All the King's Men is a 1949 American film noir written, produced, and directed by Robert Rossen. It is based on the 1946 Robert Penn Warren novel of the same name. The film stars Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, and Joanne Dru. The plot focuses on the rise and fall of the ambitious and ruthless politician, Willie Stark (Crawford) in the American South. Though a fictional character, Stark strongly resembles Louisiana governor Huey Long. The movie won three Academy Awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture, the award for Best Actor, which went to Broderick Crawford, and the award for Best Supporting Actress, won by Mercedes McCambridge.
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All the King's Men (1949 film)
All the King's Men (1949 film) | Introduction
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All the King's Men is a 1949 American film noir written, produced, and directed by Robert Rossen. It is based on the 1946 Robert Penn Warren novel of the same name. The film stars Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, and Joanne Dru. The plot focuses on the rise and fall of the ambitious and ruthless politician, Willie Stark (Crawford) in the American South. Though a fictional character, Stark strongly resembles Louisiana governor Huey Long. The movie won three Academy Awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture, the award for Best Actor, which went to Broderick Crawford, and the award for Best Supporting Actress, won by Mercedes McCambridge.
All the King's Men (1949 film) | Introduction
The story of the rise of politician Willie Stark from a rural county seat to the governor's mansion is depicted in the film. He goes into politics, railing against the corruptly run county government, but loses his race for county treasurer, in the face of unfair obstacles placed by the local machine. Stark teaches himself law, and as a lawyer, continues to fight the local establishment, championing the local people and gaining popularity. He eventually rises to become a candidate for governor, narrowly losing his first race, then winning on his second attempt. Along the way he loses his innocence and becomes as corrupt as the politicians he once fought against.
All the King's Men (1949 film) | Plot
Based on Robert Penn Warren's 1946 novel, the production depicts the political rise of Willie Stark as he becomes governor and runs for the U.S. Senate.
All the King's Men (Kraft Television Theatre) | Plot
All the King's Men was an American television play broadcast in two parts by NBC on May 14 and 21, 1958, as part of the television series, "Kraft Television Theatre". It was written by Don Mankiewicz based on the novel by Robert Penn Warren. Sidney Lumet was the director, and the cast was led by Neville Brand as Willie Stark and Maureen Stapleton as Sadie Burke.
All the King's Men (Kraft Television Theatre) | Introduction
Besides the early verse play version "Proud Flesh", Robert Penn Warren has written several stage adaptations of "All the King's Men", one of them in close collaboration with famous German theatre director Erwin Piscator in 1947. The story was adapted for radio by NBC University Theatre and broadcast in January 1949. Wayne Morris played Jack Burden, with Paul Frees as Willie Stark. "All the King's Men", a movie made based on Warren's novel, was released several months later in 1949. The film won three Oscars that year: Best Picture, Best Actor (Broderick Crawford), and Best Supporting Actress (Mercedes McCambridge). The movie was also nominated for four more categories.
All the King's Men | Film and stage adaptations
Given a meaty part, his histrionic bent wraps it up for a great personal success adding much to the many worthwhile aspects of the drama."
All the King's Men (1949 film) | Critical response
Rossen originally offered the starring role to John Wayne, who found the proposed film script unpatriotic and indignantly refused the part. Crawford, who eventually took the role, won the 1949 Academy Award for Best Actor, beating out Wayne, who had been nominated for his role in "Sands of Iwo Jima". The film was shot at various locations in California using local residents, something that was fairly unknown for Hollywood at the time. The old San Joaquin County courthouse in Stockton, built in 1898 and demolished about a dozen years after the film's release, was featured prominently. Paul Tatara, a film reviewer for CNN, describes the film as "one of those pictures that was saved in the editing".
All the King's Men (1949 film) | Production
All the King's Men is a 2006 American political drama film written, directed and produced by Steven Zaillian based on the 1946 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel of the same name by Robert Penn Warren. "All the King's Men" had previously been adapted into a Best Picture Oscar–winning film by writer-director Robert Rossen in 1949. The film narrates the rise to power & dramatic demise of the ruthless Governor Willie Stark (played by Sean Penn), taking his office in the American South. The fictional character is loosely based on the life of Louisiana governor Huey Long, in office between 1928 through 1932.
All the King's Men (2006 film) | Introduction
As he rises, Stark philanders and gets involved with many women, taking his PR man/journalist Jack Burden's own girlfriend, Anne Stanton, as his mistress. Stark's son Tommy drinks to deal with his feelings about his father, eventually crashes his car, injuring himself and killing his female passenger. When Stark bullies Tommy into playing a football game, Tommy becomes paralyzed after a brutal hit. Stark, who had always dealt with those who got in his way by any means, begins to see his world start to unravel and he discovers that not everyone can be bought off.
