Beth Peters, an actor and singer who had a recurring role on “General Hospital,” died on March 14 in central Florida after a short illness. She was 92.
In the early 1980s, Peters appeared in eight episodes of the popular ABC soap opera as the character Mrs. Whitaker. In an obituary for Peters provided to Variety by her son, her character description reads, “The motherly Mrs. Whitaker dispensed country wisdom from her farm kitchen in Beecher’s Corners, serving as a surrogate mother to Laura Spencer, played by Genie Francis, as the teenager’s story arc saw her fall in love with Luke Spencer, portrayed by Anthony Geary.”
Peters started her acting and singing career as a teenager in coastal New Jersey. In 1955, she appeared on Broadway for the first time as an extra for the play “Inherit the Wind,” later taking on the role of Mrs. Brady in the last months of the show’s production.
In the early 1980s, Peters appeared in eight episodes of the popular ABC soap opera as the character Mrs. Whitaker. In an obituary for Peters provided to Variety by her son, her character description reads, “The motherly Mrs. Whitaker dispensed country wisdom from her farm kitchen in Beecher’s Corners, serving as a surrogate mother to Laura Spencer, played by Genie Francis, as the teenager’s story arc saw her fall in love with Luke Spencer, portrayed by Anthony Geary.”
Peters started her acting and singing career as a teenager in coastal New Jersey. In 1955, she appeared on Broadway for the first time as an extra for the play “Inherit the Wind,” later taking on the role of Mrs. Brady in the last months of the show’s production.
- 3/18/2024
- by Jaden Thompson
- Variety Film + TV
Roughly three months after her death, the stately Los Angeles compound of Martha De Laurentiis has popped up for sale, armed with a hefty $37.5 million asking price. The longtime home of the filmmaker and her legendary producer husband, Dino De Laurentiis, who passed away back in 2010, the nearly 6,000-square-foot mansion was built in the 1940s and sits in the mountains above Beverly Hills, replete with jaw-dropping vistas stretching from downtown L.A. to the Pacific Ocean.
The Italy-born Oscar winner and his American wife acquired the spread 35 years ago for about $2.8 million and subsequently embarked on an elaborate customization of the premises. They renovated the kitchen, converted a portion of the attic into a bedroom and bath, and added a tennis court; Martha also later installed solar panels in the canyon below.
Once upon a time, the residence was also owned by millionaire restaurateur Steve Crane, former husband of Lana Turner,...
The Italy-born Oscar winner and his American wife acquired the spread 35 years ago for about $2.8 million and subsequently embarked on an elaborate customization of the premises. They renovated the kitchen, converted a portion of the attic into a bedroom and bath, and added a tennis court; Martha also later installed solar panels in the canyon below.
Once upon a time, the residence was also owned by millionaire restaurateur Steve Crane, former husband of Lana Turner,...
- 3/17/2022
- by Wendy Bowman, Dirt.com
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fifty years ago, 1,500 individuals from 53 countries attended the fifth edition of MipTV at Cannes. It’s a small fraction of the estimated 10,500 expected this year, but organizers in 1969 were ecstatic at the turnout. They were also ecstatic to welcome celebs such as Harold Robbins, plugging “The Survivors,” starring Lana Turner.
On April 30, 1969, Variety reported that the hour-long drama was budgeted at “a new all-time high of $300,000 per episode.” Robbins was hot stuff in the 1960s as he virtually invented sex-and-wealth blockbuster novels with “The Carpetbaggers” and “Where Love Has Gone.” In addition to his Mip-promoted “Survivors,” various companies were planning adaptations of four Robbins works, including big-screen projects “The Adventurers,” “The Inheritors” and “Stiletto,” plus the TV-targeted “79 Park Avenue.” That quartet represented a total investment of $36 million.
“I am the only writer able to make three major companies go broke in one year,” he joked at Cannes.
“The Survivors,” which also starred George Hamilton,...
On April 30, 1969, Variety reported that the hour-long drama was budgeted at “a new all-time high of $300,000 per episode.” Robbins was hot stuff in the 1960s as he virtually invented sex-and-wealth blockbuster novels with “The Carpetbaggers” and “Where Love Has Gone.” In addition to his Mip-promoted “Survivors,” various companies were planning adaptations of four Robbins works, including big-screen projects “The Adventurers,” “The Inheritors” and “Stiletto,” plus the TV-targeted “79 Park Avenue.” That quartet represented a total investment of $36 million.
“I am the only writer able to make three major companies go broke in one year,” he joked at Cannes.
“The Survivors,” which also starred George Hamilton,...
