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Jay Presson Allen is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 3 march 1922 at San Angelo (USA)
Jay Presson Allen (March 3, 1922 – May 1, 2006) was an American screenwriter, playwright, stage director, television producer and novelist. Known for her withering wit and sometimes-off-color wisecracks, she was one of the few women making a living as a screenwriter at a time when women were a rarity in the profession. "You write to please yourself," she said, "The only office where there's no superior is the office of the scribe."
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(1972)
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Birth name Jacqueline Presson
Nationality USA
Birth 3 march 1922 at San Angelo (USA)
Death 1 may 2006 (at 84 years) at New York City (USA)
Awards Writers Guild of America Award
Nationality USA
Birth 3 march 1922 at San Angelo (USA)
Death 1 may 2006 (at 84 years) at New York City (USA)
Awards Writers Guild of America Award
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(1976)(Scriptwriter)
(1982)(Writer)
(1972)(Scriptwriter)
(1969)(Pièce de théatre)
(1972)(Scriptwriter)
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Filmography of Jay Presson Allen (16 films)
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The Celluloid Closet (1996)
, 1h47Directed by Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary, Historical
Themes Films about films, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur l'homosexualité, Documentary films about cities, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Susan Sarandon, Lily Tomlin, Armistead Maupin, Arthur Laurents, Antonio Fargas, Tom Hanks
Roles Self
Rating77%
Le film montre comment le cinéma hollywoodien a évoqué le thème de l’homosexualité, comment cette représentation a évolué au fil des ans et comment, en retour, elle a influencé la perception de l’homosexualité par le grand public.
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Lord of the Flies (1990)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Social science fiction, Adventure, Horror
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films based on Robinson Crusoe, L'enfance marginalisée, Political films, Dystopian films, Films about school violence
Actors Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, James Badge Dale, Danuel Pipoly, Bob Peck, Michael Greene
Rating63%
An aircraft carrying young military school cadets returning home crash lands into the sea near a remote, uninhabited, jungle island in the Pacific Ocean. Among the survivors is the pilot, Captain Benson (Michael Greene), who is seriously injured and delirious. Meanwhile, on the beach, an overweight cadet, whose real name is never revealed, nicknamed “Piggy” (Danuel Pipoly), finds a conch seashell and takes it to the grouped cadets, who adopt it to signal the right to speak and be heard by the group. The senior cadet, and one of the elder boys, Cadet Colonel Ralph (Balthazar Getty), organizes a meeting to discuss surviving their predicament. Ralph and Jack (Chris Furrh) emerge dominant, with Ralph's seniority in rank making him the one in charge. They start a fire using Piggy's glasses to try and alert any passing craft. Tensions begin to grow between Ralph and Jack.
Deathtrap (1982)
, 1h56Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Films about psychiatry, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon, Henry Jones, Irene Worth, Joe Silver
Rating69%
Famed playwright Sidney Bruhl (Caine) debuts the latest in a series of Broadway flops and returns to his opulent Long Island home and his wife, Myra (Cannon). Although their financial situation is not dire, Sidney is hungry for a hit. He has received a manuscript of a play called Deathtrap written by one of his students, Clifford Anderson, that he considers near perfection. Clifford recently attended one of Sidney's writing workshops and now asks for input on his play. Sidney suggests that he murder Clifford and producing the play as his own. He invites Clifford to their secluded home, decorated with weapons from Sidney's plays, to discuss it.
The Verdict (1982)
, 2h9Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Children's films
Actors Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason, Milo O'Shea, Lindsay Crouse
Roles Writer
Rating76%
Frank Galvin (Paul Newman) was once a promising graduate of Boston College Law School and a lawyer at an elite Boston law firm. But he was framed for jury tampering some years back by the firm's senior partner because he was going to expose their corrupt practices. Although he retains his license to practice law, Frank has become an alcoholic ambulance chaser who has had only four cases over the last three years, all of which he has lost.
Prince of the City (1981)
, 2h47Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes La corruption policière
Actors Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Lindsay Crouse, Lee Richardson, Anthony Page
Rating73%
Danny Ciello est un policier de l'unité des enquêtes spéciales (SIU - Special Investigations Unit), un service de la police de New York (NYPD - New York City Police Department) s'occupant de la lutte antidrogue. C'est l'élite de la police, à qui aucune faute n'est pardonnée par les autorités judiciaires et fédérales. Ces dernières confient à Danny la mission de piéger un avocat véreux. Mais Danny comprend bientôt qu'il est manipulé pour faire tomber des collègues accusés de corruption, alors que les têtes dirigeantes associées à la mafia ne sont guère inquiétées.
Just Tell Me What You Want (1980)
, 1h52Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Alan King, Ali MacGraw, Peter Weller, Leslie Easterbrook, Keenan Wynn, Tony Roberts
Roles Créateur de nouvelle
Rating54%
Max Herschel, the married, wealthy, vulgar, egotistical, middle-aged head of a corporate empire, is satisfied with the somewhat casual love/hate relationship he shares with his mistress and protegee, television producer "Bones" Burton, just as it is, but she wants a more serious commitment.