All the King's Men (1949 film) | Plot
In April 1948 Ireland signed a contract with Columbia Pictures at $500 a week going up to $1500 a week. Ireland was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for his forceful performance as Jack Burden, the hard-boiled newspaper reporter who evolves from devotee to cynical denouncer of demagogue Willie Stark (Broderick Crawford) in "All the King's Men" (1949), making him the first Vancouver-born actor to receive an Academy Award nomination. Ireland was featured as Bob Ford in the low budget "I Shot Jesse James" (1949) the first movie directed by Sam Fuller. He was a villain in the Western "Roughshod" (1949) and a love rival for Paulette Goddard in "Anna Lucasta" (1949).
John Ireland (actor) | "All the King's Men"
Warren's interviews with civil rights leaders are at the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky. Warren's best-known work is "All the King's Men", a novel that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1947. Main character Willie Stark resembles Huey Pierce Long (1893–1935), the radical populist governor of Louisiana whom Warren was able to observe closely while teaching at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge from 1933 to 1942. The 1949 film by the same name was highly successful, starring Broderick Crawford and winning the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1949. There was another film adaptation in 2006 featuring Sean Penn as Willie Stark.
Robert Penn Warren | Career
"All the King's Men" portrays the dramatic and theatrical political rise and governorship of Willie Stark, a cynical, socially liberal socialist in the American South during the 1930s. The novel is narrated by Jack Burden, a political reporter who comes to work as Governor Stark's right-hand man. The trajectory of Stark's career is interwoven with Jack Burden's life story and philosophical reflections: "the story of Willie Stark and the story of Jack Burden are, in one sense, one story." The novel evolved from a verse play that Warren began writing in 1936 entitled "Proud Flesh." One of the characters in "Proud Flesh" was named Willie Talos, in reference to the brutal character Talus in Edmund Spenser's late 16th century epic poem "The Faerie Queene".
All the King's Men | Plot
When the film was released, it received wide acclaim. Film critic Bosley Crowther lauded the film and its direction in his review, writing, "Robert Rossen has written and directed, as well as personally produced, a rip-roaring film of the same title ... We have carefully used that descriptive as the tag for this new Columbia film because a quality of turbulence and vitality is the one that it most fully demonstrates ... In short, Mr. Rossen has assembled in this starkly unprettified film a piece of pictorial journalism that is remarkable for its brilliant parts." Critic William Brogdon, writing for "Variety" magazine, was also complimentary and praised Broderick Crawford's work, "As the rural Abe Lincoln, springing up from the soil to make himself a great man by using the opinionless, follow-the-leader instinct of the more common voter, Broderick Crawford does a standout performance.
All the King's Men (1949 film) | Critical response
Elected as a U.S. Senator, he was assassinated in 1935. The film co-stars Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Anthony Hopkins, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Patricia Clarkson and Jackie Earle Haley.
All the King's Men (2006 film) | Introduction
In 1949, Crawford reached the pinnacle of his acting career when he was cast as Willie Stark, a character inspired by and closely patterned after the life of Louisiana politician Huey Long, in "All the King's Men", a film based on the popular novel by Robert Penn Warren. The film was a huge hit, and Crawford's performance as the bullying, blustering, yet insecure Governor Stark won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. The film was made by Columbia who put Crawford under contract. He co-starred with Glenn Ford in "Convicted" (1950), then starred in another hit 'A'-list production with William Holden and Judy Holliday, "Born Yesterday" (1950), directed by George Cukor.
Broderick Crawford | "All the King's Men" and stardom
William Broderick Crawford (December 9, 1911 – April 26, 1986) was an American stage, film, radio, and television actor, often cast in tough-guy roles and best known for his Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning portrayal of Willie Stark in "All the King's Men" (1949) and for his starring role as Dan Mathews in the television series "Highway Patrol" (1955–1959). Until filming "All the King's Men", Crawford's career had been largely limited to "B films" in supporting or character roles. He realized he did not fit the role of a handsome leading man, once describing himself as looking like a "retired pugilist".
Broderick Crawford | Introduction
A 2002 version of "All the King's Men", re-edited by Noel Polk, keeps the name "Willie Talos" for the Boss as originally written in Warren's manuscript, and is known as the "restored edition" for using this name as well as printing several passages removed from the original edit.
All the King's Men | Plot
Crawford starred in "The Mob" (1951), a crime drama. Under the direction of Phil Karlson he starred in "Scandal Sheet" (1952), based on a novel by Sam Fuller.
