Richard III (1955 film)
Richard III is a 1955 British Technicolor film adaptation of William Shakespeare's historical play of the same name, also incorporating elements from his" Henry VI, Part 3".
It was directed and produced by Laurence Olivier, who also played the lead role.
Featuring many noted Shakespearean actors, including a quartet of actors who later became knights, the film depicts Richard plotting and conspiring to grasp the throne from his brother King Edward IV, played by Sir Cedric Hardwicke.
In the process, many are killed and betrayed, with Richard's evil leading to his own downfall.
The prologue of the film states that history without its legends would be" a dry matter indeed", implicitly admitting to the artistic licence that Shakespeare applied to the events of the time.
Of the three Shakespearean films directed by Olivier," Richard III" received the least critical praise at the time, although it was still acclaimed.
It was the only one not to be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, though Olivier's acting performance was nominated.
The film gained popularity in the US through a 1966 re-release, which broke box office records in many US cities.
Many critics now consider Olivier's" Richard III" his best screen adaptation of Shakespeare.
The British Film Institute has pointed out that, given the enormous TV audience it received when shown in the United States on NBC, Sunday afternoon, March 11, 1956, the film" may have done more to popularise Shakespeare than any other single work".
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier,( 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century.
He also worked in films throughout his career, playing more than fifty cinema roles.
Late in his career, he had considerable success in television roles.
His family had no theatrical connections, but Olivier's father, a clergyman, decided that his son should become an actor.
After attending a drama school in London, Olivier learned his craft in a succession of acting jobs during the late 1920s.
In 1930 he had his first important West End success in Noël Coward's" Private Lives", and he appeared in his first film.
In 1935 he played in a celebrated production of" Romeo and Juliet" alongside Gielgud and Ashcroft, and by the end of the decade he was an established star.
In the 1940s, together with Richardson and John Burrell, Olivier was the co-director of the Old Vic, building it into a highly respected company.
There his most celebrated roles included Shakespeare's Richard III and Sophocles's Oedipus.
In the 1950s Olivier was an independent actor-manager, but his stage career was in the doldrums until he joined the" avant garde" English Stage Company in 1957 to play the title role in" The Entertainer", a part he later played on film.
From 1963 to 1973 he was the founding director of Britain's National Theatre, running a resident company that fostered many future stars.
His own parts there included the title role in" Othello"( 1965) and Shylock in" The Merchant of Venice"( 1970).
Among Olivier's films are" Wuthering Heights"( 1939)," Rebecca"( 1940), and a trilogy of Shakespeare films as actor-director:" Henry V"( 1944)," Hamlet"( 1948), and" Richard III"( 1955).
His later films included" The Shoes of the Fisherman"( 1968)," Sleuth"( 1972)," Marathon Man"( 1976), and" The Boys from Brazil"( 1978).
His television appearances included an adaptation of" The Moon and Sixpence"( 1960)," Long Day's Journey into Night"( 1973)," Love Among the Ruins"( 1975)," Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"( 1976)," Brideshead Revisited"( 1981) and" King Lear"( 1983).
Olivier's honours included a knighthood( 1947), a life peerage( 1970) and the Order of Merit( 1981).
For his on- screen work he received four Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, five Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.
The National Theatre's largest auditorium is named in his honour, and he is commemorated in the Laurence Olivier Awards, given annually by the Society of London Theatre.
He was married three times, to the actresses Jill Esmond from 1930 to 1940, Vivien Leigh from 1940 to 1960, and Joan Plowright from 1961 until his death.
Dan Cunningham
Dan Cunningam (1 January 1917 – September 2001) was a British actor who made few screen appearances but was a noted professional stage actor, performing at Eichstätt.
He appeared in Laurence Olivier's "Richard III" (1955) as Lord Grey.
He was married to the actress Rosalie Crutchley in 1939, but the marriage ended in divorce.
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Elio Petri
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Ricardian (Richard III)
Ricardians are people interested in altering the posthumous reputation of Richard III, King of England( reigned 1483 – 1485).
Richard III has long been portrayed unfavourably, most notably in William Shakespeare's play" Richard III", in which Richard is portrayed as having murdered his nephew, Edward V of England, a 12- year- old child at the time, in order to secure the English throne for himself.
Ricardians have worked in an effort to turn this around and to paint this portrayal, and the many other related assertions that followed, as most probably false politically- motivated accusations.
Ricardians accept as facts: that first the young king Edward the V was placed under the protection of his uncle Richard III; that Richard III himself was then crowned as the new king instead of young Edward V; and finally that the young king disappeared at some point over the coming year, never to be seen again.
However, they dispute the initial common assumption by many, that Richard III was personally responsible for the apparent murder of Edward V.
Richard III's reign lasted for only 2 years, and his short reign came to a violent end on 22 August 1485 at the Battle of Bosworth – the last battle of the War of the Roses.
In the aftermath of the battle, Richard III's body was not given a proper state funeral, and the location of his remains was soon forgotten – there was even a belief, now proved false, that they had been thrown into the River Soar in Leicester following the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Ricardians assert that many of the original assumptions about Richard III's motives and likely responsibility relating to these events were not supported by the actual facts of the day, that these assumptions were most probably instead the result of the political claims of his successors, and that they were most probably in fact mistaken assumptions.
The two most notable societies of Ricardians are the Richard III Society, and the Richard III Foundation, Inc.
A third much smaller Ricardian organisation, composed of" collateral descendants" of Richard III, is the Plantagenet Alliance.
In 2012 the Richard III Society was instrumental in leading an archaeological effort to positively locate and identify the long- lost remains of Richard III, which resulted in the discovery and retrieval of the remains from beneath a Leicester car park.
Subsequently, much popular historical interest was generated in this historical period.
Such historical interest resulted in the review and publication of many articles and documents regarding Richard's reign, which have contributed to the scholarship of latter 15 th- century England.
After their discovery, Richard III's remains were first scientifically evaluated, then formally re-interred within the interior of Leicester Cathedral on 26 March 2015.
Their re-interment occurred amidst days of solemn ceremonies and pageantry.
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The singles released from this album are "Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)Country Love" and "The Cowboy and the Lady".
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His Days Are Numbered
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It was awarded best film at the Mar del Plata Film Festival.
It also won the Silver Ribbon for Best Original Story.
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Question: Which film has the director who was born later, Richard Iii (1955 Film) or His Days Are Numbered?
Answer: His Days Are Numbered