Anne Whitfield, who appeared in the beloved holiday classic White Christmas and on dozens of TV shows, from Father Knows Best, 77 Sunset Strip and Perry Mason to That Girl, Ironside and Emergency!, has died. She was 85.
Whitfield died Feb. 7 at a hospital in Yakima, Washington, after suffering an “unexpected accident” while on a walk in her neighborhood, family members announced.
“She was a powerhouse in life, and we hope her immense positive energy flows out to those who had the pleasure of knowing her,” they wrote.
Whitfield was 15 and had done lots of acting on the radio when she was cast as Susan Waverly, the granddaughter of Dean Jagger’s Major Gen. Thomas F. Waverly — “The Old Man” — in the Michael Curtiz-directed Paramount musical White Christmas (1954). The film starred Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen.
She got to watch White Christmas with her family on the...
Whitfield died Feb. 7 at a hospital in Yakima, Washington, after suffering an “unexpected accident” while on a walk in her neighborhood, family members announced.
“She was a powerhouse in life, and we hope her immense positive energy flows out to those who had the pleasure of knowing her,” they wrote.
Whitfield was 15 and had done lots of acting on the radio when she was cast as Susan Waverly, the granddaughter of Dean Jagger’s Major Gen. Thomas F. Waverly — “The Old Man” — in the Michael Curtiz-directed Paramount musical White Christmas (1954). The film starred Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen.
She got to watch White Christmas with her family on the...
- 2/29/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There’s the germ of a provocative idea in “The Unholy” — namely, what if you took a religious-visitation movie like “The Song of Bernadette” or “The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima” and turned it into a horror movie? Had the film bothered, or dared, to pursue that notion to the fullest, “The Unholy” might be something other than the standard-issue, priests-versus-demonic-spirits thriller that it is.
You’ve seen this one before, countless times, with its superhero priests and seemingly omnipotent spirits who are somehow powerless against containment prayers and quick-thinking investigative journalists. On top of that, it’s a PG-13 horror movie, which takes excessive gore off the table, pushing the director to replace it with lukewarm jump scares.
The film’s opening sequence, set in 19th-century Massachusetts, offers a woman’s Pov. She’s accused of being possessed, then nailed to a tree and set on fire. The...
You’ve seen this one before, countless times, with its superhero priests and seemingly omnipotent spirits who are somehow powerless against containment prayers and quick-thinking investigative journalists. On top of that, it’s a PG-13 horror movie, which takes excessive gore off the table, pushing the director to replace it with lukewarm jump scares.
The film’s opening sequence, set in 19th-century Massachusetts, offers a woman’s Pov. She’s accused of being possessed, then nailed to a tree and set on fire. The...
- 4/1/2021
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
After making its world premiere at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History of David Copperfield is ready to hit theaters. Searchlight Pictures is debuting the reimagining of the Charles Dickens’ classic starring Dev Patel in physical theaters (remember those?). To be more specific, the film will open in over 1,350 theaters across the U.S. and Canada with an expansion on September 4. David Copperfield is the first film Searchlight Pictures has released in theaters since Wendy in late February, a month before the pandemic caused box offices to shutter.
Emmy winners and Oscar nominees Iannucci and Simon Blackwell adapted the screenplay from The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery and told the story of the titular character as we see his glow...
Emmy winners and Oscar nominees Iannucci and Simon Blackwell adapted the screenplay from The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery and told the story of the titular character as we see his glow...
- 8/28/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
In 1952, Warner Bros. released a version of “The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima” that boasted, “To the best of human knowledge, and according to the testimony of 100,000 witnesses … This Is A True Story!” That film, hokey in some ways, inspirational in others, purported to be a fact-based account of a faith-based story, one that occurred in 1917 against the backdrop of a world war, wherein three Portuguese shepherd children experienced several visits by the Virgin Mary, who bestowed certain insights upon them before unleashing a spectacular solar light show so as to convince all those assembled.
Director Marco Pontecorvo revisits these events in the superficially suspicious “Fatima,” which arrives at a moment when faith and facts find themselves in direct opposition, when claims of “fake news” render the very notion of “a true story” all but meaningless. The film releases in theaters and on demand amid a global crisis — not just the pandemic,...
Director Marco Pontecorvo revisits these events in the superficially suspicious “Fatima,” which arrives at a moment when faith and facts find themselves in direct opposition, when claims of “fake news” render the very notion of “a true story” all but meaningless. The film releases in theaters and on demand amid a global crisis — not just the pandemic,...
- 8/27/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Big World Pictures has acquired Us rights from Beta Cinema to Romania’s foreign language Oscar submission.
Radu Jude’s Berlin Silver Bear winner will play Us festivals in the coming months in anticipation of an early 2016 theatrical release.
The distributor will also give Aferim! an Academy qualifying run.
Set in early 19th century Eastern Europe, the film follows two riders – a gendarme and his son – as they traverse the barren landscape of Wallachia in pursuit of a fugitive gypsy slave. Beta handles international sales.
California-based Origin Entertainment and Braven Films are to remake the 1952 Warner Bros film The Miracle Of Our Lady Of Fatima.
The partners plan to shoot in Navarra, Spain, in April and May 2016, in time for May 2017 delivery.
Origin founder and chairman James T Volk produces with Frida Torresblanco, Origin CEO Dick Lyles and Rose Ganguzza.
Radu Jude’s Berlin Silver Bear winner will play Us festivals in the coming months in anticipation of an early 2016 theatrical release.
The distributor will also give Aferim! an Academy qualifying run.
Set in early 19th century Eastern Europe, the film follows two riders – a gendarme and his son – as they traverse the barren landscape of Wallachia in pursuit of a fugitive gypsy slave. Beta handles international sales.
California-based Origin Entertainment and Braven Films are to remake the 1952 Warner Bros film The Miracle Of Our Lady Of Fatima.
The partners plan to shoot in Navarra, Spain, in April and May 2016, in time for May 2017 delivery.
Origin founder and chairman James T Volk produces with Frida Torresblanco, Origin CEO Dick Lyles and Rose Ganguzza.
- 8/5/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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