Broderick Crawford | "All the King's Men" and stardom
However, Warren did not deny that Long served as an influence or inspiration for Stark:
All the King's Men | Willie Stark
Derek followed that picture with a supporting role as the son of Broderick Crawford in "All the King's Men" (1949), the Best Picture Oscar winner for its year, starring Broderick Crawford. In September 1950, the actor had his name formally changed to John Derek.
John Derek | Columbia Pictures
The same year, he was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Next, Penn portrayed governor Willie Stark (based on Huey Long) in an adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's classic 1946 American novel "All the King's Men" (2006). The film was a critical and commercial failure, named by a 2010 "Forbes" article as the biggest flop in the last five years.
Sean Penn | Acting
"All the King's Men" received seven Academy Awards nominations, winning three.
All the King's Men (1949 film) | <a href="22nd%20Academy%20Awards">Academy Awards 1949</a>
Robert Penn Warren's 1946 American novel "All the King's Men" is the story of populist politician Willie Stark's rise to the position of governor and eventual fall, based on the career of the infamous Louisiana Senator and Governor Huey Long. It won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize and was twice made into a film in 1949 and 2006, the former winning the Academy Award for best motion picture. This was echoed in Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward's book "All the President's Men", about the Watergate scandal, referring to the failure of the President's staff to repair the damage once the scandal had leaked out.
Humpty Dumpty | In film and literature
In 2006, Bobek appeared in the film "All the King's Men", starring Sean Penn and based on the novel of the same name by Robert Penn Warren. She played a skater who fascinates Governor Willy Stark in a scene directly from the novel.
Nicole Bobek | Film
In 2001, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant", and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. It is noted, however, for deviating significantly from the novel's storyline.
All the King's Men | Film and stage adaptations
In 2001, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The Academy Film Archive preserved "All the King's Men" in 2000. To date, it is the last Best Picture winner to be based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
All the King's Men (1949 film) | Accolades
A list of American films released in 1949. "All the King's Men" won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
List of American films of 1949 | Introduction
All The King's Men () is a 1971 Soviet TV mini-series, adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's novel of the same name.
All the King's Men (1971 film) | Introduction
Al Clark did the original cut but had trouble putting all the footage that Robert Rossen had shot into a coherent narrative. Robert Parrish was brought on board by Rossen and Columbia Studios head, Harry Cohn, to see what he could do. Since Rossen had a hard time cutting anything he shot, after several weeks of tinkering and cutting, the movie was still over 250 minutes long. Cohn was prepared to release it in this version after one more preview, but this threw Rossen into a panic, so Rossen came up with a novel solution. Rossen told Parrish to "[s]elect what you consider to be the center of each scene, put the film in the synch machine and wind down a hundred feet before and a hundred feet after, and chop it off, regardless of what's going on.
All the King's Men (1949 film) | Production
All the King's Men is a feature-length World War I television drama by the BBC starring David Jason, first broadcast on Remembrance Sunday, 14 November 1999. The film derives its title from a line in the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme and is based on a 1992 book, "The Vanished Battalion" by the film's co-producer, Nigel McCrery.
All the King's Men (1999 film) | Introduction
Donovan filmed scenes for an undetermined role in the 1949 film "I Was a Male War Bride", but his scenes were deleted.
King Donovan | Filmography
Silver, Alain and James Ursini (editors). "Film Noir: Reader 2". "All the King's Men" film noir themes discussed in essay, "Violence and the Bitch Goddess" by Stephen Farber, pgs. 54-55 (1974). Proscenium Publishers, Inc., New York (July 2003). Second Limelight Edition. .
All the King's Men (1949 film) | Bibliography
Hecht hired J. Lee Thompson as director and Waldo Salt, who had written the script of "The Flame and the Arrow" in 1949 before being blacklisted, and Karl Tunberg, a two-time Oscar nominee who had just worked on megahit "Ben-Hur", to write the screenplay. The title role was first planned for Lancaster, then for Anthony Quinn and finally landed on Yul Brynner, an Academy Award winner for his role in "The King and I", who would provide an authentic performance with his Gypsy background. It co-starred Tony Curtis and Christine Kaufmann, who went on to marry him after the film.
Harold Hecht | Return to Harold Hecht Productions
The film was the third movie producer Edward Small made under his new agreement for United Artists. James Whale was signed as director in September 1938. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., whose father had starred as D'Artagnan in the 1929 epic version "The Iron Mask", was originally announced as male star and met with director James Whale. However producer Edward Small insisted on Louis Hayward, who had just made "The Duke of West Point" for him. Louis Hayward played D'Artagnan in a gender-switched 1952 remake entitled "Lady in the Iron Mask" with Patricia Medina in the titular role and Alan Hale, Jr.
