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  Stanley Kramer: Hollywood Renegade
Sam Spiegel and Stanley Kramer represented the generation of independent producers who received their apprenticeships during the tail end of the studio system, and then came into their own as independent producers in the post-Paramount film industry.
Stanley Kramer, the fiercely independent filmmaker, continued to produce successful films well into the television era.
Stanley Kramer went independent at the end of World War II, in a joint venture with Armand S. Deutsch, one of the heirs to the Sears, Roebuck fortune.
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  Stanley Kramer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stanley Kramer (September 29, 1913 February 19, 2001) was a Jewish-American film director and producer.
Kramer was born in New York, New York and graduated from New York University in 1933.
His films, particularly those he directed, are often strongly politically liberal, dealing with nuclear war, racial prejudice, and creationism.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stanley_Kramer   (96 words)

  
 Wife, Daughter of Filmmaker Stanley Kramer Recall His Legacy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Kramer died three years ago at age 87, and a number of his films have been highlighted in recent retrospectives in New York and Los Angeles.
Kramer says the film was based on an incident in a small California town, which the filmmaker read about in the newspaper.
Stanley Kramer's friend, the actor Sidney Poitier, said he was not afraid to "swim against the tide" by exploring subjects that others in Hollywood shied away from.
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 MTV.com - Movies - Stanley Kramer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Stanley Earl Kramer was born in New York City, in the working-class Manhattan neighborhood known as Hell's Kitchen, in 1913.
Stanley Kramer intended to go to law school, but an article that he wrote in his senior year at New York University got him the offer of a paid internship in the story department at 20th Century Fox.
By then, Kramer was treated as a quaintly liberal anachronism by the film community and was thought of, along with most of his pictures, as a relic of a more stable, tamer era in American life.
www.mtv.com /movies/person/86652/bio.jhtml   (1783 words)

  
 Stanley Kramer
Kramer's films were more than just entertainment; his stories were political platforms for the Civil Rights Movement, disarmament and liberal thinking.
Although he directed his fair share of triumphs, Stanley Kramer proved himself as a top-notch producer, and it is as a producer that he might be best remembered.
Kramer produced the first film version of Arthur Miller's Pulitzer prize-winning play Death of a Salesman in 1951 and Humphrey Bogart's last Oscar-nominated performance in The Caine Mutiny (1954).
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 stanley kramer
Kramer was unsatisfied with making just entertaining movies and moved back into the arena of message-films.
It was a landmark case in 1925 and Kramer captured this tension in his film.
Stanley Kramer had made film with a conscience that Hollywood’s best and brightest stars came out to support.
alt.tcm.turner.com /MONTH_SPOTS/9811/kramer.htm   (789 words)

  
 Why was Stanley Kramer so unfashionable at the time of his death?
American film director and producer Stanley Kramer, who died February 22 in Woodland Hills, California, was one of those unfortunate once-prominent artists who are best known by the time of their death, fairly or unfairly, for their defects and limitations.
It seems reasonable to ask whether it was Kramer's cinematic infelicities or his increasingly unfashionable political views that brought about the precipitous decline in his standing in the late 1960s and 1970s, or whether it was perhaps a peculiar combination of the two.
Kramer denounced the European stylists as con men, which was foolish, but further suggested that “Technique covers a multitude of sins.” His own cinema did not offer a serious alternative, unhappily, but as far as the latter comment goes, this may be an occasion when Kramer had a point.
www.wsws.org /articles/2001/feb2001/kram-f26.shtml   (3330 words)

  
 BBC News | ENTERTAINMENT | Stanley Kramer: Man of principle
Kramer excelled at challenging social injustice at a time when much of the industry was doing the opposite.
Kramer was born in New York City in 1913 and grew up in Manhattan's tough Hell's Kitchen neighbourhood.
Kramer then signed with the big movie house Columbia and was allowed to continue producing films that changed ideas and got him noticed.
news.bbc.co.uk.edgesuite.net /1/hi/entertainment/1180105.stm   (665 words)

  
 Stanley Kramer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It would be remiss not to mention the death of Stanley Kramer.
Kramer began on the producing side of the business, developing for the screen some truly great films.
Kramer was often associated with presenting social issues on film, though I believe he only wanted to make good films.
www.filmsondisc.com /posterarchive/Stanley_Kramer/stanley_kramer.htm   (572 words)

  
 Stanley Kramer, producer-director and Northwest transplant, dies at 87   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Stanley Kramer, producer-director and Northwest transplant, dies at 87
Stanley Kramer, the veteran movie producer-director who died Monday at age 87, was a prototypical New Yorker who spent the bulk of his life in Hollywood, but at one point late in his career he transplanted himself -- with considerable fanfare -- to the Northwest.
Although Kramer chafed at being described as a message filmmaker, he never denied that he was always trying to make what he called a "strong film," often putting him at odds with studio chiefs and backers who wanted him to soften his message.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /movies/kramer21.shtml   (1147 words)

