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Joe Pasternak is a Actor, Director, Producer and Assistant Director Hongrois born on 19 september 1901 at Şimleu Silvaniei (Roumanie)
Joe Pasternak est un producteur de cinéma et de télévision américain d'origine juive hongroise, né le 19 septembre 1901 à Szilágysomlyó (alors dans l'Empire d'Autriche-Hongrie ; actuelle Şimleu Silvaniei — Judeţ de Sălaj —, en Roumanie), mort le 13 septembre 1991 à Los Angeles — Quartier de Hollywood (Californie).
Pour la télévision, il produit également, de 1965 à 1967, les 37e, 38e et 39e cérémonies des Oscars (à noter qu'il n'en gagnera pas, ni n'aura de nomination, comme producteur de cinéma).
Depuis 1985, une étoile lui est dédiée sur le Walk of Fame de Hollywood Boulevard.
(1951)
(Producer)
(1945)
(Producer)
(1937)
(Producer)
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Birth name Joseph Herman Pasternak
Nationality Hongrie
Birth 19 september 1901 at Şimleu Silvaniei (Roumanie)
Death 13 september 1991 (at 89 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Nationality Hongrie
Birth 19 september 1901 at Şimleu Silvaniei (Roumanie)
Death 13 september 1991 (at 89 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Joe Pasternak est un producteur de cinéma et de télévision américain d'origine juive hongroise, né le 19 septembre 1901 à Szilágysomlyó (alors dans l'Empire d'Autriche-Hongrie ; actuelle Şimleu Silvaniei — Judeţ de Sălaj —, en Roumanie), mort le 13 septembre 1991 à Los Angeles — Quartier de Hollywood (Californie).
Biography
Joseph « Joe » Herman Pasternak commence sa carrière de producteur en Allemagne puis en Autriche, de 1929 à 1936. De race juive, face à la montée du nazisme, il émigre en 1936 aux États-Unis, où il travaille d'abord pour la Universal Pictures (déjà, en Europe), avant d'intégrer en 1941 la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Il y produit des films (musicaux en particulier) jusqu'en 1968.Pour la télévision, il produit également, de 1965 à 1967, les 37e, 38e et 39e cérémonies des Oscars (à noter qu'il n'en gagnera pas, ni n'aura de nomination, comme producteur de cinéma).
Depuis 1985, une étoile lui est dédiée sur le Walk of Fame de Hollywood Boulevard.
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The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka (2009)
, 31minutesDirected by Kinuyo Tanaka
Origin Japon
Genres Documentary
Actors Kinuyo Tanaka, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Elizabeth Taylor, John Wayne, Joe Pasternak
Rating83%
Director
It Started with Eve (1941)
, 1h30Directed by Joe Pasternak, Henry Koster, Norman Krasna
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Deanna Durbin, Robert Cummings, Charles Laughton, Walter Catlett, Margaret Tallichet, Catherine Doucet
Rating75%
Un homme dont le père est mourant veut voir sa nouvelle fiancée, mais celle-ci étant indisponible, elle est remplacée par une employée de magasin qui fait la conquête du vieil homme.
Nice Girl? (1941)
, 1h31Directed by Joe Pasternak, William A. Seiter, Gladys Lehman, Richard Connell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Walter Brennan, Robert Stack, Robert Benchley, Helen Broderick
Rating65%
The musical starts with the busybody postman who reads everybody's mail, Hector (Walter Brennan), delivering mail to the Dana household and particularly to Cora (Helen Broderick), the maid who he is in love with. Professor Oliver Dana (Robert Benchley) is the head of the household. The oldest sister is Sylvia (Anne Gwynne), an actress, and the youngest is Nancy (Ann Gillis), who is a bit of a flirt and has all the boys fighting over her. The middle sister Jane (Deanna Durbin), the "nice girl", makes her entry singing the song "Perhaps" to the rabbits she takes care of. Her father is trying to write a book about diet and is testing it on rabbits. Don Webb (Robert Stack) is her boyfriend, an avid car buff.
It's a Date (1940)
, 1h43Directed by Joe Pasternak, William A. Seiter, Norman Krasna, Ralph J. Block, Frederick Kohner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Eugene Pallette, Henry Stephenson, S.Z. Sakall
Rating63%
The movie begins with Georgia Drake (Kay Francis) performing on the stage, singing "Gypsy Lullaby" while her daughter, Pamela (Deanna Durbin), watches with her boyfriend Freddie Miller (Lewis Howard). Georgia is an older Broadway actress who was once very famous. Her daughter, Pam, also has great acting skills and hopes to be a successful actress as well. At an after-party celebrating the closing of a play that Georgia was in, Pamela convinces director Sidney Simpson (Samuel S. Hinds) and writer Carl Ober (S.Z. Sakall) to attend one of the plays she is in. After the party ends, Pamela sings "Love is All" with the maid, Sara (Cecilia Loftus), playing piano and her mother listening.
Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)
, 1h30Directed by Joe Pasternak, Henry Koster, Felix Jackson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Deanna Durbin, Nan Grey, Helen Parrish, Charles Winninger, Nella Walker, Robert Cummings
Rating68%
Les trois sœurs Craig croient que la vie leur sera douce maintenant qu'elles ont réussi à réunir leurs parents. Mais voilà que Kay tombe amoureuse de Richard, le fiancé de Joan. Les choses se compliquent lorsque la cadette, Penny, se met à la recherche d'un nouveau petit-ami pour sa sœur Joan de façon que Kay et Richard puissent demeurer ensemble...
