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Nunnally Johnson is a Director, Scriptwriter, Associate Producer and Additional Writing American born on 5 december 1897 at Columbus (USA)
Nunnally Hunter Johnson (December 5, 1897 – March 25, 1977) was an American filmmaker who wrote, produced, and directed motion pictures.
Johnson devient producteur en 1935 et passe derrière la caméra dans les années 1950, tout en continuant son activité de scénariste. Comme réalisateur, il est surtout connu pour trois films : La Veuve noire (1954), avec Ginger Rogers, Van Heflin et Gene Tierney, d'après le roman éponyme de Patrick Quentin ; L'Homme au complet gris (1956), avec Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones et Fredric March ; et Les Trois Visages d'Ève (1957), avec Joanne Woodward, Lee J. Cobb et David Wayne, film qui vaut l'Oscar de la meilleure actrice à Woodward lors de la 30e cérémonie des Oscars en 1958.
Nunnally Johnson a eu trois épouses : Marion Byrnes, Alice Mason et Dorris Bowdon. Avec cette dernière, il a eu trois enfants, dont Marjorie Fowler. Il est le grand-père de Jack Johnson et le beau-père de Gene Fowler, Jr.
(1967)
(Scriptwriter)
(1940)
(Scriptwriter)
(1957)
(Director)
(1950)
(Scriptwriter)
(1942)
(Scriptwriter)
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Birth name Nunnally Hunter Johnson
Nationality USA
Birth 5 december 1897 at Columbus (USA)
Death 27 march 1977 (at 79 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 5 december 1897 at Columbus (USA)
Death 27 march 1977 (at 79 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Nunnally Hunter Johnson (December 5, 1897 – March 25, 1977) was an American filmmaker who wrote, produced, and directed motion pictures.
Biography
Il amorce une carrière littéraire en signant à partir de 1923 un grand nombre de nouvelles, dont plusieurs appartiennent au genre policier et à la comédie romantique, pour divers magazines, notamment Smart Set et The Saturday Evening Post. En 1933, il met fin à l'écriture de nouvelles quand il est appelé à Hollywood où il sera scénariste. Son travail est couronné puisqu'il récolte deux nominations aux Oscars pour ses scénarios adaptés pour Les Raisins de la colère (1940), film de John Ford, d'après le roman éponyme de John Steinbeck, et pour Holy Matrimony (1943), film de John Stahl, d'après le roman Buried Alive d'Arnold Bennett.Johnson devient producteur en 1935 et passe derrière la caméra dans les années 1950, tout en continuant son activité de scénariste. Comme réalisateur, il est surtout connu pour trois films : La Veuve noire (1954), avec Ginger Rogers, Van Heflin et Gene Tierney, d'après le roman éponyme de Patrick Quentin ; L'Homme au complet gris (1956), avec Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones et Fredric March ; et Les Trois Visages d'Ève (1957), avec Joanne Woodward, Lee J. Cobb et David Wayne, film qui vaut l'Oscar de la meilleure actrice à Woodward lors de la 30e cérémonie des Oscars en 1958.
Nunnally Johnson a eu trois épouses : Marion Byrnes, Alice Mason et Dorris Bowdon. Avec cette dernière, il a eu trois enfants, dont Marjorie Fowler. Il est le grand-père de Jack Johnson et le beau-père de Gene Fowler, Jr.
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The Angel Wore Red (1960)
, 1h39Directed by Nunnally Johnson
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, War, Action, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Ava Gardner, Dirk Bogarde, Joseph Cotten, Vittorio De Sica, Aldo Fabrizi, Arnoldo Foà
Rating58%
Young Catholic priest Arturo Carrera (Bogarde) sympathizes with the poor in the Spanish Civil War, but finds that his fellow priests have little concern for the poor, because they support the Nationalist rebels. He then resigns from the priesthood. Hours later, the city is bombarded and he takes shelter with a mysterious beautiful woman named Soledad (Gardner).
