John Van Druten

Nascimento : 1901-06-01,

Morte : 1957-12-19

Filmes

Cabaret
Theatre Play
A filmed stage performance of the 1993 London revival. Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Skyfall) directed this new production for the Donmar Warehouse in London's West End. It starred Jane Horrocks as Sally, Adam Godley as Cliff, Alan Cumming as the Emcee and Sara Kestelman as Fräulein Schneider. Cumming received an Olivier Award nomination for his performance and Kestelman won the Olivier for Best Supporting Performance in a Musical. Mendes's conception was very different from either the original production or the conventional first revival. The most significant change was the character of the Emcee. The role, as played by Joel Grey in both prior incarnations, was an asexual, edgy character dressed in a tuxedo with rouged cheeks. Alan Cumming's portrayal was highly sexualized, as he wore suspenders (i.e. braces) around his crotch and red paint on his nipples.
Ricas e Famosas
Theatre Play
Two literary women compete for 20 years: one writes for the critics; the other one, to get rich.
Το Κορίτσι Του Καμπαρέ
Writer
Cabaret
Screenplay
Berlim no início da década de 30. O nazismo fazia sua ascensão meteórica, mas a grande maioria das pessoas ainda não tinha noção do terrível poder que aquela força política se transformaria. Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli), uma jovem americana que canta em um cabaré e sonha em ser tornar uma estrela, se apaixona por Brian Roberts (Michael York), que é bissexual. Ambos se envolvem com Maximillian von Heune (Helmut Griem), um rico e nobre alemão. Quando Sally fica grávida, Brian diz que quer casar e declara não se importar de quem seja o filho. Mas o futuro lhes reserva outro destino.
Cabaret
Theatre Play
Berlim no início da década de 30. O nazismo fazia sua ascensão meteórica, mas a grande maioria das pessoas ainda não tinha noção do terrível poder que aquela força política se transformaria. Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli), uma jovem americana que canta em um cabaré e sonha em ser tornar uma estrela, se apaixona por Brian Roberts (Michael York), que é bissexual. Ambos se envolvem com Maximillian von Heune (Helmut Griem), um rico e nobre alemão. Quando Sally fica grávida, Brian diz que quer casar e declara não se importar de quem seja o filho. Mas o futuro lhes reserva outro destino.
Sortilégio do Amor
Theatre Play
Gillian Holroyd é apenas uma comum e moderna bruxa vivendo em um apartamento em Nova York com Pyewacket, seu gato Siamês. Mas um dia um bonito editor, Shep Henderson, entra em seu prédio para ser um novo vizinho. Gillian decide que ela quer ficar com ele. Especialmente porque acontece que ele vai se casar com Merle Kittridge, uma velha e venenosa Amiga Por Correspondência de Gillian da época de faculdade. Assim, Gillian lança um feitiço sobre Shep. Mas seus poderes correm o risco de serem exorcizados por algo mais forte do que a rotina de sortilégios, o Amor.
I Am a Camera
Theatre Play
Just before the Nazis ascend to power in Berlin, Chris, an aspiring novelist from England, meets flamboyant cabaret entertainer Sally Bowles and an unusual friendship is born. As Sally feeds her extravagant tastes, Chris goes along for the ride, until their Jewish pal, Fritz, encounters trouble.
Main Street to Broadway
Self
In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspiration when his agent convinces a stage star to take his next effort. When he returns to Broadway, his girl stays behind and starts seeing a local businessman.
I Remember Mama
Adaptation
Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children, a devoted husband and a highly-educated lodger who reads great literature to the family every evening. Through financial crises, illnesses and the small triumphs of everyday life, Marta maintains her optimism and sense of humor, traits she passes on to her aspiring-author daughter, Katrin.
The Voice of the Turtle
Theatre Play
An aspiring Broadway actress falls in love with a soldier on leave during a weekend in New York City.
The Voice of the Turtle
Screenplay
An aspiring Broadway actress falls in love with a soldier on leave during a weekend in New York City.
À Meia Luz
Screenplay
Anos depois de sua tia ser assassinada em sua casa, uma jovem se muda de volta para casa com seu novo marido. No entanto, ele tem um segredo e fará qualquer coisa para protegê-lo mesmo que isso signifique enlouquecer sua esposa.
Uma Velha Amizade
Theatre Play
Two writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives.
Uma Velha Amizade
Screenplay
Two writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives.
Johnny Come Lately
Screenplay
Cagney is a human dynamo as a drifter who helps save ailing Grace George from losing her newspaper. The pace is fast, and audiences of all ages will be pleased. The supporting cast, have all the small-town characterizations down pat -- with Margaret Hamilton a standout. Cagney himself, had genuine affection for this film, and listed it among his top five movie-making experiences at a retrospective the year before he died.
Minha Vida com Caroline
Screenplay
A man thinks his high-spirited wife is cheating on him.
One Night In Lisbon
Writer
Saucy screwball comedy wherein lovely Madeleine falls in love with flier Fred despite interference from her fiancee and his ex.
Boa Sorte
Screenplay
Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.
Raffles, O Ladrão Amador
Screenplay
Man about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Meeting Gwen from his schooldays and falling in love all over again, he spends the weekend with her parents, Lord and Lady Melrose. A necklace presents an irresistible temptation, but also in attendance is Scotland Yard's finest, finally on the trail.
Parnell - O Rei Sem Coroa
Screenplay
Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his relationship with married Katie O'Shea threatens to ruin all his dreams of freedom.
Night Must Fall
Screenplay
Wealthy widow Mrs. Bramson notices that her maid is distracted, and when she learns the girl's fiancé, Danny, is the reason, she summons him in. Mrs. Bramson's niece Olivia takes a liking to Danny, and comes to believe that he may have been involved in the disappearance of a local woman.
If I Were Free
Theatre Play
A recently divorced interior decorator falls in love with a married barrister.
After Office Hours
Screenplay
A bird's-eye view of life in a City of London office.
New Morals for Old
Theatre Play
Proper parents who treat their adult children as teenagers have a son who wants to go to Paris to study art, and a daughter in love with a married man.
Unfaithful
Writer
In this society drama set in contemporary England, a noblewoman pretends to be an adulteress in order to protect her sister-in-law, who actually is.
Young Woodley
Theatre Play
A schoolboy falls in love with his teacher's young wife.
Young Woodley
Dialogue
A schoolboy falls in love with his teacher's young wife.
The Careless Age
Theatre Play
Directed by John Griffith Wray. With Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Carmel Myers, Holmes Herbert, Kenneth Thomson.