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939 film) | Production
Vaughn also said "The Great Game" was a working title and the film would not have that name.
The King's Man | Casting
In 1953 the play was adapted into a film directed by Michael Anderson. George Cole replaced Robertson Hare in the leading role.
Will Any Gentleman? | Film adaptation
The movie's title matches that of the Russian translation of Warren's novel: "Вся королевская рать", literally "Whole King's Host". Just like in the source material, it's a line from the famous nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty", translated by Samuil Marshak.
All the King's Men (1971 film) | Title
The Men is a 1950 American drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann, written by Carl Foreman, and starring Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright and Everett Sloane. Despite the film's commercial failure, it marked Brando’s film debut.
The Men (film) | Introduction
Cut through dialogue, music, anything. Then, when you're finished, we'll run the picture and see what we've got". When Parrish was done with what Rossen had suggested, they were left with a 109-minute movie that was more compelling to watch. After "All the King's Men" won its Academy Award for Best Picture, Harry Cohn repeatedly gave Parrish credit for saving the film, even though Parrish only did what Rossen told him to do. The editing gambit gives the film a memorably jagged urgency that's unique for a studio-era film. Although Clark is credited as the "Film Editor" (with Parrish being credited as "Editorial Advisor"), both Clark and Parrish received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Film Editing.
All the King's Men (1949 film) | Production
Ralph Faulkner, who played a watchman, acted as stunt coordinator and coached the actors on swordplay, and about 900 extras were used for the battle scenes, one of which was cut by the director after the film had opened.
If I Were King | Production
The politically astute Burden soon deduces, and Duffy strategist (and Stark mistress) Sadie Burke confirms, that Duffy is using Stark to split his party's vote and thus allow the opposing party to win. They tell Stark, who begins to give speeches in a straightforward manner to appeal to the public, in defiance of the advice given to him by Duffy. His vigorous strategy attacks the corruption of the existing players and promises schools and roads for his “fellow ignorant hicks”, resulting in Stark winning the election. He manages Duffy by making him his lieutenant governor. Stark recruits Burden to work for him as an adviser.
All the King's Men (2006 film) | Plot
The film was nominated for five Razzie Awards, including Worst Picture, Worst Screenplay, Worst Supporting Actor (Burt Reynolds) and Worst Supporting Actress (Leelee Sobieski), with Uwe Boll winning Worst Director.
In the Name of the King | Critical reception
Director Robert Rossen offered the starring role in "All the King's Men" (1949) to Wayne. Wayne refused, believing the script to be un-American in many ways. Broderick Crawford, who was eventually cast in the role, won the 1949 Oscar for best male actor, ironically beating out Wayne, who had been nominated for "Sands of Iwo Jima" (1949). He lost the leading role of Jimmy Ringo in "The Gunfighter" (1950) to Gregory Peck due to his refusal to work for Columbia Pictures because its chief, Harry Cohn, had mistreated him years before when he was a young contract player. Cohn had bought the project for Wayne, but Wayne's grudge was too deep, and Cohn sold the script to Twentieth Century Fox, which cast Peck in the role Wayne badly wanted but for which he refused to bend.
John Wayne | Post-war
The Man in the Iron Mask is a 1977 television film loosely adapted from the 1847-1850 novel "The Vicomte de Bragelonne" by Alexandre Dumas and presenting several plot similarities with the 1939 film version. It was produced by Norman Rosemont for ITC Entertainment, and starred Richard Chamberlain as King Louis XIV and his twin Philippe, Patrick McGoohan as Nicolas Fouquet, Ralph Richardson as Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis Jourdan as D'Artagnan, and Ian Holm as the Chevalier Duval. Jenny Agutter plays Louis XIV's mistress, Louise de la Vallière and Vivien Merchant appears as Queen Marie-Therese. It was directed by Mike Newell.
The Man in the Iron Mask (1977 film) | Introduction
A rancher and prospector Bob Brand (Ken Curtis) searches for riches from a lost gold mine, his son Bobby (Charlie Hughes) befriends an American Indian named Stormcloud (Chief Thundercloud). As a reward for Bobby's kindness, Stormcloud provides him with a map to the mine, so he can help his father's search. Greedy Sam Harrison (Robert Lowery) gets wind of the map, however, and attempts to violently upset their plans. After Harrison defeats Bob, Bobby and his stallion, King, must confront the dangerous man.
