Night editor, a tightlywound little crime chiller released in 1946, was one of levins earliest assignments. The planning stage in a film s production after the project is finally greenlighted, and before principal photography or actual shooting commences, involving script treatment and editingrewriting, scheduling, set design and construction, casting, budgeting and financial planning, and scoutingselection of locations. Night editor was based on the already existing radio program in which a. The movie was to be the first in a series of films featuring stories about the graveyardshift police beat reporters at fictional newspaper. Night editor is a 1946 bmovie film noir directed by henry levin and based on a popular radio program of the same name. The living gods of haiti 1953a book that was made after her first trip to haiti in 1947 and which is still considered one of the most useful on haitian voudoun. It happened one night is a 1934 precode american romantic comedy film with elements of screwball comedy directed and coproduced by frank capra, in collaboration with harry cohn, in which a pampered socialite claudette colbert tries to get out from under her fathers thumb and falls in love with a roguish reporter clark gable. Premiering in saint petersburg in 1886, the work became a concert favourite. It is welless third completed feature film as director and his first film noir, 4 about a war crimes investigator tracking a highranking nazi fugitive to a connecticut town. Tina fey is an american actress, comedian, plus a producer. On election night, voorhis took an early lead in the vote count, but was soon overtaken by his challenger, whose margin increased as the night went on. August 6, 2014 added night has a thousand eyes 1948, nocturne 1946, pushover 1954, railroaded. The night staff of the new york star are sitting around playing cards when young reporter johnny arrives, badly hungover.
The title comes from a radio show from which this was adapted. The big sleep 1946 synopsis private detective philip marlowe accepts what appears to be a simple case of tracking down the man whos blackmailing spoiled rich girl carmen sternwood. After halloran dismisses tonys evidence, tony, furious, accuses jill of betraying him, and she sneers that she is having an affair with loring. I was thinking about one of these what ifs last night, and i thought id share it. Late at night, when the morning edition is ready to be put to bed, it can be a happy time to unwind with a really good cup of coffee, and perhaps share a few of those stories, usually the ones that will never make it to the pages of the newspaper, with your young assistant. His first play, the historical comedy the road to rome 1927, was an immediate success. Abilene town 1946 angel on my shoulder 1946 anna and the king of siam 1946 bad bascomb 1946 the bamboo blonde 1946 the bandit of sherwood forest 1946. Levin was a genial extrovert who took the craft of filmmaking seriously but showed no inclination towards making films that smacked of selfimportance. Buy night editor movie posters from movie poster shop. Brown, the editor of the new york star, while playing poker with his friends, tells a. Jerry goldsmith online spotlight night crossing album diary.
Movie memorabilia original us lobby cards 19401949 for. A b film corker given a solid polishing by our friends at columbia pictures. Night editor 1946, usa william gargan, janis carter. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. After serving in world war i, he wrote for vanity fair and life, serving as editor of the latter from 1924 to 1928. Host hal burdick 18931978 would introduce a story, the time of which could range from the civil war to the present day. In flashback, the editor tells the tale of police lieutenant william gargan, who forsakes his happy home life for the love of nogood society dame janis carter.
I was born in december of 1946 and became a film music fan probably just like you at an early age. Half a century later, the work obtained perhaps its greatest exposure through the walt disney animated film fantasia 1940, featuring an arrangement by leopold stokowski, based on rimskykorsakovs version. Added links to the german bluray release of night and the city 1950. Voir night editor 1946 en streaming complet streamvoir. Amended the year for lady in the lake from 1946 to 1947, d. A cry in the night is a 1956 film noir, dramatic, and thriller film starring edmond obrien, brian donlevy, natalie wood and raymond burr. Night will falls director was introduced to the project by sally angel, who worked at the imperial war museum, told andre singer about the film and its restoration. Night and day 1946 cast and crew when his first stage show fails, songwriter cole porter cary grant goes off to fight in world war i until, injured, he lands in a hospital. The texarkana moonlight murders, a term coined by the news media, were a series of unsolved murders and other violent crimes committed in and around texarkana in the spring of 1946 by an unidentified serial killer known as the phantom killer or phantom slayer.
