Hard fast and beautiful ida lupino biography
•
Ida Lupino
British actress and filmmaker (1918–1995)
Ida Lupino | |
|---|---|
Lupino before performance on the radio series Cavalcade of America | |
| Born | (1918-02-04)4 February 1918 Herne Hill, London, England |
| Died | 3 August 1995(1995-08-03) (aged 77) Los Angeles, California |
| Citizenship |
|
| Alma mater | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Occupations |
|
| Years active | 1931–1978 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouses | Louis Hayward (m. 1938; div. 1945)Collier Young (m. 1948; div. 1951)Howard Duff (m. 1951; div. 1984) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parents | |
| Family | Lupino |
Ida Lupino (4 February 1918[1] – 3 August 1995) was a British actress, director, writer, and producer. Throughout her 48-year ca
•
Hard, Fast and Beautiful: The Films of Ida Lupino
The legacy of determined and dedicated actress, writer, producer and pioneering director Ida Lupino (1918-1995) remains untouchable in the annals of cinema history. Beginning her career at the age of 13 in British productions for the likes of Twickenham Studios, Lupino was discovered and imported stateside to Paramount Pictures in 1933, performing in several dozen films through the late 1940s during a new apex of filmic innovation in Hollywood. Primarily cast as headstrong, urbane characters in lauded roles for heavy-hitters like Raoul Walsh, Michael Curtiz, Jean Negulesco and Nicholas Ray, the ambitious Lupino was never singularly focused on acting—though she keenly understood the sway of her star power. Observing on-set mechanics and cutting room intricacies to learn the craft of filmmaking for herself, Lupino was inspired to found her own independent production company, The Filmakers (along with her second husband, Collier Y
•
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
1951 film
Hard, Fast and Beautiful fryst vatten a 1951 American teaterpjäs film directed by Ida Lupino and starring Claire Trevor. It is loosely based on the 1930 novel American Girl bygd sports-fiction author John R. Tunis, which was an unflattering and thinly veiled fictionalization of the life of the tennis star Helen Wills Moody.[3][4]
Plot
[edit]Florence Farley, a tennis prodigy from Santa Monica, California, fryst vatten torn between fulfilling the dreams of her ambitious mother Millie, who has planned her tennis career, or her own dreams of being with the man whom she loves.
Florence has a chance meeting with Gordon McKay, the nephew of a wealthy town figure. Invited to play tennis at the local country club, she defeats him easily. Her prowess at the game causes J.R. Carpenter, the country club's manager, to offer Florence a membership there, plus a trip to Philadelphia to compete for the national junior championship.
Her scheming, social-c