The Philadelphia Story reversed the fortunes for Katharine Hepburn, after remarks in which article written by Harry Brandt?
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The Philadelphia Story (play) The Philadelphia Story is a 1939 American comic play by Philip Barry. It tells the story of a socialite whose wedding plans are complicated by the simultaneous arrival of her ex-husband and an attractive journalist. Written as a vehicle for Katharine Hepburn, its success marked a reversal of fortunes for the actress, who was one of the film stars deemed "box office poison" in 1938.
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Box Office Poison (magazine article) "Box Office Poison" is the title of a magazine article submitted by Harry Brandt on behalf of the Independent Theatre Owners of America in the "Independent Film Journal" on May 3, 1938. The list labeled several well-known contemporary films stars whose "box office draw is nil".
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Helen, the Authoress "Helen, the Authoress" is an episode from the American television program "The Andy Griffith Show" broadcast Monday, February 27, 1967 on CBS. Helen's sudden celebrity as an author creates a rift in her relationship with Andy. "Helen, the Authoress" was the 24th episode in the show's seventh season, and the 213th episode in the complete series.
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Daniel Seligman Daniel Seligman (September 25, 1924 – January 31, 2009) was an editor and columnist at "Fortune" magazine from 1950 to 1997. He also wrote for "Forbes",
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Henry C. Rogers Henry C. Rogers was an American publicist in the entertainment industry. He worked with notable actors and singers, such as Rita Hayworth, Joan Crawford, Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Dean Martin, Audrey Hepburn, Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Paul McCartney, and many others. Rogers wrote four books, titled "Walking the Tightrope: the private confessions of a public relations man", "Rogers' Rules for Success", "The One-Hat Solution: Rogers' Strategy for Creative Middle Management", and "Rogers' Rules for Businesswomen: How to Start a Career and Move Up the Ladder".
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Alan Barth Alan Barth (October 21, 1906–November 20, 1979) was an American journalist specializing in civil liberties, best known for his 30-year stint as an editorial writer at "The Washington Post", from which he retired in 1972, and for his books on historical and contemporaneous politics.
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Anne Morrissy Merick Anne Louise Morrissy Merick (October 28, 1933 – May 2, 2017) was a pioneering American journalist, best-known for persuading the Pentagon to reverse an order, known as the "Westmoreland Edict", which effectively prevented female reporters from accompanying troops to the front lines in the Vietnam War.
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Meg Greenfield Mary Ellen "Meg" Greenfield (December 27, 1930 – May 13, 1999) was a "Washington Post" and "Newsweek" editorial writer and a Washington, D.C. insider known for her wit.
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Bill Hunter (journalist) William Bradley "Bill" Hunter (November 2, 1928 - April 23, 1964) was an American crime reporter for the Long Beach, California "Independent Press-Telegram". Hunter's 16-page special on the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby, "Three Days in Dallas", was awarded the 1964 "spot news reporting" award of the California Newspaper Publishers Association's "Better Newspaper Contest". A native of Wichita Falls, Texas, Hunter had previously worked as a court reporter there for five years before becoming a crime reporter. On March 22, 1964, Hunter wrote a story for the "Press-Telegram" saying that Oswald had "assuredly" killed Kennedy.
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John Chamberlain (journalist) John Rensselaer Chamberlain (October 28, 1903 – April 9, 1995) was an American journalist, business and economic historian, syndicated columnist and literary critic. He was dubbed "one of America’s most trusted book reviewers" by the classical liberal and slightly libertarian magazine "The Freeman".
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Heinz Brandt Generalmajor Heinz Brandt (11 March 1907 – 21 July 1944) was a German officer during World War II who served as an aide to General Adolf Heusinger, the head of the operations unit of the General Staff. He may have inadvertently saved Adolf Hitler's life, at the cost of his own, by moving the 20 July plot bomb planted by Claus von Stauffenberg.
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Hugh S. Johnson Hugh Samuel Johnson (August 5, 1881 – April 15, 1942) was a U.S. Army officer, businessman, speech writer, government official and newspaper columnist. He is best known as a member of the Brain Trust of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932–34. He wrote numerous speeches for FDR and helped plan the New Deal. Appointed head of the National Recovery Administration (NRA) in 1933, he was highly energetic in his "blue eagle" campaign to reorganize American business to reduce competition and raise wages and prices. Schlesinger (1958) and Ohl (1985) conclude that he was an excellent organizer, but that he was also domineering, abusive, outspoken, and unable to work harmoniously with his peers. The NRA was terminated by a ruling of the Supreme Court, and Johnson left the administration after a little more than a year.
