Tag: Roberta
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MODELING INTO THE MOVIES
August 8, 1936 By Jeannette Meehan, HOLLYWOOD From the women’s angle, there are simply too many gorgeous newcomers in Hollywood. That fact is plain. From the gentlemen’s angle, Hollywood is pleasantly crowded with the most alluring bits of femininity ever to delight the bald-headed row. This fact is even plainer. Oh, say it isn’t so, but…
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ROBERTA
March 8, 1935 Directed by William A. SeiterProduced by Pandro S. Berman Screenplay by Jane Murfin, Sam Mintz, and Allan Scott, based on the play Roberta by Jerome Kern and Otto A. Harbach, from the novel Gown’s by Roberta by Alice Duer Miller Filmed at RKO Studios World Premiere March 7, 1935 in New York City Released wide on March 8, 1935 PRINCIPAL CAST Irene…
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TORBEN MAYER
December 1, 1884 Torben Meyer was born in Denmark in 1884 and did more than 70 European films before immigrating to the United States. He was generally cast as thick-accented waiters, butlers, and doctors. His most prominent role was in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), but he also appeared as a wealthy Dutch banker in Casablanca (1942). …
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HOLLYWOOD THE GOLDEN YEARS: THE RKO STORY
“A Woman’s Lot”(S1;E3) ~ July 17, 1987 “Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story” is a six-part series produced and aired on the BBC in 1987. Each episode is at least an hour long, and touches on a different aspect of the studio’s history (1928 to 1957) mixing comments, clips, and interviews. Interviews with Lucille…
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“Lucy in the Swiss Alps”
(S5;E21 ~ March 26, 1956) Directed by James V. Kern. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed February 23, 1956 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 43.9/62 Synopsis ~ After a mistake in booking, the Ricardos and Mertzes go mountain climbing in the Swiss Alps and get stranded in a cabin…