Levin was a genial extrovert who though he took the craft of directing films seriously showed no inclination at all towards making ones that were selfimportant or portentous. For the 1946 film noir based on the radio series, see night editor night editor is an anthology television series aired on the dumont television network from march 14 to september 8, 1954. Inspired by the radio program of the same name, night editor features charles d. Night editor 1946 a cop and his married socialite lover witness a brutal murder while necking in lovers lane. There are a lot of terms in the movie lexicon that get thrown around with. Tonights 68minute movie, night editor, was a terrific little film noir produced with great style. Starting in the mid1960s, jones went through a bleak period. Character actor who made his film debut on the east coast in october 1911.
Bernardine is a 1957 american musical film directed by henry levin and starring pat boone, terry moore, dean jagger, dick sargent, and in her last film, after a 19year hiatus janet gaynor. I went into night editor not knowing anything about it beyond the title and. Night crossing album diary karl scott, coproducer of the original intrada release of night crossing, reminisces and shares his rare collection of photos he took during the production of the incredible night crossing album. Sherwood, robert emmet, 18961955, american dramatist, b. It was adapted by martin goldsmith and martin mooney uncredited from goldsmiths 1939 novel of the same name, and released by the producers releasing corporation, one of the socalled poverty row film studios in mid20thcentury hollywood. He published six novels, directed 24 movies, notably village of the damned 1962. Dec 18, 2009 she played nicole diver in 1962s tender is the night. Afraid to intervene, hes wracked by a guilty conscience. They live by night is a 1948 american film noir directed by nicholas ray his first feature film and starring farley granger as bowie bowers and cathy odonnell as keechie mobley. It was based on the 1955 novel by whit masterson titled all through the night. As the editor of a large city news paper, you hear many, many touching stories.
The night editor old time radio golden age of radio. The bottom line is that this film exudes quality and is highly entertaining. The newspaper angle merely provides the framing story. Night editor is a film directed by henry levin with william gargan, janis carter, jeff donnell, coulter irwin, year. September 6, 1962 east berlin, germany the germanborn austrian composer, was born in leipzig where his jewish father, rudolf eisler, was a professor of philosophy. Bad girls of film noir volume 2 night editor, one girls confession, womens prison, overexposed columbia classics sony 1946 1956. Frank capra at the first international film festival of india, 1952 notes edit medved points out the irony in capras expression of disillusionment. Its political, philosophical and cultural deconstruction of the dissimilarities between the appalachian stereotype and the complicated realities of the region is one of the best films of the year, period.
Completed in 1853 at the current site of old city hall, the buildings outer shell was moved to madison and grace in the mid1880s to make room for the city building. The 1952 play upon which the movie is based was written by mary coyle chase, the denver playwright who also wrote the smash hit broadway play harvey. Shot in a halfday, the film s direction credit is sometimes given to ms. The 25 best film schools rankings hollywood reporter. Based on the radio program of the same name, the film is shackled to a cumbersomely clunky and illogical framing devicea group of newspapermen conversing about old stories to one another late at night the device. Robert peterson list of movies and tv shows tv guide. The pacing done well and directing too, capturing the emotion and intensity from the. Budd boetticher will be remembered as a director of westerns, although his bullfight films have their fervent admirers, as does his scarface variant, the rise and fall of legs diamond. The case seems done when the police arrest a local thug who is found with the. Blonde floozy drifts into town, waitress at bar, wants bar owner to take money and leave wher. Deren is the author of two books, an anagram of ideas on art, form, and film 1946 reprinted in the legend of maya deren, vol 1, part 2 and divine horsemen. The working title of the postman always rings twice was barbq. Brown, henry levin, ted richmond, product information shipping weight 12 ounces view shipping rates and policies.
