Henry Koster - Henry Koster Henry Koster (May 1, 1905-September 21, 1988) was born Herman Kosterlitz in Berlin, Germany. His maternal grandfather a famous operatic tenor, Julius Salomon, who died of tuberculosis at age 29 in 1880's or so. Koster's father a salesman of ladies unmentionables and left home at early age leaving young Henry Koster to support family. Dad still managed to finish gymnasium (High school) in Berlin while working as short story writer and cartoonist. Koster was introduced to movies about 1910 when his uncle opened a very early movie theater in Berlin. Koster's mother went there every day to play the piano to accompany the films, and the young boy went with her. (Day care was non-existent then.) And Koster had to sit for a couple.
Harvey (movie) - half inches tall invisible rabbit named Harvey. Harvey is actually a pooka, a mischievous magical creature. The film, directed by Henry Koster, used a screenplay by Mary Chase, working with Oscar Brodney, based on her Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway play of the same name, which was first produced on November 1, 1944. Cast: Elwood P. Dowd: James Stewart Veta Louise Simmons: Josephine Hull Miss Kelly: Peggy Dow Dr. Lyman Sanderson: Charles Drake Dr. Willie Chumley: Cecil Kellaway Myrtle Mae Simmons: Victoria Horne Marvin Wilson: Jesse White.
Fiction set in Ancient Rome - Marguerite Yourcenar Detective fiction The Roma Sub Rosa series by Steven Saylor, starts with "Roman Blood". The Falco series by Lindsey Davis. The SPQR series by John Maddox Roberts. The Germanicus Mosaic (series) by Rosemary Rowe - set in Roman Britain. The Claudia series by Marilyn Todd Movies The Robe U.S. 1953 director Henry Koster Demetrius and the Gladiators U.S. 1954 director Delmer Daves (sequel to 'The Robe') Ben-Hur U.S. 1959 Spartacus U.S. 1960 director Stanley Kubrick Cleopatra U.S. 1963 director Joseph L. Mankiewicz The Fall of the Roman Empire U.S. 1964 durector Anthony Mann Satyricon Italy 1970 director Federico Fellini I, Claudius U.K. 1976, BBC 13 hour miniseries Gladiator U.S. 1999 director Ridley Scott Plays Joseph Addison Cato William Shakespeare Titus Andronicus Julius Caesar Antony and Cleopatra Coriolanus Television comedy.
Academy Award for Directing - - Morocco 1931/1932 Frank Borzage - Bad Girl King Vidor - The Champ Josef von Sternberg - Shanghai Express 1932/1933 Frank Lloyd - Cavalcade Frank Capra - Lady for a Day George Cukor - Little Women 1934 Frank Capra - It Happened One Night Victor Schertzinger - One Night of Love W. S. Van Dyke - The Thin Man 1935 John Ford - The Informer Henry Hathaway - Lives of a Bengal Lancer Frank Lloyd - Mutiny on the Bounty 1936 Frank Capra - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Gregory La Cava - My Man Godfrey Robert Z. Leonard - The Great Ziegfeld Woodbridge Strong Van Dyke - San Francisco William Wyler - Dodsworth 1937 Leo McCarey - The Awful Truth William Dieterle - The Life of Emile Zola Sidney Franklin.
Three Smart Girls - made Durbin a star, and contributed to creating the stereotype of the bobbysoxer teenaged girl. The film was written by Adele Comandini and Austin Parker, and directed by Henry Koster. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture..
The Bishop's Wife - Cooper and Elsa Lanchester. The movie was adapted by Leonardo Bercovici, Charles Brackett (uncredited), Robert E. Sherwood and Billy Wilder (uncredited) from the book by Robert Nathan. It was directed by Henry Koster. It won the Academy Award for Sound, and was nominated for Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture and Best Picture. The film was originally directed by William A. Seiter, but producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr didn't like it and so he asked Henry Koster for a completely new film. The preview audience didn't like the new version, so Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett had to rewrite a couple of scenes without credit. Niven was originally cast as the angel and Grant as the bishop, but Koster had them switch the parts..
The Robe - Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Michael Rennie, Dean Jagger, Richard Boone and Jeff Morrow. The movie was adapted by Gina Kaus, Albert Maltz and Philip Dunne from the novel by Lloyd C. Douglas. It was directed by Henry Koster. It won Academy Awards for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color and Best Costume Design, Color. It was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Richard Burton), Best Cinematography, Color and Best Picture. It is notable for being the first film released in Cinemascope..
