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A Star Is Born is a 1954 American musical drama film directed by George Cukor, written by Moss Hart, and starring Judy Garland and James Mason. Hart's screenplay is an adaptation of the original 1937 film, based on the original screenplay by Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker and Alan Campbell, and from the same story by William A. Wellman and Carson, with uncredited input from six additional writers—David O. Selznick, Ben Hecht, Ring Lardner Jr., John Lee Mahin, Budd Schulberg and Adela Rogers St. Johns. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_(1954_film)
Avast! With Episode 106, we're finally bringing you a look at something we've wanted to do for a long time: the pirate classic Treasure Island! In this episode we discuss: Robert Louis Stevenson's original 1883 novel Treasure Island (the 1934 movie), directed by Victor Fleming, written by John Lee Mahin and John Howard Lawson, and starring Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, and Lionel Barrymore Treasure Island (the 1950 live-action Disney movie), directed by Byron Haskin, written by Lawrence Edward Watkin, and starring Robert Newton and Bobby Driscoll The DuPont Show of the Month Season 3 Episode 7: Treasure Island (1960), directed by Daniel Petrie, written by Michael Dyne, and starring Hugh Griffith, Richard O'Sullivan, Michael Gough, and George Rose Treasure Island (the 1987 anime movie, edited down from the 1978–79 series), directed by Osamu Dezaki and Yoshio Takeuchi, and written by Haruya Yamazaki and Yoshimi Shinozaki Treasure Island (the 1990 TV movie), written and directed by Fraser Clarke Heston, and starring Charlton Heston, Christian Bale, Julian Glover, and Oliver Reed Muppet Treasure Island (1996), directed by Brian Henson, written by Jerry Juhl, Kirk R. Thatcher, and James V. Hart, and starring Tim Curry, Billy Connolly, and Kevin Bishop Treasure Island (the 1999 movie), written and directed by Peter Rowe, and starring Jack Palance and Kevin Zegers Treasure Planet (2002), directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, written by Clements, Musker, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, and Rob Edwards, and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brian Murray, David Hyde Pierce, and Emma Thompson Treasure Island (the 2012 miniseries), directed by Steve Barron, written by Stewart Harcourt, and starring Eddie Izzard, Toby Regbo, Elijah Wood, and Donald Sutherland Footnotes: Stan Rogers performs his song "Barrett's Privateers" "Captain Kidd" performed by Great Big Sea The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem George Rose performing "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General" from The Pirates of Penzance Black Sails (2014–2017) You can follow Adapt or Perish on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and you can find us and all of our show notes online at adaptorperishcast.com. We're also on Patreon! You can find us at patreon.com/adaptcast. We have multiple reward levels, which include access to a patron-only community and a patron-only, biweekly bonus show! We hope to see you there. If you want to send us a question or comment, you can always email us at adaptorperishcast@gmail.com.
In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we look at Rhoda Penmark, one of the OG creepy murder kids, in The Bad Seed! For this episode, we read and watched: William March’s original 1954 novel. Read it on iBooks or Amazon. The 1956 theatrical movie, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, written by John Lee Mahin, and starring Nancy Kelly and Patty McCormack. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon. The 1985 TV movie, directed by Paul Wendkos, written by George Eckstein, and starring Blair Brown, Carrie Wells, Lynn Redgrave, David Ogden Stiers, and David Carradine. The 2018 Lifetime original movie, directed by Rob Lowe, written by Barbara Marshall, and starring Lowe, Mckenna Grace, Cara Buono, and Patty McCormack. Footnotes: Maxwell Anderson’s 1954 stage adaptation of The Bad Seed Lionel Shriver’s novel We Need to Talk About Kevin and the 2011 movie version directed by Lynne Ramsay “Sincerely, Raymond Holt” You can follow Adapt or Perish on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and you can find us and all of our show notes online at adaptorperishcast.com. If you want to send us a question or comment, you can email us at adaptorperishcast@gmail.com or tweet using #adaptcast.
The Lux Radio Theatre. July 27, 1936. "Chained". Sponsored by: Lux. The story is based on the 1934 MGM film. Cecil B. DeMille (host), Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone, Gilbert Emery, Wally Maher, Lou Merrill (doubles), Frank Nelson (quadruples), Margaret Seddon, Leora Thatcher, Walter Soderling (doubles), Rosemary De Camp (performer, commercial spokesman), Helen Burgess (intermission guest; actress for Paramount pictures, who would die the following year), Lauretta Puck (performer, commercial spokesman), Henry Hanna, Oliver Hinsdell (intermission guest, MGM dramatic coach), John Lee Mahin (screen writer), Edgar Selwyn (author), Louis Silvers (music director), Melville Ruick (announcer), Frank Woodruff (director), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). oldtimeradiodvd.com
The Lux Radio Theatre. June 12, 1944. CBS net. "Naughty Marietta". Sponsored by: Lux. Nelson Eddy, Jeanette MacDonald, Cecil B. DeMille, Howard McNear, Jack Mather (doubles), Jay Novello (doubles), Verna Felton, Virginia Gregg (doubles), Charles Seel (doubles), Joseph Du Val (doubles), Ferdinand Munier, Norman Field, Cliff Clark, Betty Moran, Ann Tobin (doubles), Janet Scott, Dellie Ellis, Regina Wallace (doubles), Enrico Ricardi (choral master), Betty Stevens (chorus soloist), Clarence Badger (chorus), Henry Iblings (chorus), Earl Hunmaker (chorus), Louis Yaekel (chorus), George Gramlich (chorus), Tom Clarke (chorus), Dudley Kunnell (chorus), John Knobler (chorus), Devona Doxie (chorus), Georgia Stark (chorus), John Lee Mahin (screenwriter), Frances Goodrich (screenwriter), Albert Hackett (screenwriter), Victor Herbert (composer), Rida Johnson Young (book, lyrics), Janet Russell (commercial spokesman), Helen Andrews (commercial spokesman), Duane Thompson (commercial spokesman), Doris Singleton (commercial spokesman), John McIntire (commercial spokesman), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director).oldtimeradiodvd.com
A Tribute To Gregory Peck - The Yearling From 01-06-47 The Yearling is a 1946 film which tells the story of a boy who adopts a fawn as a pet. It stars Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman Jr., Chill Wills and Forrest Tucker. The movie was adapted by Paul Osborn and John Lee Mahin (uncredited) from the novel by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. It was adapted by Clarence Brown. It won Academy Awards for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color and Best Cinematography, Color and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Gregory Peck), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Jane Wyman), Best Director, Best Film Editing and Best Picture.