A Star Is Born (1976)
, 2h20Directed by Frank Pierson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films
Actors Kris Kristofferson, Barbra Streisand, Gary Busey, Paul Mazursky, Robert Englund, Joanne Linville
Rating60%
Esther Hoffman, an aspiring singer/songwriter, meets John Norman Howard, a famous, successful and self-destructive singer/songwriter rock star, whom, after a series of coincidental meetings, she finally starts dating. Believing in her talent, John gives her a helping hand and her career begins to eclipse his.
Funny Lady (1975)
, 2h16Directed by Herbert Ross
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Barbra Streisand, James Caan, Omar Sharif, Roddy McDowall, Ben Vereen, Colleen Camp
Rating61%
Biographie romancée de la comédienne américaine Fanny Brice et de son mariage avec l'imprésario et homme de spectacle Billy Rose.
40 Carats (1973)
, 1h50Directed by Mike Frankovich, Milton George Katselas
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Liv Ullmann, Edward Albert, Gene Kelly, Binnie Barnes, Deborah Raffin, Nancy Walker
Roles Writer
Rating63%
Ann Stanley, who sells real estate in New York City, is on vacation [by herself] with her mother in Greece when her car breaks down. To her rescue comes a young man on a motor [scooter] bike, Peter Latham, who has a difficult time persuading Ann to accept a ride.
The Borrowers (1973)
, 1h21Directed by Walter C. Miller
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Eddie Albert, Tammy Grimes, Judith Anderson, Beatrice Straight, Barnard Hughes
Roles Writer
Rating55%
The Clock Family are "borrowers," tiny people who live in the houses of regular sized "human beans" (a borrower mispronunciation of "human beings"). They survive by borrowing all they need from big people and try to keep their existence secret. The main characters are a teenage borrower girl named Arriety Clock and her parents, Pod and Homily. During a borrowing expedition with her father and contrary to borrower nature, Arriety befriends a human boy who lives in the home and develops a friendship with him.
Cabaret (1972)
, 2h4Directed by Bob Fosse
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about writers, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Joel Grey, Helmut Griem, Fritz Wepper, Marisa Berenson
Rating77%
In 1931 Berlin, young American Sally Bowles performs at the Kit Kat Klub. A new British arrival in the city, Brian Roberts, moves into the boarding house where Sally lives. A reserved academic and writer, Brian gives English lessons to earn a living while completing his doctorate. Sally tries seducing Brian and suspects he may be gay. Brian tells Sally that on three previous occasions he has tried to have physical relationships with women, all of which failed. They become friends, and Brian witnesses Sally's anarchic, bohemian life in the last days of the German Weimar Republic. Sally and Brian become lovers despite their earlier reservations; they conclude that his previous failures with women were because they were "the wrong three girls".
Travels with My Aunt (1972)
, 1h49Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Maggie Smith, Alec McCowen, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Stephens, Raymond Gérôme, Cindy Williams
Rating62%
While attending the cremation of his mother's remains, London bank manager Henry Pulling (Alec McCowen) meets aging eccentric Augusta Bertram (Maggie Smith), a flaming redhead who claims to be his aunt and announces that the woman who raised him was not his biological mother. She invites him back to her apartment, where her lover, an African fortune teller named Zachary Wordsworth (Louis Gossett Jr.), is waiting for her. Shortly after she receives a package allegedly containing the severed finger of her true love, Ercole Visconti (Robert Stephens), with a note promising the two will be reunited upon payment of $100,000 ($433,000 in 2013 dollars).
, 1h56Directed by Ronald Neame
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about education, Children's films
Actors Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Celia Johnson, Pamela Franklin, Gordon Jackson, Jane Carr
Roles Pièce de théatre
Rating75%
Jean Brodie (Maggie Smith) is a teacher in the junior-aged section of the Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh, Scotland in the 1930s. Brodie is known for her tendency to stray from the hard knowledge of the school's curriculum, to romanticize fascist leaders like Benito Mussolini and Francisco Franco, and to believe herself to be in the prime of life. Brodie devotes her time and energy to her four special 12-year-old junior school girls, called the Brodie Set: Sandy (Pamela Franklin), Monica (Shirley Steedman), Jenny (Diane Grayson) and Mary (Jane Carr).
Marnie (1964)
, 2h10Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, William Witney, Hilton A. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction
Actors Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker, Martin Gabel, Louise Latham, Mariette Hartley
Rating71%
Margaret "Marnie" Edgar (Tippi Hedren) steals $10,000 from her employer's company safe and flees. She had used her charms on Sidney Strutt (Martin Gabel), a tax consultant, to get a clerical job without references. After changing her appearance and identity, she makes a quick trip to a horse stable in Virginia, where she keeps a horse named Forio, and then to Baltimore for a surprise visit to her mother, Bernice (Louise Latham). Though Bernice seems to care more for a young neighbor named Jessie than she ever did her own daughter, Marnie shows her love for her and gives her money.
Wives and Lovers (1963)
, 1h43Directed by John Rich
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Janet Leigh, Van Johnson, Shelley Winters, Martha Hyer, Ray Walston, Lee Patrick
Roles Theatre Play
Rating58%
Husband and wife Bill and Bertie Austin and their daughter live in a low-rent apartment. He's a struggling writer, at least until agent Lucinda Ford breaks the news that she's sold his book to a publisher, including the rights to turn it into a Broadway play.