Robert Stevenson
Director
Blackbeard's Ghost...Ghost is a 1968 live-action fantasy comedy Disney film starring Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones , and Suzanne Pleshette, directed by Robert Stevenson . It is based upon the novel of the same name written by Ben Stahl and was shot in Walt Disney... In this article: Blackbeard, Blackbeard's Ghost, Disney, Peter Ustinov, and Suzanne Pleshette |
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Wikipedia | October 29, 2009
Jane Eyre (1944 film)
...is a 1944 classic film adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's 1847 novel of the same name made by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by William Goetz, Kenneth Macgowan and Orson Welles (uncredited). The screenplay...
In this article: Jane Eyre, Orson Welles, Gothic novel, Charlotte Bronte, John Houseman, Mercury Theatre on the Air, and Kenneth Macgowan
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Wikipedia | October 28, 2009
Erin Everly
...are brother musician Edan Everly and sister Stacy Everly . Soap opera actress Anna Lee was her grandmother and her grandfather was Robert Stevenson (director). She is also niece to Phil Everly from the Everly Brothers. She moved to New...
In this article: Axl Rose, Guns N' Roses, Don Everly, Sweet Child o' Mine, November Rain, Estranged, It's So Easy, Don't Cry, and Anna Lee
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Houston Chronicle | October 22, 2009
Review: Mary Poppins retains her ageless magic
...Mary Poppins as his magnum opus. Studio regulars - the fraternal songwriting team of Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman, director Robert Stevenson and screenwriters Bill Walsh and Don Da Gradi - hit career highs with the film. Arguably...
In this article: Mary Poppins, P.L. Travers, Mary Poppins, Walt Disney, Gosford Park, Cameron Mackintosh, Julie Andrews, Oscar, Olivier Award, and George Stiles
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Wikipedia | October 04, 2009
Robert Stevenson (director)
Robert Stevenson (31 March 1905, Buxton, Derbyshire - 30 April 1986) was an English film writer and director. He was educated at Cambridge University where he became the president of both the Liberal Club and the Cambridge Union Society.
In this article: Cambridge University, Samuel Goldwyn, The Walt Disney Company, Jane Eyre, Anna Lee, and Frances Howard
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San Francisco Chronicle | September 11, 2009
The Poop family DVD suggestions
...it still works out to something like 46 cents per fistfight. (Not rated) Bedknobs and Broomsticks: "Mary Poppins" director Robert Stevenson repeats the formula with lots of magic, singing and dancing, and animated characters mixing with...
In this article: DVD, Superman, Bonanza, World War II, Mary Poppins, Christopher Reeve, Richard Donner, and Pernell Roberts
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PopMatters | September 05, 2009
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971): Enchanted Musical Edition (Short Ends and Leader)
...extended dance sequence, and a few minor subplots. As a result, the film many of us grew up with (and loved) is not the work director Robert Stevenson intended. The man behind Mary Poppins, as well as many other House of Mouse classics, saw...
In this article: Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Disney, DVD, Mary Poppins, David Tomlinson, and House of Mouse
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Wikipedia | September 01, 2009
Norman Tokar
...Mary Poppins (and also the top-grossing movie of 1969), the gimmick comedy The Love Bug, which like Mary Poppins was directed by Robert Stevenson , the most prolific and successful director in the history of The Disney Studio. The Disney...
In this article: Norman Tokar, Walt Disney, Mary Poppins, Disney, The Happiest Millionaire, Candleshoe, Revenue, Trademark, and The Love Bug
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Wikipedia | August 14, 2009
Letty Lynton
...and the film is unavailable even to this day save for some bootlegged copies. In 1947, United Artists released the film Dishonored Lady, starring Hedy Lamarr and directed by Robert Stevenson , based on the play by Sheldon and Ayer Barnes.
In this article: Letty Lynton, Joan Crawford, MGM, Edward Sheldon, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Dishonored Lady, United States, and Robert Montgomery
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Wikipedia | July 29, 2009
Anna Lee
...in Ightham, Kent, England, the daughter of a clergyman who encouraged her desire to act. She married her first husband, the director Robert Stevenson , in 1934 and moved to Hollywood in 1939. They had two daughters, Venetia and Caroline.
In this article: Anna Lee, Jeffrey Byron, Venetia Stevenson, Leslie Charleson, General Hospital, Lila Quartermaine, Wendy Riche, Don Everly, Coal, and World War II
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Wikipedia | July 04, 2009
Venetia Stevenson
...born Joanna Venetia Invicta Stevenson in London , is a motion picture actress. Stevenson is the daughter of Oscar nominated director Robert Stevenson and actress Anna Lee. She was born in London in 1938, but moved to Hollywood within a...
In this article: Venetia Stevenson, Russ Tamblyn, Hedda Hopper, Don Everly, Edan Everly, Valentine's Day, World War II, London, and The City of the Dead
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Robert Stevenson (March 31 1905 – April 30 1986) was an English film writer and director. Born in Buxton, Derbyshire, educated at Cambridge University where he became the president of both the Liberal Club and the Cambridge Union Society, he moved to California in the 1940s and ended up directing 19 films for The Walt Disney Company in the 1960s and 1970s. Today, Stevenson is best remembered for directing the Julie Andrews musical Mary Poppins, for which Andrews won the Academy Award for Best Actress and Stevenson received a nomination for Best Director Oscar.
Stevenson married Anna Lee in 1934. They moved to the Hollywood in 1939, where he remained for many years. They had two daughters, Venetia and Caroline, before divorcing in March, 1944.
He married Frances Howard sometime after the death of her first husband Samuel Goldwyn and they later divorced.
- Birth Date:
- March 31, 1905
- Birthplace:
- Buxton, Derbyshire, England
- Death Date:
- April 30, 1986
- Place of Death:
- Santa Barbara, California
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