  
 TCM remembers Stanley Kramer
Although his films were sometimes criticized as being too simplistic in dealing with tough subjects, Kramer still deserves a great deal of credit for tackling sensitive subject matter no other director or studio wanted to address.
In The New York Times obituary for Kramer, the director was quoted in accessing his own career and it's most appropriate here: "I decided that somewhere between the films on outer space and Sylvester Stallone, there is a place for me. I was always associated with films that had an opinion.
On the Beach (1959) was Kramer's anti-atom bomb polemic in which Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Anthony Perkins and Fred Astaire survive an initial nuclear holocaust only to face a slow, painful death from fallout.
alt.tcm.turner.com /PRESS_ROOM/01/04/kramer.htm   (730 words)

  
 BBC News | ENTERTAINMENT | Film-maker Stanley Kramer dies
Film-maker Stanley Kramer, who produced and directed some of Hollywood's most famous "message" movies, has died at the age of 87.
Kramer's films were nominated for 80 Oscars, winning 16 in total, although none for best picture.
"Stanley Kramer is one of our great filmmakers, not just for the art and passion he put on screen, but for the impact he has made on the conscience of the world," fellow director Steven Spielberg once said.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/1179924.stm   (519 words)

  
 CNN.com - Entertainment - Kramer shunned 'message' label, but films pricked conscience - February 20, 2001
Stanley Kramer, who died Monday at age 87, was known for his socially conscious films
Stanley Kramer was born on September 23, 1913, in New York City.
"What epitomized Stanley Kramer as a man and a father and as a filmmaker was that line from 'Judgment at Nuremberg,' " she said.
www.cnn.com /2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/20/stanley.kramer.obit/index.html   (793 words)

  
 MovieMaker Magazine | Issue #42 | Crossing the Line - Stanley Kramer (1913-2001)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Looking back on Stanley kramer's films, it's striking just how distinct a voice he was, whether as a film producer, or later, when he began to direct most of his own productions.
Stanley Kramer was born in New York City's Hell's Kitchen to parents who separated when he was very young.
Kramer's belief that"nothing is ahead of its time if you do it right" was confirmed.
www.moviemaker.com /issues/42/crossing-the-line.html   (1010 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Film | News | Tribute to Stanley Kramer
Stanley Kramer, who made some of the most highly regarded films in the history of cinema, was responsible for 15 Oscar-winning movies, including High Noon, The Caine Mutiny, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Wild One and Judgment at Nuremberg.
"What epitomised Stanley Kramer as a man and a father and as a film-maker was that line from Judgment at Nuremberg which is: 'Let it be known this is what we stand for: truth, justice and the value of a single human being'," she said.
Born in New York, Kramer was one of the early independent film-makers operating in the 1940s and 1950s, and made a series of films that won him critical acclaim but made little money.
film.guardian.co.uk /News_Story/Guardian/0,4029,440670,00.html   (518 words)

  
 CTV.ca | Filmmaker Stanley Kramer dies
Kramer's wife of 35 years said such behaviour was typical of her husband.
What epitomized Stanley Kramer as a man and a father and as a filmmaker was that line from Judgment at Nuremberg, which is, 'Let it be known that this is what we believe: In truth, in justice and the value of a single human being,
Stanley Kramer is one of our great filmmakers, not just for the art and passion he put on screen, but for the impact he has made on the conscience of the world,
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1025816513683_21225713   (846 words)

  
 Stanley Kramer - Dirk Jasper Filmstarlexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Kramer galt als einer der populärsten Vertreter des engagierten Hollywood-Films.
Kramers Frau, die Schauspielerin Karen Sharpe Kramer, hatte einmal gesagt, dass dieses Verhalten auch für ihren Mann typisch gewesen sei.
Regisseur Steven Spielberg hat Kramer einmal als einen der großen Filmemacher bezeichnet, nicht nur wegen der Kunst und Leidenschaft, die er auf die Leinwand bringe, sondern auch wegen des Einflusses, den er mit seinen Filmen auf das Bewusstsein in dieser Welt ausgeübt habe.
www.djfl.de /entertainment/stars/s/stanley_kramer.html   (843 words)

  
 e.journal - Literatur Primaer: Krahberger - Stanley Kramer
Kramer zeigt die Einflussnahme auf Ankläger und auf den Richter des Richter des Tribunals, die Urteile milde ausfallen zu lassen.
Der deutsche Verteidiger in Kramers Film spricht es aus, bevor er zu einer Anklage der Mitschuld der Welt ansetzt.
Einerseits verwehrt er sich gegen die Verwendung von Originaldokumenten aus den Vernichtungslagern als Beweismaterial seitens der Anklage und andererseits gesteht er zu, dass der Holocaust auch in 160 Jahren noch nicht vergessen sein wird.
www.ejournal.at /Essay/kramer.html   (1817 words)