Come to the Stable - Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlowe, Elsa Lanchester, Thomas Gomez, Dooley Wilson and Regis Toomey. The movie was written by Sally Benson, Clare Boothe Luce and Oscar Millard. It was directed by Henry Koster. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Loretta Young), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Celeste Holm), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Elsa Lanchester), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White, Best Cinematography, Best Music, Song (Alfred Newman and Mack Gordon for Through a Long and Sleepless Night) and Best Writing, Motion Picture Story..
Remake - His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, US, 1940)) (original film: The Front Page (Lewis Milestone; US, 1931), from the play by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur) Hello, Dolly (Gene Kelly; US, 1969), turned into a musical film (original film: The Matchmaker (Joseph Anthony; US, 1958), from the play by Thornton Wilder) Henry V (Kenneth Branagh; UK, 1989) (original film: The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with his Battell at Agincourt in France (Laurence Olivier; UK, 1944), from the play by William Shakespeare) High Society (Charles Walters; US, 1956), turned into a musical film (original film: The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor; US, 1940), from the play by Philip Barry) His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks; US, 1940) (original film: The Front Page (Lewis Milestone; US, 1931), from the play by Ben Hecht.
One Hundred Men and a Girl - concert that leads to a radio contract. It also stars Alice Brady and Mischa Auer. The film was written by Charles Kenyon, Bruce Manning and James Mulhauser from a story by Hanns Kräly. It was directed by Henry Koster. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture..
May 1 - Naomi Uemura, traveling by sled dog, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone 1982 - The 1982 World's Fair opens in Knoxville, Tennessee 1983 - Edwin El Chapo Rosario wins boxing's vacant WBC world Lightweight title by beating Jose Luis Ramirez in San Juan, by points in 12 rounds, becoming Puerto Rico's 14th world boxing champion. A young Julio Cesar Chavez also wins as part of the undercard. 1991 - Texas Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan hurls his seventh no-hitter in a 3-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. 1991 - Oakland Athletics outfielder Rickey Henderson breaks the all-time record for stolen bases by stealing his 939th 1992 - Rickey Henderson steals his 1000th base 2004 - Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
My Man Godfrey - a Supporting Role (Alice Brady), Best Director and Best Writing, Screenplay. My Man Godfrey was remade in 1957 starring June Allyson, David Niven (who had played the role in the 1938 radio version), Jessie Royce Landis, Robert Keith and Eva Gabor. It was adapted by Peter Berneis, William Bowers and Everett Freeman, and directed by Henry Koster. In 1999 the film was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry..
List of people by name: Ko - Rudi, (1932-1981), actor Kosma I of Alexandria, (729-730), Coptic Pope Kosma II of Alexandria, (851-858), Coptic Pope Kosma III of Alexandria, (921-933), Coptic Pope Kosovel, Srecko, (1904-1926), poet Kossak, Wojciech, (born 1857), Polish painter Koss, Johann Olav, (born 1968), speed skater Koster, Henry, (1905-1988), film director Kostina, Oksana, (died 1993), Russian gymnast. Kosto, Aad, (born 1938), theologian, actor, assistant Secretary of Justice of the Netherlands Kosuta, Miroslav, (born 1936), poet Kos, Vladimir, (born 1924), poet Kosygin, Alexei, (1904-1980), former Soviet premier Kotick, Bobby, chairman and CEO of Activision, Inc Kotnik, Rudolf, (1931-1996), painter. Kotoku, emperor of Japan, (597-654) Kotoku Shusui, (1871-1911), Japanese anarchist Kotto, Yaphet, (born 1937), African-born US actor Kotzebue, August Friedrich Ferdinand von, (1761-1819), German Dramatist. Koudelka, Josef, (born 1938), photographer Koufax, Sandy, (born 1935), MLB player Kournikova, Anna,.
List of directors - Davis Jan de Bont Brian De Palma Jonathan Demme Ted Demme Howard Deutch Danny DeVito Dean Devlin Roger Donaldson Richard Donner E Clint Eastwood Atom Egoyan Roland Emmerich F Federico Fellini David Fincher Victor Fleming John Ford Milos Forman John Frankenheimer Stephen Frears William Friedkin Antoine Fuqua G Mel Gibson Terry Gilliam F. Gary Gray John Guillermin H Taylor Hackford Lasse Hallström Curtis Hanson Renny Harlin Henry Hathaway Howard Hawks Brian Helgeland John Herzfeld George Roy Hill Alfred Hitchcock Dennis Hopper Ron Howard John Huston I J Peter Jackson Patty Jenkins Jean-Pierre Jeunet Norman Jewison Clark Johnson Spike Jonze K Tony Kaye Philip Kaufman Elia Kazan William Keighley Gene Kelly Richard Kelly Henry Koster Roger Kumble Stanley Kubrick Akira Kurosawa L John Landis Fritz Lang David Lean Ang Lee Spike Lee.
