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Art Cohn is a Director, Scriptwriter and Unit Publicist American born on 5 april 1909
Art Cohn, né le 5 avril 1909 à New York et décédé le 22 mars 1958 près de Grants (Nouveau-Mexique), est un journaliste sportif et un scénariste américain.
Il est aussi scénariste à Hollywood, où il travaille aussi parfois comme adaptateur. Il est l'auteur de la biographie de Joe E. Lewis : The joker is wild: the story of Joe E. Lewis, qui a inspiré le film Le Pantin brisé (1957) de Charles Vidor avec Frank Sinatra.
Il meurt dans le même accident d'avion que le producteur Mike Todd, à l'époque marié avec Elizabeth Taylor (celle-ci, malade, n'avait pas pris place dans l'aéronef).
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Né à New York, Art Cohn est un journaliste sportif ayant travaillé pour le Oakland Tribune et le San Francisco Examiner. Il a été également correspondant de guerre pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.Il est aussi scénariste à Hollywood, où il travaille aussi parfois comme adaptateur. Il est l'auteur de la biographie de Joe E. Lewis : The joker is wild: the story of Joe E. Lewis, qui a inspiré le film Le Pantin brisé (1957) de Charles Vidor avec Frank Sinatra.
Il meurt dans le même accident d'avion que le producteur Mike Todd, à l'époque marié avec Elizabeth Taylor (celle-ci, malade, n'avait pas pris place dans l'aéronef).
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The Joker is Wild (1957)
, 2h6Directed by Charles Vidor, Art Cohn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain, Eddie Albert, Jackie Coogan, Ted de Corsia
Rating70%
Joe E. Lewis (Frank Sinatra), a successful 1920s Chicago night-club entertainer is invited to work for the Mob during the Prohibition era. His eventual decision to work elsewhere results in his face being slashed and his throat cut, preventing him from continuing with his current act as a singer.
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The Joker is Wild (1957)
, 2h6Directed by Charles Vidor, Art Cohn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain, Eddie Albert, Jackie Coogan, Ted de Corsia
Roles Novel
Rating70%
Joe E. Lewis (Frank Sinatra), a successful 1920s Chicago night-club entertainer is invited to work for the Mob during the Prohibition era. His eventual decision to work elsewhere results in his face being slashed and his throat cut, preventing him from continuing with his current act as a singer.
Seven Hills of Rome (1957)
, 1h47Directed by Roy Rowland
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Marisa Allasio, Renato Rascel, Peggie Castle, Clelia Matania, Rossella Como, Guido Celano
Rating58%
The film tells the story of Marc Revere, an American TV singer of Italian heritage who travels to Italy in search of his jet-setting fiancée, Carol Ralston, played by Peggie Castle. Revere moves in with his comical and good hearted cousin Pepe Bonelli (Renato Rascel), a struggling artist who also befriends a beautiful young girl, Raffaella Marini (Marisa Allasio), whom Revere had met on a train, and who develops a crush on him.
Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957)
, 1h54Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Dean Martin, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Eva Bartok, Dewey Martin, Walter Slezak, Paul Henreid
Roles Writer
Rating56%
Millionaire hotel mogul Ray Hunter (Dean Martin) flies to Rome to buy another property, the Regent. He is picked up at the airport by lovely Maria Martelli (Eva Bartok), who works for the hotel's owner, the Countess Alzani.
Fatal Desire (1954)
Directed by Carmine Gallone
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors May Britt, Anthony Quinn, Ettore Manni, Kerima, Umberto Spadaro, Virginia Balistrieri
Roles Writer
Rating74%
Men of the Fighting Lady (1954)
, 1h19Directed by Andrew Marton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Keenan Wynn, Dewey Martin, Frank Lovejoy, Louis Calhern
Rating61%
On board the USS Oriskany aircraft carrier in the Sea of Japan during the Korean War, author James A. Michener (Louis Calhern) meets Commander and flight surgeon Kent Dowling (Walter Pidgeon). Dowling relates a "Christmas story" of a near-miracle.
Tennessee Champ (1954)
, 1h13Directed by Fred M. Wilcox
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Dewey Martin, Shelley Winters, Keenan Wynn, Charles Bronson, Earl Holliman, Dave O'Brien
Rating57%
Sarah Wurble's husband Willy is the larceny-inclined manager of an illiterate, and very religious boxer from Tennessee named Danny. Gifted with a powerful punch and a nickname that gives the film its title, Danny mistakenly believes he killed a man defending himself in a street brawl, and goes on the lam as a prizefighter.
