Ann Vickers

Last updated

Ann Vickers refers to:

See Also

Related Research Articles

Ann-Margret American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1941)

Ann-Margret, also Ann-Margret Olsson is a Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer.

<i>Ann Veronica</i> 1909 New Woman novel by H. G. Wells

Ann Veronica is a New Woman novel by H. G. Wells published in 1909.

Once means a one-time occurrence.

<i>42nd Street</i> (film) 1933 musical film

42nd Street is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film directed by Lloyd Bacon, and a script by Rian James and James Seymour, adapted from the 1932 novel of the same name by Bradford Ropes. Starring an ensemble cast of Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell and Ginger Rogers, the film revolved around the rehearsals of a Broadway show at the height of the Great Depression, and its cast and crew. The film was choreographed by Busby Berkeley, with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Al Dubin.

<i>Berkeley Square</i> (1933 film) 1933 film

Berkeley Square is a 1933 American pre-Code fantasy drama film produced by Fox Film Corporation, directed by Frank Lloyd, and starring Leslie Howard and Heather Angel. It recounts the tale of young American Peter Standish, played by Howard, who, explained by S.T. Joshi, is a "portrayal of a man of the 20th century who somehow merges his personality with that of his 18th-century ancestor." The film was based on the play of the same name by John L. Balderston, itself loosely based on Henry James' incomplete 1917 novel, The Sense of the Past. The play premiered in London in 1926. Howard played Standish in the hugely successful 1929 Broadway production, which he co-produced and co-directed with Gilbert Miller.

Bruce Cabot American actor (1904–1972)

Bruce Cabot was an American film actor, best remembered as Jack Driscoll in King Kong (1933) and for his roles in films such as The Last of the Mohicans (1936), Fritz Lang's Fury (1936), and the Western Dodge City (1939). He was also known as one of "Wayne's Regulars", appearing in a number of John Wayne films beginning with Angel and the Badman (1947), and concluding with Big Jake (1971).

Edna May Oliver American actress (1883–1942)

Edna May Oliver was an American stage and film actress. During the 1930s, she was one of the better-known character actresses in American films, often playing tart-tongued spinsters.

John Cromwell was an American film and stage director and actor. His films spanned the early days of sound to film noir in the early 1950s, by which time his directing career was almost terminated by the Hollywood blacklist.

Karma, in several Eastern religions, is the concept of "action" or "deed", understood as that which causes the entire cycle of cause and effect.

<i>A Place in the Sun</i> (1951 film) 1951 US drama film by George Stevens

A Place in the Sun is a 1951 American drama film based on the 1925 novel An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser and the 1926 play, also titled An American Tragedy. It tells the story of a working-class young man who is entangled with two women: one who works in his wealthy uncle's factory, and the other a beautiful socialite. Another adaptation of the novel had been filmed once before, as An American Tragedy, in 1931. All these works were inspired by the real-life murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in 1906, which resulted in Gillette's conviction and execution by electric chair in 1908.

Reginald Barlow American actor (1866–1943)

Reginald Harry Barlow was an American stage and screen character actor, author, and film director. He was a busy performer in Hollywood films of the 1930s.

<i>Ann Vickers</i> (novel)

Ann Vickers is a 1933 novel by Sinclair Lewis. It was made into a 1933 drama film of the same name directed by John Cromwell, adapted by Jane Murfin, and starring Irene Dunne, Bruce Cabot, Walter Huston, and Conrad Nagel.

Vincent is a masculine given name.

Rafaela Ottiano Italian-American actress

Rafaela Ottiano was an Italian-American stage and film actress.

Gertrude Michael American actress

Lillian Gertrude Michael was an American film, stage and television actress.

<i>Ann Vickers</i> (film) 1933 film

Ann Vickers is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama directed by John Cromwell and starring Irene Dunne and Walter Huston. It is based on the novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis.

Vicar typically refers to a clergy position in various Christian traditions or to an administrative political post (Vicarius) in Roman history.

Lillian Harmer American character actress (1883–1946)

Lillian Harmer was an American character actress.

<i>True to the Army</i> 1942 film by Albert S. Rogell

True to the Army is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Albert S. Rogell, written by Art Arthur, Bradford Ropes, Edmund L. Hartmann and Val Burton, and starring Judy Canova, Allan Jones, Ann Miller, Jerry Colonna, Clarence Kolb, Edward Pawley and William Wright. It was released on March 21, 1942, by Paramount Pictures.

This is a list of adult fiction books that topped The New York Times Fiction Best Seller list in 1933. When the list began in 1931 through 1941 it only reflected sales in the New York City area.