The Man Who Understood Women (1959)
, 1h41Directed by Nunnally Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes La provence, Children's films
Actors Henry Fonda, Leslie Caron, Renate Hoy, Marcel Dalio, Cesare Danova, Conrad Nagel
Rating44%
Willie Bauche, a Hollywood producer, becomes so obsessed with turning his wife, Ann Garantier, into the sexiest star in Hollywood that he neglects her real needs. Feeling lonely and tired of Tinseltown, Ann returns to her native France and finds herself attracted to Marco Ranieri, a handsome and very attentive pilot. When Willie hears about the budding affair, he flies into a rage and hires assassins to kill his rival. Unfortunately for him, the killers are romantics and decide that Ann and Marco are so in love that both must die so they can be together always. When Willie finds out, he rushes over to France to try and save his wife.
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957)
, 1h30Directed by Nunnally Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Théâtre, Films about psychiatry, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Dan Dailey, Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Tony Randall, Barbara Rush, Natalie Schafer
Rating52%
Mildred Turner is a patient of a New York psychiatrist, Dr. Alan Coles. She is bored and frustrated in her marriage to a movie star, Arthur Turner.
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
, 1h31Directed by Nunnally Johnson, David S. Hall
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry, Psychanalyse
Actors Joanne Woodward, David Wayne, Lee J. Cobb, Nancy Kulp, Douglas Spencer, Mimi Gibson
Rating71%
Eve White is a timid, self-effacing wife and mother who is subject to severe and blinding headaches and occasional blackouts. Eventually she is sent to see a personality psychiatrist Dr. Luther, and while having a conversation, a "new personality", the wild, fun-loving Eve Black, emerges. Eve Black knows everything about Eve White, but Eve White is unaware of Eve Black. When Eve Black becomes the dominant personality, Eve White's husband leaves her and abandons their daughter, Bonnie. Eve White is sent to an asylum after Eve Black tries to kill Eve White's daughter.
, 2h33Directed by Nunnally Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Fredric March, Ann Harding, Keenan Wynn, Marisa Pavan
Rating70%
Tom and Betsy Rath live in a rundown house in Westport, Connecticut around 1953 (1955 in the movie). They have three television-addicted children (two girls and a boy) and have money problems. Tom is 33 years old, a Harvard graduate. He barely survived as an Army paratroop officer during World War II, having fought in both the European and Pacific combat theaters, during which he had an extramarital affair.
How To Be Very, Very Popular (1955)
, 1h29Directed by Nunnally Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Films based on plays, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Betty Grable, Sheree North, Robert Cummings, Tommy Noonan, Charles Coburn, Orson Bean
Rating52%
{Seen on-screen in opening scene: "San Francisco"} Stormy Tornado and Curly Flagg are two showgirls from a San Francisco cabaret who witness the murder of one of their fellow performers and can identify the killer. Not wanting to get mixed up in a murder rap, the girls flee the scene and hide out at Bristol College, disguising themselves as boys. However the need for attention makes the girls want to stand out in their stage costumes and then the trouble begins.
Black Widow (1954)
, 1h35Directed by Nunnally Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Serial killer films, Children's films
Actors Van Heflin, Ginger Rogers, Gene Tierney, George Raft, Otto Kruger, Peggy Ann Garner
Rating66%
Peter Denver (Van Heflin) is a renowned Broadway producer attending a party—hosted by the viciously haughty and celebrated actress Carlotta "Lottie" Marin (Ginger Rogers) and her quiet husband Brian Mullen (Reginald Gardiner)—when he meets Nancy "Nanny" Ordway (Peggy Ann Garner). Ordway is a seemingly naïve, 20-year-old, aspiring writer, who hopes to make it big in New York. She convinces a reluctant Denver to let her use his apartment to work during the day, while his wife, Iris (Gene Tierney), also a famous actress, is away, but with her permission. After the Denvers return from the airport and find Nancy hanging dead in their bathroom, a variety of people Ordway has recently met in New York begin to reveal deeper and darker connections with her. Lt. Bruce (George Raft), the detective assigned to the case, soon discovers that this apparent suicide was in fact a homicide and believes that Denver, quickly suspected of having an affair with Ordway, is the murderer. Denver evades arrest and seeks clues to discover the real murderer; the case becomes cluttered when he and Lt. Bruce independently realize that Ordway's dealings in New York have not been as innocent as her superficial personality.