Fatal Desire (1954)
Directed by Carmine Gallone
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Ettore Manni, Kerima, May Britt, Anthony Quinn, Virginia Balistrieri, Umberto Spadaro
Roles Writer
Rating74%
Le film s'appuie sur l'opéra Cavalleria rusticana.
The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
, 1h9Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Fernando Lamas, William Powell, Gig Young, James Whitmore, Robert Burton
Roles Writer
Rating56%
Steve Latimer (William Powell) is a successful defense attorney who has tried to give his daughter Jean (Elizabeth Taylor) everything he can in life. She decides to leave her boyfriend, the amiable Vance Court (Gig Young), for Victor Ramondi (Fernando Lamas), a rakish and dangerous man with underworld connections whom Steve is representing. Steve tries to warn Jean away from Victor, but she accepts his proposal of marriage.
Glory Alley (1952)
, 1h19Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Musical
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Ralph Meeker, Leslie Caron, Kurt Kasznar, Gilbert Roland, John McIntire, Dan Seymour
Roles Story
Rating56%
New Orleans newspaper columnist Gabe Jordan, about to retire, tells the story of a most unforgettable character, boxer Socks Barbarossa.
Red Skies of Montana (1952)
, 1h39Directed by Joseph M. Newman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Disaster films
Actors Richard Widmark, Constance Smith, Jeffrey Hunter, Richard Boone, Warren Stevens, Charles Bronson
Rating63%
Cliff Mason, a veteran foreman of the Forest Service's smokejumper unit, is called out with a crew on a fire, despite the fact that they have not rested in three days. Accompanied by R. A. "Pop" Miller and four other men, Cliff leaves the smokejumper base at Missoula, Montana to parachute into a nearly inaccessible area of Bugle Peak. Hours later, at base, superintendent Richard "Dick" Dryer becomes worried because Cliff is not answering radio calls. The next day, after the fire crowns, Dick flies by helicopter into the area and is stunned to find only Cliff, in shock and wandering through the devastated region. Cliff is rushed to the hospital, where he gradually recovers, although he cannot remember how he got separated from his men, or why he was the only one to survive.
Carbine Williams (1952)
, 1h32Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Prison films, Gangster films
Actors James Stewart, John Smith, Jean Hagen, Wendell Corey, Carl Benton Reid, Paul Stewart
Roles Story
Rating68%
The film follows the life of David Marshall Williams (James Stewart), who was a member of the Winchester team that invented the semi-automatic M1 Carbine used in World War II. Williams was found distilling illegal moonshine, and was held responsible for the death of a federal officer during a raid on his still. He was sentenced to thirty years hard labor. He cycled through the prison system, until a firm, but compassionate warden, H.T. Peoples (Wendell Corey), allowed him to work in a prison tool shop. There, he invented the gas system for his famous rifle. Williams was released from prison in 1929 and worked with Winchester Firearms on development of the M1 Carbine.
The Tall Target (1951)
, 1h18Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Historical, Crime
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films
Actors Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou, Marshall Thompson, Ruby Dee, Richard Steven Rauber
Rating71%
New York Police Sergeant John Kennedy once guarded Abraham Lincoln for 48 hours while he was campaigning for President of the United States, and came away deeply impressed by the man. Kennedy has infiltrated a cabal and discovered that an assassination attempt will be made as the president-elect makes his way by train via Baltimore to Washington, DC. His boss, Superintendent Simon G. Stroud (an uncredited Tom Powers), dismisses the threat as "hogwash", as does Caleb Jeffers (Adolphe Menjou), a militia colonel with whom Stroud is meeting. Kennedy resigns on the spot to try to foil the conspirators on his own. Having already sent a copy of his report to the Secretary of War, he telegrams Lincoln, urgently requesting a meeting in Baltimore.
Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951)
, 1h30Directed by Felix E. Feist
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran, Lurene Tuttle, Ray Teal, Morris Ankrum, John Kellogg
Roles Writer
Rating70%
Convicted of murder at age 13, Bill Clark is freed after 18 years behind bars. He meets a taxi dancer, Catherine Higgins, but when her New York City police detective boyfriend George Conover catches them together, Bill is knocked out. When he awakens, Conover has been shot.
Stromboli (1950)
, 1h47Directed by Roberto Rossellini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Volcanisme
Actors Ingrid Bergman, Renzo Cesana
Rating71%
Bergman plays Karin, a displaced Lithuanian in Italy, who escapes the internment camp by marrying an Italian POW fisherman (Mario Vitale), whom she met in the camp on the other side of the barbed wire. He promises her a great life in his home island of Stromboli. She soon discovers that his home island is very harsh and barren, not at all what she expected, and the people, very traditional and conservative, show hostility and disdain towards this strange, foreign woman.