Adolph Green
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Writing
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 02, 1914
Deathday: October 23, 2002
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Gender: Male
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My Favorite Year
Overview: Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the variety show he writes for. But when Swann arrives, he fails to live up to his silver screen image. Instead, he's a drunken womanizer who suffers from stage fright. Benjy is assigned to look after him before the show, and it's all he can do to keep his former idol from going completely off the rails.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-01
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Garbo Talks
Overview: When New York accountant Gilbert Rolfe finds out his mother has a brain tumor, he is devastated. His incorrigible mother, Estelle, has one last wish: to meet the great Greta Garbo. Gilbert, wanting to do this last thing for her, sets out on a wild goose chase through the streets of New York City to track down the iconic star, at the expense of his personal life and much to the chagrin of his wife, Lisa. Can he find Garbo before it's too late?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-12
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I Want to Go Home
Overview: Joey Wellman, an American cartoonist from Cleveland now largely forgotten at home, visits France with his partner Lena to attend an exhibition in Paris about the comic strip (bande dessinée) which features his work. He also hopes to be reconciled with his daughter Elsie who has been a student in Paris for two years, in flight from the American culture of which she sees her father as a typical example. Elsie is naively infatuated with French literature, and is trying to secure an introduction to the brilliant university professor Christian Gauthier, an expert on Flaubert but also an enthusiast for comic books. The meeting of father and daughter goes badly, but Elsie is persuaded to join Joey and Lena for the weekend at the country house of Gauthier's mother, Isabelle. During a comic-themed masquerade party, all of the characters are made to reconsider their present and past relationships.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1989-09-27
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Funny
Overview: People are asked to tell their favorite jokes.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-01
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Lily in Love
Overview: Insulted when his screenwriter wife writes a leading role for a younger man, aging Broadway idol Fitz Wynn disguises himself as a handsome young Italian.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-17
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The Substance of Fire
Overview: Isaac Geldhart is a Holocaust survivor who, overcome by grief at the recent death of his wife, seems determined to run his publishing firm into the ground by printing books that have no hope of financial success. His son Aaron, who also works at the company, grows frustrated with Isaac's emotional decline and attempts to take over the firm. The resulting crisis involves Isaac's other two children, his daughter Sarah and his dying son Martin.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-11
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On the Town
Overview: A concert performance of Leonard Bernstein's "On the Town" performed at the Barbican Centre in London in 1993, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas and hosted by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-22
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Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
Overview: Documentary on the 1953 musical "The Band Wagon."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-15
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It's Always Fair Weather: Going Out on a High Note
Overview: The Making of It's Always Fair Weather with footage and discussion by historians and participants.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-25
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The Fabulous Fifties
Overview: The Fabulous Fifties, CBS, combines style, humor, and imagination. It was rich in touches of quality showmanship and equally rich in the memories of a decade which it revived. In recognition, the Peabody Television Award for entertainment is presented to The Fabulous Fifties, with a special word of praise for producer Leland Hayward and the top talent which appeared in this memorable entertainment special*. *The two-hour special featured comic takes and commentary about the previous decade by, among others, Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews, Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Dick Van Dyke, Shelley Berman, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Jackie Gleason, Eric Severeid and Henry Fonda.
Genres: Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-22
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Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Overview: American Masters Series. Documentary on Gene Kelly that gives insight into his dancing, how he formed a style (first "blue collar dancer") and developed different cinematique techniques, such as brilliantly shot dancing sequences.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-24
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Simon
Overview: A group of scientists take Simon, a psychology professor, as a test person for a brainwashing experiment and try to convince him that he is a living being from another planet.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-02-01
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What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
Overview: Movie and stage icon Debbie Reynolds hosts the making of "Singin' in the Rain". The short documentary includes Donald O'Connor, who played the comical "Cosmo Brown", Stanley Donen, one half of the directors next to Gene Kelly, and Kathleen Freeman, who played Phoebe Dinsmore, Lina Lamont's (Jean Hagen) voice coach.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-24
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Candide
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Genres: Music Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1991-10-15
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Gershwin
Overview: Documentary about George Gershwin directed by Alain Resnais with various celebrities speaking on their admiration and affection for Gershwin's music.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-07-23
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Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
Overview: This is the historic concert performance of the final operatic version of Bernstein's Candide. It was recorded on December 13, 1989 at the Barbican Centre, with Leonard Bernstein conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, with a stellar cast of operatic stars gracing the solo parts. The programme lasts a full 2hrs 27 mins. It marks the end of a long and tortured journey for the musical/operetta that spent much of its first 35 years as an orphan in the musical wilderness.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-13
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Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
Overview: Documentary recounting the life story of Louise Brooks in 5 sections: "Lulu in Toe Shoes"; "Lulu in Hollywood"; "Lulu in Berlin"; "Lulu in Hell"; and "Resurrection".
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-05
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Follies: In Concert
Overview: A backstage documentary film including footage from the legendary 1985 concert performance of Stephen Sondheim's classic musical at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall. The plot of the musical centers around a reunion of showgirls who appeared in an annual Follies extravaganza when it was staged between the wars.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-14
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Overview: Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award-winning filmmaker Rick McKay filmed over 100 of the greatest stars ever to work on Broadway or in Hollywood. He soon learned that great films can be restored, fine literature can be kept in print - but historic Broadway performances of the past are the most endangered. They leave only memories that, while more vivid, are more difficult to preserve. In their own words — and not a moment too soon — Broadway: The Golden Age tells the stories of our theatrical legends, how they came to New York, and how they created this legendary century in American theatre. This is the largest cast of legends ever in one film.
Genres: Music Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-03
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Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
Overview: Documentary about the creation of the iconic Broadway show
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-19
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