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9 results found for '"Universal Pictures"' in Organisations.
Emperor’s Club, The (2002 Film)
- Director
- Michael Hoffman
- Producer
- Andrew Karsch; Marc Abraham
Feature film. Mr Hundert (Kline) is a classics teacher in an all-boys prep school. Each year he moderates the ‘Mr Julius Caesar’ contest, a competition which pits the top three students of his class...
Shakespeare in Love (1998 Film, Video)
- Director
- John Madden
- Producer
- David Parfitt; Harvey Weinstein; Marc Norman; Edward Zwick; Donna Gigliotti
Feature film. A comic drama in which William Shakespeare is portrayed as a young writer who is struggling financially and, envious of a rival, meets an aspiring actress who dresses as a boy to work in...
Billy Madison (1995 Film)
- Director
- Tamra Davis
- Producer
- Robert Simonds
Feature film comedy. Adam Sandler stars in the title role about a 27 year-old slacker who must go back to school in order to take over his father’s company. In response to his father’s tirade at his...
Moon over Parador (1988 Film)
- Director
- Paul Mazursky
- Producer
- Paul Mazursky
Feature film. The narrative is told in flashback. Jack Noah (Dreyfuss) is a fairly successful stage and film actor on a location shoot in the English-speaking Parador. He’s given an offer he can’t refuse...
Romanoff and Juliet (1960 Film)
aka: Dig That Juliet
- Director
- Peter Ustinov
- Producer
- Peter Ustinov
Satirical feature film setting the Romeo and Juliet story into Cold War politics. Igor Romanoff, the son of a Russian ambassador from an obscure Eastern European country, Concordia, falls in love with Juliet...
Frozen Ghost, The (1945)
- Director
- Harold Young
Feature film. Stage hypnotist Gregor the Great becomes enraged when a drunken audience member belittles his act. When the man dies suddenly, Gregor convinces himself that his hypnotic powers are to blame....
Boys from Syracuse, The (1940 Film)
- Director
- A. Edward Sutherland
- Producer
- Jules Levey
Feature film version of the Broadway musical by George Abbott, Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart, itself a free adaptation of The Comedy of Errors. "A musical employing Shakespeare’s plot and Ephesus...
Tower of London (1939 Film)
- Director
- Rowland L. Lee
Feature film. Richard III interpreted as an historical costume drama/horror film with much emphasis on the torture methods used by Mord (a Buckingham equivalent). There are no direct references to Shakespeare.
Top of the Town (1937 Film)
- Director
- Ralph Murphy; Walter Lang
Musical set in Manhattan. An heiress plans a ballet in the famous Moonbeam ballroom located on the top of a 100-storey skyscraper. Extravagantly produced and a huge flop. Includes a scene in a nightclub in...