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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 4, 2019 14:06:07 GMT
spiderwortLooking forward to reading more from you … this being your special field of interest, insight and expertise.
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Post by marshamae on Apr 4, 2019 14:12:42 GMT
Hi Spider. I love Yentl( not the songs) her performance was superior and tge directing was very passionate. She had a great vision of how it should look, much clearer than anyone could have who didn’t have that Yeshiva universe in her head. The dusty books, the elaborate Victorian furniture , and household goods, the ceremonial silver and TGE fine performances. And Prince of Tides was both a great performance and great directing, I really lose interest once she and Nick nolte get together, so I wonder if the problem was the script or her having a very naive view of romantic scenes. I didn’t care for the music either. But the first two thirds of the film were amazing, and her combination of tough and abused Dr Lowenstein was so spot on. Her decision to cast her son was brilliant and he was delightful
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 4, 2019 16:22:17 GMT
1948
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Post by teleadm on Apr 4, 2019 18:48:57 GMT
Directed by James Cagney, 1957 Directed by Karl Malden 1957
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Post by teleadm on Apr 4, 2019 19:02:47 GMT
José Ferrer acted and directed in The Shrike 1955, The Cockleshell Heroes 1955, The Great Man 1956, I Accuse 1958 and The High Cost of Loving 1958. His continued to direct only, for two "classics": 1961 1962 and then never again, at least not in the movies.
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Post by spiderwort on Apr 4, 2019 23:54:20 GMT
Sticking with women for the moment: The former stand-up comic and actress, Elaine May, became the woman director who took the reigns when Ida Lupino retired. Here, directing The Heartbreak Kid (1972). Jodie Foster has had an interesting and promising career as a director, but an uneven one, perhaps because her acting career has taken precedence. Here, directing Money Monster (2016) Sarah Polley, the young Canadian actress, broke into directorial prominence with Away from Her (2006), starring Julie Christie. Her directing career seems to have stalled a bit, unfortunately, but she did receive an Oscar nomination for her screenplay for this beautiful film. Sofia Coppola gave up her acting career to follow in her father's footsteps, with great success, including receiving three Oscar nominations for Lost in Translation (2004), for directing, writing, and best picture. Here, directing Bill Murray to one of his finest performances.
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Post by Archelaus on Apr 5, 2019 0:29:39 GMT
Woody Allen Warren Beatty Gene Kelly Paul Newman Ida Lupino Angelina Jolie Bradley Cooper Leonard Nimoy Harold Ramis William Shatner Charles Chaplin Buster Keaton Frank Oz Jim Henson Joseph Gordon-Levitt Shia LeBeouf
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Post by spiderwort on Apr 5, 2019 0:35:08 GMT
Adding a couple more women directors, both from the silent era: Mabel Normand was one of the great comedy actresses in early cinema. Her films debuted the Keystone Cops, Charlie Chaplin's tramp and the pie in the face gag. She co-starred with both Chaplin and Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle in a series of shorts. She also wrote and directed nearly a dozen shorts of her own in those early days. Here, behind the camera of a film whose title I do not know. And Lois Weber was one of the seminal, ground-breaking filmmakers of the silent era, whose work was very influential. She was an actress (108 credits), writer (121 credits), and director (141 credits). Here, behind the camera as director of a film whose title I again do not know. (Two cameras; interesting.)
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 5, 2019 12:51:19 GMT
Jack Lemmon tried directing one time (Kotch) and is said to have not enjoyed the experience. With his Lead Actor Walter Matthau ~ nominated as Best Actor.
