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Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn
Jessica Tandy and Cronyn at the 1988 Emmy Awards
Personal information
Birth nameHume Blake Cronyn
Birth dateJuly 18, 1911
Place of birthLondon, Ontario, Canada
Date of deathJune 15, 2003(age 91)
Death placeFairfield, Connecticut, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1942 � 2003
SpouseEmily Woodruff (1934-1936) (divorced)
Jessica Tandy (1942-1994) (her death)
Susan Cooper (1996-2003) (his death)

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Hume Blake Cronyn, OC (July 18, 1911 � June 15, 2003) was a Canadian actor of stage and screen, who enjoyed a long career, often appearing professionally alongside his second wife, Jessica Tandy.

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Directed by Roy Del Ruth and Vincente Minnelli Produced by Arthur Freed Starring: Fred Astaire Lucille Ball Lucille Bremer Fanny Brice Judy Garland Kathryn Grayson Lena Horne Gene Kelly James Melton Victor Moore Red Skelton Esther Williams William Powell Edward Arnold Marion Bell Cyd Charisse Hume Cronyn William Frawley Robert Lewis Virginia O'Brien Keenan Wynn. The film was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival. Dance director was Robert Alton, Astaire's second-most-frequent choreographic collaborator after Hermes Pan. All of Astaire's numbers were directed by Vincente Minnelli. Here's To The Girls/Bring On The Wonderful Men: by Roger Edens and Arthur Freed. Sung by Astaire with a short solo dance by Cyd Charisse, followed by Lucille Ball cracking a whip over eight chorus-girl panthers, and finally Virginia O'Brien spoofs the previous scene by singing "Bring on those Wonderful Men" This Heart of Mine: Classic standard by Harry Warren and Arthur Freed and written specially for Astaire who sings it to Bremer and then leads her in an extravagantly romantic dance of seduction and power-play. The choreography integrates rotating floors, concealed treadmills and swirling dance motifs. Love: Another standard, this time by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, sung by Lena Horne Limehouse Blues: Conceived as a "dramatic pantomime" with Astaire as a proud but poverty-stricken Chinese labourer whose infatuation with the unattainable Bremer leads to tragedy. The story serves as <b>...</b>
2.55 min. | 5.0 user rating		 2 minute full theatrical trailer to George Roy Hill's 1982 adaptation of the John Irving novel. Stars Robin Williams, John Lithgow, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Swoosie Kurtz.
1.97 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Theatrical trailer of noir prison drama "Brute Force", directed in 1947 by Jules Dassin, starring Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn and Charles Bickford. www.imdb.com Screened on April 14, 2008 in Athens, Greece, as part of AUEB Film Club's tribute to Jules Dassin. aueb-film-club.blogspot.com
2.25 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Fantastic political thriller directed by Alan J. Pakula (who also directed All The President's Men) starring Warren Beatty in one of his best roles ever. The movie's tagline says it all "There is no conspiracy. Just twelve people dead." When a senator is murdered on the campaign trail, the official conclusion of a commission (not unlike the "Warren Commission" after the assassination of John F. Kennedy) is, that this was the work of a lone gunman. Yet, three years after the assassination, Joe Frady (Warren Beatty) is visited by his ex-girlfriend and fellow reporter (Paula Prentiss) with an update on how many of those who witnessed the senator's murder, died before their time as well. Initially, Frady is skeptic. Yet, when his ex ends up on a slab at the morgue not long after visiting him, he sets out on his own investigation. Other co-stars are Hume Cronyn, excellent as always, William Daniels (who also starred with Beatty in Reds), Kenneth Mars and Walter McGinn (who also starred in a similarly paranoid thriller "Three Days of the Condor") as the representative of the mysterious Parallax Corporation. In this scene Joe (Beatty) is bailed out by his chief editor (Cronyn) after having been arrested on phony charges by the police.
3.48 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Richard Burton's "Hamlet", directed by John Gielgud, produced by Alexander H. Cohen. Filmed live on Broadway in 1964 and released to theaters in Electronovision. It was the longest running "Hamlet" in Broadway history. Act 2, Scene 2. Richard Burton and Hume Cronyn
4.08 min. | 5.0 user rating
LIFEBOAT (1944) In typical fashion, director Alfred Hitchcock fashioned an a-typical war story about a group of survivors of a German U boat sinking in his 1944 masterpiece, LIFEBOAT starring the remarkable Tallulah Bankhead. Shot in one location, aboard a lifeboat stranded in the mid-Atlantic and working from an original screenplay by John Steinbeck, Hitchcock assembled an international cast which included veteran character actors Walter Slezak, Henry Hull, William Bendix, Hume Cronyn, Heather Angel and Canada Lee. As the leading man to Miss Bankhead, Hitchcock cast rugged and handsome John Hodiak. Dousing them all with endless gallons of water, Hitchcock set about making a suspense filled saga of survival, where the weak are shown to be the strongest and the strong give way to their weaknesses. Never one to take the easy road, Hitchcock drew severe criticism from the press for having Slezak, as the Nazi officer, who's rescued by the castaways, be the smartest one in the boat as well as showing the human side of the enemy and the sinister side of the allies. The direction is taut, the performances by everyone are first rate and Bankhead, is outstanding in a role that would earn her The New York Film Critics Award as Best Actress. A role that makes one wish she'd been cast in films more often. LIFEBOAT is unusual for Hitchcock and as with all his films, the art of movie making at its very best.
4.70 min. | 4.98 user rating		 Ao visitar a mãe, que está em estado de coma após tentar cometer suicídio, Jennifer (Meg Tilly) eo namorado Stuart (Tim Matheson) percebem um comportamento estranho nos habitantes locais da cidade. Com isso, eles decidem investigar o que está ocorrendo e descobrem que todos na cidade foram infectados através do leite por substâncias tóxicas, decorrente de um vazamento causado por um pequeno terremoto. Dessa forma, tentam a todo custo fugir da cidade. Com Meg Tilly, Tim Matheson, Bill Paxton e Hume Cronyn, no elenco.
1.52 min. | 4.75 user rating		 "The Arrangement" 1969 Director:Elia Kazan Cast: Kirk Douglas, Faye Dunaway, Deborah Kerr, Richard Boone, Hume Cronyn... Eddie is a very rich man who has everything he wants; money, family, success. But a car crash is all that needs to make him reconsider the life he leads. Searching for the happiness he lost, he remembers his one time lover, Gwen. Meanwhile his wife conspires to take his fortune...
2.95 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Two thumbs down to this sequel to the Ron Howard film, starring Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Courtney Cox, Hume Cronyn, Jack Gilford, Steve Guttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Elaine Stritch, and Jessica Tandy.
3.73 min. | 5.0 user rating		 First of all, my apologies for the quality but I had to record it straight from the TV since I don't have the tools to capture video. This is probably the most touching movie I have ever seen. If you have the chance to watch this, please do not let it go - you won't regret it. This is my tribute to this wonderful movie, which unfortunately seems to be forgotten these days. Hopefully one day we will see a DVD release including nice bonuses.
8.38 min. | 5.0 user rating

