Maxwell Anderson

Рождение : 1888-12-15, Atlantic, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Смерть : 1959-02-28

История

James Maxwell Anderson (15 December 1888 – 28 February 1959) was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist and lyricist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maxwell Anderson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Фильмы

Вспоминая Ингрид Бергман
Self (archive footage)
Документальный фильм о жизни и творчестве актрисы Ингрид Бергман с личными представлениями ее дочерей Пиа Линдстром и Изабеллы Росселлини.
The Bad Seed
Theatre Play
Rachel is a 9-year-old girl who is perfection itself - unless she's crossed or challenged. Several disturbing recent incidents have led Rachel's mother Christine to suspect that her child is a latent murderess. Upon discovering that she herself is the daughter of a convicted killer, Christine becomes convinced that sweet little Rachel is a "bad seed" - an inherent killer who feels no remorse because she doesn't know any better.
Valley Forge
Writer
George Washington struggles to hold his army together at a critical point during the Revolutionary War.
Lost in the Stars
Lyricist
A black South African minister searches the unfamiliar back alleys and shantytowns of Johannesburg for his son.
Lost in the Stars
Theatre Play
A black South African minister searches the unfamiliar back alleys and shantytowns of Johannesburg for his son.
Тысяча дней Анны
Theatre Play
Английский король Генрих VIII всю жизнь мечтал о наследнике, но его жена, королева Екатерина Арагонская за долгие годы совместной жизни произвела на свет лишь дочь. Король просит у Папы римского разрешения на развод. Генрих хочет сделать новой королевой восемнадцатилетнюю Анну Болейн, уже беременную от него. Из Ватикана приходит отказ на просьбу короля. В 1533 году Генрих VIII идет на разрыв с католической церковью и становится основателем новой церкви — англиканской. Генрих устраняет все препятствия и добивается коронации Анны. Но его надеждам не суждено оправдаться, Анна приносит мужу еще одну дочь. Их брак продлится недолго, всего три года. Затем Анна Болейн будет обвинена своим мужем в прелюбодеянии и обезглавлена. В скором времени Генрих женится на другой, надеясь, что новая избранница все же родит ему сына…
The Star Wagon
Writer
The Star Wagon is a play in black and white starring Dustin Hoffman.
The Bad Seed
Story
Alev seems like your average, sweet eight-year-old girl. When her rival at school dies in mysterious circumstances at the school picnic her mother starts to suspect that Alev was responsible.
Полуночное кружево
Songs
Кит Престон начинает звонить таинственный незнакомец, угрожающий её убить. Испуганная, она рассказывает об этом мужу, подруге, лондонской полиции, но поскольку у Кит нет никаких доказательств этих угроз, ей никто не верит.
Бен-Гур
Additional Writing
Действие фильма начинается в Палестине в 26 году от Рождества Христова. Два друга, еврей Бен Гур и римлянин Мессала, встречаются после долгой разлуки взрослыми людьми и понимают, что дружба уже невозможна…
Never Steal Anything Small
Theatre Play
Director Charles Lederer's 1959 musical stars James Cagney as an unscrupulous longshoreman who'll resort to every dirty trick in the book to win his union's presidency.
Не тот человек
Story
Генри Фонда играет музыканта Мэнни Балестреро, человека, переполненного скрытой яростью из-за своего ошибочного ареста. Вера Майлз, в роли его подавленной горем жены Роуз, которую суровые испытания доводят до сумасшествия.
Не тот человек
Screenplay
Генри Фонда играет музыканта Мэнни Балестреро, человека, переполненного скрытой яростью из-за своего ошибочного ареста. Вера Майлз, в роли его подавленной горем жены Роуз, которую суровые испытания доводят до сумасшествия.
Дурная кровь
Theatre Play
Кристин Пенмарк всегда считала, что её дочь Рода — идеальная девочка: скромная, вежливая и заботливая. Но когда на одном из школьных конкурсов Рода заняла второе место, а победителя вскоре нашли мёртвым, Кристин начала замечать, что характер дочери резко изменился.