Night People (1954)
, 1h33Directed by Nunnally Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Gregory Peck, Broderick Crawford, Anita Björk, Rita Gam, Walter Abel, Buddy Ebsen
Rating64%
Allied enemies kidnap Corporal John "Johnny" Leatherby, a young American soldier in West Berlin. Lt. Col. Steve Van Dyke, the American provost marshal assigned to investigate, learns through his East German contact Frau "Hoffy" Hoffmeir that the soldier has been kidnapped by East German agents who want to trade him for a pair of elderly Germans. At the same time, the Soviet Union has closed border posts into Berlin, suggesting an impending international crisis. Johnny's father, Charles Leatherby, is a wealthy and politically influential industrialist from Toledo, Ohio, and flies to Berlin to bully the military bureaucracy into finding his son. Accustomed to being in charge and never refused, he issues a demand that the military attempt to bribe the East German government using Leatherby's money. Van Dyke is offended by Leatherby's arrogance and ignorance. ("You're a big wheel in the axle grease business. You're a personal friend of Senator...McDinglehoffer," he scoffs.
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, 1h40Directed by Lee H. Katzin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Telly Savalas, Ernest Borgnine, Hunt Block, Jeff Conaway, Alex Cord, Heather Thomas
Roles Characters
Rating50%
Twelve top Nazis are ordered to the Middle East, where they are to organize a Fourth Reich, and only Major Wright and his convict commando squad can stop them.
, 1h32Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Political films
Actors Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Ken Wahl, Richard Jaeckel, Wolf Kähler, Sonny Landham
Roles Characters
Rating50%
September 1944, in German occupied France, Waffen-SS General Dietrich (Wolf Kahler) plots with other high-ranking Nazi officials to make a second attempt on Hitler's life.
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
, 2h23Directed by Robert Aldrich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy
Rating76%
In Britain, in the spring of 1944, Allied forces are preparing for the D-Day invasion. Among them are Major John Reisman (Lee Marvin), an OSS officer; his commander, Regular Army Major General Sam Worden (Ernest Borgnine); and his former commander Colonel Everett Dasher Breed (Robert Ryan). Early in the film, the personalities of the three men are shown to clash and the characters of the individualistic Reisman and the domineering Breed are established. Reisman is aided by his friend, the mild-mannered Major Max Armbruster (George Kennedy).
Dear Brigitte (1965)
, 1h40Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors James Stewart, Bill Mumy, Glynis Johns, Brigitte Bardot, Cindy Carol, Fabian Forte
Rating62%
Robert Leaf (James Stewart) is an American college professor whose precocious son Erasmus (Bill Mumy) is a mathematical prodigy. After using his skills for gambling at the racetrack, it is discovered that Erasmus is infatuated with model and actress Brigitte Bardot. He writes love letters to her, and she invites him to visit her in France. Prof. Leaf accompanies him on the journey. Prof. Leaf later uses his son's talent to raise funds for liberal arts scholarships. He is assisted by Peregrine Upjohn (John Williams), who is secretly a con artist who plans to abscond with the funds.
Take Her, She's Mine (1964)
, 1h38Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors James Stewart, Sandra Dee, Robert Morley, Audrey Meadows, John McGiver, Philippe Forquet
Rating61%
A father is overprotective toward his teenage daughter as she leaves home to go to college and study abroad in Paris.
The World of Henry Orient (1964)
, 1h46Directed by George Roy Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Peter Sellers, Paula Prentiss, Tippy Walker, Tom Bosley, Angela Lansbury, Phyllis Thaxter
Rating65%
Concert pianist Henry Orient (Peter Sellers) pursues an affair with a married woman, Stella Dunnworthy (Paula Prentiss), while two teenage private-school girls, Valerie Boyd (Tippy Walker) and Marian Gilbert (Merrie Spaeth), stalk him and write their fantasies about him in a diary.
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
, 1h52Directed by William Witney, Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Transport films, Le thème des vacances, Road movies, Children's films
Actors James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Fabian Forte, John Saxon, Marie Wilson, Reginald Gardiner
Rating67%
Roger Hobbs is an overworked banker whose wife Peggy plans a quiet seaside vacation with their family, including the grown daughters, family cook, sons-in-law and grandchildren.