Word: rouben
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Rouben Marmoulian, whose name has been linked with that of Garbo's in marriage, was chosen by her to guide the destinles of the picture in production and his direction has made it a notable film. The picture is based upon the glamorous life of Sweden's famous Queen Christina who reigned three hundred years ago and its filming taxed the capacity of the M. G. M. construction department for the massive sets of the Stockholm Castle and various other materials. In addition to John Gilbert, who plays the part of the impetuous role of Antonio, the Spanish Ambassador with...
...route, at Holbrook, Williams, Kingman. Flagstaff, to trace a marriage license. None was found. By telegraph the number of the car was checked with California license records, found to belong to Greta Garbo. Next morning in Hollywood newshawks called the home of Garbo's director, Armenian Rouben Mamoulian...
...Director Rouben Mamoulian added to the story a few Freudian touches. He made Hyde an incarnation of primitive sadism rather than a London bogeyman who was bad without good reason. Fredric March, ably assisted by Miriam Hopkins and Rose Hobart, is magnificent as Hyde, and he gives Jekyll a stilted Victorian elegance which, being a little false, makes Hyde's existence seem more credible. Good shot: Jekyll turning into Hyde as he watches a cat stalk a sparrow...
...play in four acts and five scenes by Turgenev. Translated from the Russian by S. M. Mandell. Acting Version by Rouben Mamoulian. Produced under the direction of Rouben Mamoulian. Setting and Costumes by M. S. Dobuzinsky. Executed by Raymond Sovey. Being presented now at the Tremont Theatre by the Theatre Guild as the third in its series of Boston productions with the following cast: Herr Shaaf Charles Kraus Anna Semenova (Islaev's mother) Minna Phillips Natalie Petrovna (Islaev's wife) Alla Nazimova Mikhail Aleksandrovitch Rakitin Earle Larrimore Lizaveta Bogdanovna (a companion) Virginia Gregori Kolia (Islaev's son) Norman Williams Aleksei...
...climax a piercing yellow fills the stage as the storm comes up, symbolic of the Man's premonition of impending doom. Despite the complex, sometimes shrill chromatic combinations, Schönberg seemed subdued and civilized compared afterward with naked, uncouth Stravinsky. The stage production was directed by Rouben Mamoulian. The settings and costumes were designed by famed Robert Edmond Jones...