The Eternal Sea (1955) #Leadingcast #SterlingHayden #AlexisSmith #DeanJagger #directedJohnHAuer *Film Plot-In this excellent biographical war film. The story follows Captain John Madison Hoskins who fights to keep his active duty status after losing a leg on an aircraft carrier in World War II. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #classicmovies #warfilms #HonorMemorialDay2024
The Red Badge Of Courage (1951) #Leadingcast #AudieMurphy #BillMauldin #directedJohnHuston *Film Detail-The film was based on the best-selling book of the same name by American poet, novelist and short story writer Stephen Crane, published on October 1895. *Film Plot-In this superb war drama, a young Union soldier fights to atone for the moment of cowardice during the Civil War. *DVD orders have been placed, to reserve a copy login at www.nypl.org with your New York Public Library Card. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #warfilms #classicmovies #RememberMemorialDay2024
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, a stage play abapted by Richard George ~ we are so proud to say this was our first ever production, performed this past April! Here's our amazing leading cast, whose performances we're absolutely incredible ๐ More to come ๐ญ Wonka - Dakota Griffiths Charlie Bucket - Makayla Jansen-Lindardon Mikee Teevee - Vera Bertoldi-Ward Violet Beauregarde - Delilah Wakerley-Palmer Veruca Salt - Sydney Leahy #theatre #stageplay #charlieandthechocolatefactory #AYAP #leadingcast #drama
#leadingcast #tannafrederick and #juddnelson at #worldpremiere of #scififantastic movie #southofhopestreet by #director #janespencer. An #absurdstory that unfolds during #worldward3 in the year 2038. #lookintotheskyandrevolt!! Film is available in US/CA/AU/NZ on Amazon Prime & Cable. See www.southofhopestreet.com
๐ฅ Deadly assassin Fiona Volpe gets to grips with 007, during the Thunderball mission (1965). #DidYouKnow ๐ค Originally, the character of Volpe was intended from producers to be Irish, however the surname was changed to Volpe in co-ordination with Paluzziโs nationality. ๐ฎ๐น . . #Thunderball #1965 #60s #1960s #Classic #British #Movies #Cinema #Films #bondgirlstyle #SirSeanConnery #SeanConnery #LeadingCast #BTS #handson #RedHead #bondgirl #JamesBond #007 #007jamesbond #jamesbond007 #BondJamesBond #movietrivia
๐ธ Promo for Die Another Day, featuring leading stars @piercebrosnanofficial & @halleberry (2002) The movie upon its release would celebrate 40 years of 007, a huge landmark in the franchiseโs proud history. ๐๐ผ . . #HalleBerry #PierceBrosnan #JamesBond #007 #007JamesBond #JamesBond007 #British #Movies #Films #Cinema #40years #LeadingCast #halleberrystyle
For England James.. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ #HappyStGeorgesDay 007 & 006 discuss personal loyalties during the #Goldeneye mission (1995). @piercebrosnanofficial @sean_bean_official As a channel we are proud of our English roots, but exceptionally passionate about our nation ๐ฌ๐ง . . #JamesBond #007 #007jamesbond #jamesbond007 #Bond #BondGirl #BondGirlStyle #BondJamesBond #007 #British #Bond #piercebrosnan #SeanBean #LeadingCast #LeadingCast #LeadingMen #PromoShots #Movies #Film #Cinema #BritishFilm
Teacher's Pet (1958) #Leadingcast #ClarkGable #DorisDay #GigYoung #MamieVanDoren #directedGeorgeSeaton *Film Plot-In this well-directed romantic comedy, a tough city editor assumes a fake identity to study journalism with a lady professor who's critized his work. *DVD orders have been placed, to reserve a copy at login at www.nypl.org with New York Public Library Card. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #comedy #classicmovies
Command Decision (1949) #Leadingcast #ClarkGable #WalterPidgeon #VanJohnson #BrianDonlevy #CharlesBickford #JohnHodiak #EdwardArnold #directedSamWood *Film Detail-The film was based on the best-selling novel published in 1947 by author William Wister Haines. *It was also a hit Broadway play that ran for almost a year beginning in October 1947. Haines wrote the stage play as well. *Haines also wrote the screenplay for the 1949 movie version. *Depicting the political infighting of conducting a major war effect, the film's major theme is emotional toll on commanders from ordering missions that result in high casualties, the effects of sustained combat on all concerned, and the nature of accountability for it's consequences. *Film Plot-In this powerful World War II drama, a senior officer faces the horror of sending his men on suicide missions over Germany. # #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #drama #classicmovies
The Big Lift (1950) #Leadingcast #MontgomeryClift #PaulDouglas #directedGeorgeSeaton *Film Detail-The movie was entirely filmed on location in Berlin, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช *The movie tells the true story of "Operation Vittles", the 1948-1949 Berlin Airlift, through the experiences of two U.S Air Force sergeants. Because the film was shot in Berlin in July 1949, as well as using newsreel footage of the actual airlift, it provides a contemporary glimpse of the post-war II state of the city as it's people struggled to recover from the devastation wrought by World War II. *Film Plot-In this superb post-World War II Drama, two Air Force sergeants find love while flying the Berlin Airlift. *DVD orders have been placed, to reserve a copy login at www.nypl.org with your New York Public Library Card. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #drama #classicmovies
