Charles Walters
Nascimento : 1911-11-15, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Morte : 1982-08-13
História
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Charles Walters (November 11, 1911 – August 13, 1982) was a Hollywood director and choreographer most noted for his work in MGM musicals and comedies in from the 1940s to the 1960s.
He was born in Pasadena, California, and educated at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
He is notable for directing Esther Williams' musicals involving underwater swimming and diving sequences, such as Dangerous When Wet, as well as several musicals starring Leslie Caron, such as Gigi (for which he is uncredited) and Lili. He has also directed musical remakes, including High Society, a remake of The Philadelphia Story (1940), and Bundle of Joy, a remake of Bachelor Mother (1939). Walters also directed the last pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, The Barkleys of Broadway, as well as Cary Grant in the actor's last film Walk, Don't Run.
Walters died from lung cancer at the age of 71.
According to William J. Mann's book, "Behind the Screen", Walters was gay.
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Following twenty-three years of marriage to a philandering husband, divorcee Catherine Curtis begins life anew as a single woman.
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Lucille Ball stars with the Great One, Jackie Gleason, combining their comedic talents for the first time in a trio of comedy-dramas centered on the various aspects of marriage.
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During the housing shortage of the Summer Olympic Games in 1964, two men and a woman share a small apartment in Tokyo, and the older man soon starts playing Cupid to the younger pair.
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Adaptação do musical escrito por Meredith Willson e Richard Morris, exibido no teatro, que conta a história baseada em fatos reais de uma jovem simples que se casa com mineirador. Este encontra uma fortuna em ouro, e a garota, antes miserável, passa a viver no luxo e na riqueza.
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É o início de 1900. The Wonder Circus é um circo itinerante de propriedade e operado por Anthony "Pop" Wonder, que atua como um dos palhaços, e sua filha Kitty Wonder, que atua como uma trapezista e cavaleira. Embora Kitty ame Pop, ela odeia o seu vício de jogo que coloca o circo no buraco pela dívida. Eles e os seus funcionários tratam o circo como uma grande família, especialmente Lulu a cartomante que quer ser a Sra. Pop, mas os funcionários não podem ser tão leais se eles não estão recebendo o salário. Assim, muitos dos artistas deixam ou ameaçam deixar o circo para se juntar ao principal concorrente do Wonder Circus, o Noble Circus de propriedade do poderoso e unha de fome John Noble. Apesar de Pop e Kitty não quererem que ninguém deixe seu emprego, a única atração que eles nunca vão deixar de ir embora é Jumbo, seu elefante treinado, que Noble já tentou comprar no passado. Como muitos artistas de saida, eis que surge Sam Rawlins. E aí...
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American-born Anna Vorontosov teaches school in a remote, primitive section of northern New Zealand. Her experimental teaching methods have won her the love and affection of her pupils and their parents and the admiration of the unhappily married school inspector, Abercrombie. Her personal life, however, is less secure; frightened of love and sexually inhibited, she has always been aloof with men. Eager to break down this barrier is Englishman Paul Lathrope, a somewhat irrational and immature fellow teacher who aspires to be a singer. Though Anna is attracted to him, she refuses to submit to his advances.
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O Oklahoma Land Run de abril de 1889 define o cenário para uma saga épica de um aventureiro de fronteira, sua esposa, sua família e seus amigos. A saga épica de uma família de fronteira, Cimarron começa com o Oklahoma Land Rush em 22 de abril de 1889. A família Cravet transforma seu jornal Oklahoma Wigwam em um império comercial e Yancey Cravet é o idealista aventureiro que, para a raiva de sua esposa, desperdiça a oportunidade de se tornar governador, pois isso significa ajudar a espoliar os nativos americanos de suas terras e recursos.
