I never forget a face
| Movie | |
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| Original title | I never forget a face |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1956 |
| length | 11 minutes |
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| Director | Robert Youngson |
| script | Robert Youngson |
| production | Robert Youngson for Warner Bros. |
| music | Kenneth Upton |
| cut | Albert Helmes |
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I Never Forget a Face is an American short film directed by Robert Youngson , who also wrote the script and acted as producer, from 1956. Youngson was nominated for an Oscar for his film .
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The film takes a look at various personalities in the 1920s, including politicians and high-ranking personalities :
- Hiram Johnson (1866–1945), Republican Party politician and Governor of California . Johnson was one of the leading figures in the United States' progressive movement.
- Warren G. Harding (1865–1923), 29th President of the United States , previously an influential newspaper publisher.
- William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925), politician who served as Secretary of State in the cabinet of US President Woodrow Wilson . Bryan was known to campaign against cartels and for better conditions for farmers.
- James M. Cox (1870–1957), politician who was Democratic presidential candidate in 1920 . He was also the governor of the state of Ohio.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), politician, 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. He was a member of the Democratic Party, one of the most influential presidents in American history and one of the most important statesmen of the 20th century.
- Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933), Republican Party politician and 30th President of the United States from 1923 to 1929.
- Grace Coolidge (1879–1957), wife of Calvin Coolidge and Frist Lady of the United States from 1923 to 1929.
- Clarence Darrow (1857–1938), attorney and senior member of the American Civil Liberties Union . He also defended John Thomas Scopes in his trial. He was one of the most famous American lawyers and civil rights activists.
- William Howard Taft (1857–1930), lawyer and Republican politician, 27th President of the United States.
- Alfred E. Smith (1873-1944), politician and multiple governor of the state of New York, ran in the US presidential election for the Democrats in 1928, but could not prevail against Herbert Hoover .
- Queen Victoria (1819–1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 and the first British monarch to bear the title of Emperor of India.
- Duke of Windsor Edward VIII (1894-1972), was Prince of Wales from 1910 to 1936 and from January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year, King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India, and from December 1936 Duke of Windsor.
- Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor (1896–1986), wife of the former British King Edward VIII. She was the reason for his abdication.
- King George VI. (1895–1952) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1936 until his death, head of the Commonwealth of Nations and until 1947 the last Emperor of India . He was the father of Elisbeth II, who was his successor.
- Elizabeth II (* 1926), Queen of the United Kingdom since 1952, head of state on Commonwealth Realms.
Entertainer :
- Al Jolson (1886–1950), singer and entertainer, success on Broadway , title role in the first full-length sound film The Jazz Singer 1927. Jolson also shaped the American radio landscape of the 1930s and 1940s.
Thomas Edison , John Burroughs, and Henry Ford on Edison's property in Ft. Myers, Florida, 1914, three of those featured in the film
Writer :
- John Burroughs (1837–1921), literary naturalist who is considered the most important author after Henry David Thoreau in the genre of natural history essays .
- George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), British playwright , politician, satirist, music critic and pacifist , who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925 and the Oscar in 1939 for best adapted screenplay .
Adventurers and Inventors :
- John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937), entrepreneur and first billionaire in world history.
- Henry Ford (1863–1947), automobile pioneer, founder of the Ford Motor Company. He consistently perfected assembly line production in automobile construction . Ford is still politically controversial today as a temporary publicist of anti-Semitic writings with external impact.
- Thomas Alva Edison (1847–1931), inventor and entrepreneur specializing in the field of electricity and electrical engineering . The epochal change that went hand in hand with the introduction of electric light is primarily associated with its name.
- Harvey Samuel Firestone (1868–1938), entrepreneur and founder of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company .
- John Thomas Scopes (1900–1970), originally a teacher, became known in the USA in 1925 for the so-called " monkey trial " after he had disregarded a ban on the theory of evolution in school lessons.
- Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888–1957), polar explorer and rear admiral .
- Charles Lindbergh (1902–1974), pilot , writer and Medal of Honor holder, who made a non-stop flight from New York to Paris in May 1927 and at the same time made the first solo crossing of the Atlantic. One of the most famous people in aviation . He received the Pulitzer Prize in 1954 for his book The Spirit of St. Louis .
- Clarence Duncan Chamberlin (1893–1976), aviator and the first person to have a passenger, Charles A. Levine, on board when he flew non-stop from New York across the Atlantic to Germany.
The film opens with Warren G. Harding's 1920 presidential campaign and shows Harding on the porch in his hometown in Ohio. Al Jolson also performs there and sings in front of the crowd. The film also shows how Harding's successor, Calvin Coolidge , is honored by the Native Americans . In the following, the other personalities named above are briefly outlined and intertwined with one another, for example Richard Byrd is seen training for his flight over the North Pole, George Bernard Shaw during his visit to America and Alfred E. Smith during his presidential campaign in 1928.
Production, publication
The film was produced by the Vitaphone Company. The full series title is: Warner Specials (1955–1956 season) # 5: I Never Forget a Face .
The film was first released in the United States on April 28, 1956.
Award
- Oscar nomination for Robert Youngson in the category "Best Short Film" (1 film role) . The award, however, went to Konstantin Kalser and his film Crashing the Water Barrier about the (successful) attempt to set a world speed record on water.
Web links
- I Never Forget a Face in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- I Never Forget a Face at Turner Classic Movies (English)
- I Never Forget a Face (1956) sS letterboxd.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The 29th Academy Awards | 1957 sS oscars.org (English)