Ralph (Nathaniel Twisleton Wykeham) Fiennes’ portrayal of Nazi
war criminal Amon Goeth in Schindler’s List (1993), earned him
a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor,
and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
On the Beach is a post-apocalyptic drama film directed by Stanley Kramer
and written by John Paxton. Kramer won the 1960 BAFTA for best director
and Ernest Gold won the 1960 Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Score.
Stanley Kramer
Fred Allen
Bob Hope
Jack Webb
"Chesterfield Sound-Off Time" was a live, half-hour variety series on
NBC-TV with Fred Allen and Bob Hope alternating at hosts, and was
not very successful. However, on December 16, 1951,the show aired
the pilot for "Dragnet” called “The Human Bomb”, adapted from the
July 1949 radio episode. The special introduced many close-ups that
would become Jack Webb’s trademark. The pilot was such a success
that a regular TV series debuted in January 1952 on NBC, replacing
the variety show.
Premiere episode “The Human Bomb”
Joe Friday (Jack Webb); Ben Romero (Barton Yarborough),
and Chief of Detectives Thad Brown (Raymond Burr) try to
stop a man from blowing up city hall.
“Dynasty” fans will remember Linda Evans (Linda Evanstad) as Krystle Carrington on the ABC show from 1981 to 1991. She was also Audra
Barkley in “The Big Valley” also on ABC from 1965 to 1969.
Linda Evans with Rock Hudson
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Martin Scorsese is 70 years old today