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O crítico e professor de teatro Larry McKay (David Niven), sua esposa Kay (Doris Day), e seus quatro filhos se mudam de seu apertado apartamento em Manhattan para uma velha e grande casa de campo. Enquanto a dona de casa Kay se adapta a vida suburbana, Larry continua desfrutando do teatro e das festas de Nova York. Kay logo começa a questionar a fidelidade de Larry quando ele menciona um encontro com a estrela da Broadway Deborah Vaughn (Janis Paige). - traduzido de Daniel Bubbeo
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Meg is a young wide-eyed girl who is endures many calamities in her search for a husband in modern-day New York. After losing her suitcase at Penn Station, being kicked out by her roommate, and changing bosses because her boss made a pass at her, she finds herself looking for work at a Manhattan motivational research agency run by punctilious Miles Doughton and his playboy brother, Evan.
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Madison Avenue-trained Navy men handle public relations on a South Pacific island during World War II.
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Os amigos da infância Tracy Lord (Grace Kelly) e C.K. Dexter-Haven (Bing Crosby) se casaram e se divorciaram muito rapidamente. Agora, Tracy está prestes a se casar de novo, desta vez com um esperto empresário alpinista social. Bing ainda a ama. A revista Spy chantageia a família da Grace ameaçando revelar as façanhas do pai playboy se não for permitida fazer a cobertura jornalística do casamento.
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Os amigos da infância Tracy Lord (Grace Kelly) e C.K. Dexter-Haven (Bing Crosby) se casaram e se divorciaram muito rapidamente. Agora, Tracy está prestes a se casar de novo, desta vez com um esperto empresário alpinista social. Bing ainda a ama. A revista Spy chantageia a família da Grace ameaçando revelar as façanhas do pai playboy se não for permitida fazer a cobertura jornalística do casamento.
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O futuro não oferece mistérios para Julie Gillis. Ela tem toda a vida traçada com ricos detalhes, como por exemplo, saber onde a foto do seu casamento ficará pendurada ou quantos peixes dourados ela terá em seu aquário. Julie até sabe que se casará no próximo dia 12 de março. Ela somente não sabe com quem se casará. Mas é quase certo que seu marido será Frank Sinatra. Os 'Velhos Olhos Azuis' estrelam essa deliciosa comédia romântica e ainda interpreta a música-tema, que se tornaria um dos grandes hits do cantor. Debbie Reynolds interpreta Julie, que prepara uma armadilha para capturar o coração de um agente de talentos de Manhattan, que se dedica a vida, à liberdade e à felicidade da solteirice. Esta pode ser uma Armadilha Amorosa. Mas graças a Sinatra, Reynolds e grandes intérpretes de comédia, como Celeste Holm, David Wayne e Carolyn Jones, ninguém sairá ferido dela.
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Musical adaptation of the story of Cinderella and her magical trip to the prince's ball.
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Two men vie for the heart of a Cypress Gardens swimming star.
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Jenny Stewart is a tough Broadway musical star who doesn't take criticism from anyone. Yet there is one individual, Tye Graham, a blind pianist who may be able to break through her tough exterior.
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The health conscious, dairy-farming Higgins family begin each day with an invigorating swim. One day, traveling health-tonic salesman, Windy Weebe, comes to town and suggests they could swim the English Channel. Sponsored by "Liquapep" and coached by Windy, the family arrive in Europe. There it is decided that daughter Katie is the only one strong enough to enter the contest. But while she should be focused on the difficult and risky task ahead, Katie is pursed by dashing Frenchman, André Lanet... This comedic musical is well remembered for the scene when Katie dreams she is swimming with cartoon characters Tom & Jerry!
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The health conscious, dairy-farming Higgins family begin each day with an invigorating swim. One day, traveling health-tonic salesman, Windy Weebe, comes to town and suggests they could swim the English Channel. Sponsored by "Liquapep" and coached by Windy, the family arrive in Europe. There it is decided that daughter Katie is the only one strong enough to enter the contest. But while she should be focused on the difficult and risky task ahead, Katie is pursed by dashing Frenchman, André Lanet... This comedic musical is well remembered for the scene when Katie dreams she is swimming with cartoon characters Tom & Jerry!
Dancer (uncredited)
Members of a circus troupe "adopt" Lili Daurier when she finds herself stranded in a strange town. The magician who first comes to her rescue already has romantic entanglements and thinks of her as a little girl. Who can she turn to but the puppets, singing to them her troubles, forgetting that there are puppeteers? A crowd gathers around Lili as she sings. The circus has a new act. She now has a job. Will she get her heart's desire?
