Writing

Norman Corwin

Born — Died

1910-05-03 — 2011-10-18

Known for

Writing

Credits

16 titles

Known for

Lust for Life poster
7.2

An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Supported by his brother, Theo, the tormented Van Gogh eventually leaves Holland for France, where he meets volatile fellow painter Paul Gauguin and struggles to find greater inspiration.

Lust for Life

1956

The Story of Ruth poster
7.5

Ruth is one of two Moabite women who marry the sons of Elimelech and Naomi. When Elimelech and sons Mahlon and Chillion die, leaving Naomi a widow with two widowed daughters-in-law, Naomi decides to return to Israel. One daughter-in-law, Orpah, bids her goodbye. Daughter-in-law Ruth however says she will not desert her.

The Story of Ruth

1960

The Naked Maja poster
6.2

A historical fiction based on the lives of the artist Goya and the Duchess of Alba.

The Naked Maja

1958

The Rivalry poster
9.0

A television adaptation of the famous 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates, in which Abraham Lincoln did verbal battle with Stephen Douglas, his opponent for a U.S. Senate seat, over the issue of slavery.

The Rivalry

1975

Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann poster
6.8

Music For The Movies: Bernard Herrmann explores the work of a composer who created music for over 50 films, collaborating with such diverse directors as Orson Welles, Nicholas Ray, and Martin Scorsese. Best remembered for his twelve-year collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock in such classics as Vertigo, North By Northwest, and the unforgettable Psycho, Herrmann pioneered many fundamental techniques of film scoring in the course of his 35-year career.

Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann

1992

Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity poster
NR

In 1935, 17-year-old aspiring actress Marsha Hunt was discovered in Hollywood. She signed with Paramount Pictures and went on to a flourishing career at MGM. She made 54 films in 17 years before a series of unfortunate events led to her being unfairly blacklisted. After the blacklist, she championed humanitarian causes, forging a career as one of Hollywood's first celebrity activists. She was the FIRST Angelina Jolie. As far back as 1955, Eleanor Roosevelt was a mentor of hers as they both worked tirelessly to support the work that the United Nations Association was accomplishing in this country. At age 96, Marsha continues to fight for causes she believes in. This film is a call to action for activists of all ages.

Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity

2015

Film credits

2010s · 3 titles

1990s · 3 titles

Behind the camera

Lust for Life poster
7.2

An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Supported by his brother, Theo, the tormented Van Gogh eventually leaves Holland for France, where he meets volatile fellow painter Paul Gauguin and struggles to find greater inspiration.

Lust for Life

1956

The Story of Ruth poster
7.5

Ruth is one of two Moabite women who marry the sons of Elimelech and Naomi. When Elimelech and sons Mahlon and Chillion die, leaving Naomi a widow with two widowed daughters-in-law, Naomi decides to return to Israel. One daughter-in-law, Orpah, bids her goodbye. Daughter-in-law Ruth however says she will not desert her.

The Story of Ruth

1960

The Naked Maja poster
6.2

A historical fiction based on the lives of the artist Goya and the Duchess of Alba.

The Naked Maja

1958

The Rivalry poster
9.0

A television adaptation of the famous 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates, in which Abraham Lincoln did verbal battle with Stephen Douglas, his opponent for a U.S. Senate seat, over the issue of slavery.

The Rivalry

1975

Scandal at Scourie poster
6.9

After their orphanage burns down, a group of children are being transported west by train to Manitoba. All of them are available for adoption and at a stop at Scourie, Ontario little Patsy meets Victoria McChesney. Victoria and her husband Patrick have no children and she immediately decides to adopt the girl. The only condition imposed on them is that as Patsy has been baptized a Roman Catholic the Protestant McChesneys agree to raise her as a Catholic. Patsy is a well-behaved little girl whose only real problem is a school bully, also one of the orphans, who spreads stories that she set their orphanage on fire.

Scandal at Scourie

1953

Madison Avenue poster
6.6

An adman and an adwoman put a dangerous milk tycoon in line for the White House.

Madison Avenue

1961

Forever and a Day poster
7.5

In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.

Forever and a Day

1943

The Blue Veil poster
6.8

A World War I widow loses her only child and spends the rest of her life as a children's nurse.

The Blue Veil

1951

Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita poster
8.0

Dramatization of the trial of General Yamashita.

Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita

1974