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Vera Cruz was also the first production to use the SuperScope widescreen process, which was designed to achieve anamorphic prints from standard flat 35mm negatives. [13] Shot at a conventional 1.37:1 aspect ratio, the film was cropped to 2:1 in post-production, given a CinemaScope -compatible (2x) squeeze, and blown up to normal frame height.
Title Director Cast Genre Notes The Caine Mutiny: Edward Dmytryk: Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Van Johnson: War, Drama: Columbia; based on Herman Wouk novel; 7 Oscar nominations
In 1950, Darcel had a Vaudeville act, which was panned by at least one reviewer. About Darcel's performance 5 May 1950, at the Strand in New York, the Billboard review said: "Denise Darcel showed her well-stacked chassis ... but her heavily accented English sounded like so much gibberish; it got laughs instead of attention. ... her singing is inadequate, her over-use of hands and arms is ...
January 6 – Anthony Minghella, English film director and screenwriter (d. 2008) January 6 - John Sparkes, Welsh actor and comedian; January 19 - Katey Sagal, American actress and singer-songwriter; January 20 - Ken Page, American actor and cabaret singer (d. 2024) January 25 - Sean Lawlor, Irish character actor and playwright (d. 2009)
They followed it with another Western in 1954, Vera Cruz, co-starring Gary Cooper and produced by Hill. Both films were directed by Robert Aldrich and were hugely popular. United Artists signed Hecht-Lancaster to a multi-picture contract, to make seven films over two years. [ 23 ]
Cygan was born in New York City to a large family of thirteen children, six of whom were his half-siblings. His parents never married. [3]He attended West Babylon High School on Long Island, and was active in church and school theatre while in high school.
He was then cast as George Taggart, "a former gunfighter who has become a U.S. marshal", in the 1963–1964 NBC/WB series Temple Houston. [ 19 ] In 1966 Jack Elam was cast in his first comedic role by Paramount Pictures , playing Hank in the Western film The Night of the Grizzly starring Clint Walker . [ 20 ]
Verna Arline Felton was born in Salinas, California, on July 20, 1890.Her father, Horace Wilcox Felton, a doctor, died shortly before her ninth birthday. When going over his accounts after his death, Felton's mother Clara Winder Felton (née Lawrence) discovered that although her husband had a large medical practice in San Jose, there were no records of his patients' payments for treatment and ...