Family Honeymoon (1948) #Leadingcast #ClaudetteColbert #FredMacMurray #RitaJohnson #GigiPerreau #JimmyHunt #PeterMiles #HattieMcDaniel #directedClaudeBinyon *Film Detail-This movie marked the 7th and final film pairing two of Hollywood's biggest stars. *The movie was filmed on-location in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. *Film Plot-In this hilarious comedy, a botany professor marries a widow and her three kids join the honeymoon. *DVD orders have been ordered, to reserve a copy login at www.nypl.org with your New York Public Library Card. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #comedy #classicmovies
The Age of Innocence (1934) #Leadingcast #IreneDunne #JohnBoles #LionelAtwill #HelenWestley #LauraHopeCrews #JulieHaydon #directedPhilipMoeller *Film Detail-The movie was adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name by author Edith Wharton it was published in 1920 and Ms. Wharton received the Pulitzer Prize. -The Age of Innocence has been a popular source for adaptation. -A 1924 film version was directed by Wesley Ruggles -A 1928 Broadway stage adaptation by Margaret Aver Barnes starring Katherine Cornell and ran 209 performances. -A radio adaptation turned up on radio twice in 1947 with Gene Tierney and in 1951 with Claudette Colbert. -A 1993 film was directed by Martin Scorsese, however, will many considered the definitive version. *The 1934 film version has been out of circulation for decades for unexplained reasons. While it may not be of her best-remembered films, actress Irene Dunne is superb as Ellen Olenska. *The 1934 film did not do well in theaters, the height of the Great Depression was perhaps not the best time for movie about problems of well-do New Yorkers. Audiences craved films that spoke to their problems, or more often, they just wanted escapism. *Film Plot-In this overlooked but superbly-acted period drama, a young attorney risks his career for love of a glamorous divorcee set during 1870s New York. *DVD orders have been placed, to reserve a copy login at www.nypl.org with your New York Public Library Card. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #classicmovies #classicmovies #perioddrama
Tennessee Johnson (1942) #Leadingcast #VanHeflin #LionelBarrymore #RuthHussey #MajorieMain #RegisToomey #directedWilliamDieterle *Film Detail-In this solid-acted political historical biopic, the biopic focuses on Andrew Johnson from uneducated drifter who stumbles upon a job as a tailor in a Tennessee town to become the first U.S president ever to be impeached. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #biopic #politics #EpiphanyStaffPicks #classicmovies *DVD orders have been placed, to reserve a copy login at www.nypl.org with your New York Public Library Card.
The Deadly Companions (1961) #Leadingcast #MaureenO'Hara #BrianKeith #SteveCochran #ChillWills #directedSamPeckinah *Film Plot-In this intense western, to make amends for killing a man, a Civil War veteran accompanies his corspe through dangerous territory. *DVD orders have been placed, to reserve a copy login at www.nypl.org with New York Public Library Card. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #westerns #classicmovies
Storm Fear (1956) #Leadingcast #CornelWilde #JeanWallace #DanDuryea #directedCornelWilde *Film Detail-Actor Cornel Wilde began producing and then directing his own movies in the mid-1950s, as he saw the decline of choices loom in his leading-man career. He established his own company, Theodora, with then-wife Jean Theodore. *This was Wilde's feature directional debut, including producing and as a leading man. *Film Plot- In this claustrophobic, solid-acted, intense film noir. A wounded bank robber takes over his brother's home. *DVD orders have been placed, to reserve a copy login at www.nypl.org with your New York Public Library Card. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #filmnoir #classicfilms
The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951) #Leadingcast #JeanneCrain #ScottBrady #ThelmaRitter #directedGeorgeCukor *Film Detail- In this engaging, delightful comedy. A marriage broker can't resist meddling in the life of a model, with disastrous results. *DVD orders have been placed, to reserve a copy login at www.nypl.org with your New York Public Library Card. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #comedy #classicmovies
Lucky Partners (1940) #Leadingcast #RonaldColeman #GingerRogers #SpringByington #JackCarson #directedLewisMilestone *Film Detail-Gingers Rogers was in a career move and change of pace. After string of enormously successful movie musicals with Fred Astaire, she turned her focus to dramatic and comedy films. She had three major box-office hit films released in 1940. -Primrose Path (Comedy-Drama) -Kitty Foyle (Drama) -Lucky Partners (Comedy) *Film Detail-In this very funny comedy, two strangers share a sweepstakes ticket and then embark on an "imaginary" honeymoon. *DVD orders have been placed, to reserve a copy login at www.nypl.org with your New York Public Library Card. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffpicks #comedy #classicmovies