Call of the Forest (1949 film) | Plot
"The Man Who Would Be King" had been a pet project of John Huston's for many years after he had read the book as a child. Huston had planned to make the film since the 1950s, originally with Clark Gable and Humphrey Bogart in the roles of Daniel and Peachy. He was unable to get the project off the ground before Bogart died in 1957; Gable followed in 1960. Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas were then approached to play the leads, followed by Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole. In the 1970s, Huston approached Robert Redford and Paul Newman for the roles.
The Man Who Would Be King (film) | Production
Maureen Stapleton was nominated for an Emmy Award for best single performance by an actress. Stapleton and Neville Brand won the outstanding performance awards by an actress and actor at the 1958 Sylvania Television Awards. The production was also nominated as the outstanding telecast of 1958, losing out to "Little Moon of Alban".
All the King's Men (Kraft Television Theatre) | Reception
Long, former governor of Louisiana and that state's U.S. senator in the mid-1930s. Huey Long was at the zenith of his career when he was assassinated in 1935; just a year earlier, Robert Penn Warren had begun teaching at Louisiana State University. Stark, like Long, is shot to death in the state capitol building by a physician. The title of the book possibly came from Long's motto, "Every Man a King" or his nickname, Kingfish. In his introduction to the Modern Library edition, Warren denied that the book should be read as either praise for Huey Long or praise for his assassination.
All the King's Men | Willie Stark
He played himself in the 1976 film "All the President's Men".
Frank Wills (security guard) | Introduction
Other notable films in which he appeared include: the 1921 silent version of "Little Lord Fauntleroy", starring Mary Pickford; 1922's "The Beautiful and Damned", starring Marie Prevost and Kenneth Harlan; "The Prisoner of Zenda" (1937), starring Ronald Colman; James Whale's version of "The Man in the Iron Mask" in 1939, starring Louis Hayward and Joan Bennett; and Cecil B. DeMille's 1942 swashbuckler, "Reap the Wild Wind", starring Ray Milland, John Wayne, and Paulette Goddard. His final screen performance was in a small role as a Senator in the 1944 biopic, "Wilson", with an all-star cast headed by Charles Coburn, Alexander Knox, and Geraldine Fitzgerald.
Emmett King | Biography
The piece starred Fred Leslie as G.B. Stark, Margaret Bannerman as Joan and Leslie Henson as Bobby Summers. Later, Madge Elliott and Cyril Ritchard starred in the musical. "Yes, Uncle!" was one of a number of very successful musical hits of the London stage during World War I (the others include a revue entitled "The Bing Boys Are Here", the musical "The Maid of the Mountains", "Chu Chin Chow", a mixture of comic opera and pantomime), "The Happy Day" (1916), "Theodore & Co" (1916) and "The Boy" (1917). Audiences wanted light and uplifting entertainment during the war, and these shows delivered it.
Yes, Uncle! | Introduction
Like virtually all film versions, this also changes Haggard's plot to include a female lead. But it strays even further from the novel than the 1937 British adaptation "King Solomon's Mines". There are several African characters in the book, particularly Umbopa, a king in disguise. In the earlier film, Paul Robeson received top billing for the role, whereas in this version, Umbopa's importance is greatly reduced.
King Solomon's Mines (1950 film) | Adaptation
Until his death in 2020 at age 103, Kirk Douglas was the last surviving cast member.
Champion (1949 film) | Cast
In the 1929 silent version, "The Iron Mask" starring Douglas Fairbanks as D'Artagnan, the King is depicted favorably and the twin brother as a pawn in an evil plot whose thwarting by D'Artagnan and his companions seems more appropriate.
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998 film) | Differences between versions
Men of Steel is a 1932 British drama film directed by George King and starring John Stuart, Benita Hume and Heather Angel. The screenplay was adapted by Edward Knoblock and Billie Bristow from a novel by Douglas Newton.
Men of Steel (1932 film) | Introduction
The setting is 1935, in the state capital of an unnamed southern American state. The story covers a period of 10 days. Willie Stark is a southern American politician, of humble origin, now a state governor. He began his political career as an idealist and champion of the working class, but as his career progresses, he becomes more and more corrupt, shrewd and ruthless, willing to stretch the boundaries of the law as far as he can. The plot involves Governor Stark's attempts to avoid impeachment for his tampering with his state's legal system for his own ends, by which he has ruined many lives.
