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Alfred Lunt

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Alfred Davis Lunt, Jr. (August 12, 1892 – August 3, 1977) was an American stage director and actor who had a long-time professional partnership with his wife, actress Lynn Fontanne. [1]

68 relations: Academy Award for Best Actor, Academy Awards, American Theater Hall of Fame, Amphitryon 38, Backbone (1923 film), Betty Garde, Booth Tarkington, Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway theatre, Call It a Day, Carl Van Vechten, Carroll University, Chicago, Design for Living, Elizabeth the Queen (play), Emmy Award, Forest Home Cemetery, Genesee Depot, Wisconsin, Hallmark Hall of Fame, Harold Clurman, Idiot's Delight (play), Jean Giraudoux, Jessie Royce Landis, John Barrymore, Kiss Me, Kate, Le Cordon Bleu, Love In Idleness, Lovers in Quarantine, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Lyndon B. Johnson, Lynn Fontanne, Manhattan, Maxwell Anderson, Mayflower, Ménage à trois, Milwaukee, New York City, Newbury, Massachusetts, Noël Coward, Ondine (play), Postage stamp, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Producers' Showcase, Pygmalion (play), Robert E. Sherwood, S. N. Behrman, Sally of the Sawdust, Second Youth (1924 film), Shirley Booth, Show Business at War, ..., Stage Door Canteen (film), Ten Chimneys, The Dick Cavett Show, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Guardsman, The Magnificent Yankee (1965 film), The New York Times, The Ragged Edge (film), The Seagull, The Taming of the Shrew, The United States Steel Hour, Theatre Guild, There Shall Be No Night, Tony Award, Uta Hagen, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, Waukesha, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research. Expand index (18 more) »

Academy Award for Best Actor

The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are a set of 24 awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.

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American Theater Hall of Fame

The American Theater Hall of Fame in New York City was founded in 1972.

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Amphitryon 38

Amphitryon 38 is a play written in 1929 by the French dramatist Jean Giraudoux, the number in the title being Giraudoux's whimsical approximation of how many times the story had been told on stage previously.

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Backbone (1923 film)

Backbone is a 1923 American silent drama film produced by George Arliss (through his Distinctive Pictures company), released by Goldwyn Pictures and directed by Edward Sloman.

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Betty Garde

Katharine Elizabeth Garde (September 19, 1905 – December 25, 1989) was an American stage, radio, film and television actress.

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Booth Tarkington

Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 – May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams.

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Broadway (Manhattan)

Broadway is a road in the U.S. state of New York.

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Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre,Although theater is the generally preferred spelling in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many Broadway venues, performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations use the spelling theatre.

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Call It a Day

Call It a Day is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Olivia de Havilland, Ian Hunter, Anita Louise, Alice Brady, Roland Young, and Frieda Inescort.

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Carl Van Vechten

Carl Van Vechten (June 17, 1880 – December 21, 1964) was an American writer and artistic photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein.

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Carroll University

Carroll University is a college located in Waukesha in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Design for Living

Design for Living is a comedy play written by Noël Coward in 1932.

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Elizabeth the Queen (play)

Elizabeth the Queen was a 1930 Broadway three-act play written in blank verse by Maxwell Anderson, produced by the Theatre Guild, directed by Philip Moeller and with scenic and costume design by Lee Simonson.

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Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, or simply Emmy, is an American award that recognizes excellence in the television industry, and is the equivalent of an Academy Award (for film), the Tony Award (for theater), and the Grammy Award (for music).

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Forest Home Cemetery

Forest Home Cemetery located in the Lincoln Village neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the final resting place of many of the city's famed beer barons, politicians and social elite.

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Genesee Depot, Wisconsin

Genesee Depot is a small unincorporated community in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States.

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame, originally called Hallmark Television Playhouse, is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City-based greeting card company.

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Harold Clurman

Harold Edgar Clurman (September 18, 1901 – September 9, 1980) was an American theatre director and drama critic, "one of the most influential in the United States".

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Idiot's Delight (play)

Idiot's Delight is a 1936 play written by American playwright Robert E. Sherwood.

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Jean Giraudoux

Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux (29 October 1882 – 31 January 1944) was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright.

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Jessie Royce Landis

Jessie Royce Landis (born Jessie Medbury, November 25, 1896 – February 2, 1972) was an American actress.

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John Barrymore

John Barrymore (born John Sidney Blyth; February 14 or 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an American actor on stage, screen and radio.