Last night we celebrated 500 shows at Awakening! If you look closely, youโll notice a slight subtle change I made on โLightโ. Our Lead Charactersโ chest makeup to celebrate the special occasion. โจ5๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃโจ๐คฉ๐๐๐ Itโs been such a magical journey thus far! Love what you do and youโll never work a day in your life. Working with these two talented actors has been my greatest joy of this entire experience. Thank you for being you and making your time in my chair a moment Iโll cherish forever. All my love to the both of you. ๐ซถ๐ผ๐๐ผ What a Milestone! We did it! Oh and look, my makeup work is on cookies! ๐ช๐๐ @awakening.wynn @wynnlasvegas #actors #ishiebmakeup #makeupdesigner #mua #glamsquad #lasvegas #behindthescenes #backstagelife #awakeningwynnlasvegas #wynnlasvegas #theatrelife #mylife #makeupartist #instalike #vegasbaby #makeuplooks #friendships #leadingcast #castandcrew #lightanddarkness #proudmoment #makeup #makeuplook #kryolanofficial #onlyatwynn #airbrushmakeup #glittermakeup #stagemakeup #milestone #congrats๐
Tom, Dick and Harry (1941) #Leadingcast #GingerRogers #GeorgeMurphy #AlanMarshal #BurgessMeredith #directedGarsonKanin *Film Detail-Roger's was working on the film when she was awarded the Oscar as Best Actress for her excellent 1940 performance in Kitty Foyle. It was her first film released after her Oscar win. *Tom, Dick and Harry was her last film on a seven-year contract with RKO. Her next contract as a freelance actress gave her far more control to accept or pass on scripts that RKO offered and the opportunity to accept offers from other studios. According to her best-selling autobiography Ginger: My Story. I love doing musicals, but it is grueling work. You must be prepared and start dance rehearsals several months, to three to six months before the film starts shooting. I had to venture out to see if I could do it on my own. *Film Plot-In this zippy, very funny comedy. A girl accepts three wedding proposals at once and dreams of marriage to each man. *DVD orders have been placed to reserve a copy, login at www.nypl.org with your New York Public Library Card. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #comedy # #classicmovies #CelebrateandHonorWomensHistoryMonth
Smart Girls Don't Talk (1948) #Leadingcast #VirginiaMayo #BruceBennett #RobertHutton #directedRichardBare *Film Plot-In this study, surprisingly good and fast-paced film noir, a society woman gets involved with a gangster only to find he has hidden plans. *DVD orders have been placed, to reserve a copy login at www.nypl.org with your New York Public Library Card. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #filmnoir #EpiphanyStaffPicks #classicmovies #CelebrateandHonorWomensHistoryMonth
Sunday Dinner For A Soldier (1944) #Leadingcast #AnneBaxter #JohnHodiak #CharlesWinninger #AnneRevere #ConnieMarshall #ChillWills #RobertBailey #directedLloydBacon *Film Detail-Anne Baxter and John Hodiak were a real-life husband and wife, they married in 1946, but divorced in 1953. The couple had one daughter, Katrina, born in 1951. *Film Plot-In this tender, solid-acted romantic drama. A family in Florida saves all the money can in order to plan a Sunday dinner for a soldier at a local Army airbase during World War II home front. *DVD orders have been placed, to reserve a copy login at www.nypl.org with your New York Public Library Card. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #warfilms #classicfilms #CelebrateandHonorWomensHistoryMonth
Kisses For My President (1964) #Leadingcast #FredMacMurray #PollyBergen #directedCurtisBernhardt *Film Detail-This was the director Curtis Bernhardt's final film, whose career stretched back to the silent era. *The film had its New York City Premiere on August 21st, 1964 and it's general release throughout the country on August 22nd, 1964. Unfortunately, all the jokes couldn't disguise the fact that a still-shocked nation was no mood to laugh about the presidency less than a year after Kennedy's assassination. The film was a failure at the box-office. *The film pokes fun at gender roles and discussing subject matters extremely ahead of it's time. *Film Plot-In this very funny political comedy, the first female president has to deal with her husband's bruised ego. *DVD orders have been placed, to reserve a copy login at www.nypl.org with your New York Public Library Card. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #comedy #EpiphanyStaffPicks #HonorandCelebrateWomensHistoryMonth
Room For One More (1952) #Leadingcast #CaryGrant #BetsyDrake #directedNormanTaurog *Film Detail-The film was on the 1950 autobiography of the same name by Anna Perrott Rose. *This was Cary Grant and Betsy Drake (real-life husband and wife, they were married from 1949, divorced in 1962). This was their second and final film together, their first film was Every Girl Should Be Married (1948). *The film earned a special mention in the Films for ChildrenFete on September 1952 at The Venice International Film Festival for it's "positive treatment of social problems and regarding childhood and adolescence". *Film Plot-In this moving comedy-drama, a subject matter ahead of its time. A family with three children takes in troubled orphans. *DVD orders have been placed, to reserve a copy login at www.nypl.org with your New York Public Library Card. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #comedy #drama #classicfilms #HonorandCelebrateWomensHistoryMonth