Willie Stark | Synopsis
The Man in the Iron Mask is a 1939 American film very loosely adapted from the last section of the 1847-1850 novel "The Vicomte de Bragelonne" by Alexandre Dumas, "père", which is itself based on the French legend of the Man in the Iron Mask. The film was directed by James Whale and stars Louis Hayward as royal twins, Joan Bennett as Princess Maria Theresa, Warren William as d'Artagnan, and Joseph Schildkraut as Nicolas Fouquet. British actor Peter Cushing made his screen debut in a minor part.
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939 film) | Introduction
In December 1949 Columbia suspended him after walking out after filming one scene on "One Way Out" (released as "Convicted"). He sued the studio.
John Ireland (actor) | "All the King's Men"
Beeston's involvement in the matter is cryptic, and the Blagrave/Beeston suit was unsuccessful; Hammerton remained with the King's Men and acted for them for the next ten years, till the theatres were closed in September 1642 at the start of the English Civil War.
Stephen Hammerton | King's Men
Newman advised Huston that British actors should play the roles, and it was he who recommended Connery and Caine. Caine was very keen to appear especially after he was told that his part had originally been written for Humphrey Bogart, his favorite actor as a young man. Christopher Plummer was cast as Rudyard Kipling as a last minute replacement for Richard Burton. The role of Roxanne (the only listed female character in the movie) was originally slated for Tessa Dahl, the daughter of Roald Dahl and actress Patricia Neal. Dahl, excited to take the role, had prepared for the part by losing weight and capping her teeth.
The Man Who Would Be King (film) | Production
With the death of Carmen Sevilla on October 11, 2020, Antonio Mayans is the last surviving primary cast member.
King of Kings (1961 film) | Cast
Men of Texas is a 1942 American Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Robert Stack and Broderick Crawford.
Men of Texas | Introduction
Jack Burden, a Louisiana news reporter, takes a personal interest in Willie Stark, an idealistic small-town lawyer and parish treasurer. Circumstances develop that result in Tiny Duffy, a local political leader Burden knows, urging Stark to run for governor. Burden's upbringing makes him familiar with the undercurrent of politics – he was raised by his loving godfather Judge Irwin, a former state attorney general, while his good friend, Dr. Adam Stanton, and his sister Anne Stanton—also Burden's former lover—are the children of a former governor. Burden therefore decides to take Duffy's advice and travels as a reporter on Stark's campaign for governor.
All the King's Men (2006 film) | Plot
His Name Was King () is a 1971 Italian Western film directed by Giancarlo Romitelli and starring Richard Harrison and Klaus Kinski.
His Name Was King | Introduction
Furthermore, shortly after making the film, Bazlen said that "I was a little overwhelmed to have such an important role for my first film part, but I found Nicholas Ray to be a most considerate director."
Brigid Bazlen | "King of Kings" (1961)
Master of Men is a 1933 American drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Jack Holt, Fay Wray and Walter Connolly.
Master of Men (film) | Introduction
Lady in the Iron Mask is a 1952 American adventure film directed by Ralph Murphy, produced by Walter Wanger and starring Louis Hayward as D'Artagnan and Patricia Medina in the titular role. Alan Hale, Jr. portrays Porthos, Judd Holdren plays Aramis, and Steve Brodie appears as Athos in this Three Musketeers adventure film, a reworking of Douglas Fairbanks' 1929 screen epic "The Iron Mask", an adaptation of the last section of the 1847-1850 novel "The Vicomte de Bragelonne" by Alexandre Dumas, père, which is itself based on the French legend of the Man in the Iron Mask. Louis Hayward had played the dual role of the imprisoned prince and his twin in the 1939 version "The Man in the Iron Mask" while Alan Hale, Sr.
Lady in the Iron Mask | Introduction
In the Name of the King (German: Im Namen des Königs) is a 1924 German silent film directed by Erich Schönfelder and starring Dagny Servaes, Walter Rilla and Magda Unger. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Lederer.
In the Name of the King (1924 film) | Introduction
Also, while the Duke of Norfolk was the judge both historically and in the play's depiction of the trial, the character of the Chief Justice (Jack Gwillim) was created for the film. Norfolk is still present, but plays little role in the proceedings.
A Man for All Seasons (1966 film) | Adaptation
King of Women () is a 1923 German silent comedy film directed by Jaap Speyer and starring Georg Alexander, Stella Arbenina and Ralph Arthur Roberts. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rudi Feld.
King of Women | Introduction
Sport of Kings is a 1947 American sports drama film directed by Robert Gordon and starring Paul Campbell, Gloria Henry and Harry Davenport. The film's sets were designed by the art director Charles Clague. Two young brothers move to Kentucky after inheriting their father's farm.
