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John Van Druten (1901–1957)

Autor(a) de Bell Book and Candle [1958 film]

29+ Works 633 Membros 11 Reviews

About the Author

Image credit: Photo by Carl Van Vechten, Nov. 30, 1932 (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Carl Van Vechten Collection, Digital ID: van 5a52713)

Obras de John Van Druten

Bell Book and Candle [1958 film] (1958) — Screenwriter — 134 cópias
I Am a Camera (1951) 104 cópias
I Remember Mama (1944) 103 cópias
The Voice of the Turtle. (1943) 39 cópias
I Remember Mama [1948 film] (1948) — Original play — 39 cópias
Old Acquaintance [1943 film] (1943) — Screenwriter — 15 cópias
Old Acquaintance (1940) 11 cópias
The Distaff Side (A Play) (1934) 6 cópias
Playwright at Work (1971) 4 cópias
The Damask Cheek (1943) 3 cópias
Night Must Fall [1937 film] (1999) — Screenwriter — 3 cópias
The vicarious years (1955) 3 cópias
Bell, Book, and Candle 1 exemplar(es)
The Mermaids Singing. (1946) 1 exemplar(es)
Make way for Lucia : a comedy (1999) 1 exemplar(es)
Behold, We Live: A Play (1934) 1 exemplar(es)
Diversion: A Play in Three Acts (1928) 1 exemplar(es)

Associated Works

Three Comedies of American Family Life (1961) — Contribuinte — 122 cópias
Best Plays of the Modern American Theatre: Second Series (1947) — Contribuinte — 82 cópias
Best American Plays: Third Series, 1945-1951 (1952) — Contribuinte — 69 cópias
Vedanta for Modern Man (1951) — Contribuinte, algumas edições47 cópias
Best American Plays: Fourth Series, 1951-1957 (1958) — Contribuinte — 43 cópias
Stories Selected from The Unexpected (1948) — Autor — 39 cópias
Rich and Famous [1981 film] (1999) — Original play — 5 cópias
The Fireside Treasury of Modern Humor (1963) — Contribuinte — 5 cópias

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1901-06-01
Data de falecimento
1957-12-19
Local de enterro
Coachella Valley Public Cemetery
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
UK
Local de nascimento
London, England, UK
Local de falecimento
Indio, California, USA
Ocupação
playwright
theater director
Organizações
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1951)
Pequena biografia
Became a U.S. citizen in adulthood

Membros

Resenhas

A witch puts her neighbor under a love spell.

2.5/4 (Okay).

It completely fails as a romance, but it's pleasant enough as a comedy.
 
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comfypants | 1 outra resenha | Jan 18, 2021 |
Light-hearted romantic comedy that sees modern day witch Gillian (Kim Novak) using her powers to seduce handsome publisher Shep Henderson (James Stewart). The path of modern witchcraft and stolen love don't run smoothly, however. Director Richard Quine delivers a colourful and charming film played out on some great sets, with some first class cinematography. James Stewart and Kim Novak are great in the leads - Stewart is all warmth and charm while Novak is icy and detached. They shouldn't work as a romantic pairing but they have a ton of chemistry between them.… (mais)
½
1 vote
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calum-iain | 1 outra resenha | Dec 23, 2018 |
A romantic comedy that's fun to stage, but— well, community theatre fare. Sorta like the television show I dream of Jeannie (yes, an attractive witch is the main character). I designed the lighting for a showcase in New York.
 
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deckla | 1 outra resenha | Sep 7, 2018 |
Utterly charming. And still relevant, in a way. But for its time, as Sketchbook says in his (?) review, very brave. I think my favorite part was how everything just works out so beautifully and believably in the end.

The setting is simple, the plot straightforward, the dialogue intelligent but lucid, the emotional resonances rich, authentic, and natural.

The third character, Olive, is an effective stand-in for current proper sensibilities, even though she's promiscuous, because she does get punished for being hypocritical. She doesn't think through what she really wants out of love and sex.

That may be one of Van Druten's main themes - think for yourself, consider consequences, worry less about the neighbors and more about the people you really care about, and communicate from the heart *and* mind with those special people.

I know there's a lot more in the play that I'm not getting because I'm not experienced or knowledgeable about the era, or plays. For example it's interesting that our heroine (an actress) is practicing The Potion Scene from Romeo and Juliet." Hmm...

But even though I'm sure there's more to get, I surely did enjoy what I did."
… (mais)
 
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Cheryl_in_CC_NV | 1 outra resenha | Jun 6, 2016 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
29
Also by
10
Membros
633
Popularidade
#39,816
Avaliação
3.8
Resenhas
11
ISBNs
31
Idiomas
1

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