Top Secret Affair (1957) #Leadingcast #SusanHayward #KirkDouglas #PaulStewart #JimBackus #JimCromwell #directedHCPotter *Film Detail-This was Susan Hayward and Kirk Douglas first and only film together. Both were two of the most in- demand actors of the 1950s. *Film Plot-In this overlooked, little-known funny comedy, two actors not usually associated with the genre. *A headstrong female publishing magnate tries to keep a general she hates from securing a prestigious assignment. *DVD orders have been placed, to reserve a copy login at www.nypl.org with your New York Public Library Card. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #comedy #classicfilms #HonorandCelebrateWomensHistoryMonth
Pretty Baby (1950) #Leadingcast #DennisMorgan #BetsyDrake #EdmundGwenn #ZacharyScott #directedBretaigneWindust *Film Detail-Leading Lady Betsy Drake was Cary Grant's third wife they were married in 1949, divorced in 1962 they had no children together. *In 1965, Drake subsequently gave up acting and pursued other career interests. She earned a Master of Education from Harvard University and became a children's therapist. Drake was a director of psychodrama at the UCLA Neuropsychiatic Institute, worked at Cedars-Sinai Hospital, and maintained a private therapy practice. She taught at UCLA, Peppermint University, and presented research at the 52nd Annual Meeting American Association in 1975, in addition published a novel Children, You are Very Little (1971). *Film Plot- In this very entertaining comedy, a pair of advertising executives use a woman's child to snag a client. *DVD orders have been placed, to reserve a copy login at www.nypl.org with your New York Public Library Card. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #classicmovies #comedy #HonorandCelebrateWomensHistoryMonth
St. Louis Blues #Leadingcast #Nat "King"Cole #EarthaKitt #PearlBailey #CabCalloway #EllaFitzgerald #MahaliaJackson #RubyDee #JuanoHernandez #directedAllenReisner *Film Plot-In this well-directed musical biopic about the of bluesman W.C.Handy. #NYPL #EpiphanyStaffPicks #filmrecommendation #Blues #classicfilms #CelebrateandHonorBlackHistoryMonth
Sir Roger & Barbara Bach at a Spy Who Loved Me photo call, 1977. Bach was cast only four days before principal photography began, and performed her audition expecting just a supporting role in the film. ๐ซ๐ธ . . #SirRogerMoore #007 #007jamesbond #jamesbond007 #BondJamesBond #Bond #Casting #CastingCall #1977 #TheSpyWhoLovedMe #BarbaraBach #70s #1970s #LeadingCast #British #Movies #Cinema #Film #moviemaking #movietrivia
๐ Happy Chinese New Year // During the #TomorrowNeverDies mission 007 joins forces with agent WaiLin, of the peopleโs Chinese republic when taking on Elliot Carver. ๐๐ผ #LunaNewYear . . #JamesBond #007 #007jamesbond #jamesbond007 #Bond #BondJamesBond #BondGirl #michelleyeoh #piercebrosnan #LeadingCast #Movies #Film #Cinema #ChineseNewYear #HappyNewYear #chinesegirl #chineseculture
Random! (1956) #Leadingcast #GlennFord #DonnaReed #LeslieNielson #JuanoHernandez #RobertKeith #directedAlexSegal *Film Detail-Juano Hernandez (July 19th, 1896-July 17th, 1970) was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico to Puerto Rican Parents and was a pioneer in the African-American and Latino film Industry. With no formal education, he worked as a sailor and settled in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was hired by a circus and became an entertainer, making his his first as an acrobat in Rio De Janeiro in 1922. He later made his living as a professional boxer. *He his best remembered in the film Intruder in the Dust (1949) earned him Golden Globe Award nomination for the "New Star of the Year". and performed in a series of dramatic roles in mainstream Hollywood movies. *Film Plot-In this effective, nail-bitting crime drama. A wealthy couple tries to cope with the press and the police when their son is kidnapped. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #crimedrama #classicfilms #CelebrateandHonorBlackHistoryMonth
Passing (2021) #Leadingcast #TessaThompson #RuthNegga #directedRebeccaHall *Film Detail-The film was based on the best-selling and acclaimed novel by Nella Larson, published on April 1929. *The film was entirely shot on location in New York City, New York *Film Plot-In this critical acclaimed, superbly acted and directed race drama. In 1920s, New York City follows the intertwined life of a black woman and her white-passing childhood friend. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #recentreleases #EpiphanyStaffPicks. #CelebrateandHonorBlackHistoryMonth
Emma (1932) #Leadingcast #MarieDressler #RichardCromwell #JeanHersholt #MyrnaLoy #directedClarenceBrown *Film Detail-After a string of massive box-office successes including Min and Bill (1930), which won her well-deserved Best Actress Oscar. This film earned her another well-deserved Best Actress Oscar Nomination. She had impeccable comic skills and was superb in drama as well and mix-blend of comedy/drama together. This was a major box-office hit. *Film Plot-In this terrific but heartwarming pre-code comedy- drama about sacrifice, greed and moving forward in life. A housekeeper faces unexpected snobbery when marries her boss. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #Pre-code #classicfilms
