Anthony Veiller
Nascimento : 1903-06-23, New York, New York, USA
Morte : 1965-06-27
História
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Anthony Veiller (23 June 1903 – 27 June 1965) was an American screenwriter and film producer. The son of the screenwriter Bayard Veiller and the English actress Margaret Wycherly, Anthony Veiller wrote for 41 films between 1934 and 1964.
He was born on 23 June 1903 in New York City to Bayard Veiller and Margaret Wycherly. He moved to Hollywood in 1930.
Veiller was twice nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. In 1937, he co-wrote (with Morrie Ryskind) the screenplay for Stage Door, starring Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers and Adolphe Menjou. This very loose adaptation of the play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Veiller was also Oscar-nominated for writing (with uncredited help from John Huston and Richard Brooks) The Killers (1946), an adaptation of the short story by Ernest Hemingway. This seminal example of film noir, which introduced Burt Lancaster to filmgoers, won an Edgar Award as best mystery film of 1946, and in 2008 was enshrined in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Veiller frequently worked with top directors. During the Second World War he worked with Frank Capra on several films in the documentary/propaganda film series collectively titled Why We Fight. In 1946 (the same year as The Killers), Veiller co-wrote The Stranger, directed by and starring Orson Welles. For State of the Union (1948), again directed by Capra, Veiller was credited as co-producer as well as co-writer. Veiller worked with director John Huston on several films: Moulin Rouge (1952), Beat the Devil (1953), The List of Adrian Messenger (1963), and The Night of the Iguana (1964), the film of the Tennessee Williams play that became Veiller's final screen credit.
Veiller died on 27 June 1965 of cancer, in Hollywood, California. He was buried in the St Mary Churchyard, Bepton, Chichester, West Sussex, England as was his mother.
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Part of Frank Capra's World War II propaganda series made for the U.S. Armed Forces, this program presents newsreel footage addressing the Battle of China and shifting opinion as the United States moves from isolationism to supporting the war. Highlights include Madame Chiang Kai-Shek's moving address to Congress, Edward R. Murrow's reports from London during the Blitz and Charles Lindbergh expressing his opposition to America entering the war.
Writer
Part of Frank Capra's World War II propaganda series made for the U.S. Armed Forces, this program presents newsreel footage addressing the Battle of China and shifting opinion as the United States moves from isolationism to supporting the war. Highlights include Madame Chiang Kai-Shek's moving address to Congress, Edward R. Murrow's reports from London during the Blitz and Charles Lindbergh expressing his opposition to America entering the war.
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Padre com a fé abalada ganha a vida conduzindo excursões de senhoras pelo México. Numa delas, ele se envolve com a sobrinha de uma das passageiras e vai parar em uma pousada onde, junto com a dona do lugar e uma estranha viajante, passa por situações que vão testar o seu limite.
Self
Behind the scenes documentary of the filming of Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana.
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Adrian Messenger pede a um amigo que verifique uma lista de nomes. E sai em uma viagem. Quando seu avião explode no céu a questão torna-se mais grave. Seu amigo começa a verificar a lista e cada nome parece ter morrido em circunstâncias misteriosas. Conforme ele vai descendo a lista, as mortes se tornam mais recentes. Então começa uma corrida para encontrar os sobreviventes restantes e descobrir porque cada um deles foi colocado nesta lista.
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Depois de se tornar rei do antigo Israel, Salomão enfrenta ameaças vindas de seu irmão ciumento e despossuído Adonias, o faraó egípcio e a intrigante rainha de Sabá. Pouco antes de sua morte no antigo Israel, o rei Davi teve uma visão de Deus dizendo que seu filho mais novo, Salomão, deveria sucedê-lo como rei. Seu outro filho, Adonias, é infeliz e pretende assumir o trono. Enquanto isso, o Faraó egípcio concorda em ceder um porto do Mar Vermelho para a rainha de Sabá, se ela encontrar uma maneira de destruir Salomão, cuja sabedoria e governo benevolente são vistos como uma ameaça para os monarcas mais tirânicos da região. A Rainha de Sabá, o Faraó, Adonias, os líderes das Doze Tribos e seu próprio Deus dificultam a vida de Salomão, que é tentado pela Rainha de Sabá a se desviar de seu caminho.
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An American wheeler-dealer woos a colonel's wife amid danger at a French Foreign Legion fort.
