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John P. Livadary is a Sound American born on 20 may 1896 at Istanbul (Turquie)

John P. Livadary

John P. Livadary
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Nationality USA
Birth 20 may 1896 at Istanbul (Turquie)
Death 7 april 1987 (at 90 years) at Balboa Island (USA)

John Paul Livadary (born 20 May 1896, Istanbul, Turkey, died 7 April 1987, Newport Beach, California, USA ) was a sound designer.

He started work in 1928 at Columbia Pictures and won the Academy Award for Best Sound three times, in a career that spanned 30 years. The first Oscar was for One Night of Love (1934), the second for The Jolson Story (1946) and the third for From Here to Eternity (1953).

Biography

Après avoir fait des études de médecine en Grèce, il émigre aux États-Unis où il intègre le MIT, dont il sort diplômé en ingénierie électrique et en mathématiques. Il commence à travailler aux Laboratoires Bell, puis après un bref passage chez Paramount commence une longue carrière chez Columbia Pictures, dont il devient responsable du département son. C'est à ce titre qu'il remporte d'ailleurs plusieurs récompenses.

Best films

From Here to Eternity (1953)
(Supervising Sound Editor)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
(Supervising Sound Editor)
Picnic (1955)
(Sound Supervisor)
Pal Joey (1957)
(Recording Supervision)
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
(Recording Supervision)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
(Sound Director)

Usually with

Morris Stoloff
Morris Stoloff
(18 films)
Jean Louis
Jean Louis
(16 films)
Frank Tuttle
Frank Tuttle
(12 films)
Arthur Morton
Arthur Morton
(12 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of John P. Livadary (43 films)