The Big Shot (1942) #Leadingcast #HumphreyBogart #IreneManning #RichardTravis #SusanPeters #StanleyRidges #directedLewisSeiler *Film Detail-After two massive box-office successes High Sierra (1941) and The Maltese Falcon (1941). This film was the last bona fide gangster film of Humphrey Bogart's career. *Film Plot- In this sharply-written, suspenseful, yet lesser-known crime drama. A mob leader escapes prison and flees with his love to a mountain hideaway, where he tries to atone for his sins. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #classicfilms #filmnoir
Synanon (1965) #Leadingcast #EdmondOBrien #Chuck Connors #StellaStevens #AlexCord #RichardConte #EarthaKitt #directedRichardQuine *Film Detail-Synanon, originally known as Tender Loving Care was a new religious movement founded in 1958 by Charles E. "Chuck" Dederich Sr. Santa Monica, California, United States. Originally established as drug rehabilitation program, Synanon developed into an alternative community centered on group truth-telling sessions that came to be known as the "Synanon Game ", a form of attack therapy. The group ultimately became a cult called the Church of Synanon in the 1970s. *Described as one of the "most dangerous and violent cults America have ever seen. Synanon disbanded in 1991 after several members were convicted of offenses including financial misdeeds, evidence tampering, terrorism and attempted murder.However, an offshoot of the group remains active in Germany ๐ฉ๐ช . *The orgins of the name "Synanon" are not entirely clear, with some claiming it to be the result of a group member slurring the words "symposium" and "seminar" and others simply describing it as a portmanteau of "symposium" and "anonymous". *The film entirely filmed at Synanon in Santa Monica, California. *Film Plot-In this hard-hitting socal drama, the founder and staff of a California halfway house try to help drug addicts quits. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #Epiphanystaffpicks #classicmovies #addiction
Politics (1931) #Leadingcast #MarieDressler #PollyMoran #directedCharlesFRiesner *Film Detail-This was Marie Dressler and Polly Moran third film together. The first two films were The Callahans and the Murphys (1927) and Reducing (1931). Both films were major box-office hits. This film was also a box-office hit. *Film Plot-In this hilarious mix blend of pre-code comedy, drama and politics. A middle-aged widow becomes fed up when local small-town politicians ignore corruption and decides to run for mayor herself. *DVD orders have been placed, to reserve a copy login at www.nypl.org with your New York Public Library Card. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #pre-code #classicfilms
Tugboat Annie (1933) #Leadingcast #MarieDressler #WallaceBerry #RobertYoung #MaureenO'Sullivan #directedMervynLeRoy *Film Detail-This was Marie Dressler and Wallace Berry second film together. Their first film together was Min and Bill (1930), Dressler won the Best Actress Oscar for her excellent performance. *Film Detail-In this heartwarming, excellent comedy-drama. A lady tugboat captain tries to help two young lovers come together. *DVD orders have been placed, to reserve a copy login at www.nypl.org with your New York Public Library Card. #NYPL #EpiphanyStaffPicks #filmrecommendation #classicmovies
Mannequin (1937) #Leadingcast #JoanCrawford #SpencerTracy #directedFrankBorzage *Film Detail-This was the first only collaboration of film greats Joan Crawford and Spencer Tracy. *Film Plot-In this very effective, solid-acted drama, but surprising dark picture of social subject matters such as poverty and how love could carry people above the most grim and miserable circumstances. *A small-time crook's wife falls for a shipping magnate. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #classicfilms
Torch Singer (1933) #Leadingcast #ClaudetteColbert #RicardoCortez #DavidManners #LydaRoberti *Film Plot-In this brisk, highly entertaining but superb woman's pre-code social drama, a movie ahead of it's time, discussing a taboo subject matters. A night club singer hosts a children's radio show in hopes of finding the child she gave up years earlier. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #classicfilms #pre-code
Hot Saturday (1932) #Leadingcast #CaryGrant #NancyCarroll #RandolphScott #directedWilliamASeiter *Film Plot-In this very effective, fast-paced, pre-code drama. A pretty but virtuous small-town bank clerk is the victim of a vicious rumor from an unsuccessful suitor that she spent the night with a notorious womanizer. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #classicfilms #pre-code
Bachelor Mother (1939) #Leadingcast #GingerRogers #DavidNiven #CharlesCoburn #directedGeorgeKanin *Film Plot-In this delightful comedy, an unemployed woman discovers an abandoned baby on the steps of an orphanage, and accepts an offer to take responsibility for the child in return for a job during Christmas season. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #classicmovies #Holidayfilms
