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Robert Burgess Aldrich (August 9, 1918 – December 5, 1983) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. An iconoclastic and maverick auteur [ 1 ] working in many genres during the Golden Age of Hollywood , he directed mainly films noir , war movies , westerns and dark melodramas with Gothic overtones.
However, the project stalled until September 1961, when Robert Aldrich came on board as director for producer Joseph E. Levine's Embassy Pictures. Years earlier, Joan Crawford discussed with Aldrich the idea of starring in a movie with Bette Davis. The two struggled to find a suitable project until they agreed on an adaptation of Farrell's novel.
Aldrich says he was brought the story by Mel Frohman "and we stole the whole psychological drive and ending from Abe Polonsky's Body and Soul (1947)", a film on which Aldrich had been an assistant director. [9] Aldrich said the theme of that movie "was that the biggest damage you can suffer is the loss of self-esteem and a fall from grace. The ...
World for Ransom is a 1954 American film noir drama directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Dan Duryea, Patric Knowles, Gene Lockhart, Reginald Denny, and Nigel Bruce (in his final film role). [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
This is a list of notable Americans of English descent, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are English American or must have references showing they are English American and are notable.
Days after the horrific attack at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., little is still known about Anderson Aldrich, the suspect in the shooting that killed five. A motive remains unclear.
The film has grown in stature among Aldrich fans since its 1956 premiere and is now regarded as one of the director's best films. Dan Callahan of Slant Magazine (June 16, 2004) wrote, "All of Aldrich's early work is intriguing, but Autumn Leaves is his secret gem. It's been passed over as camp because of its star, Joan Crawford, but Aldrich ...
Erich Anderson Bobby Bank/WireImage Erich Anderson, best known for playing Felicity’s dad on the drama of the same name, died over the weekend after a battle with cancer. He was 67. Anderson’s ...