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Katherine Dunham is a Actor and Choreographer American born on 22 june 1909 at Joliet (USA)
Katherine Mary Dunham (June 22, 1909 – May 21, 2006) was an American dancer, choreographer, author, educator, and social activist. Dunham had one of the most successful dance careers in American and European theater of the 20th century, and directed her own dance company for many years. She has been called the "matriarch and queen mother of black dance".
At the height of her career in the 1940s and 1950s, Dunham was renowned throughout Europe and Latin America and was widely popular in the United States, where the Washington Post called her "dancer Katherine the Great". For almost 30 years she maintained the Katherine Dunham Dance Company, the only self-supported American black dance troupe at that time, and over her long career she choreographed more than ninety individual dances. Dunham was an innovator in African-American modern dance as well as a leader in the field of dance anthropology, or ethnochoreology.
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Katherine Dunham
Birth name Katherine Mary Dunham
Nationality USA
Birth 22 june 1909 at Joliet (USA)
Death 21 may 2006 (at 96 years) at New York City (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 22 june 1909 at Joliet (USA)
Death 21 may 2006 (at 96 years) at New York City (USA)
At the height of her career in the 1940s and 1950s, Dunham was renowned throughout Europe and Latin America and was widely popular in the United States, where the Washington Post called her "dancer Katherine the Great". For almost 30 years she maintained the Katherine Dunham Dance Company, the only self-supported American black dance troupe at that time, and over her long career she choreographed more than ninety individual dances. Dunham was an innovator in African-American modern dance as well as a leader in the field of dance anthropology, or ethnochoreology.
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Mambo (1954)
, 1h50Directed by Robert Rossen
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Silvana Mangano, Michael Rennie, Vittorio Gassman, Shelley Winters, Katherine Dunham, Eduardo Ciannelli
Roles Katherine Dunham
Rating58%
The film stars Silvana Mangano as Giovanna Masetti, a poor Venetian who is admired by the crafty croupier Mario Rossi (Vittorio Gassman) and the rich count Enrico Marisoni (Michael Rennie). Giovanna lives out a dream to become a dancer and moves to Rome. She returns six months later to the competing affections of Mario and Enrico, resulting in a choice between the two and the dramatic finale.
I'm in the Revue (1950)
, 1h20Directed by Mario Soldati
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Nino Taranto, Isa Barzizza, Irasema Dilián, Dante Maggio, Suzy Delair, Fernandel
Roles herself
Rating53%
Dans l'express Paris-Rome, une jeune fille dérobe le costume très attendu de la célèbre vedette Suzy Delair, confié à un jeune hurluberlu. Ce dernier va rechercher dans tous les cabarets célèbres la robe volée, et assistera ainsi à tous les spectacles de la capitale.
Casbah (1948)
, 1h34Directed by John Berry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Yvonne De Carlo, Tony Martin, Peter Lorre, Märta Torén, Hugo Haas, Thomas Gomez
Roles Odette
Rating59%
Casbah is a musical remake of the 1938 film Algiers, which was in turn an American English-language remake of the 1936 French film Pépé le Moko. The plot, which follows that of the 1938 film rather faithfully, deals with Pépé le Moko (Tony Martin), who leads a gang of jewel thieves in the Casbah of Algiers, where he has exiled himself to escape imprisonment in his native France. Inez (Yvonne De Carlo), his girl friend, is infuriated when Pépé flirts with Gaby (Marta Toren), a French visitor, but Pépé tells her to mind her own business. Detective Slimane (Peter Lorre) is trying to lure Pépé out of the Casbah so he can be jailed. Against Slimane's advice, Police Chief Louvain (Thomas Gomez) captures Pépé in a dragnet, but his followers free him. Inez realizes that Pépé has fallen in love with Gaby and intends to follow her to Europe. Slimane knows the same and uses her as the bait to lure Pépé out of the Casbah.
Stormy Weather (1943)
, 1h18Directed by Andrew L. Stone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Documentary, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Katherine Dunham, Fayard Nicholas, Dooley Wilson, Stymie Beard
Roles Katherine Dunham
Rating72%
Évocation de numéros de danse, de musiciens, de chanteurs et chanteuses qui ont marqué l'histoire du jazz entre 1919 et 1940.
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
, 1h39Directed by Ralph Murphy, George Marshall, Frank Tuttle, A. Edward Sutherland, Lewis Allen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Betty Hutton, Eddie Bracken, Victor Moore, Walter Abel, Anne Revere, Cass Daley
Roles Katherine Dunham
Rating65%
Pop Webster (Victor Moore) is a former silent movie star once known as "Bronco Billy" who now works as the guard on the main gate at Paramount Pictures. However, he's told his son Johnny (Eddie Bracken), who's in the Navy, that he's the studio's Executive Vice President in Charge of Production. When Johnny shows up in Hollywood on shore leave, Pop and the studio's switchboard operator Polly Judson (Betty Hutton) go all-out to maintain the illusion for Johnny and his sailor friends that Pop's a studio big-wig. Things get a bit complicated when Pop offers to put on a variety show for the Navy, featuring all of Paramount's stars, but Polly convinces Bob Hope and Bing Crosby to do the show, and they convince the rest of the stars on the lot.
Team
, 2h54Directed by John Huston
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, Children's films, Disaster films
Actors Stephen Boyd, Ava Gardner, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, Franco Nero, Michael Parks
Roles Choreographer
Rating62%
The film consists of five main sections: The Creation, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah's Ark, and the story of Abraham. There are also a pair of shorter sections, one recounting the building of the Tower of Babel, and the other the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. The sections vary greatly in tone. The story of Abraham is somber and reverential, while that of Noah repeatedly focuses on his love of all animals—herbivorous and carnivorous or omnivorous. Cats (including lions) drink milk, with Noah's relationship with the animals being depicted harmoniously. It was originally conceived as the first in a series of films retelling the entire Old Testament, but these sequels were never made.
Mambo (1954)
, 1h50Directed by Robert Rossen
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Silvana Mangano, Michael Rennie, Vittorio Gassman, Shelley Winters, Katherine Dunham, Eduardo Ciannelli
Roles Choreographer
Rating58%
The film stars Silvana Mangano as Giovanna Masetti, a poor Venetian who is admired by the crafty croupier Mario Rossi (Vittorio Gassman) and the rich count Enrico Marisoni (Michael Rennie). Giovanna lives out a dream to become a dancer and moves to Rome. She returns six months later to the competing affections of Mario and Enrico, resulting in a choice between the two and the dramatic finale.