Saturday, November 14, 2015

Tempest, The

1960 Press Photo Maurice Evans Actor

Caption: Maurice Evans portrays Prospero, an exiled duke with magical powers, in "The Tempest.". Additional Information: Maurice Herbert Evans (3 June 1901 – 12 March 1989) was an English actor noted for his interpretations of Shakespearean characters. In terms of his screen roles, he is probably best known as Dr. Zaius in Planet of the Apes and as Samantha Stephens' father Maurice in Bewitched. His first appearance on Broadway was in Romeo and Juliet opposite Katharine Cornell in 1936, but he made his biggest impact in Shakespeare's Richard II, a production whose unexpected success was the surprise of the 1937 theatre season and allowed Evans to play Hamlet (1938) (the first time that the play was performed uncut on the New York stage), Falstaff in Henry IV, Part I (1939), Macbeth (1941), and Malvolio in Twelfth Night (1942) opposite the Viola of Helen Hayes, all under the direction of Margaret Webster. He also starred opposite Cornell in the 1935 production of George Bernard Shaw's "St. Joan." When World War II began, he was in charge of an Army Entertainment Section in the Central Pacific and played his famous "G.I. version" of Hamlet that cut the text of the play to make the eponymous title character more appealing to the troops, an interpretation so popular that he later took it to Broadway in 1945. He then shifted his attention to the works of Shaw, notably as John Tanner in Man and Superman and as King Magnus in The Apple Cart. In 1952 he starred as the murderous husband in the original stage-play version of Dial M for Murder. He was also a successful Broadway producer of productions in which he did not appear, notably Teahouse of the August Moon. American television audiences of the 1960s will remember Evans as Samantha's father, Maurice (the character was originally named Victor when he was introduced), on the sitcom Bewitched. He also played the "Puzzler" on Batman. Many younger viewers discovering these programmes in syndication are unaware of Evans' Shakespearean pedigree. His real-life insistence that his first name was pronounced the same as the name "Morris" was ironically at odds with his Bewitched character's contrasting stance that it be pronounced "Maw-REESE". Evans had great impact onscreen as well. He played a diabolical villain in 1951's Kind Lady, co-starring Ethel Barrymore and Angela Lansbury. Evans appeared memorably in two 1968 films: as the evolved orangutan, Dr. Zaius in Planet of the Apes (and the 1970 sequel Beneath the Planet of the Apes) and as the doomed "Hutch", who attempts to warn his friend, the title character, Rosemary Woodhouse, in the thriller Rosemary's Baby, of the true Satanic nature of her neighbors, Roman and Minnie Castavet (played by Sidney Blackmer and Ruth Gordon). Evans appeared in more American television productions of Shakespeare than any other actor. Beginning in 1953, for the famous television anthology, Hallmark Hall of Fame, he starred in the first feature-length (i.e., longer than an hour) dramatizations of the plays to ever be presented on American television. (Wikipedia)Maurice Evans Actor



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1959 Press Photo Silvana Mangano stars in Tempest

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1959 Press Photo Silvana Mangano in "Tempest" - RSC91539

This is an original press photo. Silvana Mangano in "Tempest"Photo measures 8 x 10inches. Photo is dated 05-05-1959.
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1959 Press Photo Italian Star Silvana Mangano starring in "Tempest" - RSC91527

This is an original press photo. Italian Star Silvana Mangano starring in "Tempest"Photo measures 8 x 10inches. Photo is dated 06-06-1959.
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1959 Press Photo Van Heflin stars in "Tempest" - orc18687

This is an original press photo. Van Heflin gives fiery performance in Dino De Laurentiis' spectacular "Tempest," next at Paramount. Heflin heads cast of international stars as Pugachev, legendary rebel, outlaw and solider, Silvana Mangano co-stars.Photo
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1921 Press Photo Miss Viveca Lindfors as Catherine II in Tempest - mjx07520

This is an original press photo. Miss Lindfors previously impersonated royalty in her most important role prior to her assignment as Catherine II in "Tempest." She created the role of 'Anastasia" on Broadway. In other stage appearances, the Swedish-born actress played in "Miss Julie" and recently Maxwell Anderson's "The Golden Six." Her first American film was "Adventures of Don Juan" with Errol Flynn.Photo measures 8 x 10.5inches. Photo is dated 9-3-1921.
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1995 Press Photo Carrie Preston and Patrick Stewart in the play The Tempest

This is an original press photo. Pictured from left to right Carrie Preston as Miranda and Patrick Stewart as Prospero in the New York Shakespeare Festival/ Public Theater's Production of The Tempest directed by George Wolfe at the Broadhurst ThetrePhoto
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1940 Press Photo NEW YORK CHILD ACTRESS REHEARSE FOR THE TEMPEST NYC - neny16996

This is an original press photo. SALLY COOKE, 3, AS A "SPRITE" DURING THE DRESS REHEARSAL OF THE TEMPEST BY THE KING-COIT CHILDREN'S THEATER. A SPECIAL SERIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF THE CAPE COD INSTITUTE OF MUSIC.Photo measures 6 x 8.25inches. Photo is dated --1940.

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