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John D. Dunning is a Editor American born on 5 may 1916
John Daniel Dunning — né le 5 mai 1916 à Los Angeles (Californie), mort le 25 février 1991 à Santa Monica (Californie) — est un monteur américain, connu comme John D. Dunning (ou John Dunning), membre de l'ACE.
Parmi ses films notables, citons Bastogne de William A. Wellman (1949, avec Van Johnson et John Hodiak), Show Boat de George Sidney (1951, avec Kathryn Grayson et Ava Gardner), Jules César de Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1953, avec Marlon Brando et Louis Calhern), L'Arbre de vie d'Edward Dmytryk (1957, avec Montgomery Clift et Elizabeth Taylor), ou encore Ben-Hur de William Wyler (1959, avec Charlton Heston et Stephen Boyd).
Son dernier film est le western La Ruée vers l'Ouest d'Anthony Mann (avec Glenn Ford et Maria Schell), sorti en 1960.
Bastogne et Ben-Hur précités lui valent chacun une nomination à l'Oscar du meilleur montage (gagné pour le second).
Après son retrait du grand écran, John D. Dunning œuvre à la télévision et contribue au montage de quatorze séries américaines entre 1961 et 1969, dont Le Jeune Docteur Kildare (intégrale, 1961-1966), Flipper le dauphin (cinquante-huit épisodes, 1964-1966) et Des agents très spéciaux (intégrale, 1964-1968).
Son ultime contribution est pour le téléfilm The Mask of Sheba de David Lowell Rich (1970, avec Walter Pidgeon et Inger Stevens), après quoi il se retire.
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Au cinéma, John D. Dunning fait carrière à la MGM et assure le montage de vingt-quatre films américains, les deux premiers sortis en 1947.Parmi ses films notables, citons Bastogne de William A. Wellman (1949, avec Van Johnson et John Hodiak), Show Boat de George Sidney (1951, avec Kathryn Grayson et Ava Gardner), Jules César de Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1953, avec Marlon Brando et Louis Calhern), L'Arbre de vie d'Edward Dmytryk (1957, avec Montgomery Clift et Elizabeth Taylor), ou encore Ben-Hur de William Wyler (1959, avec Charlton Heston et Stephen Boyd).
Son dernier film est le western La Ruée vers l'Ouest d'Anthony Mann (avec Glenn Ford et Maria Schell), sorti en 1960.
Bastogne et Ben-Hur précités lui valent chacun une nomination à l'Oscar du meilleur montage (gagné pour le second).
Après son retrait du grand écran, John D. Dunning œuvre à la télévision et contribue au montage de quatorze séries américaines entre 1961 et 1969, dont Le Jeune Docteur Kildare (intégrale, 1961-1966), Flipper le dauphin (cinquante-huit épisodes, 1964-1966) et Des agents très spéciaux (intégrale, 1964-1968).
Son ultime contribution est pour le téléfilm The Mask of Sheba de David Lowell Rich (1970, avec Walter Pidgeon et Inger Stevens), après quoi il se retire.
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Cimarron (1960)
, 2h27Directed by Anthony Mann, Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Western
Actors Glenn Ford, Maria Schell, Anne Baxter, Harry Morgan, Russ Tamblyn, Arthur O'Connell
Roles Editor
Rating63%
Sabra Cravat's (Maria Schell) wealthy Kansas City parents try to dissuade her from participating in a land run in the Oklahoma territory with her new husband Yancey (Glenn Ford), but she is adamant. During the journey, Sabra's knowledge of her husband's character deepens, and when he lends one of his covered wagons to Tom (Arthur O'Connell) and Sarah Wyatt (Mercedes McCambridge) and their large, destitute family, she experiences his generosity.
Ben-Hur (1959)
, 3h34Directed by William Wyler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, Seafaring films, Christmas films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, Road movies, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Chase films, Films about virginity
Actors Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott
Roles Editor
Rating80%
In AD 26, Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) is a wealthy prince and merchant in Jerusalem, who lives with his mother, Miriam (Martha Scott); his sister, Tirzah (Cathy O'Donnell); their loyal slave, Simonides (Sam Jaffe); and his daughter, Esther (Haya Harareet), who loves Ben-Hur but is betrothed to another. His childhood friend, the Roman citizen Messala (Stephen Boyd), is now a tribune. After several years away from Jerusalem, Messala returns as the new commander of the Roman garrison. Messala believes in the glory of Rome and its imperial power, while Ben-Hur is devoted to his faith and the freedom of the Jewish people.
The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
, 2h25Directed by Richard Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Claire Bloom, Lee J. Cobb, William Shatner, Richard Basehart
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Rating66%
The story follows Fyodor, the patriarch of the Karamazov family and his sons. When he tries to decide an heir, the tensions between the brothers of the film run high, leading to infighting and murder.
Raintree County (1957)
, 2h46Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Lee Marvin, Rod Taylor, Nigel Patrick
Roles Editor
Rating63%
In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey (Montgomery Clift), a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither (Eva Marie Saint) by Susanna Drake (Elizabeth Taylor), a rich New Orleans girl. He has a brief and passionate affair with Susanna while she is visiting. Following her return to the South, she comes back to Indiana to tell Shawnessey she is pregnant with his child. John marries her out of honor and duty, leaving Nell heartbroken.
The Swan (1956)
, 1h44Directed by Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Historical, Romance
Themes Monde imaginaire, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Grace Kelly, Alec Guinness, Louis Jourdan, Jessie Royce Landis, Estelle Winwood, Brian Aherne
Roles Editor
Rating64%
The film, set in 1910, deals with the story of the daughter of a minor branch of a European royal house who is being considered as a wife for her cousin, the heir to the throne.