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I've Got My Eyes on You (1939 song) "I've Got My Eyes on You" is a popular song by Cole Porter, published in 1939 and written for the Hollywood musical film "Broadway Melody of 1940" where it was introduced by Fred Astaire. Later that year, it was included in "Andy Hardy's Private Secretary" (1940) where it was sung by Kathryn Grayson. The song is also played as background music by a band in the 1956 musical "High Society", starring Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly and in the 1940 comedy "The Philadelphia Story", starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant.
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Paper hanger (Mundelein's speech) In his Paper hanger talk to 500 priests of his Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, at the Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary, in Chicago, Illinois, on May 18, 1937, Cardinal George Mundelein made these observations on the tragic transformation of German public opinion:
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Laura Barney Harding Laura Barney Harding (June 2, 1902 - August 9, 1994) was a Philadelphia heiress and a long-life friend of Katharine Hepburn with whom she shared a house in Franklin Canyon Park.
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Deadly Immunity "Deadly Immunity" is an article written by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. that appeared in the July 14, 2005 issue of "Rolling Stone" and, simultaneously, on the website Salon. The article claims that thimerosal-containing vaccines caused autism and that government health agencies have "colluded with Big Pharma to hide the risks of thimerosal from the public." The article had originally been fact-checked and published in print by Rolling Stone, but posted online by Salon. The article was retracted by Salon on January 16, 2011, in response to criticisms of the article as inaccurate.
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Dorothy Sucher Dorothy Sucher (May 18, 1933 – August 22, 2010) was an American author and psychotherapist who worked as a reporter at the "Greenbelt News Review", where an article that she wrote that quoted critics of a developers calling his plans "blackmail" initially resulted in a $17,500 judgement against the paper. The U.S. Supreme Court would later overturn the lower court verdict, ruling in "Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Assn. v. Bresler" that the use of "rhetorical hyperbole" in such cases is covered by the First Amendment, a major victory that supported Freedom of the press in the United States.
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A Pair of Silk Stockings "A Pair of Silk Stockings" is a short story written by Kate Chopin. Published in 1897, the story follows Mrs. Sommers who prefers spending a windfall on herself, rather than on her children
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Michael Hirsh (journalist) Michael Hirsh is an American journalist, and the former national editor for Politico. He resigned from Politico on November 22, 2016 after publishing the home addresses of white nationalist Richard B. Spencer on Facebook. Hirsh called Spencer a Nazi after Spencer declared "Hail Trump!" and "Hail our people!" at a conference in Washington, D.C., declarations in response to which audience members performed Nazi salutes.
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The Donovan Affair The Donovan Affair is a 1929 American Pre-Code comedic murder-mystery film directed by Frank Capra. It was produced by Harry Cohn for Columbia Pictures. Its original soundtrack, recorded on soundtrack discs, has been lost, although it has been recreated for live performances.
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Frank Schoonmaker Frank Musselman Schoonmaker (August 20, 1905 – January 11, 1976) was an American travel guide writer, wine writer and wine merchant. He was born in Spearfish, South Dakota, and attended two years at Princeton University, after which he dropped out of in 1925 to live and travel in Europe. He wrote two travel guides, "Through Europe on Two Dollars a Day" and "Come with me to France", and, with the approaching end of Prohibition in the United States, researched and wrote a series of articles for "The New Yorker". While involved in this latter project he met Raymond Baudoin, the editor of the "La Revue du vin de France", who took him under his wing and taught him about wine, touring the various wine regions of France.
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James Isaminger James Campbell "Jimmy" Isaminger (December 6, 1880 - June 17, 1946) was an American sportswriter for newspapers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1905 to 1940. He played a major role, along with Hugh Fullerton and Ring Lardner, in breaking the story of the Black Sox scandal in 1919. In 1934, he was elected president of the Baseball Writers Association of America. In September 1940, Isaminger suffered a stroke while attending a baseball game at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. He retired after the stroke.