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Members of a circus troupe "adopt" Lili Daurier when she finds herself stranded in a strange town. The magician who first comes to her rescue already has romantic entanglements and thinks of her as a little girl. Who can she turn to but the puppets, singing to them her troubles, forgetting that there are puppeteers? A crowd gathers around Lili as she sings. The circus has a new act. She now has a job. Will she get her heart's desire?
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In squeaky-clean New York at the turn of the century, playboy Charlie Hill falls so much in love that he can walk on air. The object of his affections is beautiful Angela Bonfils, a mission house worker in the Bowery. He promises to reform his dissolute life, even trying to do an honest day's work.
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A Texas carnival showmen team is mistaken for a cattle baron and his sister.
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A stewardess becomes romantically involved with an airline pilot, a college professor, and a successful businessman...all of whom are named Mike. When the three find out about each other, she has to decide which one she loves the most.
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Como favor a sua irmã Abigail, a fazendeira de Nova Inglaterra, Jane Falbury, permite que um grupo de atores use seu celeiro como teatro para sua peça. Em troca, o elenco e a equipe precisam ajudá-la nas tarefas da fazenda. Durante os ensaios, Jane se vê apaixonada pelo diretor do programa, Joe Ross, que também se envolve com a atriz principal da peça, Abigail.
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Josh e Dinah Barkley formam um casal de sucesso, especializado em comédias musicais. É verdade que eles têm lá suas desavenças, mas nada muito sério. Entretanto, quando um empresário cisma que Dinah pode ser uma grande atriz dramática -- e ela se deixa convencer --, a casa vem abaixo...
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Um artista de nightclub contrata uma ingênua Menina do Coro para ser sua nova parceira de dança para deixar sua ex-parceira ciumenta e para provar que ele pode transformar qualquer parceira em uma estrela. Na véspera da Páscoa em 1911, Don Hewes é surpreendido quando sua parceira de dança (e também sua paixão) Nadine Hale se recusa a renovar o contrato com ele. Para provar que Nadine não é importante para ele, Don contrata uma ingênua Menina do Coro, Hannah Brown, prometendo fazer dela uma estrela a tempo para o desfile de Páscoa do próximo ano. Cheio de Melodia! Cheio de Amor!
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At fictitious Tait University in the Roaring '20s, co-ed and school librarian Connie Lane falls for football hero Tommy Marlowe. Unfortunately, he has his eye on gold-digging vamp Pat McClellan. Tommy's grades start to slip, which keeps him from playing in the big game. Connie eventually finds out Tommy really loves her and devises a plan to win him back and to get him back on the field.
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A young woman who is unable to pay her rent gets some unexpected help when the other tenants throw a last-minute rent party in her apartment. In the process, they all charm the landlady out of a year's rent. The entire story is told in song (swing music) and dance (Jitterbug, Lindy Hop etc.).
Sailor (uncredited)
When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.
Choreographer
No ano que antecedeu a Feira Mundial de St. Louis de 1904, as quatro filhas dos Smith aprendem lições de vida e amor, mesmo que se preparem para uma mudança relutante para Nova York. Agora Seremos Felizes é muito mais que um musical. É a encantadora história de uma família na virada do século, repleta de magias e recordações. Judy Garland é Esther Smith, uma garota da agitada cidade de St. Louis que, junto com sua família, tem que se mudar para Nova York. Como se não bastasse deixar todos os seus amigos para trás, ela ainda irá perder a sensacional Feira Mundial de St. Louis de 1904. Esther precisa fazer alguma coisa para evitar essa tragédia!
Dancer (uncredited)
Rich kid Danny Churchill has a taste for wine, women and song, but not for higher education. So his father ships him to an all-male college out West where there's not supposed to be a female for miles. But before Danny arrives, he spies a pair of legs extending out from under a stalled roadster. They belong to the Dean's granddaughter, Ginger Gray, who is more interested in keeping the financially strapped college open than falling for Danny's romantic line. At least at first...
Lily's Dance Partner in Finale
Starstruck Indiana small-town girl Lily is pestering theatrical producer John Thornway for a role but he is reluctant.