  
 Stanley KRAMER : astrology and planets, Map of the Heavens, Interactive Birth Chart
Just click on the Dynamic Natal Chart of Stanley KRAMER with the positions of planets, astrological houses, and the list of the aspects with orbs in degrees and minutes.
Only 6 diagrams out of 11 are displayed, and precision of these computations is of course not of the same level than those for the case of the known time of the event.
Texts are not translated, so if you wish to read interpretations associated with theses computations, you need to go to the full astrological Portrait of Stanley KRAMER and to use this Automatic Free Website Translator.
www.astrotheme.fr /en/portraits/ayu9P7gsLb4L.htm   (497 words)

  
 Stanley Kramer
Stanley Kramer (September 29, 1913 – February 19,2001) was an American movie director and producer.
This page was last modified 03:18, 1 May 2005.
The article about Stanley Kramer contains information related to Stanley Kramer, Filmography, As director and As producer.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Stanley_Kramer   (111 words)

  
 Stan Kramer, TrueBaseline Chief Executive Officer, TrueSMS Services Framework - CATV cable television and Enterprise ...
Stan Kramer has been in the telecommunications and computer networking business for over twenty years in a variety of executive marketing and product management roles.
Kramer played pivotal roles in the introduction of Frame Relay and later ATM; to the marketplace.
Stanley Kramer: Hollywood RenegadeIndependent filmmaker Stanley Kramer makes some of the most notable films of the 1950s, and joins the Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers.
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 Maybe one day it happened that Stanley Kramer has enjoyed the journey made in Faak am See . Stanley Kramer considered ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Maybe one day it happened that Stanley Kramer has enjoyed the journey made in Faak am See.
Stanley Kramer considered Faak am See to be a magical place that touches the hearts and souls.
If you ever heard about Stanley Kramer, you know that it is impossible to forget it.
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 Hilary Kramer Main - AOL Coaches
Hilary Kramer is a Financial Editor for AOL and a top authority on investing.
Her financial insights have been featured on Fox News, ABC News, The Nightly Business Report and CNBC, and may be heard daily on the nationally syndicated Doug Stephan's Good Day radio show.
Smart, savvy and full of success stories, Hilary Kramer's 'Ahead of the Curve: Nine Simple Ways to Create Wealth by Spotting Stock Trends' teaches the average person the necessary skills they need to make informed (and highly profitable) decisions about investing.
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 Stanley Kramer ; Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Stanley L Engerman Robert E Gallman - The Cambridge Economic History of the ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Stanley Kramer ; Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Stanley L Engerman Robert E Gallman - The Cambridge Economic History of the United States,
Stanley L Engerman Robert E Gallman - The Cambridge Economic History of the United States
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 Stanley Kramer at Reel Classics
A mad, mad, mad, mad world: a life in Hollywood by Stanley Kramer with Thomas H. Coffey (New York : Harcourt Brace, c1997).
Stanley Kramer, film maker by Donald Spoto (New York : Putnam, c1978).
Which of Lauren Bacall's five films with Humphrey Bogart was delayed due to the disappointing box-office performance of the first film she made without him?
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 Inherit the Wind (Stanley Kramer)
Gene Kelly plays a character based on the acid-penned H.L. Mencken, reporting on the trial and caustically commenting on the absurdity of the human animal.
Stanley (Judgment at Nuremberg) Kramer's direction is not especially subtle, but the verbal fireworks unleashed during the trial sequences are still stirring.
Even the different styles of the actors are intriguing: March is all mannerism and false padding around the belly, while Tracy does his patented naturalistic grumbling.
www.productsnapper.com /B00005PJ6V-inherit-the-wind.html   (1050 words)

  
 Stanley Kramer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Highly regarded producer responsible for a number of fine films dealing with social issues in the 1950s and 60s.
Kramer began his career in the early 1930s in a variety of minor jobs.
He wrote for radio as well as for Columbia and Republic Studios, and produced his first feature, the comedy "So This Is New York", in 1948.
www.hollywood.com /celebs/detail/celeb/1373582   (605 words)

  
 Stanley Kramer
Stanley Kramer, film maker with a message, dies.
Profile: Producer/director Stanley Kramer, who has died at the age of 87 (All Things Considered (NPR))
Stanley Kramer, film maker with a message, dies (Birmingham Post)
www.infoplease.com /ipea/A0900612.html   (171 words)

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