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- Pauline Kael was born in Petaluma, CA, in 1919, and attended the University of California at Berkeley in the 1930s. She tried and failed to work as a playwright in her 20s, and began writing film reviews as a freelance writer for film journals in the 1950s. After success with national magazines in the 1960s and publishing her first book, "I Lost It At the Movies,", she became a film critic for The New Yorker in 1968, and wrote for that magazine until 1991. She published 13 books of her essays and criticism, and won the National Book Award in 1974, and wielded power and influence, even after retiring. She passed away on September 3, 2001.
- Jonathan Baumbach was born on 5 July 1933 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Kicking and Screaming (1995) and Mr. Jealousy (1997). He was married to Georgia Brown, Ellie Berkman, Naomi Miller and Annette Grant. He died on 28 March 2019 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.
- Producer
- Production Manager
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stephen F. Kesten was born on 9 August 1935 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and production manager, known for The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), Live and Let Die (1973) and Conan the Destroyer (1984). He was married to Frederikke Borge and Michele Kesten. He died on 20 December 2001 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Director
Anthony Jowitt was born on 14 September 1900 in Leeds, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for Schlitz Playhouse (1951), Three Secrets (1950) and Call Her Savage (1932). He was married to Doris Anderson. He died on 21 November 1977 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.- Music Department
- Soundtrack
The sad life of an influential folk singer began traumatically and ended in obscurity. Throughout his life Frank was haunted with misfortune and ignored tremendously. When he was eleven a furnace at Cleveland Hill elementary school in Cheektowaga, New York exploded, killing eighteen of his fellow classmates and leaving Frank with burns over his body. It was here while he was recovering from his injuries in a hospital, Charlie Casatelli, one of his school tutors gifted young Frank with his first guitar which sprung his passion for music.
Greenwich Village's coffeehouse folk scene in the early sixties drew Frank to New York. He met such names as John Kay, later of Steppenwolf. A large insurance settlement he received after he turned 21 enabled him to travel to London, and it was here he made his biggest impact.
He took up a flat with a then struggling folk singer Paul Simon in London, who later was impressed enough to produce ten of Frank's songs in a self-titled album. While Frank's voice was tremulously somber, the quality of the compositions was often impressive, with a reflective, melancholic touch that possibly influenced Simon himself and the likes of Sandy Denny and Nick Drake. Although his first album was well-received in the British folk community, he was unable to reproduce a similar quality of material and crippled any attempt for a follow-up. Combined with deepening depression, increasing stage fright, and an end to his insurance settlement that had allowed him to live freely, he decided a move back to the states in 1969, without releasing another album.
Frank took a slow slide into despair as his depression grew worse. Taking a bus to New York, he hoped to connect with Paul Simon again, but with little luck began sleeping on the streets. He became a ward of the state, and at times he was institutionalized. In 1977, with life looking better, Frank tried to release a new album, but was promptly dismissed by what publishers said was a lack of market appeal for his music. Again he fell into a deep depression, and the injuries from his childhood got much worse, once again he was hospitalized for both physical and medical reasons.
That is until Jim Abbott, a local Woodstock resident and sympathetic fan, rediscovered the aging singer from an inscription on an old album bearing his name in a record store. He successfully made contact with Frank and brought him out of a state housing project in the Bronx and into a senior center in Woodstock. He resumed songwriting and performing occasionally until his death on March 3, 1999.- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Richard Dunlap was born on 30 January 1923 in Pomona, California, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Young and the Restless (1973), As the World Turns (1956) and The 35th Annual Academy Awards (1963). He died on 6 December 2004 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.- Hollis Hodges was born on 23 April 1920 in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA. Hollis was a writer, known for Why Would I Lie? (1980). Hollis died on 11 October 2004 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.
- Craig E. Earle was born on 5 September 1895 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Start Cheering (1938). He was married to Grace L. Sweetser and Irene A. "Betty" Johnson. He died on 13 August 1985 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.
- John Pickard was born on 6 April 1910 in Australia. He was a writer, known for Concerning Miss Marlowe (1954), Love of Life (1951) and From These Roots (1958). He died on 23 October 1995 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.
- Actor
- Music Department
John Oliver was an actor, known for Great Performances (1971) and Haunting Evidence (2005). He died on 11 April 2018 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.- Roger Garis was born on 10 September 1901 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. Roger was a writer, known for Never Take Candy from A Stranger (1960), Matinee Theatre (1955) and Chesterfield Presents (1952). Roger was married to Mabel Robinson Burns and Adine Haviland. Roger died on 3 October 1967 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Phyllis Curtin was born on 3 December 1921 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for Camera Three (1955), The Bell Telephone Hour (1959) and The Voice of Firestone (1949). She was married to Eugene Cook and Philip D. Curtin. She died on 5 June 2016 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.- Billy Sothern was born on 15 February 1977 in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA. He was married to Nikki Page. He died on 30 September 2022 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.
- Cinematographer
- Additional Crew
Erica Anderson was born on 8 August 1914 in Vienna, Austria. She was a cinematographer, known for No Man Is a Stranger (1958), Henry Moore (1947) and French Tapestries Visit America (1948). She died on 23 September 1976 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.- Frank Provo was born on 16 November 1913. Frank was a writer, known for Concerning Miss Marlowe (1954), Love of Life (1951) and From These Roots (1958). Frank died on 20 November 1975 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.