Walter Huston


  • Date of Birth: 06 April, 1884
  • Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Biography: Walter Huston (pronounced /ˈwɔːltər ˈhjuːstən/; April 6, 1884 – April 7, 1950) was a Canadian-born American actor. He was the father of director John Huston and the grandfather of actress Anjelica Huston and actor Danny Huston.

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From the Chicago Reader John Huston was rarely in better form than he was directing this 1948 study of gold fever and worse obsessions among an unlikely trio of prospectors (Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt, and Walter Huston). ... Full Article

Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Americans loved going to the "picture show" during the Great Depression, but the most popular genres of that era -- musicals, gangster movies, comedies and populist dramas -- offered more than escape from harsh economic realities. ... Full Article

Obama was pulled out of a hat as the best man to hold this country together on the verg of the worst crises ever imagined. ... Full Article

"It's a long, long time from May to December," wrote Maxwell Anderson in "September Song," the haunting ballad he created with composer Kurt Weill for the musical Knickerbocker Holiday . ... Full Article

AMERICAN POLITICS: FROM THE ARCHIVES (Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday) The Museum of Modern Art takes note of Martin Luther King 's Birthday and the presidential inauguration with a selection of films that deal with the American political landscape. ... Full Article

By ANTHONY TOMMASINI Published: April 4, 2000 When Aaron Copland began working as a film composer in 1939, he quickly learned the most basic rule of the practice. ... Full Article

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