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Jules Dassin

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Director 1911–2008

Julius "Jules" Dassin ( DASS-in, dass-IN; December 18, 1911 – March 31, 2008) was an American film and theatre director, producer, writer and actor. A subject of the Hollywood blacklist, he subsequently moved to France, and later Greece, where he continued his career. He was best-known for his noir and crime films, though he also worked in other genres. He won the Best Director Award at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival for his pioneering heist film Rififi, and received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Never on Sunday (1960). He adapted Never on Sunday into the stage musical Illya Darling, earning Tony nominations for Best Musical and Best Direction of…

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  • Direction : Production supervised by John Murray Anderson (sketches directed by Jules Dassin); Producers : James Russo and Michael Ellis; Choreography : Jerome Robbins; Scenery and Lighting : Ralph Alswang; Costumes : Miles White; Musical Direction : Milton Rosenstockebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • I spent the summer of 1966 in New York. In June, Jules Dassin, whom I had known twenty-five years earlier, called me. He was to write and direct a musical based on his charming film Never on Sunday. I invited him to dinner, where I cautioned him that in my opinion this translation from film to stage would be very difficult and urged him t…ebooks/Suskin, Steven/B001T4YWBO EBOK - Steven Suskin.txt
  • Jules Dassin began his career as an actor at the Yiddish Art Theatre on Second Avenue. He directed his first (of six) Broadway shows in 1940, his first film in 1941. In Hollywood, he specialized in film noir, with such movies as Naked City (1948) and Night and the City (1950). His career was cut short when he was named before the House Un…ebooks/Suskin, Steven/B001T4YWBO EBOK - Steven Suskin.txt
  • book by Jules Dassin (replacing John Patrick) based on the 1960 screenplay Never - ees by Jules Dassintheatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • directed by Jules Dassin (doctored by Joseph Anthony)_ choreographed by Onna Whitetheatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • Newman complained and the producers apologized, claiming there was “no intent to deceive.” Perish the thought. Jules Dassin—author, director, producer, and costar of the 1960 movie Never on Sunday—ran Ilyatheatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt

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