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Alfred Lewis Levitt est un Scénariste et Dialogue additionnel Américain né le 3 juin 1916 à Bronx (Etats-Unis)
Alfred Lewis Levitt (June 3, 1916 – 16 November 2002) was an American film and television screenwriter. He attended New York University, and served in a camera unit of the United States Air Force during the Second World War. Following the war, Levitt was the screenwriter for such films as The Boy with Green Hair (1948), Mrs. Mike (1950), and The Barefoot Mailman (1951).
In 1951 he was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) for his communist involvements, and was entered on the Hollywood blacklist. Following a screenwriting credit for Dream Wife (1953), he was unemployed as a screenwriter for about five years.
Levitt and Pearl Helen Slote (December 16, 1916 - April 3, 1993) were married in 1938; they had two children. Helen Slote Levitt, as Slote was called after her marriage, was also blacklisted in 1951. After more than five years, the Levitts were employed again as screenwriters. They were credited as "Tom and Helen August". Their credits included many episodes of television shows such as Bewitched and The Bionic Woman and also the feature films The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964) and The Monkey's Uncle (1965). In 1971 they were nominated for a Writers Guild Award for an episode of the television program, All in the Family. Their last credit was for a 1979 episode of the program Diff'rent Strokes.
The Levitts' experiences as blacklisted screenwriters have been described in several books about the Hollywood blacklist. Among the Levitts' activities during the early years of their blacklisting, and corresponding unemployment, was to participate in publishing the journal Hollywood Review. Hollywood Review has been characterized by Ceplair and Englund as, "...a critical review focusing on American films --more specifically on the increasing violence, sadism, hatred, bigotry, and glorification of brutality perpetrated on audiences by the entertainment industry." Nine issues of the journal were published between 1953 and 1956.
In 1978, Levitt rejoined the Writers Guild of America. Starting in 1988, Levitt led an effort through the Writers' Guild to correct film credits from the blacklist era, in which it became common for the work of blacklisted writers to be uncredited, or credited using pseudonyms. The Writers' Guild maintains a listing of 24 films with revised writing credits on its website.
In 1995, Alfred and Helen Levitt were honored with the Morgan Cox Award of the Writers Guild of America.
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Nom de naissance Alfred Lewis Levitt
Nationalité Etats-Unis
Naissance 3 juin 1916 à Bronx (Etats-Unis)
Mort 16 novembre 2002 (à 86 ans) à Los Angeles (Etats-Unis)
Nationalité Etats-Unis
Naissance 3 juin 1916 à Bronx (Etats-Unis)
Mort 16 novembre 2002 (à 86 ans) à Los Angeles (Etats-Unis)
In 1951 he was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) for his communist involvements, and was entered on the Hollywood blacklist. Following a screenwriting credit for Dream Wife (1953), he was unemployed as a screenwriter for about five years.
Levitt and Pearl Helen Slote (December 16, 1916 - April 3, 1993) were married in 1938; they had two children. Helen Slote Levitt, as Slote was called after her marriage, was also blacklisted in 1951. After more than five years, the Levitts were employed again as screenwriters. They were credited as "Tom and Helen August". Their credits included many episodes of television shows such as Bewitched and The Bionic Woman and also the feature films The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964) and The Monkey's Uncle (1965). In 1971 they were nominated for a Writers Guild Award for an episode of the television program, All in the Family. Their last credit was for a 1979 episode of the program Diff'rent Strokes.
The Levitts' experiences as blacklisted screenwriters have been described in several books about the Hollywood blacklist. Among the Levitts' activities during the early years of their blacklisting, and corresponding unemployment, was to participate in publishing the journal Hollywood Review. Hollywood Review has been characterized by Ceplair and Englund as, "...a critical review focusing on American films --more specifically on the increasing violence, sadism, hatred, bigotry, and glorification of brutality perpetrated on audiences by the entertainment industry." Nine issues of the journal were published between 1953 and 1956.
In 1978, Levitt rejoined the Writers Guild of America. Starting in 1988, Levitt led an effort through the Writers' Guild to correct film credits from the blacklist era, in which it became common for the work of blacklisted writers to be uncredited, or credited using pseudonyms. The Writers' Guild maintains a listing of 24 films with revised writing credits on its website.
In 1995, Alfred and Helen Levitt were honored with the Morgan Cox Award of the Writers Guild of America.
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Un Neveu studieux (1965)
, 1h27Réalisé par Robert Stevenson, Joseph L. McEveety, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Science-fiction, Comédie
Thèmes Transport, Aviation, Films pour enfants
Acteurs Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Leon Ames, Frank Faylen, Arthur O'Connell, Alan Hewitt
Rôle Ecrivain
Note58%
L'Université Midvale apprend qu'un certain M. Astorbilt, donnera une énorme donation, à condition que l'école construise une machine volante propulsée par la force humaine. Si elle réussit avant une certaine date, la donation est pour l'école sinon elle sera offerte à une école rivale. Merlin Jones conçoit un avion léger qu'il fait fonctionner grâce à des pédales de bicyclette. En prenant conscience que même ses amis joueurs de football ne seront pas assez forts pour un tel exploit, il développe un élixir de force (basé sur l'adrénaline), qui devrait permettre à un homme de s'envoler avec sa machine.
, 1h31Réalisé par Robert Stevenson, Joseph L. McEveety
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Science-fiction, Comédie, Aventure
Thèmes Films pour enfants
Acteurs Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Leon Ames, Stuart Erwin, Alan Hewitt, Connie Gilchrist
Note62%
Merlin Jones, un lycéen précoce et intelligent, fait des expériences avec l'hypnose et crée une machine avec un pouvoir appelé « Esprit-lecture ». Cependant, ses expériences l'embarquent dans une situation très difficile qui est sérieusement en contradiction avec la loi.