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The painfully true story of welterweight boxing champion Barney Ross is detailed in Monkey on My Back. Cameron Mitchell stars as Ross, whose meteoric ring career is interrupted when he joins the Marines at the outset of WWII. A highly decorated hero, Ross contracts malaria oversees and is given morphine to assuage the pain. By the time he returns to the states, Ross is a confirmed drug addict. Before he can rise to the top again, he must hit rock bottom and his descent into the hell of narcotics dependency is graphically illustrated (so much so that the film was almost denied a Production Code seal). Though a cured Barney Ross served as technical advisor for Monkey on My Back, he ended up suing the producers for defamation of character -- and lost.
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Wealthy eccentric Sir Vincent Brampton and his fiancée Linda Latham hire Ken Duffield to lead them on a jungle hunt. Duffield is looking for the murderer of his son; he gets the killer and Linda.
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In 1570, widowed Princess Ana de Mendoza becomes the love object of a deadly rivalry between her cousin Don Inigo, King Philip II of Spain and his secretary of state Antonio Perez.
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Born into aristocracy, Toulouse-Lautrec moves to Paris to pursue his art as he hangs out at the Moulin Rouge where he feels like he fits in being a misfit among other misfits. Yet, because of the deformity of his legs from an accident, he believes he is never destined to experience the true love of a woman. But that lack of love in his life may change as he meets two women
Writer
Husband-and-wife scientists (Peter Graves, Andrea King) pick up a pie-in-the-sky TV message supposedly from Mars.
Producer
Husband-and-wife scientists (Peter Graves, Andrea King) pick up a pie-in-the-sky TV message supposedly from Mars.
Producer
During the winter of 1943, the German army halted the American advance in the mountains of Italy; back-and-forth combat decimates Joe Peterson's platoon. On leave in Naples, Joe meets WAC lieutenant Eleanor MacKay; initially cool, she begins to melt during a bombing raid. Their romance develops despite Joe's periodic returns to the front. But whether he'll come back in the end becomes more than doubtful...
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Ex-gunfighter Ned Britt returns to Fort Worth after the civil war to help run a newspaper which is against ambitious men and their schemes for control.
Producer
New Federal marshal Len Merrick saves Tim Keith from lynching at the hands of the Roden clan, and hopes to get him to Santa Loma for trial. Vindictive Ned Roden, whose son Ed was killed, still wants personal revenge, and Tim would like to escape before Ned catches up with him again. Can the marshal make it across the desert with Tim and his daughter? Even if he makes it, will justice be served?
Producer
After the Civil War, Confederate soldier Blayde Hollister travels to Dallas to avenge the savage murder of his family. Discovering his enemy is now an esteemed citizen, Hollister plots to expose the outlaw and his syndicate.
Producer
Matt Brennan encontra Jo Holloway, a garota da Cruz Vermelha que ele namorou na Europa quando era aviador na Segunda Guerra Mundial, quando lhe foi oferecido um emprego pela fabricante de jatos Leland Willis como piloto de teste. Carl Troxell, quer vender um cockpit de fuga para a Força Aérea. Ele quer que Matt pare a apresentação do JA-3, o protótipo que não inclui o assento de ejeção, para lhe dar mais tempo para o JA-4 experimental. Mas Matt não acredita que ainda seja seguro o suficiente para tentar. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
Producer
When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey goes on a search for his army buddy Steve Connolly. A reformed crook, Connolly is on the lam from a trumped-up murder rap, and Corey hopes to clear his pal. Tagging along is Army nurse Julie Benson, who has fallen for Corey.
Producer
In Colorado territory, outlaw Wes McQueen escapes jail to pull a railroad robbery but, upon meeting pretty settler Julie Ann, he wonders about going straight. Western remake of High Sierra with Joel McCrea taking over the Humphrey Bogart role.
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Um empresário é levado a candidatar-se a presidente dos EUA, mas isso requer compromissos desconfortáveis tanto no nível político quanto no matrimonial.
Kay Thordyke adora Grant Matthews e ajuda-o a se tornar o candidato republicano para a presidência dos EUA. A máquina do partido começa a se preocupar quando Grant começa a colocar suas próprias ideias. Em um importante jantar importante, sua esposa Mary condena os políticos corruptos, o que incentiva Grant a começar a falar com mais coragem.