- 4/8/2019
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
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• My New Plaid Pants a special edition of 'do dump or marry' with Hitchcock classic Rear Window on its 63rd birthday
• Gothamist exciting news for library card holders in La and NYC -- your public library card actually grants you access to Tons of Criterion Collection streaming titles. Here's how to access them
• Oh My Disney some of the Disney Princess movies are coming back to movie theaters in September and October. Yasqueen... I mean, Yasprincesses. I'm most excited to see Mulan onscreen again because I barely remember it. Seems way too early to revive Moana though.
• EW celebrates the return of Will & Grace with a photoshoot
• Observations on Film Art wonderful piece on Dunkirk's emotional core (or whether it has one), color palette, and more
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- 8/4/2017
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Oct. 8, 2013
Price: DVD $19.95, Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Criterion
Veronica Lake and Fredric March get supernatural in I Married a Witch.
Veronica Lake (Sullivan’s Travels) casts a seductive spell as a charmingly vengeful sorceress in the 1942 supernatural screwball comedy I Married a Witch.
In the classic movie, many centuries after cursing the male descendants of the Salem puritan who sent her to the stake, Jennifer (Lake), the blonde bombshell with the broomstick, finds herself drawn to one of them—a prospective governor (Fredric March, Design for Living) about to marry a spoiled socialite (Susan Hayward, Where Love Has Gone).
One of the more popular movies the innovative French director René Clair (Le million) made in Hollywood, I Married a Witch is a comic film confection bursting with playful special effects and sparkling witticisms.
The Criterion DVD and Blu-ray feature the following:
• New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural...
Price: DVD $19.95, Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Criterion
Veronica Lake and Fredric March get supernatural in I Married a Witch.
Veronica Lake (Sullivan’s Travels) casts a seductive spell as a charmingly vengeful sorceress in the 1942 supernatural screwball comedy I Married a Witch.
In the classic movie, many centuries after cursing the male descendants of the Salem puritan who sent her to the stake, Jennifer (Lake), the blonde bombshell with the broomstick, finds herself drawn to one of them—a prospective governor (Fredric March, Design for Living) about to marry a spoiled socialite (Susan Hayward, Where Love Has Gone).
One of the more popular movies the innovative French director René Clair (Le million) made in Hollywood, I Married a Witch is a comic film confection bursting with playful special effects and sparkling witticisms.
The Criterion DVD and Blu-ray feature the following:
• New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural...
- 7/25/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Moviefone's Pick of the Week "Hugo" What's It About? Martin Scorsese tries his hand at family films with this adaptation of the award-winning children's book. Hugo Cabret is an orphaned boy who lives out of a train station in 1930s Paris; by day he works as the station's clocksmith, by night he tries to solve the mystery that connects his departed father to a broken toy robot. Soon he is swept up in an adventure involving a mean old shopkeeper (Ben Kingsley) and lost pieces of film history. See It Because: It's a gorgeous, heart-warming, one-of-a-kind movie. Every detail -- from the snow-covered skyline of Paris to the recreation of landmark moments in silent film -- pop with excitement and beauty. We struggle to find the words that can describe this movie appropriately; Scorsese's technical craftsmanship and passion for film history are a surprising perfect fit for this sweet, whimsical...
- 2/28/2012
- by Eric Larnick
- Moviefone
Blu-ray Release Date: Feb. 28, 2012
Price: Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Olive Films
Spencer Tracy does a bit of cliffhanging in The Mountain.
Spencer Tracy (Adam’s Rib) and Robert Wagner (TV’s It Takes a Thief) star in the 1956 action-adventure film The Mountain, directed by Edward Dmytryk (Where Love Has Gone).
Tracy plays retired mountain climber and guide Zachary Wheeler, who reluctantly helps his younger brother Chris (Wagner) scale a treacherous mountain slope to reach the site of a recent plane crush. Zach isn’t all that into it — Chris wants reach the plane so he can loot it — but he’s willing to put his feelings aside to help his inexperienced bro.
After reaching the crash site, the men discover a lone survivor (Anna Kashfi), a lady who Zach really digs. Unfortunately, that puts a bit of a dent into Chris’ plans to abandon her and make off with the goods.
Olive Films...
Price: Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Olive Films
Spencer Tracy does a bit of cliffhanging in The Mountain.
Spencer Tracy (Adam’s Rib) and Robert Wagner (TV’s It Takes a Thief) star in the 1956 action-adventure film The Mountain, directed by Edward Dmytryk (Where Love Has Gone).
Tracy plays retired mountain climber and guide Zachary Wheeler, who reluctantly helps his younger brother Chris (Wagner) scale a treacherous mountain slope to reach the site of a recent plane crush. Zach isn’t all that into it — Chris wants reach the plane so he can loot it — but he’s willing to put his feelings aside to help his inexperienced bro.
After reaching the crash site, the men discover a lone survivor (Anna Kashfi), a lady who Zach really digs. Unfortunately, that puts a bit of a dent into Chris’ plans to abandon her and make off with the goods.
Olive Films...
- 12/23/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
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