Tenth Avenue Angel (1948) #Leadingcast #MargaretOBrien #AngleaLansbury #GeorgeMurphy #PhylllisThaxter #directedRoyRowland *Film Detail-By the mid-1940s, child actress Margaret O'Brien was a top box-office star, thanks to her superb performances in The Canterville Ghost (1944), Meet Me in St.Louis (1944) and Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945). More than a just star, O'Brien was a talented actress, and was able to meet the dramatic demands of her roles in those films. *Tenth Avenue Angel was O'Brien's most troubled-plagued films. Shooting began in 1946, but the film through script and cast changes, remakes and cutting and took 18 months to reach theaters. The actual cause is not known and why it took so long to reach theaters. The film's budget $1,791,000 and released in theaters throughout the U.S on February 20th, 1948. The movie was an expensive failure at the box-office making $900,000. *The movie made a valid point-sometimes life is not about sunshine and rainbows and reality sets in. A child who learns some hard truths about family and friends. *Film Plot-In this underrated but superbly-acted drama. A child who lives in New York's Hell Kitchen helps ex-con find a new life during the Holiday season. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #classicmovies #Holidayfilms
Last night with the leading cast of A W A K E N I N G. ๐ซ @awakening.wynn @wynnlasvegas #stepandrepeat #actors #dancers #amazing #ishiebmakeup #glamsquad #lasvegas #bts #behindthescenes #backstagelife #awakeningwynnlasvegas #wynnlasvegas #cast #theatrelife #mylife #makeupartist #instalike #wynnlasvegas #vegasbaby #lasvegas #makeuplooks #friendships #leadingcast
Shopworn (1932) #Leadingcast #BarbaraStanwyck #RegisToomey #ClaraBlandick #LucienLittlefield #ZasuPitts #directedNicholasGrinde *Film Plot-In this excellent, fast-paced pre-code social drama. A witness fall for a wealthy young man but has to fight his to find happiness. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #classicmovies #pre-code
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948). #Leadingcast #DonCastle #ElyseKnox #RegisToomey #Charles #RoryMallinson #directedWilliamNigh *Film Detail-This little gem was virtually unseen for decades, the exact cause is not known. *Film Plot-In this terrific little film noir. A married couple are struggling to make ends meet and the husband's shoes prints are found and accused of murder. His wife follows the trail of clues to find the perpetrator during Christmas time. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #Epiphanystaffpicks #filmnoir #classicfilms #Holidayfilms
The Black Orchid (1959) #Leadingcast #SophiaLoren #AnthonyQuinn #directedMartinRitt *Film Plot-In this emotional charged drama, a widow of a notorious gangster and a widower businessman fall for each other despite community ill will and businessman daughter's objections. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #classicmovies
The Bachelor Party (1957) #Leadingcast #DonMurray #E.GMarshall #JackWarden #PhilAbott #PatriciaSmith #CarolynJones #directedDelbertMann *Film Detail-Carolyn Jones received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar Nomination for her excellent performance. *The movie was entirely filmed on location in New York City. *Greenwich Village, Manhattan *Flatbush, Brooklyn *Stuyvesant Town (Multi-Building Complex), Manhattan *Undisclosed Subway Location in Brooklyn (The exact location is not known). *Film Plot-In this gritty, solid-acted drama tackling taboo subject matters ahead of it's time. A group of frustrated New York City office workers try to give their engaged friend a big-send-off. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #classicmovies #EpiphanyStaffpicks
On Borrowed Time (1939) #Leadingcast #LionelBarrymore #SirCedricHardwicke #BeulahBondi #UnaMerkel #BobsWatson #directedHaroldSBucquet *Film Plot-In this well acted comedy-drama, an old man and his grandson trap death in a tree. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #classicmovies
Below the Deadline (1946) #Leadingcast #WarrenDouglas #RamsayAmes #JanWiley #PaulMaxey #directedWilliamBeaudine *Film Plot-In this underrated, terrific film noir. A World War II veteran joins the mob to avenge his gangster brother's murder. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #classicmovies #filmnoir
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The Furies (1950) #Leadingcast #BarbaraStanwyck #WendellCorey #WalterHuston #WalterHuston #JudithAnderson #GilbertHoland #ThomasGomez #BeulahBondi #directedAnthonyMann *Film Plot-In this excellent, but lesser-known western, that blends archetypes borrowed from Greek tragedies as well as several works by Shakespeare. A heiress clashes with her tyrannical father in a sprawling New Mexico ranch with an iron fist. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #classicmovies #westerns
The File on Thelma Jordon (1950) #Leadingcast #BarbaraStanwyck #WendellCorey #PaulKelly #JoanTetzel #directedRobertSiodmak *Film Plot-In this superbly-acted, suspenseful yet lesser-known film noir known today. A woman seduces a District Attorney and pulls him into web of theft and murder. #NYPL #EpiphanyStaffPicks #filmrecommendation #classicmovies #filmnoir
The Man Who Never Was (1956) #Leadingcast #ClifonWebb #GloriaGrahame #directedRonaldNeame *Film Plot- In this World War II excellent mix- blend espionage/suspenseful, fast-paced thriller. In order to fool the Germans into thinking the Allied invasion of Sicily will take place elsewhere, British Milary Intelligence comes up with a cunning plan. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #classicmovies #thriller #warfilms