High Tor
Lyricist
High Tor is a 1936 play by Maxwell Anderson. Twenty years after the original production, Anderson adapted it into a television musical with Arthur Schwartz. Anderson first considered a musical adaptation of High Tor for television in 1949. He and John Monks Jr. adapted the play as a made-for-television musical fantasy in 1955, with music by Arthur Schwartz and lyrics by Anderson. High Tor was filmed in November 1955 by Desilu Productions at the RKO-Pathé Studio and broadcast March 10, 1956 on the CBS television network, as a 90-minute episode of the series Ford Star Jubilee. Bing Crosby, Julie Andrews, Nancy Olson, Hans Conreid, and Keenan Wynn starred in the film, produced by Arthur Schwartz, and directed by James Neilson.
High Tor
Theatre Play
High Tor is a 1936 play by Maxwell Anderson. Twenty years after the original production, Anderson adapted it into a television musical with Arthur Schwartz. Anderson first considered a musical adaptation of High Tor for television in 1949. He and John Monks Jr. adapted the play as a made-for-television musical fantasy in 1955, with music by Arthur Schwartz and lyrics by Anderson. High Tor was filmed in November 1955 by Desilu Productions at the RKO-Pathé Studio and broadcast March 10, 1956 on the CBS television network, as a 90-minute episode of the series Ford Star Jubilee. Bing Crosby, Julie Andrews, Nancy Olson, Hans Conreid, and Keenan Wynn starred in the film, produced by Arthur Schwartz, and directed by James Neilson.
High Tor
Writer
High Tor is a 1936 play by Maxwell Anderson. Twenty years after the original production, Anderson adapted it into a television musical with Arthur Schwartz. Anderson first considered a musical adaptation of High Tor for television in 1949. He and John Monks Jr. adapted the play as a made-for-television musical fantasy in 1955, with music by Arthur Schwartz and lyrics by Anderson. High Tor was filmed in November 1955 by Desilu Productions at the RKO-Pathé Studio and broadcast March 10, 1956 on the CBS television network, as a 90-minute episode of the series Ford Star Jubilee. Bing Crosby, Julie Andrews, Nancy Olson, Hans Conreid, and Keenan Wynn starred in the film, produced by Arthur Schwartz, and directed by James Neilson.
A Christmas Carol
Adaptation
A Christmas Carol was written in London by Charles Dickens in 1843. Since that time it has been the subject of countless adaptations for theatrical productions, radio, film, television, and even the opera! This musical version, adapted by Maxwell Anderson for the television show Shower of Stars, features Fredric March (The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit) as the misanthropic Ebenezer Scrooge, who's redemption comes after a ghostly night-time journey through his Christmas Past, Present and Future, and March received an Emmy nomination for his portrayal. The great Basil Rathbone (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) co-stars as the ghost of Scrooge's dead partner Jacob Marley, in what many consider to be the best and most chilling portrayal of Marley ever.
A Christmas Carol
Teleplay
A Christmas Carol was written in London by Charles Dickens in 1843. Since that time it has been the subject of countless adaptations for theatrical productions, radio, film, television, and even the opera! This musical version, adapted by Maxwell Anderson for the television show Shower of Stars, features Fredric March (The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit) as the misanthropic Ebenezer Scrooge, who's redemption comes after a ghostly night-time journey through his Christmas Past, Present and Future, and March received an Emmy nomination for his portrayal. The great Basil Rathbone (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) co-stars as the ghost of Scrooge's dead partner Jacob Marley, in what many consider to be the best and most chilling portrayal of Marley ever.
Какова цена славы
Theatre Play
Первая мировая война. Американские солдаты расквартированы в маленькой французской деревушке. Капитан Флагг и первый сержант Квирт ухаживают за дочкой хозяина трактира.