After serving in wwi, chandler continued with his film and stage career becoming one of the most prolific if more often than not uncredited bit actors in the industry. Mar 23, 2020 tina fey biography affair, married, husband, ethnicity, nationality, salary, net worth, height married biography who is tina fey. Night editor is a 1946 film noir directed by henry levin and based on a popular radio program of the same name. Both gargan and carter begin cheating on their respective spouses, and while on a romantic rendezvous the couple.
Capras film it happened one night 1934 was the first film to win all five top oscars, and in 1991, a few months after capras death, the silence of the lambs also won all five top oscars. He became interested in recounting the larger story of how the film had been made, as well as following up with survivors and participants of the time. Tina fey biography affair, married, husband, ethnicity. Night editor 1946 a night in casablanca 1946 nobody lives forever 1946. The republican won 19 of the 22 municipalities in the district, including voorhiss home town of san dimas. A brief chronology of arthur millers life and works this chronology has been compiled and crosschecked against a number of sources, however, a special acknowledgement should be made to the thorough literary chronology and appendices printed in the theater essays of arthur miller, eds. A gargantuan task on every level, the film won four academy awards with spencer receiving her third nomination. This unsung little b film is a very nice example of film noir, complete with a flawed and conflicted hero more like an antihero for most of the film, a sexy femme fatale, and passion and murder in the night. The editors gasbag with a wink at philip sfler, donald.
The set is rounded out with night editor 1946, a ripe slice of pulp with. Its fun at least i think its fun to contemplate the different ways film history might have changed. With cary grant, alexis smith, monty woolley, ginny simms. See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. May 30, 2019 the film about john, which opens friday, benefits from a living subject willing to bare all. It was based on edward andersons depression era novel thieves like us. The basic rules of film editing, first established in the silent era, still govern the industry today.
Homicide detective tony cochrane dotes on his little son doc, but is estranged from martha, his unsophicsticated wife. And the movie gets the job done in less than an hour and 10 minutes. Somewhere in the night 1946 somewhere in the night 1946. Oct 25, 2005 wolf rilla, who has died at the age of 85, accurately defined himself as a writer, filmmaker and television maker. Playing lazer tag in the empty halls in the middle of the night. At the offices of the new york star, johnny, a troubled young reporter, slumps despondently at his desk.
Cary grant played cole porter in 1946 while the celebrated composer was still kicking. By the time the film is completed, you will no doubt feel quite content with the resolution of the film. When loring claims that on the night of the murder he was at a movie theater with jill, jill conveniently arrives at hallorans office to corroborate his alibi. Her film career was on the wane and, in 1965, selznick died. Night editor original 1946 set of 2lcs 11x14 william gargan janis carter ex. Night editor 1946 i was pleasantly surprised after watching night editor and would recommend to any film noir fan. But it triumphs in its presentation of mid20thcentury manhattan, as vividly raffish as in any movie of its period. This time, a night editor of a newspaper is telling a story to a young reporter, who is neglecting his job and wife and beginning to drink too much.
John houseman celebrity profile check out the latest john houseman photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Also appeared in vaudeville as a comedian and singer. But what i remember most are all the great friends that i made, many of whom i work. A fictionalized biopic of composer cole porter from his days at yale in the 1910s through the height of his success to the 1940s. Johnnys problems cause editor crane stewart to reminisce about another troubled young man he knew years earlier. Mankiewicz, and he also cowrote the screenplay with howard dimsdale. Night editor is a stalwart b film noir that paddles through an appealingly tawdry narrative with characters who are not among the more virtuous committed to celluloid. It is through rimskykorsakovs version that night on bald mountain achieved lasting fame. The stranger is a 1946 american film noir starring edward g. The script for the film was based on a previous radio program episode inside story.
With tonights screening, night editor makes its third. Night editor 1946 is a bmovie film noir directed by henry levin and based on a popular radio program of the same name. She is mainly known for her contribution to the comedy series saturday night live since 1998. Night editor 1946 henry levin never met an american film genre that he didnt like or maybe more accurately that didnt like him.
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