The Glass Wall (1953) #Leadingcast #VittorioGassman #GloriaGrahame #directedMaxwellShane *Film Detail-The movie was entirely filmed on location in New York City. *This was the first and only Hollywood film given permission to shoot inside the United Nations until 2005. *The movie is one of the few American films to directly address the refugee crisis before and after World War II. *Film Detail-In this nail-bitting, superb film-noir. A World War II refugee fights to stay in the U.S. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #classicmovies #filmnoir
The Big Caper (1957) #Leadingcast #RoryCalhoun #MaryCosta #JamesGregory #directedRobertStevens *Film Plot-In this terrific, underrated film noir. A con artist moves into a small town to spearhead a payroll robbery. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #classicmovies #filmnoir
The Picture Of Dorian Gray (1945) #Leadingcast #HurdHatfield #GeorgeSauders #DonnaReed #AngleaLansbury #PeterLawford #directedAlbertLewin *Film Detail-The film was based on the best-selling book published in April 1891 by Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde. *The film received three Oscar Nominations -Best Art Direction -Best Cinematography -Best Supporting Actress (Angela Lansbury) *Film Plot-In this lavish and effectively creepy horror-drama. A man remains young and handsome while his portrait shows the ravages of age and sin. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #classicmovies #Horrorfilms #HappyHalloween
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) #Leadingcast #BorisKarloff #ElsaLanchester #ColinClive #ValerieHobson #ErnestThesiger #directedJamesWhale *Film Detail- Director James Whale at first reluctant to take on a follow-up to the massive box-office success Frankenstein (1931). He said Universal heads were asking me for three years, please do a sequel, I had doubts he once said, I did not want ruined the movie especially when a sequel or sequels are involved. Some do good, others do not. But he finally gave in, he directed and many considered one of best sequels of all time. *Film Plot-One of best horror film/sequels of all time with it's mixed blend of dark comedy and gruesome thrills. To save his wife, Baron Frankenstein must build a mate for his monster. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #classicmovies #Horrorfilms #HappyHalloween
The Wolf Man (1941) #Leadingcast #ClaudeRains #WarrenWilliam #RalphBellamy #PatricKnowles #BelaLugosi #MariaOuspenskaya #EvelynAnkers #LouChaney #directedGeorgeWaggner *Film Plot-In this superb horror/science-fiction thriller. A British nobleman undergoes a starting transformation when he's bitten by gypsy werewolf. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #classicmovies #horrorfilms #HappyHalloween
The Others (2001) #Leadingcast #NicoleKidman #FionnualaFlangan #ChristopherEcclestion #directedAlejandroAmenssbar *Film Detail-The film was inspired by the 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw written by Henry James. *In this film you detect traces of Gothic classics like The Innocents (1961)-Based on the 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw and The Haunting (1963). *The setting takes place in a remote island of Jersey ๐ฏ๐ช (an island country near the coast of north-west France, is the Channel Islands and is 14 miles from Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy). *The actual movie locations were in as follows. -Cantabrie, Spain, ๐ช๐ธ -Santander, Spain ๐ช๐ธ -Madrid, Spain ๐ช๐ธ *The film's budget was $17 million dollars and exceeded by all exceptions grossing $96.5 millions dollars in the United States, $24 million dollars in Spain and $89 million dollars in other countries. Ranking $209.9 million dollars worldwide. *Actress Nicole Kidman gave one of her best performances of her career. *Film Plot-In this superb mix-blend Horror/Science Fiction thriller. Set in 1945 during World War II,the mother of two children comes to suspect her remote country estate is haunted. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #Horrorfilms #HappyHalloween ๐
Maid Of Salem (1937) #Leadingcast #ClaudetteColbert #FredMacMurray #directedFrankLloyd *Film Detail- A film ahead of it's time. In this well-directed historical drama, a young couple fall afoul of repressive society gets caught up in witch hunts and trials in 1692 Salem, Massachusetts. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #classicmovies
Remember The Day (1941) #Leadingcast # ClaudetteColbert #JohnPayne #JohnShepperd #AnnTodd #JaneSeymour #AnneRevere #directedHenryKing *Film Detail-The role was a departure for Colbert, who usually played more glamorous characters and there was some speculation that, in her late 30s, she was anticipating the day when she play character roles. It did not affected at all, for rest of the decade she played a mixed blend of dramas and comedies. *Leading male romantic lead John Payne, who was then a contact player more noted for his good looks than for his acting skills gave one of his best performances in this picture. He went on to become Hollywood's biggest stars, served as a flight instructor during World War II and received a silver star. *The film was loosely based on the real-life 1940 Republican presidential candidate, Wendell Willkie. *The film was released in theaters Christmas Day, December 25th, 1941, two weeks after Pearl Harbor, given the political climate of the era and Americans officially entered World War II. The studio thought it was too overly political and thought it was too soon releasing it. Nevertheless, the movie was a box-office success. *Film Detail-In this excellent drama, an elderly schoolteacher, waiting to meet a presidential candidate recalls the time when he was her student. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #Epiphanystaffpicks #classicmovies
