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Giant is a 1956 American epic drama film directed by George Stevens, from a screenplay adapted by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat from Edna Ferber's 1952 novel. [2]The film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean and features Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Dennis Hopper, Sal Mineo, Rod Taylor, Elsa Cárdenas and Earl Holliman.
Hudson's popularity soared with George Stevens' film Giant (1956). Hudson and his co-star James Dean were nominated for Oscars in the Best Actor category. Another hit was Written on the Wind (1957), directed by Sirk and produced by Albert Zugsmith. Sirk also directed Hudson in Battle Hymn (1957), produced by Hudson, playing Dean Hess. These ...
20th Century Fox; Hodiak's final film The Opposite Sex: David Miller: June Allyson, Joan Collins, Ann Sheridan: Musical: MGM; remake of The Women: Our Miss Brooks: Al Lewis: Eve Arden, Gale Gordon, Robert Rockwell: Comedy: Warner Bros.; film version and series finale of TV series: Outside the Law: Jack Arnold: Ray Danton, Leigh Snowden, Grant ...
The following is an overview of 1956 in film, including significant events, ... Giant: Warner Bros. $12,000,000 [1] 4: Seven Wonders of the World: Cinerama Releasing:
Dean received his second posthumous Best Actor Academy Award nomination for his role in Giant at the 29th Academy Awards in 1957 for films released in 1956. [3] Having finished Giant, Dean was set to star as Rocky Graziano in a drama film, Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), and, according to Nicholas Ray himself, he was going to do a story ...
The 29th Academy Awards were held on March 27, 1957, to honor the films of 1956. In this year, Best International Feature Film became a competitive category, having been given as a Special Achievement Award since 1947.
Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), Cimarron (1930; adapted into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Giant (1952; made into the 1956 film of the same name) and Ice Palace (1958 ...
McCarthy was an oil prospector and entrepreneur who owned many businesses in various sectors of the economy. McCarthy founded the Shamrock Hotel in Houston, which garnered him national fame and inspired the fictional character Jett Rink in Edna Ferber's 1952 novel Giant [1] which, in 1956, became a film, which starred James Dean in the role.