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The Guardsman is a 1931 American pre-Code film based on the play Testőr by Ferenc Molnár.It stars Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Roland Young and ZaSu Pitts.It opens with a stage re-enactment of the final scene of Maxwell Anderson's Elizabeth the Queen, with Fontanne as Elizabeth and Lunt as the Earl of Essex, but otherwise has nothing to do with that play.
Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne won Primetime Emmy Awards for their performances. Eduard Franz reprised his role as Louis Brandeis from the original 1950 film version. [1] Director George Schaefer won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Program Achievements in Entertainment, Phil Hyams as lighting director, and Bob O'Bradovich as make-up artist.
Alfred David Lunt (August 12, 1892 – August 3, 1977) was an American actor and director, best known for his long stage partnership with his wife, Lynn Fontanne, from the 1920s to 1960, co-starring in Broadway and West End productions. After their marriage, they nearly always appeared together.
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The play ran from April 29, 1940 – August 9, 1940, and again from September 9, 1940 – November 2, 1940.) [2] Directed by Alfred Lunt, the cast starred Lunt (Dr. Kaarlo Valkonen), Lynn Fontanne (Miranda Valkonen), Charles Ansley (Joe Burnett), and Montgomery Clift (Erik Valkonen). [2] The play won the 1941 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. [2]
The production took place because of a lighthearted agreement between Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole while they were filming Becket.O’Toole decreed that they should each play Hamlet afterwards under the direction of John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier in either London or New York City, with a coin toss deciding who would be assigned which director and which city.
A teaser of the film premiered at SXSW on March 14, 2012. [2] The feature film made its world premiere at SXSW on March 10, 2013, and was shown at other film festivals around the world. [ 3 ] VH1 partnered with AOL to distribute the film widely [ 4 ] and was broadcast as a VH1 Rock Docs feature in late 2014.
[2] Hoping to present a viable alternative to the Universal juggernaut, RKO decided to embark on a series of its own horror films, starting with Cat People in 1942. Led by producer Val Lewton and director Jacques Tourneur , this critically acclaimed series focused less on visible horrors and more on the psychological aspects of fear.