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Niven Busch is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 26 april 1903 at New York City (USA)
Niven Busch (April 26, 1903 – August 25, 1991) was an American novelist and screenwriter of movies such as the acclaimed The Postman Always Rings Twice. His novels included Duel in the Sun (1944) and California Street. He was married to actress Teresa Wright for ten years beginning in 1942.
Pour cette dernière, il sera également producteur (et aussi le romancier et scénariste) du drame La Capture en 1950.
Enfin, notons une apparition comme acteur, dans un petit rôle, à l'occasion de L'Insoutenable Légèreté de l'être (1988).
(1946)
(Novel)
(1958)
(Scriptwriter)
(1951)
(Story)
(1938)
(Story)
(1940)
(Scriptwriter)
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Nationality USA
Birth 26 april 1903 at New York City (USA)
Death 25 august 1991 (at 88 years) at San Francisco (USA)
Birth 26 april 1903 at New York City (USA)
Death 25 august 1991 (at 88 years) at San Francisco (USA)
Niven Busch (April 26, 1903 – August 25, 1991) was an American novelist and screenwriter of movies such as the acclaimed The Postman Always Rings Twice. His novels included Duel in the Sun (1944) and California Street. He was married to actress Teresa Wright for ten years beginning in 1942.
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Niven Busch écrit pour le cinéma entre 1932 et 1955. Parmi ses œuvres les plus connues, mentionnons le scénario de Le facteur sonne toujours deux fois (version de 1946), son roman Duel au soleil, adapté sous ce titre cette même année 1946, ou encore l'histoire et le scénario pour le western La Vallée de la peur (1947), dans lequel joue Teresa Wright qui fut un temps son épouse.Pour cette dernière, il sera également producteur (et aussi le romancier et scénariste) du drame La Capture en 1950.
Enfin, notons une apparition comme acteur, dans un petit rôle, à l'occasion de L'Insoutenable Légèreté de l'être (1988).
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(1946)(Novel)
(1958)(Scriptwriter)
(1951)(Story)
(1938)(Story)
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Filmography of Niven Busch (27 films)
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, 2h51Directed by Philip Kaufman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Political films
Actors Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint, Erland Josephson, Donald Moffat
Rating72%
Charismatic Czech brain surgeon Tomas (Daniel Day-Lewis), a successful lothario in Communist Czechoslovakia is pursuing a love/hate affair with Sabina (Lena Olin), an equally care-free artist in Prague. One day, Dr Tomas makes a long distance call to a spa town for a specialized surgery. There, he meets dissatisfied waitress Tereza (Juliette Binoche), who desires intellectual stimulation. She tracks him down in Prague and cohabits with him, complicating Tomas's extra-domestic sexual affairs.
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Gigi (1958)
, 1h59Directed by Vincente Minnelli, Noël Howard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Maurice Chevalier, Hermione Gingold, Isabel Jeans, Jacques Bergerac
Rating65%
Set in turn-of-the-20th century Paris, the film opens with Honoré Lachaille (Maurice Chevalier) among high society in the Bois de Boulogne. A charming old roué, he cynically remarks that "Like everywhere else, most people in Paris get married, but not all. There are some who will not marry, and some who do not marry. But in Paris, those who will not marry are usually men, and those who do not marry are usually women." So marriage is not the only option for wealthy young bon vivants like his nephew Gaston (Louis Jourdan), who is bored with life. The one thing Gaston truly enjoys is spending time with Madame Alvarez (Hermione Gingold), whom he calls Mamita, and especially her granddaughter, the precocious, carefree Gilberte, aka Gigi who is 15 (Leslie Caron). Following the family tradition, Madame Alvarez sends Gigi to her sister, Great Aunt Alicia (Isabel Jeans), to be groomed as a courtesan and learn etiquette and charm. To Alicia, love is an art, and a necessary accomplishment for Gigi's social and economic future. But Gigi, shows disdain for such trivial love that a man and his mistress usually has. Remaining true to her girlish, yet charming personality, she finds herself having the most fun when with Gaston (35) whom she regards as an older brother.
