Stella AdlerFilmography

Born:
February 10, 1901 in New York, NY
Occupation:
Actor
Biography:
Stella Adler was one of the premiere acting coaches in the United States. Among her students were some of this country's most popular stars, including Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Warren Beatty, and Harvey Keitel. Adler was born into a prominent Yiddish family of actors headed by her famous...Read More
  • Stella Adler: Awake and Dream!

    Actors: Stella Adler

    Synopsis: Narrated by actor Frank Langella, this documentary pays tribute to renowned acting guru Stella Adler (1901-1992), whose dissemination of "method" techniques developed by Konstantin Stanislavsky (1868-1938) helped transform acting in the United States. Directed by Merrill Brockway and produced by Read More

    1992
  • Harold Clurman: A Life of Theatre

    Synopsis: Harold Clurman: A Life of Theatre profiles the career of celebrated director/producer Harold Clurman. A man known for his passionate commitment to working with actors, Clurman devoted his life to the theatrical arts, serving not only as a director and producer, but as a respected critic as well. Read More

    1988
  • My Girl Tisa

    Actors: Lilli Palmer, Sam Wanamaker, Akim Tamiroff, Hugo Haas

    Synopsis: Adapted by Allen Boretz from Lucille S. Plumbs and Sara B. Smith's stage play Ever the Beginning, My Girl Tisa is set in New York at the turn of the century. Tisa Kepes (Lilli Palmer) is a newly arrived immigrant girl who hopes to bring her father to America. She is fleeced by travel-agent Hugo Haas Read More

    1948
  • Shadow of the Thin Man

    Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson, Donna Reed, Sam Levene

    Synopsis: This fourth entry in MGM's Thin Man series could just as well have been titled "Nick and Nora Charles Go to the Races". Officially retired from sleuthing, Nick Charles (William Powell) does his best to be a dutiful husband to his lovely wife Nora (Myrna Loy) and a good father to his young son Nick Read More

    1941
  • Love on Toast

    Actors: John Payne, Ben Baker

    Synopsis: Love on Toast was one of several mid-1930s Hollywood films helmed by E. A. DuPont, a once-celebrated German filmmaker then on the skids. The plot concerns a female press agent who must select a "Mr. Manhattan" and "Miss Brooklyn" for an ad campaign mounted by a soup company. The Mr. Manhattan Read More

    1937

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