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Pistoleiros matam uma vítima que não resiste, e o investigador Reardon descobre seu envolvimento passado com a bela e mortal Kitty Collins. Dois assassinos profissionais invadem uma pequena cidade e matam um atendente de posto de gasolina, "o sueco", que os espera sem opor nenhuma resistência. O investigador de seguros Reardon investiga o caso contra as ordens de seu chefe, que considera o caso trivial. Juntando os fios da vida do sueco, Reardon descobre uma complexa história de traição e crime, tudo ligando com a deslumbrante e misteriosa Kitty Collins.
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Charles Rankin (Orson Welles), um ex-chefe de campo de concentração nazista, vive sob a identidade de um correto professor universitário em uma pequena cidade. Ele deve tomar cuidado, pois toda a verdade está para vir à tona. Dirigido por Orson Welles e indicado ao Oscar de Melhor Roteiro Original.
Narrator (uncredited)
A "know-your-enemy" propaganda film similar to "Know Your Enemy: Japan" and "My Japan", films about Japan with the same objective. It contains a history of the prelude to WW II, the death camps and other Nazi war crimes, and commentary on the character of the German people. Directed by Frank Capra, this film is in essentially the same format as his "Why We Fight" series. It was intended to be shown to American troops participating in the invasion and occupation of Germany. But by the time it was ready, events had overtaken it -- Germany was already well on its way to falling -- so the film was shelved. Although it is readily available for public-domain viewing on the Internet, it has never been widely distributed or shown.
Writer
Your Job In Germany is a short film made for the United States War Department in 1945 just before Victory in Europe Day (VE). It was shown to US soldiers about to go on occupation duty in Germany. The film was made by the military film unit commanded by Frank Capra and was written by Theodor Geisel, better known by his pen name Dr. Seuss.
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The sixth film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series illustrates Japan's occupation of China, including Madame Chiang Kai-Shek's stirring address before congress, the rape of Nanking, the great 2,000 mile migration, and Claire Chennault's Flying Tigers.
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War - Documentary film depicting the attack by Allied forces on the Japanese strong-holds of Arawe Beach and Cape Gloucester, New Britain, in the South Pacific theatre of the Second World War in 1943. - Leo Genn, Burgess Meredith, Anthony Veiller
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"A Batalha da Rússia". Um documentário realizado com imagens exclusivas, filmadas pelos soldados ou capturadas do inimigo. É a história da resistência do povo soviético diante dos temidos nazistas. Em 22 de junho de 1941 a Alemanha invade a antiga URSS. O Exército de Hitler acredita em uma batalha rápida, em poucos meses. Acreditavam poder aniquiliar as principais forças do exército soviético e ocupar a parte européia do território com o objetivo de destruir o Estado Socialista e se apoderar de suas riquezas antes do início do temível inversno soviético. Subestimavam a capacidade de resistência soviética, do Exército Vermelho e da liderança do Partido Comunista comandado pelo secretário-geral, Josef Stalin. Em História das Guerras você terá a oportunidade de ver o quanto o exército Nazista estava profundamente enganado.
Director
Embora a Batalha da Inglaterra tenha sido relativamente curta - 20 semanas - para os pilotos parecia não ter fim, a simples luta pela sobrevivência impelia os dois lados. A Batalha da Inglaterra não terminou simplesmente, cessou depois que o outono forçou Hitler a abandonar a operação Seelöwe (Leão Marinho), seu plano de invasão ao Reino Unido. Somente quando o inverno se aproximou, os ingleses se deram conta de que haviam sobrevivido à batalha. Com a queda da Noruega, Dinamarca e França, em junho de 1940, a Luftwaffe ganhou importantes bases aéreas para se lançar no maior combate aéreo da história. A vitória parecia possível partindo da costa francesa pelo Canal da Mancha. As forças aéreas alemãs tornaram-se invencíveis desde a conquista da Polônia e da França; além disso, tinham o avião Messerschmitt Bf 109E, um dos mais formidáveis caças do mundo, tinham ótimos pilotos, comandados por ases da I Guerra Mundial.
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Um capitão francês (Jean-Pierre Aumont) se apresenta como nazista para localizar uma base de submarinos na costa da França, enquanto assume a identidade de um cidadão francês "Parecido com ele".
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A flirt tries to make her fiancée jealous by hiring a gigolo.
Writer
Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was made to convince American troops of the necessity of combating the Axis Powers during World War II. This film examines the differences between democratic and fascist states.