Жанна Д'Арк
Screenplay
В Северной Франции, истерзанной постоянными междоусобными войнами с бургундцами и многолетней войной с англичанами, в простой крестьянской семье Жака д`Арка родилась дочь Жанна. В возрасте 12-ти лет Жанна впервые познала божественный свет, и голос промолвил, что Богом на неё возложена миссия спасти Францию и изгнать англичан. Весной 1429 года девушка добралась до крепости на Луаре и добилась встречи с королем. Владыка поверил юной деве и поставил ее во главе отряда рыцарей. Рыцари Жанны Де Арк освобождали одну область Франции за другой…
Жанна Д'Арк
Theatre Play
В Северной Франции, истерзанной постоянными междоусобными войнами с бургундцами и многолетней войной с англичанами, в простой крестьянской семье Жака д`Арка родилась дочь Жанна. В возрасте 12-ти лет Жанна впервые познала божественный свет, и голос промолвил, что Богом на неё возложена миссия спасти Францию и изгнать англичан. Весной 1429 года девушка добралась до крепости на Луаре и добилась встречи с королем. Владыка поверил юной деве и поставил ее во главе отряда рыцарей. Рыцари Жанны Де Арк освобождали одну область Франции за другой…
Риф Ларго
Theatre Play
В одном из флоридских отелей появляется ветеран войны Фрэнк МакЛауд. В отеле хозяйничают гангстер Джонни Рокко и его банда. Они держат в заложниках постояльцев отеля. Фрэнк пытается остановить Джонни, пока он не уничтожил всех обитателей гостиницы…
The Eve of St. Mark
Writer
Quizz West is conscripted into the United States Army in late 1940. Prior to being shipped out first to San Francisco, then the Philippines, Quizz and his hometown girlfriend Janet discuss their future plans.
Knickerbocker Holiday
Lyricist
The wild and woolly early days of New York -- when it was still known as New Amsterdam -- provide the backdrop for this period musical-comedy. In 1650, Peter Stuyvesant (Charles Coburn) arrives in New Amsterdam to assume his duties as governor. Stuyvesant is hardly the fun-loving type, and one of his first official acts is to call for the death of Brom Broeck (Nelson Eddy), a newspaper publisher well-known for his fearless exposes of police and government corruption. However, Broeck hasn't done anything that would justify the death penalty, so Stuyvesant waits (without much patience) for Broeck to step out of line. Broeck is romancing a beautiful woman named Tina Tienhoven (Constance Dowling), whose sister Ulda (Shelley Winters) happens to be dating his best friend, Ten Pin (Johnnie "Scat" Davis). After Stuyvesant's men toss Broeck in jail on a trumped-up charge, Stuyvesant sets his sights on winning Tina's affections.
Knickerbocker Holiday
Writer
The wild and woolly early days of New York -- when it was still known as New Amsterdam -- provide the backdrop for this period musical-comedy. In 1650, Peter Stuyvesant (Charles Coburn) arrives in New Amsterdam to assume his duties as governor. Stuyvesant is hardly the fun-loving type, and one of his first official acts is to call for the death of Brom Broeck (Nelson Eddy), a newspaper publisher well-known for his fearless exposes of police and government corruption. However, Broeck hasn't done anything that would justify the death penalty, so Stuyvesant waits (without much patience) for Broeck to step out of line. Broeck is romancing a beautiful woman named Tina Tienhoven (Constance Dowling), whose sister Ulda (Shelley Winters) happens to be dating his best friend, Ten Pin (Johnnie "Scat" Davis). After Stuyvesant's men toss Broeck in jail on a trumped-up charge, Stuyvesant sets his sights on winning Tina's affections.
Knickerbocker Holiday
Theatre Play
The wild and woolly early days of New York -- when it was still known as New Amsterdam -- provide the backdrop for this period musical-comedy. In 1650, Peter Stuyvesant (Charles Coburn) arrives in New Amsterdam to assume his duties as governor. Stuyvesant is hardly the fun-loving type, and one of his first official acts is to call for the death of Brom Broeck (Nelson Eddy), a newspaper publisher well-known for his fearless exposes of police and government corruption. However, Broeck hasn't done anything that would justify the death penalty, so Stuyvesant waits (without much patience) for Broeck to step out of line. Broeck is romancing a beautiful woman named Tina Tienhoven (Constance Dowling), whose sister Ulda (Shelley Winters) happens to be dating his best friend, Ten Pin (Johnnie "Scat" Davis). After Stuyvesant's men toss Broeck in jail on a trumped-up charge, Stuyvesant sets his sights on winning Tina's affections.