Chef de réseau (1958)
, 1h33Réalisé par André de Toth
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Guerre, Thriller, Espionnage
Thèmes Espionnage, Politique
Acteurs Jack Hawkins, Gia Scala, Erik Schumann, Alexander Knox, Felix Aylmer, Walter Hudd
Note68%
Le général allemand Alex Schottland est en fait un agent britannique vivant en Allemagne depuis peu après la fin de la Première Guerre mondiale. Il fait passer des informations sur la situation en Allemagne.
La Femme rêvée (1953)
, 1h40Réalisé par Sidney Sheldon
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Comédie romantique, Romance
Acteurs Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Walter Pidgeon, Betta St. John, Eduard Franz, Les Tremayne
Note58%
Clemson Reade est fiancé à Effie, une jeune femme moderne qui travaille au Département d'État. Lors d'un voyage au Moyen-Orient, Clemson fait la connaissance de la princesse Tarji, que son père présente comme une future épouse de rêve. Mais Clemson doit rentrer pour épouser Effie la semaine suivante. Lorsqu'il retrouve sa fiancée, toute occupée à régler des problèmes économiques complexes, il se met à rêver à l'épouse parfaite qu'aurait pu être la belle princesse arabe. Il rompt ses fiançailles, et télégraphie à Tarji qui accepte de venir aux États-Unis. Lorsque la princesse arrive, il lui faut un chaperon, et c'est Effie qui va jouer ce rôle.
My Outlaw Brother (1952)
, 1h22Réalisé par Elliott Nugent
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Acteurs Mickey Rooney, Wanda Hendrix, Robert Preston, Robert Stack, José Torvay, Don "Red" Barry
Note52%
Danny O'Moore, an Irish lad from New York, has not seen big brother Patrick for eight years. Patrick is said to now own a silver mine in Mexico and sends welcome money to his family in America.
The Barefoot Mailman (1951)
, 1h23Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Aventure
Acteurs Robert Cummings, Terry Moore, Jerome Courtland, John Russell, Will Geer, Arthur Shields
Note60%
Shakedown (1950)
, 1h20Réalisé par Joseph Pevney
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Thriller, Noir, Policier
Thèmes Film sur un écrivain, Journalisme
Acteurs Chester Conklin, Brian Donlevy, Howard Duff, Peggy Dow, Lawrence Tierney, Bruce Bennett
Rôle Ecrivain
Note70%
Unscrupulous newspaper photographer Jack Early (Duff) is sent to take a picture of racketeer Nick Palmer (Brian Donlevy), who doesn't like to be captured on celluloid. Palmer takes a liking to Early and asks him to frame his henchmen Colton (Tierney). Duff double-crosses Palmer and informes Colton that his boss had planned to frame him. Shortly afterward Palmer is killed by a car bomb and Duff becomes famous for taking a picture of the event. Eventually Duff is himself killed by Colton but he manages to snap a picture of his murderer in the act.
Mrs. Mike (1949)
, 1h39Réalisé par Louis King
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame
Acteurs Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, J. M. Kerrigan, Will Wright, Angela Clarke, John Miljan
Note65%
A young Boston woman, Kathy O'Fallon, travels north to visit her Uncle John at his cabin near the Canadian border. While there she meets Mike Flannigan, a sergeant with the Canadian Royal Northwest Mounted Police, and before long they're in love. Kathy marries Mike, who takes her by dogsled to his outpost in the cold, remote north.
Le Garçon aux cheveux verts (1948)
, 1h22Réalisé par Joseph Losey
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Fantastique, Comédie, Comédie dramatique
Thèmes L'adolescence, L'adoption, Le thème de l'éducation, L'enfance, Le racisme, L'enfance marginalisée, Harcèlement à l'école
Acteurs Dean Stockwell, Robert Ryan, Barbara Hale, Pat O'Brien, Walter Catlett, Samuel S. Hinds
Rôle Ecrivain
Note66%
Orphelin à la suite d'un bombardement sur Londres, le petit Peter Frye est recueilli par un vieil artiste de cirque, Gramp, qui manifeste tant d'affection et de gentillesse pour l'enfant que celui-ci se laisse peu à peu apprivoiser. Miss Brand, sa nouvelle institutrice, lui prête d'autant plus d’attention qu'elle sait que Peter est pupille de la Nation et ne peut se consoler de la perte de ses parents, malgré toutes les prévenances de Gramp. Quelle n'est pourtant pas la surprise de Peter, un matin, de sortir du bain avec les cheveux verts ! Du jour au lendemain, il devient l'objet, puis la victime de la curiosité de ses petits camarades et des adultes qui se moquent de lui. Personne ne peut trouver d'explication à cette extraordinaire situation. Peter est rejeté par ses camarades d'école et les habitants de la ville qui ont peur de la contagion. Désirant au début retrouver sa teinte d'origine, il rencontre dans la forêt d'autres orphelins, tout droit sortis d'affiches de la Croix rouge. Ceux-ci le persuadent que ses cheveux verts sont un symbole pour qu'enfin la guerre cesse et qu'il n'y ait plus d'orphelins sur terre. Il revendique avec enthousiasme sa différence, mais Gramp le persuade de se tondre la tête, ce qu'il fait devant ses voisins, la mort dans l’âme. Gramp comprend alors qu'il a été lâche.
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My Outlaw Brother (1952)
, 1h22Réalisé par Elliott Nugent
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Acteurs Mickey Rooney, Wanda Hendrix, Robert Preston, Robert Stack, José Torvay, Don "Red" Barry
Rôle Dialogue additionnel
Note52%
Danny O'Moore, an Irish lad from New York, has not seen big brother Patrick for eight years. Patrick is said to now own a silver mine in Mexico and sends welcome money to his family in America.