Cleopatra (movie)Cleopatra is the name of several movies about the last Egyptian queen of the same name. Movies of this title were released in 1912, 1917, 1920, 1934, 1963, and 1999. Theda Bara as Cleopatra1917 FilmThe 1917 Fox film was directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starred Theda Bara in the title role. Fritz Leiber played Julius Caesar and Thurston Hall played Marc Antony. It was one of the most elaborate Hollywood films ever produced up to that time, with particularly lavish sets and costumes. The story of this silent film was very loosely based on the plot of William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. Theda Bara appeared in a variety of fantastic costumes, some quite risqué. The film was a great success at the time. Years later with the imposition of Hollywood's Hays Code the film was judged too obscene to be shown, and no surviving prints are known to exist. 1934 FilmThe 1934 film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture and won for cinematography (Victor Milner). It was written by Bartlett Cormack, Vincent Lawrence, and Valdemar Young and was directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It starred Claudette Colbert as Cleopatra, Warren William as Julius Caesar, Henry Wilcoxon as Marc Antony, Joseph Schildkraut as King Herod, and Ian Keith as Octavian. 1963 FilmThe 1963 film was also nominated for Best Picture and won for cinematography, art direction, costumes, sets, and special effects. It was written by Sidney Buchman, Ben Hecht, Ranald MacDougall, and Joseph L. Mankiewicz from a book by Carlo Mario Franzero and was directed by Mankiewicz. It starred Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra, Richard Burton as Marc Antony, and Rex Harrison as Julius Caesar (nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor). Cleopatra premiered at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City on June 12, 1963. The 1963 film is infamous for bankrupting 20th Century Fox. It was made at a cost of $40 million -- an impossibly extravagant figure for that time; in todays dollars it can be priced at $270 million. It was not a box-office flop, but it did not perform nearly as well as Fox hoped, and took several years to break even and the financial loss from the film forced the studio to file for bankruptcy. Supposedly, the film is still listed as a negative cost for Fox today, which means that, technically, the movie still has not made back its initial investment. The suit of golden armor worn in the movie by Elizabeth Taylor was made from real gold, at a cost of about $1 million. It was so heavy that she could only wear it for short periods of time. Elizabeth Taylor in "Cleopatra" (1963)1999 FilmThe 1999 Cleopatra: starred Leonor Varela (Cleopatra), Timothy Dalton (Caesar), and Billy Zane (Antony). Based on the book Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George and more faithful to history than the earlier versions, it was shown first on television and then released on videotape. Olivia's LineOn May 12, 2003, tied in with the 40th anniversary of the 1963 film, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a 45-minute romantic comedy, written by David Varela (no relation to Leonor) called Olivia's Line. The play is set during the location shoot in Rome. Incidental music is taken from the 1963 film's score. For more information about the play, and information on how you can listen to it online visit: http://www.davidvarela.com/ftvr_olivia.html External Links
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For more information about the play, and information on how you can listen to it online visit: http://www.davidvarela.com/ftvr_olivia.html. In 1994, during the Republican Party's "Contract With America", political cartoonists frequently applied the term to Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, calling him the "Gin-Grinch Who Stole Christmas". Incidental music is taken from the 1963 film's score. Seuss's work is sufficiently well known that the word "Grinch" became used as a slang term, designating a cruel, uncaring person, particularly with greedy tendencies. The play is set during the location shoot in Rome. Dr. On May 12, 2003, tied in with the 40th anniversary of the 1963 film, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a 45-minute romantic comedy, written by David Varela (no relation to Leonor) called Olivia's Line. Instead of Dr. Seuss' repetitions of words, the Tunbergs generally come up with multiple synonyms, for instance, the "NOISE! NOISE! NOISE! NOISE!" becomes "STREPITUS, CREPITUS, STRIDOR, FRAGORQUE!" The work has been highly praised by classicists. Based on the book Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George and more faithful to
history than the earlier versions, it was shown first on television and then released on videotape. Rather than the
rhythmic rhymed text of the original, the Tunbergs produced a prose translation in a somewhat rhythmic Latin. The 1999 Cleopatra: starred Leonor Varela (Cleopatra), Timothy Dalton (Caesar), and Billy Zane (Antony). Tunberg, entitled Quomodo invidiosulus nomine Grinchus
Christi natelem abrogaverit (literally: "How the little envious one named Grinch stole Christ's birthday"). The suit of golden armor worn in the movie by Elizabeth Taylor was made from real gold, at a cost of about $1 million. This version is often called simply The Grinch; though the title actually seen in the film is How the Grinch Stole Christmas!; the word "Grinch" is written in much larger letters than the rest of the title. Supposedly, the film is still listed as a negative cost for Fox today, which means that, technically, the movie still has not made back its initial investment. The film was directed by Ron Howard, produced by Brian Grazer, and starred Jim Carrey as the title role of the Grinch. It was not a box-office flop, but it did not perform nearly as well as Fox hoped, and took several years to break even and the financial loss from the film forced the studio to file for bankruptcy. It creates a new back story to explain why the Grinch acts as he does. It was made at a cost of $40 million -- an impossibly extravagant figure for that time; in todays dollars it can be priced at $270 million. Due to all the additions made to the storyline so that it could be brought up to feature-length, it was considerably less faithful to the original book. The 1963 film is infamous for bankrupting 20th Century Fox. Seuss's death, the book was also made into a 2000 live-action film. Cleopatra