Reel-Important People is a monthly column that highlights those individuals in or related to the movies that have left us in recent weeks. Below you'll find names big and small and from all areas of the industry, though each was significant to the movies in his or her own way. Kathryn Adams (1920-2016) - Actress. She starred in Bury Me Not on the Lone Prarie and Blonde for a Day and also appears in Hitchcock's Saboteur, the 1939 version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Fifth Avenue Girl, Spring Parade, The Invisible Woman and Hellzapoppin'. She died on October 14. (THR) Jane Alderman (c.1929-2016) - Casting Director. She was instrumental in the acting careers of John Cusack, Jeremy Piven, Jennifer Beals, Gary Cole...
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- 11/1/2016
- by Christopher Campbell
- Movies.com
Dear Jackie:i just read (as I do faithfully) your column in the April 29 issue of Back Stage, in which you replied to "23 and Unemployed." You mentioned that you didn't know a single acting program—bachelor's or master's—that spends any real time on the business of acting. Well, here I am! My name is Jane Alderman, and that is exactly what I teach at the Theatre Conservatory of the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University in Chicago. It is a course I devised for both the graduating bachelor's and master's students. It is a required yearlong course that I teach as an adjunct. They truly are prepared and know what to do and what is expected of them as they graduate. I feel they have a full year's leg up on most of the country's graduates of theater arts programs.They are immersed in pictures and résumés and cover letters,...
- 8/5/2010
- backstage.com
Eclipse's 2009 Annual Benefit will feature the First Annual Eclipse Corona Award presentation to Jane Alderman The Corona award is given to members of the entertainment industry who have demonstrated excellence in their craft and have made a major contribution towards the Chicago Theatre Community. Ms. Alderman was instrumental in the early days of Eclipse, serving as a former board member. She has been a casting director for over 28 years with over 59 films, 68 televisions shows and 36 plays to her credit including Rudy, Turks, Early Edition, ER, Flags of our Fathers, Joan Cusak Show, and many more.
- 2/13/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
PARK CITY, Utah -- "love jones" is a zesty romantic comedy centering around two black artists struggling to make it in Chicago. Packed with pizzazz and radiating warmth, the film is a welcome tonic from the often grim fare that spews on the independent wavelength. New Line Cinema will wind select-site success with this hilarious and bittersweet battle of the sexes.
On the surface, "love jones" sounds like the concept of a sitcom: Struggling photographer Nina (Nia Long) and struggling writer Darius (Laurenz Tate) circulate in a common artistic world of problems and joys. Nina makes do as a glorified gofer for a fashion photographer, while Darius has garnered up the courage to finally quit his journalism job to write that great novel. In short, they're both career obsessed, and despite obvious personal attractions are not exactly looking for a full-time mate. In fact, they've both been underachievers in the romantic section: Darius is a cool, noncommitment type, while Nina just can't jam a serious relationship into her world.
In a series of comic confrontations and plot perambulations, the two begin to circle one another. In this regard, despite its hip hauteur, "love jones" is, basically, an old-fashioned romantic comedy. Credit writer-director Theodore Witcher for the breezy, funky fun. Tate and Long are a terrific romantic duo, while Isaiah Washington is similarly strong as Darius' surrogate older sibling.
Technical contributions are smooth, highlighted by Ernest Holzman's supple cinematography.
LOVE JONES
New Line Cinema
Producers:Nick Wechsler, Jeremiah Samuels
Screenwriter-director:Theodore Witcher
Executive producers:Julia Chasmas, Jay Stern, Amy Henkels, Helena Ecegoyen
Director of photography:Ernest Holzman
Editor:Maysie Hoy
Production designer:Roger Fortune
Music :Darryl Jones
Costume designer:Shawn Barton
Casting: Jane Alderman, Robi Reed-Humes
Color/stereo
Cast:
Darius Lovehall:Laurenz Tate
Nina Mosley :Nia Long
Savon Garrison:Isaiah Washington
Josie Nichols: Lisa Nicole Carson
Hollywood :Bill Bellamy
Eddie Coles :Leonard Roberts
Running time -- 105 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
On the surface, "love jones" sounds like the concept of a sitcom: Struggling photographer Nina (Nia Long) and struggling writer Darius (Laurenz Tate) circulate in a common artistic world of problems and joys. Nina makes do as a glorified gofer for a fashion photographer, while Darius has garnered up the courage to finally quit his journalism job to write that great novel. In short, they're both career obsessed, and despite obvious personal attractions are not exactly looking for a full-time mate. In fact, they've both been underachievers in the romantic section: Darius is a cool, noncommitment type, while Nina just can't jam a serious relationship into her world.
In a series of comic confrontations and plot perambulations, the two begin to circle one another. In this regard, despite its hip hauteur, "love jones" is, basically, an old-fashioned romantic comedy. Credit writer-director Theodore Witcher for the breezy, funky fun. Tate and Long are a terrific romantic duo, while Isaiah Washington is similarly strong as Darius' surrogate older sibling.
Technical contributions are smooth, highlighted by Ernest Holzman's supple cinematography.
LOVE JONES
New Line Cinema
Producers:Nick Wechsler, Jeremiah Samuels
Screenwriter-director:Theodore Witcher
Executive producers:Julia Chasmas, Jay Stern, Amy Henkels, Helena Ecegoyen
Director of photography:Ernest Holzman
Editor:Maysie Hoy
Production designer:Roger Fortune
Music :Darryl Jones
Costume designer:Shawn Barton
Casting: Jane Alderman, Robi Reed-Humes
Color/stereo
Cast:
Darius Lovehall:Laurenz Tate
Nina Mosley :Nia Long
Savon Garrison:Isaiah Washington
Josie Nichols: Lisa Nicole Carson
Hollywood :Bill Bellamy
Eddie Coles :Leonard Roberts
Running time -- 105 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 1/22/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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