Mad About Music (1938)
, 1h40Directed by Norman Taurog, Joe Pasternak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Deanna Durbin, Herbert Marshall, Gail Patrick, Arthur Treacher, William Frawley, Marcia Mae Jones
Rating70%
Gwen Taylor (Gail Patrick) is a famous Hollywood film star and about to become more famous. On her manager's advice, she has concealed from the press the fact that she's a widow with a fouteen year old daughter, Gloria (Deanna Durbin). Gloria lives in a girls-only boarding school in Switzerland.
Producer
The Sweet Ride (1968)
, 1h50Directed by Harvey Hart
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films, Surfing films
Actors Anthony Franciosa, Michael Sarrazin, Jacqueline Bisset, Bob Denver, Michael Wilding, Michele Carey
Roles Producer
Rating55%
The story, told in flashbacks, concerns a middle-aged tennis bum (Franciosa) who shares a beach house with Sarrazin and Denver. Their carefree life becomes complicated, and later turns tragic, after they become involved with a mysterious young woman (Bisset) and a biker gang.
Made in Paris (1966)
, 1h43Directed by Boris Sagal
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Louis Jourdan, Ann-Margret, Richard Crenna, Chad Everett, Edie Adams, John McGiver
Roles Producer
Rating54%
A redheaded American girl from New York finds herself in a love triangle in the City of Light (Paris, France). Maggie Scott (Ann-Margret) works as an assistant buyer for Irene Chase (Edie Adams). Irene is a fashion buyer for Barclay Ames, an upscale clothing store in New York owned by Roger Barclay (John McGiver).
Penelope (1966)
, 1h37Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Actors Natalie Wood, Ian Bannen, Peter Falk, Carl Ballantine, Jerome Cowan, Jonathan Winters
Roles Executive Producer
Rating61%
Penelope Elcott (Natalie Wood) is the wife of wealthy banker James Elcott (Ian Bannen). Penelope decides to disguise herself as an old woman and rob her husband's bank. While the police, including Lieutenant Horatio Bixbee (Peter Falk), rush to get to the bank, Penelope escapes in a red wig and yellow suit. She donates some of the stolen money to a Salvation Army worker and donates the suit to a second-hand thrift shop. Con artists Sabada (Lila Kedrova) and Ducky (Lou Jacobi) immediately recognize the suit as an original designer outfit from Paris, and purchase it for a mere $7.
Spinout (1966)
, 1h33Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Musical films, Road movies
Actors Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Diane McBain, Jimmy Hawkins, Cecil Kellaway, Una Merkel
Roles Producer
Rating57%
Mike McCoy (Elvis), the lead singer for a traveling band who is also a part-time race car driver, enjoys his carefree single life, which is threatened by three different women who seek to marry him.
Spinout (1966)
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Musical films
Actors Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Diane McBain, Deborah Walley, Jack Mullaney, Cecil Kellaway
Roles Producer
Rating57%
Mike Mc Coy est le leader d'un groupe de rock et sa vie change à la rencontre de trois femmes complètement différentes les unes des autres qui le demandent en mariage. Less, la bassiste du groupe, Cynthia, une fille à papa complètement excentrique puis Diana qui écrit des livres sur les hommes entraîneront notre rocker dans les pires fantaisies !
Girl Happy (1965)
, 1h36Directed by Boris Sagal
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Harold J. Stone, Gary Crosby, Joby Baker, Nita Talbot
Roles Producer
Rating63%
Nightclub singer Rusty Wells (Elvis) and his band have just closed their engagement at the club where they work in Chicago, and are just about ready to leave for their annual spring break trip to Fort Lauderdale, Florida—that is, until the club's owner, Big Frank (Harold Stone), extends their stay at his club, foiling the band's plans for some sun and fun in Florida.
Looking for Love (1964)
, 1h25Directed by Don Weis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Connie Francis, Jim Hutton, Susan Oliver, Barbara Nichols, Jay C. Flippen, Joby Baker
Roles Producer
Rating56%
Francis plays Libby Caruso, who has spent a whole month trying to get into show business with her singing, yet hasn't succeed. Libby then decides to retire and get a job where she can meet the right man and get married. She is interested in pursuing Paul Davis (Jim Hutton), who she meets in the supermarket, but Paul is not interested.
A Ticklish Affair (1963)
, 1h28Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Shirley Jones, Gig Young, Red Buttons, Edward Platt, Carolyn Jones, Edgar Buchanan
Roles Producer
Rating58%
Commander Key Weedon (Gig Young), a pilot with the U.S. Navy, is sent to investigate when an S.O.S. emergency signal is spotted in the San Diego region. He discovers it is the doing of a six-year-old boy, Grover Martin, whose uncle Simon (Red Buttons), an airline pilot, gave the boy a blinker light as a gift.
, 1h57Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Glenn Ford, Ron Howard, Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens, Dina Merrill, Vito Scotti
Roles Producer
Rating67%
Young Eddie Corbett (Ron Howard) tries his best to be a matchmaker for his widowed father, Tom (Glenn Ford). At first, sexy Dollye Daly (Stella Stevens) seems promising, but she ends up falling in love with and marrying Tom's friend and radio colleague, Norman Jones (Jerry Van Dyke).