#beatrice straight

[citizenscreen]

Audrey Hepburn and Beatrice Straight in Terence Young’s BLOODLINE (1979)

[gatutor]

Beatrice Straight (Old Westbury, New York, 2/08/1914-Northridge, Los Angeles, California, 7/04/2001).

[upontheshelfreviews]

Faerie Tale Theatre: The Ultimate Episode Ranking

So, we’ve come to the end of this years-long Faerie Tale Theatre retrospective, my friends. It’s been quite a ride. Unlike most big Hollywood collaborations, Faerie Tale Theatre wasn’t a vanity project or a corporate mandate driven by synergistic greed, but a labor of love from start to finish. There’s been highs and lows, but I’d be lying if I said there wasn’t any passion put into every minute…

[reading-plays-is-a-thing-we-do]

On This Day

22 January 1953

The Crucible by Arthur Miller opened at the Martin Beck Theatre in New York City.

It starred Arthur Kennedy as John Proctor, Beatrice Straight as Elizabeth Proctor, and Madeleine Sherwood as Abigail Williams. It won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1953.

The play, well known to this day and frequently revived in both professional and amateur theatre, takes place during the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts during 1692 to 1693. Although not historically accurate in the strictest sense, it works as a timeless allegory for the human tendency toward mass hysteria.

[vonter-voman]

Diana uses the mental radio to talk to Queen Hippolyta

Wonder Woman 2x04 - The Bermuda Triangle Crisis (1977)

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Poltergeist (June 4, 1982)

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Network (1976) Sidney Lumet

May 18th 2022

[spookytuesdaypod]

spooky tuesday is a (now not so new!) podcast where we’re breaking down all of our favorite slashers, thrillers, monster movies and black comedies on the new scariest day of the week.

is it just us, or is there something comfy-cozy about watching poltergeist (1982)? ok, maybe it’s not even us, it’s just chelsea — but we can all agree at the very least that the freeling family is one we wouldn’t mind being a part of. only maybe we’ll wait until after they move out of their haunted house to join diane and steve for an adults only smoke sesh. on a new spooky tuesday, we’re covering one of the most maybe-cursed movies of all time as we talk about ‘80s era graphics, home decor, and the very talented tangina.

give spooky tuesday a listen on apple podcasts, spotify, iheart radio, or stitcher

[brokehorrorfan]

Poltergeist will celebrate its 40th anniversary on 4K Ultra HD (with Blu-ray) on September 20 via Warner Bros. A Steelbook edition (right) will be available exclusively at Best Buy for $31.99.

From producer Steven Spielberg, the 1982 horror film is directed by Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre) from a script by Spielberg, Michael Grais and Mark Victor. JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne, Oliver Robins, and Zelda Rubinstein star.

Poltergeist has been newly restored in 4K. Special features are listed below, where you can also see the full Steelbook layout and watch the 4K trailer.

Special features:

The Making of Poltergeist featurette

They Are Here: The Real World of Poltergeists featurette

Theatrical trailer

A typical family in a quiet suburb of a normal California faces a frightening ordeal when its home is invaded by a Poltergeist. Late one night, 10-year-old Carol Anne Freeling (Heather O'Rourke) hears a voice coming from inside the television set ... At first, the spirits that invade the Freeling's home seem like playful children. But then they turn angry. And when Carol Anne is pulled from this world into another, Steve and Diane Freeling (Craig T. Nelson and JoBeth Williams--In the Land of Women) turn to an exorcist (Zelda Rubinstein) in this horror classic.

Pre-order Poltergeist.

[audreyhepburninblackandwhite]

Audrey Hepburn and Beatrice Straight in The Nun's Story (1959)

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[citizenscreen]

Beatrice Straight (August 2, 1914 – April 7, 2001)

[gatutor]

Beatrice Straight-Van Heflin "El precio del triunfo" (Patterns) 1956, de Fielder Cook.

[therileyandkimmyshow]

Podcast Actress Beatrice Straight Golden Age of Radio Tribute

[kwebtv]

From the Golden Age of Television

Reward! One Million - DuMont - October 23, 1951

A presentation of "Cosmopolitan Theatre" Season 1 Episode 4

Drama (set during World War II in France)

Running Time: 60 minutes

Produced by Sherman Marks

Directed by David Pressman

Stars:

Beatrice Straight  as Maria

Dennis Hoey as M. Abbe

John Newland as Col. Scharf

Herbert Rudley as Count Gervaise

Michael Howard as Saron

Joseph Anthony as Dr. Duport

Maurice Shrog as Marcel

Gilbert Green as Lt. Metzger

Sara Floyd as Agnes

[tessofthedooby]

"Network" - 1976 film

I watched this a week or two or ago and was captivated by Beatrice Straight. I love a red head and the way that they dressed her in just the few scenes she had was immaculate. Just now I thought how strange that I don't have any images of the films lead, Faye Dunaway, because she is the reason I even looked the movie up. She was great and gave uncanny valley vibes the entirety of the movie, this could have easily been marketed as a thriller with a few changes to lighting and music. But as soon as I thought about Faye's character in comparison to her lover's wife (Beatrice Straight) it sort of makes sense... he (William Holden's character) leaves the life he worked years for with his long-term, beautiful and vibrant partner and well appointed home for a relationship with someone that seems new and exciting but turns out to be shallow, morally bankrupt and inhumane. Was this meant to be a metaphor about our (impeding) addiction to tv/media circus and technology? I think so, but what do I know.

(JANUARY 2024) MEDIA DIARIES