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Calder Baynard Willingham Jr. (December 23, 1922 – February 19, 1995) [1] was an American novelist and screenwriter. Before the age of 30, after three novels and a collection of short stories, The New Yorker was describing Willingham as having “fathered modern black comedy,” [2] his signature a dry, straight-faced humor, made funnier by its concealed comic intent.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono made an appearance on the show in 1969, sharing a bed with Eamonn Andrews. [4] The show is now most commonly remembered for Bill Grundy's 1976 interview with the Sex Pistols, which caused public outrage at the time. [5] Today was replaced in September 1977 by Thames at Six, a more conventional news magazine programme.
The Graduate is a 1967 American independent [6] romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols [7] and written by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham, [8] based on the 1963 novella by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College. The film tells the story of 21-year-old Benjamin Braddock, a recent college graduate ...
The Strange One is a 1957 American film noir about students faced with an ethical dilemma in a military college in the Southern United States.It was directed by Jack Garfein, produced by Sam Spiegel, and was adapted from a novel and stage play by Calder Willingham called End as a Man.
Rambling Rose was directed by Martha Coolidge and written by Calder Willingham (adapted from his own 1972 novel of the same name). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Laura Dern and Diane Ladd , daughter and mother in real life, were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress , respectively, making them the first mother-daughter duo ...
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were (with a few exceptions noted below ...
The Graduate is a 1963 novella by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College.It tells the story of Benjamin Braddock, who, while pondering his future after his graduation, has an affair with the older Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's business partner, before falling in love with their daughter, Elaine.
The Graduate (adaptation from novel by Charles Webb and screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry)(2000, London, Australia, New York, UK & US tours) (Touring Broadway Award Best Play) Hitchcock Blonde (2003, Royal Court/The Lyric, West End, South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, California) Piano/Forte (2006, Royal Court) Prism (2017 ...