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Aug 21, 2024 · John Cromwell was an American film and stage director and actor. His films spanned the early days of sound to film noir in the early 1950s, by which time his directing career was almost terminated by the Hollywood blacklist.
1 day ago · The Hollywood blacklist was rooted in events of the 1930s and the early 1940s, encompassing the height of the Great Depression and World War II. Two major film industry strikes during the 1930s increased tensions between the Hollywood producers and the unions, particularly the Screen Writers Guild. [6]
2 days ago · Louisiana-shot ‘Rebel Ridge’ a brisk but brutal revenge thriller, set in the Bayou State. Aaron Pierre is a man with an ax to grind against the police force in a corrupt Louisiana town in the ...
Aug 29, 2024 · Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake is a 1942 adventure film directed by John Cromwell, starring Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney. The film was adapted from Edison Marshall's 1941 historical novel Benjamin Blake.
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Aug 23, 2024 · John Cromwell's 1933 pre-Code drama The Silver Cord explores the fraught relationship between mother (Laura Hope Crews) and her two adult sons, David (Joel McCrea) and Robert (Eric Linden), as well as their respective romantic partners Hester (Irene Dunne) and Christina (Frances Dee). Tackling themes such as possessiveness, manipulation, and ...
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Aug 23, 2024 · Directed by John Cromwell, Dead Reckoning is a noir-infused crime drama that follows Humphrey Bogart's Captain Rip Murdock as he investigates the death of his friend Johnny Drake (William Prince). Alongside femme fatale Lizabeth Scott as Coral "Dusty" Chandler, Bogart expertly navigates through a web of deceit, corruption, and murder in this ...
Aug 19, 2024 · Clint Eastwood (born May 31, 1930, San Francisco, California, U.S.) is an American motion-picture actor who emerged as one of the most popular Hollywood stars in the 1960s and went on to become a prolific and respected director-producer.