Producer
Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City studio apartment with Polish immigrant painter Stefan Janowski. The big city doles out joy and misery indiscriminately: In the apartment below Victor and Steve, Gus Nelson learns that his wife has given birth to quintuplets, while the lonely tenant in the apartment below Gus has given up on life and committed suicide.
Producer
A hermit's idyllic life on an island is disturbed by the arrival of a bunch of cutthroats.
Producer
The managers of a teak lumber camp in Burma compete for the affections of a beautiful American entertainer who gets stranded in Rangoon.
Producer
Millionaire Baron de Courland and his fiancée Linda Stewart employ Jim Logan as a guide for their hunting trip in the jungle. Linda finds unplanned adventure in her sudden love for Jim, ultimately forsaking her future with the Baron for the joys of true love.
Producer
Two men searching for black pearls are marooned on an island when their crew mutinies. There they run into a beautiful girl who had been washed up on the island in her childhood. They must fight angry natives and a typhoon in order to survive.
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A doctor's medical studies are threatened by his infatuation with a Chinese girl. The girl returns to China, but complications ensue when she runs into him in Nanking during a Japanese bombing raid.
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When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.
Treatment
A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fights lawlessness and corruption through unorthodox methods. Templar sets his sights on individual crimes bosses, and after bringing down two vicious leaders through disguise and deception, discovers that there is a mastermind behind all the city's crime.
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A down-on-his-luck songwriter attempts to peddle musical compositions of a naive Arkansas hillbilly under his own name. Comedy.
Screenplay
Terry Randall, linda socialite, decidiu ver se consegue entrar em cena teatral na Broadway sem suas conexões familiares. Ela vai morar em uma pensão teatral e vê sua vida igual as dos outros moradores, ou seja, a sempre presente decepção que aspirantes teatrais devem tolerar. Sua companheira de quarto faladeira, Jean, é abordado por um produtor poderoso para mais do que apenas um papel. E o pai de Terry decidiu dar a sua carreira um empurrão ao apoiar uma produção para ela estrelar, no qual ela será certamente um fracasso. Mas suas maquinações doem mais do que apenas em Terry.
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In the face of rebellion in Russia, Czar Alexander II sends soldier Michael Strogoff 2,000 miles away, with a critical message for Grand Duke Vladimir. On the train journey, Michael befriends a traveler and comes into contact with a mysterious spy, who both unexpectedly aid him in his quest. Once behind enemy lines, Michael is near his hometown and his mother, whom he must avoid in order to fulfill his mission.
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A man is determined to find the real culprit behind the crime for which his father was wrongly executed.
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A Victorian-era woman struggles to break free of the moral codes established by society and enforced by her father.
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A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a race track by his mystery writer ex-wife.
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Civilized wife doesn't protest when husband runs off with uncivilized professional golfer pretending to be civilized.
Writer
A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. However, peace and quiet are the last things he gets, as there are some very strange goings-on at the establishment.
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A young poet, accompanied by his new bride, returns home to his large family at their Canadian farm.
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Constance, a poor but aspiring composer, meets the great conductor, Franz, through their old music teacher. They fall in love, despite Constance knowing about Franz's weakness for pretty women.
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When a dancer disappears from a theater, Clay Dalzell is asked to investigate, leading him on a trail of murder and deception.
Writer
A psychotic man stalks three innocent people whom he believes are responsible for his brother's death.
Story
After an extended stay in England, Sophie Lang returns to America. She is beautiful, sophisticated--and a notorious jewel thief. A New York police detective who's been trying to nail her finally comes up with what seems a foolproof scheme--to catch her off guard by having her fall for a handsome and suave jewel thief who happens to be in the U.S. traveling under an assumed name.
Producer
Jack Brookfield, a gambler with clairvoyant and hypnotic powers, is able to win at cards through his unique gift. But when he inadvertently hypnotizes young Clay Thorne, Thorne kills an enemy of Brookfield's while under a trance. No one believes Brookfield's protestations that Thorne is innocent of any murderous intent, so Brookfield teams up with retired lawyer Martin Prentice in hopes of saving the young man from the gallows.
Writer
Jack Brookfield, a gambler with clairvoyant and hypnotic powers, is able to win at cards through his unique gift. But when he inadvertently hypnotizes young Clay Thorne, Thorne kills an enemy of Brookfield's while under a trance. No one believes Brookfield's protestations that Thorne is innocent of any murderous intent, so Brookfield teams up with retired lawyer Martin Prentice in hopes of saving the young man from the gallows.