King Henry - King Henry There has been a bewildering array of monarchs with the name "Henry". The years shown below are the regnal years. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Byzantine Empire 2 England 3 France 4 Germany and Holy Roman Empire 4.1 Dukes of Saxony 4.2 Princes zu Reuss 5 Portugal 6 Spain 6.3 Navarre Byzantine Empire Henry of Flanders (1206-1216) (Latin Empire) England Henry I of England r. (1100 - 1135) Henry II Plantagenet of England r. (1154 - 1189) Henry III of England r. (1216 - 1272) Henry IV of England r. (1399 - 1413) Henry V of England r. (1413 - 1422) Henry VI of England r. (1429 - 1471) Henry VII of England r. (1485 - 1509) Henry VIII of England r. (1509 - 1547).
James Henry Monk - James Henry Monk James Henry Monk (1784-1856), English divine and classical scholar, was born at Buntingford, Herts. He was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge, and in 1809 was elected professor of Greek in succession to Porson. The establishment of the classical tripos was in great measure due to his efforts. In 1822 he was appointed dean of Peterborough; in 1830, bishop of Gloucester (with which the see of Bristol was amalgamated in 1836). He is best known as the author of a Life of Bentley (1830) and as the editor (with CJ Blomfield) of Porson]'s Adversaria (1812). This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica..
James Henry Leigh Hunt - James Henry Leigh Hunt James Henry Leigh Hunt (October 19, 1784 - August 28, 1859) was an English essayist and writer. He was born at Southgate, Middlesex, where his parents had settled after leaving the USA. His father, a Philadelphia lawyer, and his mother, a merchant's daughter, had been forced to come to Britain because of their loyalist sympathies in the American War of Independence. Leigh Hunt's father was took orders, and became a popular preacher, but was unsuccessful in obtaining a permanent living. He was engaged by James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos, as tutor to his nephew, James Henry Leigh, after whom Leigh Hunt was named. He was educated at Christ's Hospital, of which he left a personal account in his autobiography. As a boy,.
James Henry Greathead - James Henry Greathead James Henry Greathead (6 August 1844 - 21 October1896) was an engineer renowned for his work on the underground railway networks of London. Born in South Africa he moved to Britain in 1859 to continue his education and in 1864 began working with Peter W. Barlow and then spent time (c.1867) as assistant engineer on the Midland Railway between Bedford and London (working with Barlow's brother, William Henry Barlow). Soon after, in 1869, he rejoined Barlow and they began work on designs for the Tower Subway, a tunnel under the river Thames in central London. This began a long fascination with the challenges of tunnelling through soft, waterlogged soil, and today Greathead is particularly remembered for his pioneering work in relation to tunnelling shield.
Jean-Henry Gourgaud - Jean-Henry Gourgaud Jean-Henri Gourgaud (November 15, 1746 - 1809), French actor under the stage name Dugazon, was born in Marseille, the son of the director of military hospitals there. He began his career in the provinces, making his debut in 1770 at the Comédie Française, where he aspired to leading comedy roles. He pleased the public at once and was made sociétaire in 1772. Dugazon was an ardent revolutionist, helped the schism which divided the company, and went with Talma and the others to what became the Théâtre de la République. After the closing of this theatre and the dissolution of the Comédie Française, he took refuge at the Théâtre Feydeau until he returned to the restored Comédie in 1799. He retired in 1805, and died insane.
Kalimantaan - English abang elder brother adat tradition, custom ajar to teach berani, brani brave, bold besar big, great bulan moon, month bujang bachelor buaya crocodile bulbul nightingale datin wife of a datu datu minister in traditional Malay government dayang woman of high rank hantu, antu ghost, spirit hati liver (as the seat of emotion, typically translated "heart") ikan fish ikat tie, knot jaga guard jalan street, road kain cloth (in the story, it describes a cloth belt) kaya wealthy, rich kongsi association, partnership kris stabbing dagger with flaming, or wavy, blade kuli unskilled laborer lalang a variety of long-bladed grass lida tongue kecelakaan misfortune, accident merah red mudah young, junior orang person padang field padi ricefield pagi morning parang cutlass, machete payung (payong) umbrella, parasol pikul (picul) 1) a unit of weight.