The Treasure of Pancho Villa (1955)
, 1h32Directed by George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres War, Romance, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Rory Calhoun, Shelley Winters, Gilbert Roland, Joseph Calleia, Fanny Schiller, Rodd Redwing
Rating56%
Des cow-boys, des ranchers et des hors-la-loi se font la guerre pour un hypothétique trésor et pour la possession de terres.
The Moonlighter (1953)
, 1h17Directed by Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Ward Bond, William Ching, John Dierkes, Morris Ankrum
Roles Story
Rating58%
Wes Anderson has been "moonlighting," rustling cattle. A lynch mob led by rancher Alex Prince hangs the wrong man. Wes escapes.
The Man from the Alamo (1953)
, 1h19Directed by Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Political films
Actors Glenn Ford, Julie Adams, Hugh O'Brian, Chill Wills, Victor Jory, Neville Brand
Roles Story
Rating63%
During the siege at the Alamo, John Stroud (Glenn Ford) is chosen to leave the fort and warn the families of the mission's defenders of the impending arrival of General Santa Anna. But when everyone around him is wiped out by the Mexicans, Stroud has no proof that he was ordered to leave his post, and is therefore branded a coward.
Distant Drums (1951)
, 1h41Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres War, Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Gary Cooper, Richard Webb, Mari Aldon, Arthur Hunnicutt, Carl Harbaugh, Ray Teal
Roles Story
Rating63%
In 1840, U.S. Army General Zachary Taylor sends out naval Lieutenant Tufts and scout Monk to a remote Florida island home, where the reclusive Captain Quincy Wyatt lives with a 5-year-old son.
The Furies (1950)
, 1h49Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Walter Huston, Judith Anderson, Gilbert Roland, Thomas Gomez
Roles Novel
Rating72%
T. C. Jeffords (Walter Huston) is a wealthy cattle baron who feels the Herrera family is squatting illegally on his property, The Furies. T.C.'s beloved daughter, Vance (Barbara Stanwyck), who is as obsessed with wealth and every bit as ruthless as her father, has a close bond with Juan Herrera (Gilbert Roland) in secret. What she wants more is a proper husband who can run the giant ranch with her once T.C. is gone. She falls in love with Rip Darrow (Wendell Corey), who holds a grudge against T.C., believing a portion of The Furies land to be rightfully his. Vance is shocked when Rip accepts a $50,000 bribe from T.C. to permanently get out of her life. Rip opens a bank in town near a saloon he owns called "The Legal Tender".
The Capture (1950)
, 1h31Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Western
Actors Lew Ayres, Teresa Wright, Victor Jory, Jacqueline White, Jimmy Hunt, Barry Kelley
Roles Créateur de nouvelle
Rating59%
Lin Vanner (Lew Ayres), is manager of an oil company. The payroll has been stolen in a hold-up. His fiance urges him to pursue the suspect in hope that he will gain recognition. Deducing the road the robber may have taken over the border with Mexico, he goes along to intercept him. He shoots a man who shouts back at him and does not raise his hands when challenged by Lin.
Moss Rose (1947)
, 1h22Directed by Gregory Ratoff
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Themes Children's films
Actors Peggy Cummins, Victor Mature, Ethel Barrymore, Vincent Price, Patricia Medina, George Zucco
Roles Adaptation
Rating65%
Set in Victorian London, the story concerns a music hall chorus girl, Belle Adair, aka Rose Lynton, who blackmails a gentleman, Michael Drego, after seeing him leave the house where another dancer, Daisy Arrow, was found murdered. Instead of accepting money she demands to be invited to the man's stately home to experience the life of a lady. The woman becomes friends with the man's mother, Lady Margaret Drego, his fiancée, Audrey Ashton, but her peace is disturbed when the police inspector, Deputy Inspector Evans, arrives to question them further about the murder. Then another murder is committed in similar circumstances.
