#John Houseman | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

weirdlookindog · 20 hours

Text

The Fog (1980) - Italian poster

#the fog #jamie lee curtis #janet leigh #adrianne barbeau #john houseman #1980s horror #1980s movies #1980 #john carpenter #horror movie poster

48 notes · View notes

shakespearenews · 7 months

Text

In 1938, the FTP experienced a funding cut — and once again eight thousand people were out of work in an instant. Its stunning theatrical legacy wasn’t just relief service, but artistic achievement of the greatest heights. Especially memorable is the so-called Voodoo Macbeth of 1936, an all-black production in Harlem that moved the action from Scotland to the Caribbean. An electrically revivified classic in terms both political and artistic, the director was none other than Orson Wells, who would later call the production the “great success in my life.”

...Wells paid for his daring [re: "Cradle Will Rock"] with his job, he and Houseman were fired from the FTP the next day and went on to found the Mercury Theatre. Their first production there was a little-remembered “blackshirt” Julius Caesar, a full blown anti-fascist staging featuring Wells as Brutus and Blitzstein providing the music. Caesar, it will be remembered was the first Roman to declare himself “dictator for life,” (Dictator perpetuo) triggering his assassination by Brutus and co. This staging coincided with Italy cosplaying a new Roman Empire, where all in that same year of 1937 this fascist state perpetrated: the “Yekatit 12” massacre of thousands of Ethiopians and the bombing of Guernica in Spain along with Nazi Germany.

#shakespeare #william shakespeare #federal theater project #ftp #theater #theatre #macbeth #voodoo macbeth #orson wells #cradle will rock #john houseman #julius caesar #mercury theatre

33 notes · View notes

citizenscreen · 6 months

Text

John Houseman (September 22, 1902 – October 31, 1988)

#john houseman

22 notes · View notes

erstwhile-punk-guerito · 7 months

Text

#The Fog #Adrienne Barbeau #Jamie Lee Curtis #John Houseman #Janet Leigh #Hal Holbrook #John Carpenter #1980

26 notes · View notes

thedukeofdormont · 7 months

Text

October 1 - Movie Night - The Fog

#john carpenter #the fog #jamie lee curtis #tom atkins #hal holbrook #adrienne barbeau #john houseman #ghost story #antonio bay #elizabeth dane #31 nights of halloween #31 nights of horror

20 notes · View notes

clemsfilmdiary · 8 months

Text

Old Boyfriends (1979, Joan Tewkesbury)

8/22/23

8 notes · View notes

motionpicturelover · 10 months

Text

"The Cheap Detective" (1978) - Robert Moore

Films I've watched in 2023 (61/119)

10 notes · View notes

loveboatinsanity · 5 months

Text

#john houseman

4 notes · View notes

duranduratulsa · 2 months

Text

Now showing on DuranDuranTulsa's Horror Show...The Fog (1980) on glorious vintage VHS 📼! #movie #movies #horror #thefog #johncarpenter #jamieleecurtis #tomatkins #adriennebarbeau #CharlesCyphers #janetleigh #ripjanetleigh #NancyLoomis #NANCYKYES #debrahill #ripdebrahill #TommyLeeWallace #robbottin #BuckFlower #HalHolbrook #riphalholbrook #johnhouseman #tymitchell #johngoff #vhs #vintage #80s #durandurantulsa #durandurantulsashorrorshow