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Platt was born Mary Marr Platt in Fort Sheridan, Illinois, on January 29, 1939, later choosing to be known as 'Polly'. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Her father, John, was a colonel in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Army , while her mother, Vivian, worked in advertising; she had a brother, John.
The screenplay by Polly Platt is based on the 1970 novel of the same title by William Inge. [2] Inge wrote two novels, both set in the fictional town of Freedom, Kansas. In Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff , high-school Latin teacher Evelyn Wyckoff loses her job because she has an affair with the school's black janitor.
Pretty Baby is a 1978 American historical drama film directed by Louis Malle, written by Polly Platt, and starring Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, and Susan Sarandon.Set in 1917, it focuses on a 12-year-old girl being raised in a brothel in Storyville, the red-light district of New Orleans, by her prostitute mother.
Polly is a 1989 American made-for-television musical film adapted from the book Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter featuring an all African-American cast (with the exception of Celeste Holm). It was directed and choreographed by Debbie Allen , starring Keshia Knight Pulliam , Phylicia Rashad and also featured the final performance of actress ...
Bogdanovich had long been dissatisfied with the initial version of the film, for several reasons. [8] In addition to the rights issues, he felt that some of the film clips used came across as "a little long and lugubrious", and he was unhappy that the film did not go into sufficient depth when exploring certain aspects of Ford's personal life, which were either unknown at the time the film was ...
The Land of Opportunity, a film about a young New York couple who get everything for free [3] A film adaptation of William Keepers Maxwell Jr.'s novel The Folded Leaf [62] Marco and His Brothers, a film co-written with Polly Platt starring Sal Mineo: The Criminals, a World War II film co-written with Polly Platt [63] [3] [62] Duck, You Sucker ...
Polly Platt: Based on: Lieberman in Love by W. P. Kinsella: Produced by: Thom Colwell Leslie Hoffman Jana Sue Memel Hillary Anne Ripps Cynthia Sherman: Starring: Danny Aiello Christine Lahti Nancy Travis: Cinematography: Marc Reshovsky: Edited by: Lisa Bromwell
Polly Platt was the film's production designer, in addition to developing the story, and it was her idea to set the ending at a drive-in movie theater. Interviewed in 2003, Bogdanovich explained that filming on or near the freeway was not permitted, so the freeway shooting spree was filmed guerilla-style in a two-day period.