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Tom Jones is a 1963 British period comedy film, an adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic 1749 novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. It is directed by Tony Richardson from a screenplay written by John Osborne , and stars Albert Finney as the titular character.
The 36th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1963, were held on April 13, 1964, hosted by Jack Lemmon at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. This ceremony introduced the category for Best Sound Effects , with It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World being the first film to win the award.
Tom Jones (writer) (1928–2023), American librettist and lyricist; The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, a novel by Henry Fielding published in 1749, often known simply as Tom Jones. Tom Jones, a 1765 opera by Philidor based on Fielding's novel; Tom Jones (Edward German), a 1907 British comic opera by Edward German based on Fielding's novel
Due to the success of Tom Jones, British exhibitors voted Finney the ninth most popular film actor in 1963. [12] Finney received 10% of the film's earnings, which made him over $1 million. [13] Finney in 1966. Finney followed this with a small part in ensemble war film The Victors (1963), which was a box-office
Tom Jones, the lyricist, director and writer of “The Fantasticks,” the longest-running musical in history, has died. ... from the opening cast in 1960 that included Jerry Orbach and Rita ...
The musical 1976 film The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones featured Trevor Howard as Squire Western and Terry-Thomas as Mr Square. Bob Coleman's The Later Adventures of Tom Jones (1985) serves as a sequel to Henry Fielding's original. Set in 1774, it sees Tom Jones become involved with events leading up to the American Revolutionary War. [12]
Tom Jones, who wrote the book and lyrics for the longest-running musical “The Fantasticks,” died Friday at his home in Sharon, Conn. ... 1960. The original cast included Jones as Henry, the ...
Redman also appeared in a few films. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Tom Jones (1963); and again for Othello (1965), in which she appeared as Emilia to the Desdemona of Maggie Smith and the Othello of Laurence Olivier. Her work on Othello also earned her a Golden Globe nomination.