Interrupted Melody (1955)
, 1h46Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Glenn Ford, Eleanor Parker, Roger Moore, Cecil Kellaway, Peter Leeds, Walter Baldwin
Roles Editor
Rating66%
The story traces Marjorie's (Eleanor Parker) long, hard road to the top, her success on two continents, and her turbulent marriage to American doctor Thomas King (Glenn Ford). While touring South America in 1941, Lawrence is stricken with polio, which not only abruptly ends her career but briefly robs her of the will to live.
The Tender Trap (1955)
, 1h51Directed by Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, David Wayne, Celeste Holm, Lola Albright, Carolyn Jones
Roles Editor
Rating62%
Charlie Y. Reader (Frank Sinatra) is a 35-year-old theatrical agent in New York, living a seemingly idyllic life as a bachelor. Numerous women – among them Poppy (Lola Albright), Helen (Carolyn Jones), and Jessica (Jarma Lewis) – come and go, cleaning and cooking for him.
It's a Dog's Life (1955)
Directed by Herman Hoffman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Jeff Richards, Dean Jagger, Edmund Gwenn, Eve McVeagh, Vic Morrow, J. M. Kerrigan
Roles Editor
Rating64%
The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
, 1h56Directed by Richard Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Donna Reed, Eva Gabor, George Dolenz
Roles Editor
Rating60%
As World War II ends in Europe, Stars and Stripes journalist Charles Wills (Van Johnson) is on the streets of Paris, covering the celebrations. He is suddenly grabbed by a beautiful woman, who kisses him and disappears. Charles follows the crowd to Café Dhingo and meets another pretty woman named Marion Elliswirth (Donna Reed). The mutual attraction is instant and she invites him to join her father's celebration of the end of the war in Europe. Charles, Marion and her persistent French suitor Claude Matine (George Dolenz) arrive at the Elliswirth household, and we find that the woman who had kissed Charles is Marion's younger sister Helen (Elizabeth Taylor).
Rhapsody (1954)
, 1h55Directed by Charles Vidor, Michael Kanin, Lawrence Weingarten, Fay Kanin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Vittorio Gassman, John Ericson, Louis Calhern, Michael Chekhov, Barbara Bates
Rating62%
Based on the novel Maurice Guest by Henry Handel Richardson, the film is about a wealthy and beautiful woman who follows the man she loves and hopes to marry to Zurich where he studies violin at a conservatory.
Betrayed (1954)
, 1h48Directed by Gottfried Reinhardt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Romance
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Victor Mature, Louis Calhern, O. E. Hasse, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Roles Editor
Rating60%
Betrayed is an espionage thriller set in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, and revolves mostly around the Dutch resistance movement.
Julius Caesar (1953)
, 2hDirected by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary, Historical, Peplum
Themes Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud, Louis Calhern, Edmond O'Brien, Greer Garson
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Rating71%
Caius Julius surnommé Caesar, ambitieux leader politique, est déterminé à devenir dictateur. Il est accueilli en triomphe dans Rome lors de la célébration des Lupercales. Les sénateurs (et en particulier Cassius), face à la réaction de la foule, en viennent à le considérer comme une menace pour Rome. Mais la popularité dont jouit César rend difficile tout complot contre lui.
Take the High Ground! (1953)
, 1h41Directed by Richard Brooks, Jerry Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy
Themes Political films
Actors Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, Elaine Stewart, Russ Tamblyn, Carleton Carpenter, Steve Forrest
Roles Editor
Rating59%
In May 1953, a new group of Army recruits at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas encounter their drill sergeants, Sgt. Laverne Holt (Karl Malden) and the tough-as-nails Sgt. Thorne Ryan (Richard Widmark). After Ryan's caustic appraisal of the recruits, Holt vows to make soldiers out of them during their sixteen weeks of basic training. Ryan, a combat veteran who resents his stateside duty, repeatedly applies for a transfer back to the Korean front.
My Man and I (1952)
, 1h39Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Shelley Winters, Ricardo Montalbán, Juan Torena, Wendell Corey, Claire Trevor, Robert Burton
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Rating63%
Chu Chu Ramirez (Ricardo Montalban), a farm laborer from Mexico who works as a grape picker in California, has recently become an American citizen and is determined to better himself. While his cousin Manuel and his friends Celestino and Willie spend their pay on gambling and women, Chu Chu buys new clothes and an encyclopedia. When grape season ends, Chu Chu takes a job clearing land for Ansel Ames (Wendell Corey) on Ames' farm near Sacramento. Ames and his wife (Claire Trevor) are having marital problems and the lonely Mrs. Ames, who initially regards Chu Chu with contempt as a "foreigner", becomes attracted to Chu Chu over time. Chu Chu is friendly and kind to her, but does not return her affections and rejects her attempt to seduce him. Instead, Chu Chu is drawn to Nancy (Shelley Winters), a troubled waitress with a drinking problem whose former husband, a test pilot, was killed in a crash. Chu Chu puts up his prized possession, a letter from President Franklin D. Roosevelt, to get money for Nancy, and asks her to be his girl, although she protests that he shouldn't waste his time on a "wino" like herself.
The Wild North (1952)
, 1h37Directed by Andrew Marton, Jerry Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Romance, Western
Actors Stewart Granger, Wendell Corey, Cyd Charisse, J. M. Kerrigan, Morgan Farley, Henry Corden
Roles Editor
Rating64%
A trapper goes on the run in the Canadian wilderness, pursued by a lawman.