakneck speed on an accordion. The movie incorporates aspects of the twins' real life, including their singing act, a futile attempt by one sister to obtain a marriage license, and a publicity-stunt marriage. The twins' voices are featured in three duets, including ""Every Hour of Every Day"" and"
"Bobby"" (1961), ""Almost Angels"" (1962), ""The Horse Without a Head"" (1963) and ""The Three Lives of Thomasina"" (1963). As an adult, he continued to work in the film industry behind the scenes. He was a production manager on such films as ""For Your Eyes Only"" (1981), ""Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom"" (1984) and ""The Color Purple"" (1985), and worked as part of a film crew in other tasks. He died in Chertsey, Surrey, as a result of a heart attack. Vincent Winter Vincent Winter (29 December 1947 – 2 November 1998) was a Scottish film actor who was"
"Irving Stone Irving Stone (born Tennenbaum, July 14, 1903, San Francisco, California – August 26, 1989, Los Angeles) was an American writer, chiefly known for his biographical novels of noted artists, politicians and intellectuals; among the best known are ""Lust for Life"" (1934), about the life of Vincent van Gogh, and ""The Agony and the Ecstasy"" (1961), about Michelangelo. Born Irving Tennenbaum, he was seven when his parents divorced. By the time he was a senior in high school, his mother had remarried. He legally changed his last name to ""Stone"", his stepfather's surname. Stone said his mother instilled a"
"The Spirit of St. Louis (film) The Spirit of St. Louis is a 1957 aviation biography film in CinemaScope and WarnerColor from Warner Bros., directed by Billy Wilder, produced by Leland Hayward, that stars James Stewart as Charles Lindbergh. The screenplay was adapted by Charles Lederer, Wendell Mayes, and Billy Wilder from Lindbergh's 1953 autobiographical account of his historic flight, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1954. Along with reminiscences of his early days in aviation, the film's storyline largely focuses on Lindbergh's lengthy preparation for and finally his history-making transatlantic flight in the purpose-built ""Spirit of St. Louis"" high-wing"
"Van Gogh's fame reached its first peak in Austria and Germany before World War I, helped by the publication of his letters in three volumes in 1914. His letters are expressive and literate, and have been described as among the foremost 19th-century writings of their kind. These began a compelling mythology of Van Gogh as an intense and dedicated painter who suffered for his art and died young. In 1934, the novelist Irving Stone wrote a biographical novel of Van Gogh's life titled ""Lust for Life"", based on Van Gogh's letters to Theo. This novel and the 1956 film further"
"Jochum ten Haaf Jochum ten Haaf (17 December 1978, Maastricht) is a Dutch actor, notable for stage, film and television work including """" (2003), ""Bad Girls"" (2003), ""Nightwatching"" (2008), ""Summer Heat"" (2008), ""Castle Amerongen"" (2011) and The Resistance Banker (2018). He gained prominence as Vincent van Gogh in the 2002 premiere of the play ""Vincent in Brixton"", gaining him a nomination for the Evening Standard Theatre Award for best newcomer and a Theatre World Award for the play's US run. He also argued van Gogh's case in the 2004 poll De Grootste Nederlander. From 2014 to 2015 he appeared in"
"television. In 1950, for example, he portrayed Vincent Van Gogh in The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse's production ""The Life of Vincent Van Gogh."" Later, in November 1955, he starred in the ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents"" episode ""Our Cook's a Treasure"". He appeared on the NBC anthology series ""The Joseph Cotten Show,"" also known as ""On Trial"", in the 1956 episode ""Law Is for the Lovers"", with co-star Inger Stevens. On March 7, 1959, he guest-starred in an episode of NBC's ""Cimarron City"" titled ""The Ratman"", appearing alongside the show's star, John Smith. Later that same year, Sloane appeared as a guest in"
"Lust for a Vampire Lust For a Vampire (also known as Love for a Vampire or To Love a Vampire (the latter title was used on American television)) is a 1971 British Hammer Horror film directed by Jimmy Sangster, starring Ralph Bates, Barbara Jefford, Suzanna Leigh, Michael Johnson, and Yutte Stensgaard. It was given an ""R"" rating in the United States for some violence, gore, strong adult content, and nudity. It is the second film in the so-called Karnstein Trilogy loosely based on the J. Sheridan Le Fanu novella ""Carmilla"". It was preceded by ""The Vampire Lovers"" (1970) and followed"
"Vincent D'Onofrio Vincent Philip D'Onofrio (; born June 30, 1959) is an American actor, producer, director, and singer. He is known for his roles as Private Leonard ""Gomer Pyle"" Lawrence in ""Full Metal Jacket"" (1987), Wilson Fisk / Kingpin in ""Daredevil"" (2015–2018), NYPD Detective Robert Goren in """", Edgar the Bug in ""Men in Black"" (1997), and Vic Hoskins in ""Jurassic World"" (2015). Among other honors, D'Onofrio is a Saturn Award winner and an Emmy Award nominee. D'Onofrio was born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. He is of Italian descent, with ancestors from Sicily. His parents, Gennaro and Phyllis D'Onofrio, an interior"