The Magnificent Yankee
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| The Magnificent Yankee | |
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| Directed by | John Sturges |
| Produced by | Armand Deutsch |
| Written by | Francis Biddle Emmet Lovery |
| Starring | Louis Calhern Ann Harding Eduard Franz Philip Ober |
| Music by | David Raksin |
| Cinematography | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| Editing by | Ferris Webster |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | 1950 |
| IMDb profile | |
The Magnificent Yankee is a 1950 biographical film which tells the life story of United States Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. It stars Louis Calhern, Ann Harding, Eduard Franz, and Philip Ober. Calhern created the role of Oliver Wendell Holmes in the play's original Broadway production, and the part was his only starring role in a sound film. A grateful MGM purchased the film rights of the play specifically as a reward to Calhern for playing secondary roles for the studio for years.
The movie was adapted by Emmet Lavery from his play, which was adapted from the book Mr. Justice Holmes by Francis Biddle. It was directed by John Sturges.
It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Louis Calhern) and Best Costume Design, Black-and-White.
A Hallmark Hall of Fame TV production in 1965 starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne was a great success and won Emmys for both of the theater legends.
A book about the New York Yankees baseball dynasty was entitled, The Magnificent Yankees.
[edit] External links
- The Magnificent Yankee (1950) at IMDB
- The Magnificent Yankee (1965) Hallmark Hall of Fame TV production
John Sturges | |
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| 1940s | The Man Who Dared - Shadowed - Alias Mr. Twilight - For the Love of Rusty - Keeper of the Bees - The Sign of the Ram - Best Man Wins - The Walking Hills |
| 1950s | The Magnificent Yankee - The Capture - Mystery Street - Right Cross - Kind Lady - The People Against O'Hara - It's a Big Country (with Clarence Brown, Don Hartman, Richard Thorpe, Charles Vidor, Don Weis and William A. Wellman) - The Girl in White - Jeopardy- Fast Company - Escape from Fort Bravo - Bad Day at Black Rock - Underwater! - The Scarlet Coat - Backlash - Gunfight at the O.K. Corral - The Law and Jake Wade - The Old Man and the Sea - Last Train from Gun Hill - Never So Few |
| 1960s | The Magnificent Seven - By Love Possessed - Sergeants 3 - A Girl Named Tamiko - The Great Escape - The Satan Bug - The Hallelujah Trail - Hour of the Gun - Ice Station Zebra - Marooned |
| 1970s | Joe Kidd - Chino - McQ - The Eagle Has Landed |
