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Added: Sep 2, 2002. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 6747322. Source citation. Motion Picture Director, Screenwriter, Producer. Born Robert Rosen to Russian-Jewish immigrants, he was raised in a rough neighborhood in Manhattan's Lower East Side. Following a stint as an amateur boxer, he began acting in stock and later became a playwright and director ...
The Hustler is a 1961 drama film, directed by Robert Rossen. It tells the story of small-time pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson, who challenges legendary pool player " Minnesota Fats ". The film, which was based on a book of the same name by Walter Tevis , stars Paul Newman as Fast Eddie, Jackie Gleason as Minnesota Fats, Piper Laurie as Sarah ...
Alexander the Great: Directed by Robert Rossen. With Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom, Barry Jones. The life and military conquests of Alexander III of Macedon (July 20/21, 356 - June 10/11, 323 B.C.), commonly known as Alexander the Great.
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Robert Rossen died as he was beginning to regain a prominent position in the cinema. His premature death left us with a final film which pointed to a new, deepening devotion to the study of deteriorating psychological states.
Lilith: Directed by Robert Rossen. With Warren Beatty, Jean Seberg, Peter Fonda, Kim Hunter. A war veteran gets work at a mental institution, where he meets the beautiful and eccentric Lilith.
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Summer 2013. Robert Rossen: The Films and Politics of a Blacklisted Idealist (McFarland Press, 284 pages, $45) By Alan Casty. During the late 1940s, director Robert Rossen was a director of such creative tenacity that even the notorious Columbia Pictures boss Harry Cohn granted him complete control over his work.
Robert Rossen. Robert Rossen was born in New York on 16th March, 1908. As a young man he became a professional boxer but later turned to writing plays. Rossen's plays often dealt with political issues and he eventually joined the Communist Party. He later explained to his son that at the time it was "a party dedicated to social causes of the ...