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Kiss Me, Kate

Kiss Me, Kate is a musical written by Samuel and Bella Spewack with music and lyrics by Cole Porter.

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Le Cordon Bleu

Le Cordon Bleu (French for "The Blue Ribbon") is a hospitality education institution, with 23 schools on five continents.

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Love In Idleness

Love In Idleness is a 1944 comedy play by the British writer Terence Rattigan.

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Lovers in Quarantine

Lovers in Quarantine is an extant 1925 American silent comedy film starring Bebe Daniels and directed by Frank Tuttle.

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Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (previously known as the Globe Theatre) is a Broadway theatre located at 205 West 46th Street in midtown-Manhattan.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after having served as the 37th Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963.

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Lynn Fontanne

Lynn Fontanne (6 December 1887 – 30 July 1983) was a British-born American-based actress for over 40 years.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, and its historical birthplace.

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Maxwell Anderson

James Maxwell Anderson (December 15, 1888 – February 28, 1959) was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist and lyricist.

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Mayflower

The Mayflower was an English ship that famously transported the first English Puritans, known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth, England to the New World in 1620.

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Ménage à trois

A ménage à trois is a domestic arrangement in which three people have romantic or sexual relations with each other, typically occupying in the same household.

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Milwaukee

Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin and the fifth-largest city in the Midwestern United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Newbury, Massachusetts

Newbury is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, USA.

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Noël Coward

Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 189926 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".

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Ondine (play)

Ondine is a play written in 1938 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux, based on the 1811 novella Undine by the German Romantic Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué that tells the story of Hans and Ondine.

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Postage stamp

A postage stamp is a small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage.

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Presidential Medal of Freedom

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is an award bestowed by the President of the United States and is—along with the comparable Congressional Gold Medal—the highest civilian award of the United States.

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Producers' Showcase

Producers' Showcase is an American anthology television series that was telecast live during the 1950s in compatible color by NBC.

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Pygmalion (play)

Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw, named after a Greek mythological figure.

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Robert E. Sherwood

Robert Emmet Sherwood (April 4, 1896 – November 14, 1955) was an American playwright, editor, and screenwriter.

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S. N. Behrman

Samuel Nathaniel Behrman (June 9, 1893 – September 9, 1973) was an American playwright, screenwriter, biographer, and longtime writer for The New Yorker.

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Sally of the Sawdust

Sally of the Sawdust is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring W. C. Fields.

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Second Youth (1924 film)

Second Youth is a 1924 American silent romantic-comedy film produced by Distinctive Pictures (George Arliss) and distributed through Goldwyn Pictures.

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Shirley Booth

Shirley Booth (August 30, 1898October 16, 1992) was an American stage, film, radio and television actress.

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Show Business at War

Show Business at War is a short film made by The March of Time in 1943 to tout the United States film industry's contribution to the Second World War effort.

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Stage Door Canteen (film)

Stage Door Canteen is a 1943 American World War II propaganda film with some musical numbers and other entertainment interspersed with dramatic scenes by a largely unknown cast.

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Ten Chimneys

Ten Chimneys was the home of Broadway actors Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt.

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The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show was the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks, including.

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The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television variety show that ran on CBS from June 20, 1948, to June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan.

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The Guardsman

The Guardsman is a 1931 American pre-Code film based on the play Testőr by Ferenc Molnár.

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The Magnificent Yankee (1965 film)

The Magnificent Yankee is a 1965 biographical film in the Hallmark Hall of Fame television anthology series.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Ragged Edge (film)

The Ragged Edge is a lost 1923 silent film South Sea romance//drama produced by George Arliss(Distinctive Pictures) and distributed by Goldwyn and Cosmopolitan productions.

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The Seagull

The Seagull (translit) is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 and first produced in 1896.

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The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592.

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The United States Steel Hour

The United States Steel Hour is an anthology series which brought hour long dramas to television from 1953 to 1963.

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Theatre Guild

The Theatre Guild is a theatrical society founded in New York City in 1918 by Lawrence Langner, Philip Moeller, Helen Westley and Theresa Helburn.

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There Shall Be No Night

There Shall Be No Night is a three-act play written by American playwright Robert E. Sherwood.

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Tony Award

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre.

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Uta Hagen

Uta Thyra Hagen (12 June 1919 – 14 January 2004) was an American actress and theatre practitioner.

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Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Waukesha County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.

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Waukesha, Wisconsin

Waukesha is a city in and the county seat of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States.

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Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research

The Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research (WCFTR) is a major archive of motion picture, television, radio, and theater research materials.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Lunt

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