premiered at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City on June 12, 1963. After Dr. It starred Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra, Richard Burton as Marc Antony, and Rex Harrison as Julius Caesar (nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor). Seuss, where he was voiced by Anthony Asbury. The 1963 film was also nominated for Best Picture and won for cinematography, art direction, costumes, sets, and special effects. It was written by Sidney Buchman, Ben Hecht, Ranald MacDougall, and Joseph L. Mankiewicz from a book by Carlo Mario Franzero and was directed by Mankiewicz. Most recently, he was a recurring character on the 1996 kids' show The Wubbulous World of Dr. It starred Claudette Colbert as Cleopatra, Warren William as Julius Caesar, Henry Wilcoxon as Marc Antony, Joseph Schildkraut as King Herod, and Ian Keith as Octavian. Later, in 1982, he starred in The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat, where he attempts to ruin things for fellow Seuss star The Cat in the Hat. DeMille. There, he was voiced by Hans Conried. It was written by Bartlett Cormack, Vincent Lawrence, and Valdemar Young and was directed by Cecil B. The Grinch returned to animation in the 1977 special Halloween is Grinch Night, in which he sets off to scare everyone in Whoville due to being bothered by a chain reaction of annoying sounds caused by the wind. The 1934 film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture and won for cinematography (Victor Milner). The Grinch later appeared in a few more specials, and although they weren't as popular as his original Christmas outing, they're well-liked among the viewers. Years later with the imposition of Hollywood's Hays Code the film was judged too obscene to be shown, and no surviving prints are known to exist. The cartoon is typically found on the Internet Movie Database's list of the top 250 films, and is considered one of Chuck Jones' greatest cartoons made after his departure from Warner Bros. The film was a great success at the time. It has seen innumerable rebroadcasts in the years since its debut, with annual showings continuing to the present day. Theda Bara appeared in a variety of fantastic costumes, some quite risqué. The TV special has been highly praised by audiences and film and animation fans alike. The story of this silent film was very loosely based on the plot of William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. These lines were read by Boris Karloff like the others. It was one of the most elaborate Hollywood films ever produced up to that time, with particularly lavish sets and costumes. Seuss also added a few lines to the dénouement, which in the original is laconic. Fritz Leiber played Julius Caesar and Thurston Hall played Marc Antony. The longer one describes the Who children (in the Grinch's imagination) noisily playing with their Christmas toys . Gordon Edwards and starred Theda Bara in the title role. Seuss also lengthened the text with two interpolated verse passages. The 1917 Fox film was directed by J. Dr. Movies of this title were released in 1912, 1917, 1920, 1934, 1963, and 1999. Grinch" was sung by Thurl Ravenscroft. Cleopatra is the name of several movies about the last Egyptian queen of the same name. Seuss. The best remembered of them, "You're a Mean One, Mr. Ancient Greece in the Cinema (http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Classics/NJL/films.html) (Nick Lowe). The songs, which helped fill out the story to the length of a television program, had music written by Albert Hague, with lyrics by Dr. The Cleopatra Costume on Stage and in Film (http://www.davidclaudon.com/Cleo/Cleopatra1.html) (David Clauson). Jones remarked in an interview that he had made the Grinch look like himself, so he could use his own facial expressions as a model for the Grinch's. Cleopatra on the Web : Movies (http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/cleopatra/13.html) (Tim Spalding). Jones modified the appearance of the Grinch somewhat to fit the medium, rendering him in green and with a more elongated, frog-like face. The show starred Boris Karloff as narrator and Grinch, and (unusually for adaptations) included the actual text of the book in spoken form. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! was adapted to television in 1966 as an animated TV special, directed by Seuss's friend and former army colleague Chuck Jones, who did much of the animation himself. The purity of the verse is increased by the fact that Seuss avoided introducing made-up words intended to fit the meter (for example, "Jill-ikka-Jast" or "Sala-ma-goox", both from Scrambled Eggs Super). The ink-drawn illustrations make use of only black, red, and pink (the latter being the color of the Grinch's eyes), and the versification is strict and never skips a syllable. Seuss's style. The book is one of the purest examples of Dr. His heart grows three sizes larger, he returns all the presents and trimmings, and is warmly welcomed into the community of the Whos. He then realizes that Christmas is more than just gifts and presents. However, he learns in the end that despite his success in stealing all the Christmas presents and decorations from the Whos, Christmas comes just the same. Envious of the Whos' happiness, he makes plans to descend on the town and, by means of serial burglary, deprive them of their Christmas presents and decorations and thus prevent Christmas from coming. The Grinch, a bitter creature with a heart "two sizes too small," lives on a snowy mountaintop above Whoville with his faithful dog Max. The mid-1950s were a fruitful period for Seuss, during which he wrote many of the stories for which he is most admired today, including The Cat in the Hat, If I Ran the Circus, and On Beyond Zebra. Seuss completed How the Grinch Stole Christmas in 1957. Dr. The book has been adapted to other media, also discussed below. It is written in rhymed verse, with illustrations by the author. Seuss. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is one of the best-known children's books by Dr. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 1997, ISBN 0865164193. Tunberg. Quomodo Invidiosulus Nomine Grinchus Christi Natalem Abrogaverit: How the Grinch Stole Christmas in Latin. Translated by Jennifer Morrish Tunberg with the assistance of Terence O. Seuss. Dr. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! New York: Random House, 1957, ISBN 0394800796. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel). Dr. |