Sport of Kings (film) | Introduction
As represented in the film, after becoming separated from other British troops and suffering heavy losses the remnants of the former Sandringham Company were taken prisoner by Ottoman soldiers and then massacred. One survivor wakes in a German military hospital and is told by a doctor that he was fortunate to have been found by German troops accompanying the Turkish forces. The scene in which prisoners are killed as they tried to surrender was criticised by both the Turkish Ambassador in London, and by a grandson of the central character, Captain Frank Beck, as being unsupported by evidence.
All the King's Men (1999 film) | Plot
In 2010, Daniels (who was the attached director at the time) confirmed that the lead role of King would be played by British actor David Oyelowo. King was one of four main roles played by British actors (the others roles being those of King's wife, President Johnson, and Alabama Governor Wallace). Actors who had confirmed in 2010 but who did not appear in the 2014 production include Robert De Niro, Hugh Jackman, Cedric the Entertainer, Lenny Kravitz, and Liam Neeson. On March 26, 2014, British actor Tom Wilkinson was added to the cast to play US President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Selma (film) | Casting
For Men Only (reissued as The Tall Lie) is a 1952 American film noir directed by Paul Henreid about hazing on college campuses. It also stars Henreid. It was the film debut of Russell Johnson. It was also known as "The Tall Lie".
For Men Only (1952 film) | Introduction
King of the Gamblers is a 1948 American crime film directed by George Blair and starring Janet Martin, William Wright and Thurston Hall. The film's sets were designed by the art director Frank Hotaling.
King of the Gamblers | Introduction
Richard Dix plays the main character Roger Standish and late in the film plays the part of Standish's grown grandson.
The Conquerors (1932 film) | Trivia
After the shooting was finished, Gutkovich as a result of behind-the-scenes intrigues was suspended from cutting. Cutting was entrusted to Naum Ardashnikov, who shot the film as a Director of photography.
All the King's Men (1971 film) | History
A heavily abridged version of the play, this production condensed the play by eliminating the characters of Edgar and Edmund. To compensate for their absence, the role of Oswald is expanded to take Edmund's part in the play's climax, and "Poor Tom" is included not as a disguised Edgar but as an actual madman. Welles returned to America to star in this presentation. He was guarded by IRS agents, prohibited to leave his hotel room when not at the studio, prevented from making any purchases, and the entire sum (less expenses) he earned went to his tax bill. Welles returned to England after the broadcast.
King Lear (1953 film) | Production
The film was nominated for four Academy Awards: Maurice Jarre was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. Head was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design, and Oswald Morris for the BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography.
The Man Who Would Be King (film) | Award nominations
The musketeers drag him away and lock him in the Bastille, where the jailers mistake him for Phillippe, and whip him.
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939 film) | Plot
Darryl Hickman made his film debut in the uncredited role of a child.
If I Were King | Cast
Men was a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Perry N. Vekroff based upon a play by Harry Sophus Sheldon. It starred Anna Lehr, Charlotte Walker, and Robert Cain. It is considered to be a lost film.
Men (1918 film) | Introduction
King of the Rocket Men is a 1949 12-chapter black-and-white Republic movie serial, produced by Franklin Adreon, directed Fred C. Brannon, that stars Tristram Coffin, Mae Clarke, Don Haggerty, House Peters, Jr., James Craven, and I. Stanford Jolley. This serial is notable for featuring the only character actually called "Rocket Man", a misnomer applied by fans to the other rocket-powered-suited heroes that followed in Republic's later serials: "Radar Men from the Moon" (1952), "Zombies of the Stratosphere" (1952), and "" (1953).
King of the Rocket Men | Introduction
In August 1949, it was announced the film's U.S. title would be "That Forsyte Woman". The movie was selected for the Royal Command Performance of 1949. This happened on 17 November, attended by the King, Queen and two princesses.
That Forsyte Woman | Release
Ray then hired screenwriter Philip Yordan to write a new script. Prominent actors were considered to portray multiple roles. Filming commenced in April 1960, and wrapped in October 1960. Financing of the film was initially provided by Pierre S. du Pont III, but Bronston appealed for more funding from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer who was interested in the film following their success with "Ben-Hur" (1959). With MGM involved, mandatory rewrites and additional scenes were added to the film. Reshoots were shot in December 1960 and again in May 1961. The film premiered at Loew's State Theatre in New York City on October 11, 1961.
King of Kings (1961 film) | Introduction
Jim Dancer (Randolph Scott) is one of Quantrill's Raiders, staging attacks on Kansas on behalf of the fallen Confederacy in the years following the Civil War. He killed an unarmed man he wrongly holds responsible for his brother's death during an attack.
