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John Huston: Father
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By 1924 vaudeville veteran Walter Huston had scored his first successes in the legitimate theater. That year John Huston had a small role in The Easy Mark, a play that starred his father. Huston acted in two other plays in 1924, Sherwood Anderson's The Triumph of the Egg and Ruint.
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The legendary filmmaker John Huston is the focus of this documentary as he directs his last film The Dead. Taken from a story by James Joyce, Huston insist his actors are well-prepared while allowing for active participation from the performers. Huston's son Tony collaborated with his father on the screenplay, and daughter Angelica is one of the stars of the show. Both siblings are interviewed along with their father, who remained optimistic in spite of his fading health. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
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In 1929, Huston eloped with Dorothy Harvey. That year ... marked Huston's film acting debut, in the short Two Americans for Paramount Pictures. Two Americans also starred Huston's father. In 1930 his puppet play, Frankie and Johnny, went over well in New York and was nearly produced for the legitimate stage, starring Fanny Brice.
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In an era of studio films shot on Hollywood sets, Huston made movies in Africa, Mexico, Ireland and on the open sea, through multiple marriages, public brawls and bouts with alcohol. Amid praise and admiration, Anjelica Huston's descriptions of her father include words such as "terrifying" and "rage."
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[H]is major comeback would be in 1985 with the crime comedy Prizzi's Honor, which earned Anjelica Huston her first Oscar for the supporting role of Maerose. She ... starred in her father's last film, The Dead (1987), which was inspired by the James Joyce short story collection {-Dubliners}.
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