Saturday's Children
Theatre Play
An inventor and his bride get testy in the city as they try to make ends meet.
Частная жизнь Елизаветы и Эссекса
Theatre Play
Эта любовная драма началась задолго до того дня, когда в 1596 году Роберт Деверекс граф Эссекс с триумфом вошел в ворота замка Уайтхолл после своей победы над Испанией. Весь двор только и говорил о том, что молодой граф вот-вот станет королем Англии потому, что его любовный роман с королевой достоин великолепной кульминации. Королева же встретила победителя холодно, обвинения сыпались как из рога изобилия: тут и расточительство, и потопление Испанского флота, вместе с которым под воду ушли тонны золота, которого так не хватает Англии, разоренной войной. В итоге вместо награды за подвиги герой получил только пощечину от самой Елизаветы. Сжигаемый обидой и горечью он удалился в свое родовое поместье вблизи Лондона. Шли дни. Королева, осознав свою ошибку, ищет повод, чтобы вернуть обиженного любовника во дворец, и повод нашелся — война с Ирландией…
Winterset
Author
A man is determined to find the real culprit behind the crime for which his father was wrongly executed.
Mary of Scotland
Theatre Play
The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.
So Red the Rose
Writer
During the American Civil War, Valette Bedford waits patiently for her husband Duncan Bedford, to return home, praying that she will not become a widow.
Maybe It's Love
Theatre Play
Director William C. McGann's 1935 film stars Gloria Stuart and Ross Alexander as a young couple in love who face economic woes once they're wed.
We Live Again
Adaptation
Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that he himself bears responsibility for reducing her to crime. He sets out to redeem her and himself in the process.
Death Takes a Holiday
Screenplay
After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among the mortals and find an answer. However, events soon spiral out of control as he falls in love with the beautiful young Grazia, the only woman not afraid of him. As he falls in love with her, her father sees him for what he is and begs him to return to his duties. Death must decide whether or not to seek his own happiness or sacrifice it so that Grazia may live.
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Story
Button Gwinett Brown is a freshman congressman on a mission to rid Washington of corruption. He quickly runs afoul of the powerful Senator Norton...
Rain
Screenplay
Due to a possible cholera epidemic onboard, passengers on a ship are forced to disembark at Pago Pago, a small village on a Pacific island where it incessantly rains. Among the stranded passengers are Sadie Thompson, a prostitute, and Alfred Davidson, a fanatic missionary who will try to redeem her.
Women of All Nations
Characters
Marines Flagg and Quirt fought together in WWI and Panama. After some time in New York they go to Sweden and compete for the love of Else. Next they go to Nicaragua and help earthquake victims. Then to Egypt where Else is now in Prince Hassan's harem.
One Romantic Night
Adaptation
A princess is forced to choose between a charming tutor and a rakish prince.
На западном фронте без перемен
Adaptation
Рассказ о простых немецких школьниках старших классов, которые под действием патриотической пропаганды идут на войну, принимая её как игру, и не знают, что впереди их ждет только смерть.
The Cock-Eyed World
Writer
Two Marines are sent to South Sea island where they fight over a local island girl.
Saturday's Children
Theatre Play
Youthful sweethearts, Bobbi and Jim, plan to get married but Bobbi wants them to settle down in their sleepy hometown. Jim has bigger plans and walks out on Bobbie who then resorts to her feminine tricks to win him back.
What Price Glory
Theatre Play
U.S. Marine sergeants Quirt and Flagg are inveterate romantic rivals on peacetime assignments in China and the Philippines. In 1917, W.W. I brings them to France, where Flagg, now a captain, takes up with flirtatious Charmaine, inn-keeper's daughter. Of course, Quirt has to arrive and spoil his fun. But the harsh realities of war and the threat of a shotgun marriage give the two men a common cause...