Oscar Actors: Best Actress Winners–Origins, Social Backgrounds, Early Interest in Acting
May 8, 2021 (Research in Progress, includes 2021 winners) Occupational Inheritance in the Acting Profession (Best Actress Winners) Occupational inheritance refers to the phenomenon where sons and daughters follow in the career paths of their parents. This trend has been documented in the professions of engineering, medicine, military, and education. Our essay examines the extent […]
Satyajit Ray: Centenary of the Pioneering, Influential Indian Filmmaker
Satyajit Ray: Centenary of the Pioneering, Influential Indian Filmmaker. TCM Marathon Celebration.
Vadim, Roger: Director of Lavish (and Kitsch) Erotic Tales (“And God Created Woman,” Starring Brigitte Bardot)
Vadim’s best-known works are lavishly erotic films, such as And God Created Woman (1956), Barbarella (1968), and Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971).
Oscar Actors: Dukakis, Olympia–Best Supporting Actress, Moonstruck, Dies at 89
Olympia Dukakis, Best Supporting Actress Oscar Winner for ‘Moonstruck,’ Dies at 89
Hitchcock: Themes–Search of Missing Person
Hitchcock’s Themes and Motifs: The search is manifest in the suspenseful pursuit of a missing person, at the end of which there’s a disclosure of hidden personality.
Directors: Independent–Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
With their first feature American Splendor, Springer Berman and Pulcini earned an Oscar Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Grant, Cary: Hollywood’s Biggest Movie Star
Cary Grant’s spectacular career spanned over three decades, during which he made 72 features, most of them commercial hits.
Directors: Clouzot, Henri-Georges
Henri-Georges Clouzot (November 20, 1907–January 12, 1977) was a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best remembered for his thrillers, The Wages of Fear and Les Diaboliques, which are critically recognized as among the greatest films of the 1950s. Clouzot also directed documentary films, including The Mystery of Picasso. Clouzot was an early […]
Oscar History via Oscar Directors: Wyler, William, Winner No. 9–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography
Notable works include Mrs. Miniver (1942), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Ben-Hur (1959), all of which won him the Best Director and Best Picture, making him the only director of three Best Picture winners.
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Movie Stars: Approach–Dyer Classification of Types
The perspective of auteurism led to studies of actors-stars as auteurs, performers who had an unusual control over their careers and screen images–Fred Astaire, James Cagey, Bogart, Garbo, John Wayne.