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Otto Ludwig Preminger (/ ˈ p r ɛ m ɪ n dʒ ər / PREM-in-jər, German: [ˈɔtoː ˈpreːmɪŋɐ] ⓘ; 5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986) was an Austrian-American theatre and film director, film producer, and actor. He directed more than 35 feature films in a five-decade career after leaving the theatre.
May 29, 2012 · Neither of the two films won for Adapted Screenplay (Room at the Top) or Black and White Cinematography (The Diary of Anne Frank). Surprisingly, Otto Preminger wasn’t nominated for Direction. The film received no Oscars.
In his autobiography, Preminger writes that wealthy financier Nathan Cummings offered to finance the film: He would put up $250,000 personally, and get several friends to do the same. However, Cummings raised no money, put up none himself and was surprised when Otto snubbed him at a party.
May 21, 2002 · This group of films – to which may be added the Joan Crawford soap opera Daisy Kenyon (1947) – remains, for some viewers, the core of the Preminger canon: black-and-white films with ambiguous narratives foregrounding male obsession and female perversity, marked by fluid camera movements and the presence of iconic actors such as Dana Andrews ...
- Chris Fujiwara
Oct 28, 1991 · Burgess Meredith narrates this exhaustive documentary of filmmaker Otto Preminger, an iconic producer, director, and actor, whose career spanned the Golden Age in Hollywood in the 40s to the international movie scene of the 70s.
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- Documentary, Biography
- Valerie A. Robins
- 1991-10-28
Jun 12, 2023 · Those who feel that there’s something alluring about the old black-and-white films can’t miss out Preminger’s stylistic noir/mystery/thriller “Laura”. The film has an intricate plot structure (with couple of good twists) and a fantastic cast, including the stunningly beautiful Gene Tieney, Dana Andrews and Clifton Webb (his witty role ...
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Jul 31, 2006 · Locations at Le Lavendou are in glorious colour; Paris is in black and white. On the coast, Cécile and her group join revellers in a joyous snake dance (filmed in long fluent crane shots) in the town square.