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Post by RomyLovesMick on Apr 5, 2019 15:23:00 GMT
Kenneth Branagh, equally gifted as an actor and director. Below are my favorite Branagh films, which he directed and appeared in as an actor. Ken and then-wife Emma Thompson in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (1993) HAMLET (1996) HENRY V (1989) DEAD AGAIN (with Emma again) PETER'S FRIENDS
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Post by spiderwort on Apr 5, 2019 15:46:18 GMT
Three of the all-time best actor's directors were actors first: Elia Kazan - The man who most would consider to be the greatest actor's director in American history. He was an actor member of the legendary Group Theatre in the 1930s, and, along with Cheryl Craword and Robert Lewis, founded the Actors Studio in 1947. In addition to numerous great Broadway productions, he directed some of our most honored films, including A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, East of Eden and America, America, among others, winning two Oscars along the way. After his directorial debut with A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945), he gave up acting and dedicated himself entirely to directing, which had always been his goal. Kazan, here as an actor in City for Conquest (1940) with James Cagney: Sidney Lumet - Like Kazan, though his portfolio is bigger and more diverse, also directed some of our most exceptional films - 12 Angry Men, Long Day's Journey into Night, Dog Day Afternoon, and Network, among many others. He made his stage debut at the age of four at the Yiddish Art Theater in New York. He played many roles on Broadway in the 1930s and also appeared in the film, One Third of a Nation (1939). But he gave up acting and turned to directing in early 1950s live television at the behest of Yul Brynner, who, yes, was directing live television before his break-out role in The King and I (1956)! He received 5 Oscar nominations during his long and varied career. Images of young Sidney acting along with his father, Baruch Lumet. Mike Nichols - He helped start the famed "Second City Improv" company in Chicago, along with Elaine May, Paul Sills, and Ed Asner, among many others. He later worked as an actor in legitimate theater, then teamed up with with Elaine May in their successful comedy duo. Inspired by his idol Kazan, he had always wanted to direct, and he finally got the opportunity with his film debut masterpiece, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). The Graduate, which brought him an Oscar, Carnal Knowledge, Silkwood, Wit, Angels in America, and many others followed. In between films, he also directed on Broadway. Nichols here, upstage right, with some of the Second City group. Oscar winner, Barbara Harris, is stage center, and Alan Arkin, another Oscar winner is on the left. I don't recognize the others. And performing with Elaine May:
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 5, 2019 16:01:18 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Apr 5, 2019 16:24:51 GMT
Gene Kelly has been mentioned. Movies he only directed but didn't act in, but maybe did a cameo: The Tunnel of Love 1958 Gigot 1962 A Guide for the Married Man 1967 Hello Dolly 1969 The Cheyenna Social Club 1970
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 5, 2019 16:30:05 GMT
teleadm Great to see the "mentions" expanded upon ! Gene Kelly is also credited as director in
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Post by teleadm on Apr 5, 2019 16:30:21 GMT
Doctor Faustus 1967, Richard Burton's only time as director and actor, his co-star was, guess who?
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 5, 2019 16:32:03 GMT
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Post by Archelaus on Apr 5, 2019 19:42:23 GMT
There's also Sidney Poitier.
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Post by teleadm on Apr 5, 2019 20:41:32 GMT
Vittorio de Sica is an Oscar nominated actor! Long before he directed classics like Shoeshine, Bicycle Thief, Miracle in Milan and Umberto D, he was an Italian matinee actor. The young Vittorio in something called Napoli d'altri tempi 1938 Besides directing clssics he continued to act in everything from Toto comedies to Hercules movies, Hollywood movies to Andy Warhol movies.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Apr 5, 2019 22:02:37 GMT
"Some act, try directing, are disappointed at the critical reception of their efforts..."
It may have been only a one-off directing debut from actor Clive Brook but his only film as director stands as a genuine British classic . On Approval (1944) On completion the film was shelved for over a year and a half by the studio, which may have ended Brooks enthusiasm for directing, however when finally released it was a huge hit, and still holding up today, a screening at an American TCM festival only a few years ago was a sell-out audience success. The sparkling comedy, witty and sharp-tongued was adapted by Brook from a play by Frederick Lonsdale. It was a personal project for Brook who took over directing to get the perfect light hearted intent. The tale tells of two unmarried Victorian couples who travel to Scotland for a month of “trial marriage”. Highlighted with a rare film appearance of legendary theatrical comedian Beatrice Lillie, lovely Googie Wither's is at her very best, Brook and Roland Culver are their male companions, all dressed in high fashion costumes from Cecil Beaton . Highly Recommended...
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Post by spiderwort on Apr 6, 2019 0:27:39 GMT
Paul Newman directed six films. Of them, Rachel, Rachel (1968) is my favorite. However, I never saw The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972), which I might love, because I loved the play on Broadway. But somehow I never thought directing was really Newman's calling. Charles Dance directed only one film, Ladies in Lavender (2004), and I love it, though I seem to be in the minority on that. And then there are a couple of actors turned directors who are loved by all but me: Mark Rydell and Paul Mazursky. That said, I do greatly admire Rydell's and Mazursky's
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