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Newstream: The Parallax View, The Shining, Death to Smoochy, Rumble in the Bronx - JustPressPlay Tweet this news
JustPressPlay---Hume Cronyn- co-stars as Frady's editor. A gold standard in political conspiracy thrillers. This is a film born directly out of an era that saw the ... - Date : Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:57:41 GMT+00:00
Oscar wiles: Stratton & O'Malley & Knox & Cronyn - London Free Press (blog) Tweet this news
London Free Press (blog)--In the 1944 Oscars, Alexander Knox was up for best actor (Wilson) and -Hume Cronyn- was up for best supporting actor (for The Seventh Cross . . . has anyone ... - Date : Wed, 18 Aug 2010 05:01:17 GMT+00:00
Theatre promotes drama through sign language - West Hartford News Tweet this news
West Hartford News--Performers such as John Lithgow, Zelda Rubinstein, Mary Martin, Jessica Tandy and -Hume Cronyn- are just some of the major celebrities who have lent their ... - Date : Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:12:31 GMT+00:00
Spend an evening with the stars - Western News Tweet this news
Western News--Physics and Astronomy assistant professor Sarah Gallagher takes a look through a telescope on the deck of the -Hume Cronyn- Memorial Observatory. ... - Date : Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:03:40 GMT+00:00
Palm Beach Dramaworks plans summer 'Gin Game' - TCPalm Tweet this news
TCPalm--“This creates a special dynamic between the two of them not unlike that of Jessica Tandy and -Hume Cronyn- who initiated the roles,” Lewis said. ... - Date : Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:41:07 GMT+00:00
AGO's Drama & Desire exhibit sees theatre invading the gallery - National Post (registration) (blog) Tweet this news
National Post (registration) (blog)--Other props include the head of an ass, once worn by -Hume Cronyn-, from a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Gauci, though, is careful the props don't ... - Date : Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:34:56 GMT+00:00
Tom Cruise prepara ´Misión imposible IV´ - La Vanguardia Tweet this news
La Vanguardia---...- cuando en 1987 escribió el guión de la película producida por Steven Spielberg Nuestros maravillosos aliados con -Hume Cronyn- y Jessica Tandy. ...--- - Date : Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:38:46 GMT+00:00
American Film's Finest Performers Cher, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Meryl ... - MarketWatch (press release) Tweet this news
MarketWatch (press release)--He returned to Broadway in 1977, staging two very different hits: the musical "Annie" and the drama "The Gin Game" with -Hume Cronyn- and Jessica Tandy. ... - Date : Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:06:34 GMT+00:00
Sessão Dupla de homenagem a Jane Fonda na RTP2 - Jornal Hardmusica Tweet this news
Jornal Hardmusica--Mais uma realização de Alan Pakula, com Jane Fonda, Kris Kristofferson e -Hume Cronyn- nos principais papeis. A 22 de Maio passará também na RTP2 uma sessão ... - Date : Fri, 14 May 2010 15:21:47 GMT+00:00