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Sound

Comanche Station, 1h14
Directed by Randolph Scott, Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Nancy Gates, Claude Akins, Skip Homeier, Richard Rust, Rand Brooks
Roles Recording Supervision
Rating69% 3.494073.494073.494073.494073.49407
Jefferson Cody (Randolph Scott), whose wife was captured by Comanches, frees another man's wife and is taking her home. Three outlaws, led by the charming but malevolent Ben Lane (Claude Akins), reveal that the woman's husband has offered a $5,000 reward, making the woman, Mrs. Lowe (Nancy Gates), suspicious of Cody's motives in coming to her rescue.
Ride Lonesome, 1h13
Directed by Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Karen Steele, Pernell Roberts, Lee Van Cleef, James Best, James Coburn
Roles Sound Recordist
Rating70% 3.5440753.5440753.5440753.5440753.544075
Bounty hunter Ben Brigade (Randolph Scott) captures wanted outlaw Billy John (James Best), who brags that his brother Frank (Lee Van Cleef) will never allow Brigade to take Billy John to justice in Santa Cruz County, AZ. AIong the way, Brigade comes to the rescue of a woman, Carrie Lane (Karen Steele), whom he and a pair of unwelcome new partners, gunmen Sam Boone (Pernell Roberts) and his friend Whit (James Coburn), take along toward safety. But Brigade knows that the reward on Billy John's head is the real motive behind Sam's and Whit's arrival, and that outlaw leader Frank won't be far behind.
Gidget
Gidget (1959)
, 1h35
Directed by Paul Wendkos
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Surfing films
Actors Sandra Dee, James Darren, Cliff Robertson, Joby Baker, Tom Laughlin, Doug McClure
Roles Sound Supervisor
Rating65% 3.2964653.2964653.2964653.2964653.296465
Frances Lawrence (Sandra Dee) is about to turn 17 years old and is on her summer break between her junior and senior years of high school. She resists the pressure to go "manhunting" with her girlfriends and laments the days when the girls had fun together without boys. Frances also rejects her parents wishing to fix her up on a date with the son of a friend of the family, Jeffrey Matthews.
The Last Angry Man, 1h40
Directed by Daniel Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Paul Muni, David Wayne, Betsy Palmer, Luther Adler, Joby Baker, Joanna Moore
Roles Sound Supervisor
Rating68% 3.443393.443393.443393.443393.44339
As the fiercely dedicated general practitioner who tries to help the sick, the poor and the unfortunate in his decrepit neighborhood, Dr. Sam Abelman (Paul Muni) is a testy old man who faces life without compromise and Woodrow Thrasher (David Wayne) is a troubled television executive fighting to preserve his career.
1001 Arabian Nights, 1h15
Directed by Jack Kinney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Monde imaginaire, Children's films
Actors Alan Reed, Hans Conried, Daws Butler, Herschel Bernardi, Jim Backus, Dwayne Hickman
Roles Sound
Rating60% 3.046513.046513.046513.046513.04651
Adaptation d'un conte des Mille et une nuits.
The Crimson Kimono, 1h22
Directed by Samuel Fuller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Peinture
Actors Victoria Shaw, Glenn Corbett, James Shigeta, Anna Lee, Pat Silver-Lasky, Kaye Elhardt
Roles Recording Supervision
Rating67% 3.3965853.3965853.3965853.3965853.396585
A stripper runs out onto a Los Angeles street in the Little Tokyo district, in a state of undress, mortally wounded by a gunshot. Police detectives Joe Kojaku and Charlie Bancroft, partners and bachelors who share an apartment, are assigned to the case. They find portraits of the stripper, known as Sugar Torch, dressed in a kimono as a geisha, apparently preparing a Japanese-themed act.
The Tingler, 1h22
Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities, Sign-language films, American Sign Language films, Films about language and translation
Actors Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman, Patricia Cutts, William Castle, Dal McKennon
Roles Sound Supervisor
Rating65% 3.297893.297893.297893.297893.29789
A pathologist, Dr. Warren Chapin (Price), discovers that the tingling of the spine in states of extreme fear is due to the growth of a creature that every human being seems to have, called a "Tingler", a parasite attached to the human spine. It curls up, feeds and grows stronger when its host is afraid, effectively crushing the person's spine if curled up long enough. The host can weaken the creature and stop its curling by screaming.
Buchanan Rides Alone, 1h18
Directed by Harry Joe Brown, Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Craig Stevens, Barry Kelley, Tol Avery, Peter Whitney, L. Q. Jones
Roles Recording Supervision
Rating67% 3.3943953.3943953.3943953.3943953.394395
On his way home to West Texas, Tom Buchanan (Randolph Scott) rides into the Californian border town of Agry, and into a feud between several members of the Agry family. In helping out a Mexican seeking revenge on one of them, Buchanan finds himself against the whole family.
Apache Territory, 1h12
Directed by Ray Nazarro
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Rory Calhoun, Barbara Bates, John Dehner, Frank DeKova, Carolyn Craig, Tom Pittman
Roles Recording Supervision
Rating57% 2.860042.860042.860042.860042.86004
Drifter Logan Cates (Rory Calhoun) spies the desert at a watering hole when he sees Apache Indians about to attack three cowboys. He fires a warning shot into the air, allowing the cowboys to flee. Sometime later, Cates encounters a young woman whose parents have been tortured and murdered by Apache Indians.
The Last Hurrah, 2h1
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Basil Rathbone, Dianne Foster, Pat O'Brien, Donald Crisp
Roles Sound Recordist
Rating72% 3.6463053.6463053.6463053.6463053.646305
In "a New England city," Frank Skeffington (Spencer Tracy) plans to run for a fifth term. Skeffington rose from poverty in an Irish ghetto to become mayor and former governor, and is skilled at using the power of his office and an enormous political machine of ward heelers to receive support from his Irish Catholic base and other demographics. Rumors of graft and abuse of power are widespread, however, and the Protestant bishop, newspaper publisher Amos Force (John Carradine), banker Norman Cass (Basil Rathbone), and other members of the city's traditional elite the Irish Catholics replaced oppose Skeffington; so does Martin Burke (Donald Crisp), Catholic cardinal, Skeffington's childhood friend. They support the candidacy of Kevin McCluskey (Charles B. Fitzsimons), a young Catholic lawyer and war veteran with no political experience.
The Case Against Brooklyn, 1h22
Directed by Paul Wendkos
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Darren McGavin, Margaret Hayes, Warren Stevens, Peggy McCay, Emile Meyer, Tol Avery
Roles Recording Supervision
Rating64% 3.241983.241983.241983.241983.24198
Ex-Marine Pete Harris, formerly with Military Intelligence is taken out of his Police Academy due to his experience to work undercover to investigate police corruption.
Bell, Book and Candle, 1h46
Directed by Richard Quiney
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Christmas films, Witches in film, Films based on plays
Actors James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Janice Rule, Elsa Lanchester, Ernie Kovacs
Roles Recording Supervision
Rating67% 3.3972253.3972253.3972253.3972253.397225
During the Christmas holiday season, Greenwich Village witch Gillian Holroyd (Kim Novak), a free spirit with a penchant for going barefoot, has been unlucky in love and restless in life. She admires from afar her neighbor, publisher Shep Henderson (James Stewart), who one day walks into her gallery of African art to use the telephone (after Gillian's aunt Elsa Lanchester put a spell on his phone). When she learns he is about to marry an old college enemy of hers, Merle Kittridge (Janice Rule), Gillian takes revenge by casting a love spell on Shep, and she eventually falls for him herself. She must make a choice, as witches who fall in love lose their supernatural powers. When she decides to love Shep, Gillian's cat and familiar, Pyewacket, becomes agitated and leaves.
Jeanne Eagels, 1h48
Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about television
Actors Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler, Charles Drake, Agnes Moorehead, Larry Gates, Virginia Grey
Roles Recording Supervision
Rating61% 3.0988753.0988753.0988753.0988753.098875
Jeanne Eagels is a Kansas City waitress. After losing a carnival's beauty contest, she asks carny owner Sal Satori for a job. Her dancing in a skimpy costume is accused of being obscene. Sal decides to join his brother in New York and invites Jeanne to join them in an amusement park at Coney Island.
Decision at Sundown, 1h17
Directed by Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, John Carroll, Karen Steele, Valerie French, Noah Beery, Jr, John Archer
Roles Recording Supervision
Rating67% 3.39373.39373.39373.39373.3937
Bart Allison (Randolph Scott) rejoint un ami, Sam, qui a découvert la ville où se trouve le dangereux Tate Kinsbrough (John Carroll) qu'Allison cherche depuis 3 ans, certainement pour le tuer. Il souhaite venger une certaine Mary, que Kingsbrough avait poussée au suicide par un adultère. Les deux compères entrent en ville pour accomplir leur besogne. Mais cette ville, totalement sous la coupe de Kinsbrough, se prépare à célébrer le jour même le mariage de ce dernier. Par ailleurs la victime de Kinsbrough, que Sam a bien connue, n'était peut-être pas une oie blanche ; ce qui va diviser les deux amis quand Sam va apprendre le but de Bart...
The Garment Jungle, 1h28
Directed by Robert Aldrich, Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about the labor movement, Political films
Actors Lee J. Cobb, Kerwin Mathews, Gia Scala, Richard Boone, Valerie French, Robert Loggia
Roles Recording Supervision
Rating65% 3.2951253.2951253.2951253.2951253.295125
Alan Mitchell is a returning Korean War veteran who joins his father Walter's garment company, Roxton Fashions. The firm has been paying protection money to gangsters led by Artie Ravidge to keep the union out.