Guest Wife (1945) #Leadingcast #ClaudetteColbert #DonAmeche #RichardForan #directedSamWood *Film Detail-In this hilarious screwball romantic comedy. A Newspaper correspondent who has convinced his publisher he is married implores his friend's wife to pose as his bride. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #classicmovies #comedy
Zaza (1939) #Leadingcast #ClaudetteColbert #HerbertMarshall #directedGeorgeCukor *Film Detail-The film was based on French-language play written by playwrights Pierre Berton and Charles Simon, and staged for the first time at the Theatre du Vaudeville in Paris, in May 1898. The title character is a prostitute who becomes a music hall entertainer and the mistress of a married man. *The story was filmed twice before, in 1915 with Pauline Frederick and in 1923 with Gloria Swanson. *Film Detail-In this well-directed, unforgettable tale of forbidden love set in 19th Century Paris, France. A beautiful singer falls for a married man. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #Epiphanystaffpicks #classicmovies
Beau Geste (1939) #Leadingcast #GaryCooper #RayMilland #RobertPreston #SusanHayward #directedWilliamAWellman *Film Detail-The film was based on the best-selling novel of the same name by British novelist Christopher Wren, published in 1924. *The film has a 1926 silent version starring Ronald Colman. Film Plot-Set in the period before World War I, in this action-packed war drama three brothers in the French foreign legion fight off murderous Arabs and a sadistic sergeant. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #Epiphanystaffpicks #classicmovies #warfilms
The Mystery Of The Wax Musuem (1933) #Leadingcast #LionelAtwill #FayWray #GlenFarrell #FrankMcHugh #directedMichaelCurtiz *Film Detail-This film was produced before the production code. When it was remade 20 years later, as The House Of Wax (1953), all references to drug use were removed, and a character was changed from a junkie to an alcoholic. *Filmed in the early Two-Color Technicolor process. The Mystery Of The Wax Musuem was considered a lost film for decades until a print was found in Jack Warner's private vault. Even then, it was usually shown on television in black-and -white prints; the print shown on TCM is in the original two-color Technicolor process. *Film Detail-In this gristlely thriller, a disfigured sculpter turns murder victims into wax statues. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #Epiphanystaffpicks #classicmovies #horrorfilms #pre-code
The Phantom President (1932) #Leadingcast #GeorgeMCohen #ClaudetteColbert #JimmyDurante #directedNormanTaurog *Film Plot-In this outrageous pre-code political comedy, a presidential candidate is deemed to have a dull personality, thus a charismatic look-alike is hired as a front. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #classicmovies #pre-codefilms #comedy
Behind Locked Doors (1948) #Leadingcast #RichardCarlson #LucilleBremer #DickieMoore #ThomasBrowneHenry #TorJohnson #DouglasFowley #directed Oscar "Budd" Boetticher *Film Plot- In this hard-edged, very effective film noir, a private eye detective goes undercover and gets committed to a mental institution with a goal of locating a fugitive ex-judge who may be hiding there. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #classicmovies #filmnoir
THEM! (1954) #Leadingcast #JamesWhitmore #EdmundGwenn #JoanWeldon #JamesArness #directedGordonDouglas *Film Detail-In this landmark film, the movie was also of the first science fiction thrillers to issue a warning about the dangers of nuclear testing and radioactivity in the aftermath of the atomic bomb's creation. *Film Plot-In this excellent mix blend of detective thriller and fantasy adventure. Federal agents fight to destroy a colony of mutated giant ants. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #classicmovies #ScienceFiction
The Gay Sisters (1942) #Leadingcast #BarbaraStanwyck #GeorgeBrent #GeraldinePage #GigYoung #directedIrvingRapper *Film Detail- This film was overlooked and the cast's least-known picture despite being an impressive movie. *The film was released in theaters on August 1st, 1942. The film it poorly at the box-office. *Barbara Stanwyck commented and said it was an excellent film, but a bit overdrawn. *Film Plot-In this well-directed, lesser-known drama. A New York aristocrat marries for the money to save the family mansion. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #EpiphanyStaffPicks #classicmovies
Ninotchka (1939) #Leadingcast #GretaGarbo #MelvynDouglas #InaClaire #directedErnestLubitdch #Film Detail-In this hilarious romantic comedy, a cold-hearted Soviet agent is warmed up by a trip to Paris and a night of love. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #Epiphanystaffpicks #filmrecommendation
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931). #Leadingcast #GretaGarbo #ClarkGable #directedRobertZLeonard *Film Detail-This was Greta Garbo and Clark Gable only film together. *Film.Plot-In this racy romantic drama, discussing several taboo subject matters ahead of it's time. A farm girl runs from her abusive father to a series of affairs in the big city. #NYPL #filmrecommendation #Epiphanystaffpicks #classicmovies