Pursued (1947)
, 1h41Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Romance, Western
Actors Teresa Wright, Robert Mitchum, Judith Anderson, Dean Jagger, Alan Hale, Harry Carey, Jr.
Rating71%
Set in New Mexico around the turn of the 20th Century and told in flashback, the film tells the story of Jeb (Mitchum), whose entire family was slaughtered when he was a child. In the aftermath of the massacre, Jeb is found by Mrs. Callum, a widow, who will raise him in her family. Traumatized by the killings, Jeb doesn't recall anything of that night, except for vague images that he sees in a frequent nightmare. Mrs. Callum raises him as her own son, together with her daughter Thorley and her son Adam. Years later, Jeb is shot at while riding a colt, but the shooter misses him; although Mrs. Callum blames the incident on deer hunters, she knows that it was an attempted murder by her brother-in-law Grant, who, for vague reasons, is determined to kill Jeb.
Duel in the Sun (1946)
, 2h9Directed by William Dieterle, Otto Brower, David Selznick, Josef von Sternberg, King Vidor, William Cameron Menzies, Sidney Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Gregory Peck, Lionel Barrymore, Herbert Marshall, Lillian Gish
Roles Novel
Rating66%
Pearl Chavez (Jennifer Jones) is orphaned after her father Scott Chavez (Herbert Marshall) kills her mother (Tilly Losch), having caught his wife with a lover (Sidney Blackmer). Before Scott Chavez is executed as a punishment for killing his wife, he arranges for his daughter Pearl to live with his second cousin and old sweetheart, Laura Belle (Lillian Gish).
, 1h53Directed by Tay Garnett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about capital punishment
Actors Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn, Leon Ames, Audrey Totter
Rating73%
Frank Chambers (John Garfield) is a drifter who stops at a rural diner for a meal and ends up working there. The diner is operated by a beautiful young woman, Cora Smith (Lana Turner), and her much older husband, Nick (Cecil Kellaway).
Till the End of Time (1946)
, 1h44Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Dorothy McGuire, Guy Madison, Robert Mitchum, Bill Williams, Tom Tully, Tom Tully
Roles Novel
Rating66%
Right after VJ Day, two Marine Corps buddies, Cpl. Bill Tabeshaw (Mitchum) and Pfc. Cliff Harper (Madison), are among a group selected to return immediately to civilian life. Bill, a former cowboy, has a silver plate implanted in his head, a "souvenir" of Iwo Jima, but has won $2,100 gambling and plans to buy a small cattle ranch in New Mexico. Former college student Cliff is physically uninjured but harbors deep resentments about losing nearly four years of his life because he enlisted right after Pearl Harbor.
Belle Starr (1941)
, 1h27Directed by Irving Cummings
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Western
Themes Political films, Children's films, Gangster films
Actors Gene Tierney, Randolph Scott, Dana Andrews, Shepperd Strudwick, Elizabeth Patterson, Chill Wills
Roles Story
Rating57%
After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain Sam Starr (Randolph Scott), Belle Shirley (Gene Tierney) vows to take revenge. Breaking Starr out of prison, she joins his small guerrilla group for a series of raids on banks and railroads, carpetbaggers and enemy troops. Belle's bravado during the attacks earns her a reputation among the locals as well as the love of Starr himself. The pair get married, but their relationship starts to break down when Sam Starr lets a couple of psychotic rebels into the gang, leaving Belle to wonder if he really cares about the Southern cause.
The Little Foxes (1941)
, 1h55Directed by William Wyler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright, Charles Dingle, Richard Carlson, Carl Benton Reid
Roles Storyboard
Rating78%
The focus is on Southern aristocrat Regina Hubbard Giddens (Bette Davis), who struggles for wealth and freedom within the confines of an early 20th-century society where a father considered only sons as legal heirs. As a result, her avaricious brothers, Benjamin (Charles Dingle) and Oscar (Carl Benton Reid), are independently wealthy, while she must rely for financial support upon her sickly husband Horace (Herbert Marshall), who has been away undergoing treatment for a severe heart condition.