Fighting Man of the Plains | Plot summary
Knight's name is first on the list. (The 16th name on the list is Anthony Knight, perhaps a relative.)
Edward Knight (King's Men) | Introduction
Louis Hayward can give a modern effete touch when that is needed in the double role he has, but he can't compete with his rapier or his acrobatics."
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939 film) | Reception
Sam Rockwell portrayed the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film "Iron Man 2" (2010), and the short film "All Hail the King".
Justin Hammer | Introduction
If I Were King is a 1938 American biographical and historical film starring Ronald Colman as medieval poet François Villon, and featuring Basil Rathbone and Frances Dee. It is based on the 1901 play and novel, both of the same name, by Justin Huntly McCarthy, and was directed by Frank Lloyd, with a screenplay adaptation by Preston Sturges.
If I Were King | Introduction
In the Palace of the King is a 1923 American silent historical romantic drama film based on the novel of the same name by F. Marion Crawford. Directed by Emmett J. Flynn, the film stars Blanche Sweet, Pauline Starke, and Edmund Lowe. A previous silent version had been made and released in 1915 by the Essanay company and starred Richard Travers and Nell Craig. Prior to the films, the novel was adapted into a Broadway in 1900 starring Viola Allen and her father C. Leslie Allen.
In the Palace of the King | Introduction
The Sport of Kings is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Victor Saville and starring Leslie Henson, Hugh Wakefield and Gordon Harker. It was based on the 1924 play of the same title by Ian Hay. The film was made by Gainsborough Pictures at Elstree Studios. Its sets were designed by Walter Murton.
The Sport of Kings (1931 film) | Introduction
A Master of Men is a 1918 British silent film directed by Wilfred Noy and starring Malcolm Keen, Dorothy Bellew and Marie Hemingway.
A Master of Men | Introduction
Brothers Ben (Clark Gable) and Clint Allison (Cameron Mitchell) are on their way to the goldfields of Montana after serving with the Confederate Army's Quantrill's Raiders. In need of money, they decide to rob wealthy businessman, Nathan Stark (Robert Ryan). At gunpoint, they force him to go with them to a hideout where they tell him he will be allowed to leave the next day, minus his money. Stark talks them into becoming partners with him on a cattle drive from Texas to Montana using Stark's money and the Allisons' expertise. While the three are on their way to buy the cattle, their pack horse loaded with supplies falls in an icy river.
The Tall Men (film) | Plot
McLaglen was in "The Isle of Retribution" (1925), "Men of Steel" (1926), and "Beau Geste" (1926), playing Hank in the latter.
Victor McLaglen | Hollywood
Rennie was also in director Norman Stone’s film, "The King James Bible", playing Guy Fawkes.
Duncan Rennie | Introduction
Jack Burden is the novel's narrator, a former student of history, newspaper columnist, and personal aide to Governor Willie Stark. His narrative is propelled in part by a fascination with the mystery of Stark's larger-than-life character, and equally by his struggle to discover some underlying principle to make sense of all that has happened. In narrating the story, Jack commingles his own personal story with the political story of Governor Stark.
All the King's Men | Jack Burden
As for previous Hall Caine novels, a play adaptation was planned. However, it never materialised for "The Master of Man". The film version of the book was negotiated by Caine's son, Derwent Hall Caine, who received a call on the matter directly from Samuel Goldwyn even before the book had been published. The film adaptation, released in America under the title "Name the Man", initially had Maurice Tourneur as the director, having shot a film version of Caine's "The Christian" the previous year. However, he was replaced by Victor Sjöström before filming began. Sjöström wanted to change the leading actress, but Goldwyn Pictures was already committed to a contract with Mae Busch, who was to star as Bessie Collister.
The Master of Man | Adaptations
In 1849, Joaquin Murietta (Buck Jones) is determined to track down the three men, Black Kelly (Otto Hoffman), Ike Mason (Edward Peil Sr.) and Al Goss (Walter Percival), who lynched his brother. As "The Black Shadow," he robs the rich, gives to the poor, and romances the new school teacher Helen Lake (Dorothy Revier).
The Avenger (1931 film) | Premise
The Man Who Would Be King is a 1975 Technicolor adventure film adapted from the 1888 Rudyard Kipling novella of the same name. It was adapted and directed by John Huston and starred Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Saeed Jaffrey, and Christopher Plummer as Kipling (giving a name to the novella's anonymous narrator). The film follows two rogue ex-soldiers, former non-commissioned officers in the British Army, who set off from late 19th-century British India in search of adventure and end up in faraway Kafiristan, where one is taken for a god and made their king.
The Man Who Would Be King (film) | Introduction