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor � Miniseries or a Movie

Anthony Hopkins (1976) * Hal Holbrook (1976) * Ed Flanders (1977) * Christopher Plummer (1977) * Fred Astaire (1978) * Michael Moriarty (1978) * Peter Strauss (1979) * Ned Beatty (1979) * Powers Boothe (1980) * Anthony Hopkins (1981) * Mickey Rooney (1982) * Tommy Lee Jones (1983) * Laurence Olivier (1984) * Richard Crenna (1985) * Dustin Hoffman (1986) * James Woods (1987) * Jason Robards (1988) * James Woods (1989) * Hume Cronyn (1990) * John Gielgud (1991) * Beau Bridges (1992) * Robert Morse (1993) * Hume Cronyn (1994) * Raúl Juliá (1995) * Alan Rickman (1996) * Armand Assante (1997) * Gary Sinise (1998) * Stanley Tucci (1999) * Jack Lemmon (2000)

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor � Miniseries or a Movie

Scott Jacoby (1972) * Marlon Brando (1979) * George Grizzard (1980) * David Warner (1981) * Laurence Olivier (1982) * Richard Kiley (1983) * Art Carney (1984) * Karl Malden (1985) * John Malkovich (1986) * Dabney Coleman (1987) * John Shea (1988) * Derek Jacobi (1989) * Vincent Gardenia (1990) * Ned Beatty (1990) * James Earl Jones (1991) * Hume Cronyn (1992) * Beau Bridges (1993) * Michael A. Goorjian (1994) * Donald Sutherland (1995) * Tom Hulce (1996) * Beau Bridges (1997) * George C. Scott (1998) * Peter O'Toole (1999) * Hank Azaria (2000)

Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

Arthur Kennedy (1949) * Eli Wallach (1951) * John Cromwell (1952) * John Williams (1953) * John Kerr (1954) * Francis L. Sullivan (1955) * Ed Begley (1956) * Frank Conroy (1957) * Henry Jones (1958) * Charlie Ruggles (1959) * Roddy McDowall (1960) * Martin Gabel (1961) * Walter Matthau (1962) * Alan Arkin (1963) * Hume Cronyn (1964) * Jack Albertson (1965) * Patrick Magee (1966) * Ian Holm (1967) * James Patterson (1968) * Al Pacino (1969) * Ken Howard (1970) * Paul Sand (1971) * Vincent Gardenia (1972) * John Lithgow (1973) * Ed Flanders (1974) * Frank Langella (1975)



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