James Thurber

出生 : 1894-12-08,

死亡 : 1961-11-02

参加作品

James Thurber: The Life and Hard Times
Himself (archive footage)
The first major documentary film on James Thurber's life and work includes a look at the humorist's accomplishments as a journalist, playwright, cartoonist and social critic.
LIFE!/ライフ
Author
雑誌「LIFE」の写真管理部で働くウォルター・ミティは、思いを寄せる女性と会話もできない臆病者。唯一の特技は妄想することだった。ある日、「LIFE」表紙に使用する写真のネガが見当たらない気付いたウォルターはカメラマンを捜す旅へ出る。ニューヨークからグリーンランド、アイスランド、ヒマラヤへと奇想天外な旅がウォルターの人生を変えていく。
LIFE!/ライフ
Short Story
雑誌「LIFE」の写真管理部で働くウォルター・ミティは、思いを寄せる女性と会話もできない臆病者。唯一の特技は妄想することだった。ある日、「LIFE」表紙に使用する写真のネガが見当たらない気付いたウォルターはカメラマンを捜す旅へ出る。ニューヨークからグリーンランド、アイスランド、ヒマラヤへと奇想天外な旅がウォルターの人生を変えていく。
Public Speaking
Self (archive footage)
A feature-length documentary starring Fran Lebowitz, a writer known for her unique take on modern life. The film weaves together extemporaneous monologues with archival footage and the effect is a portrait of Fran's worldview and experiences.
The Greatest Man in the World
Writer
This version of James Thurber's tale tells the story of a young amateur pilot who beats Charles Lindbergh's feat of nonstop flying around the world--with his own unique ways of conserving fuel and energy.
James Thurber’s The Night the Ghost Got In
Writer
A scared kid starts all kinds of trouble. Kids' "horror" film based on the story by James Thurber.
The War Between Men and Women
Author
A sarcastic near-sighted cartoonist, averse to commitment, falls for a single mother of three — the only woman who can stand his strong anti-feminist opinions.
The Battle of the Sexes
Original Story
Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets Robert MacPherson, a businessman who asks for her help to bring his company into the 20th Century. The staff, led by Mr Martin, has other ideas—and a battle between the old and new business methods soon breaks out.
The Unicorn in the Garden
Story
Based on James Thurber's short-story about a mild, henpecked man who, while preparing his breakfast, looks out the window and sees a unicorn eating flowers in the garden. He rushes upstairs to inform his domineering wife, and she accuses him of being crazy and threatens to have him put away. He persists that he did see a unicorn in the garden, and she phones for the authorities to come take him away. But when they arrive, with strait-jackets, they find the wife rambling and raving about seeing the unicorn, and promptly take her away.
She's Working Her Way Through College
Theatre Play
Shapely burlesque dancer Hot Garters Gertie aka Angela Gardner meets her future drama professor. Her new landlady proves to be the professor's wife. Angela helps breath life into the annual school stage show...but someone has discovered her secret past.
虹を掴む男
Story
Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who hands him a little black book. According to her, it contains the locations of the Dutch crown jewels hidden since World War II. Soon, Mitty finds himself in the middle of a confusing conspiracy, where he has difficulty differentiating between fact and fiction.
The Male Animal
Theatre Play
The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild mannered English Professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose in class. Tommy is upset that his wife Ellen also suggested he not read the passage. Meanwhile, Ellen's old boyfriend, the football player Joe Ferguson, comes to visit for the homecoming weekend. He takes Ellen out dancing after the football rally, causing Tommy to worry that he will lose her to Joe.
Rise and Shine
Story
The college president, the head cheerleader and a gambling gangster try to keep a flunking football star in the game