• The Big Fisherman is a 1959 American historical drama film directed by Frank Borzage about the life of Simon Peter, one of the disciples of Jesus. Starring...
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  • The Big Fisherman is a 1948 historical novel written by Lloyd C. Douglas. The book was the best-selling novel of 1948. It ranked No. 1 on the New York...
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  • on novel Magnificent Obsession The Big Fisherman (1959), film directed by Frank Borzage, based on novel The Big Fisherman 1910 US Census; Douglas was listed...
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  • song by Brian May "Fisherman", song by Yancey Boys from Sunset Blvd. 2013 "Fisherman", song by The Iveys from album The Big Fisherman (book), a 1948 historical...
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    John Saxon (category New Star of the Year (Actor) Golden Globe winners)
    support role in a large-budget Biblical drama about Simon Peter, The Big Fisherman (1959) for director Frank Borzage, starring Howard Keel. Released...
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    A fisherman or fisher is someone who captures fish and other animals from a body of water, or gathers shellfish. Worldwide, there are about 38 million...
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  • Diana are executed by the new emperor, Caligula. Marcellus arranges that the robe be given to "The Big Fisherman" (Simon Peter). The Robe (1953), film directed...
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    Night (1937), The Mortal Storm (1940), and Moonrise (1948). His final credited directorial work is the historical drama The Big Fisherman (1959), before...
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    supporting roles in The Big Fisherman (1959) and The Best of Everything (1959) with Joan Crawford. Also in 1959 Martha played the role of Hannah Haley...
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    Howard Keel (category Presidents of the Screen Actors Guild)
    in the Biblical epic The Big Fisherman (1960). In 1959–1960, he was in the short-lived Broadway musical Saratoga. Keel went to Europe to make the low-budget...
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  • the other three being The Robe, White Banners and The Big Fisherman. Robert Merrick is resuscitated by a rescue crew after a boating accident. The crew...
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  • with Uta Hagen at the Herbert Berghof Studio in Manhattan during the early 1950s. He made his Broadway debut in 1957 as Peter in the original Broadway...
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  • distributed by the U.S. film studio Walt Disney Studios, one of the Walt Disney Company's divisions and one of the "Big Five" major film studios. The list includes...
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  • 32nd Academy Awards (category 1959 awards in the United States)
    breaking the record of nine set the previous year by Gigi. This total was later tied by Titanic in 1997 and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King...
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    Panavision (category Recipients of the Scientific and Technical Academy Award of Merit)
    1959 with The Big Fisherman, released by Disney's Buena Vista division.[citation needed] By 1962, four of Panavision's founders had left the company to...
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  • shot in 35mm anamorphic Panavision and blown up to 70mm for release. The Big Fisherman (1959) Exodus (1960) West Side Story (1961) Lawrence of Arabia (1962)...
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    Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (category Film distributors of the United States)
    September 1956, The Missouri Traveler in March 1958, and The Big Fisherman in July 1959 (the first third-party production financed by Disney). By July...
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    the 1966 episode, "The Case of the Bogus Buccaneers", 77 Sunset Strip (1958), Bourbon Street Beat (1960), The Time Tunnel (1966), The Big Valley (the...
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    "The Fisherman and His Wife" (Low German: Von dem Fischer un syner Fru) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in 1812 (KHM 19). The tale...
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  • of Hercules in the United States starring Steve Reeves which popularizes the sword and sandals genre. August 4 – The Big Fisherman is the first film released...
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    Jonathan Harris (category Male actors from the Bronx)
    roles were as the timid accountant Bradford Webster in the television version of The Third Man and the fussy villain Dr. Zachary Smith of the 1960s science-fiction...
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    1956)". In the film version of Edna Ferber's novel Scourby played Polo, the old Mexican ranch foreman. He later had roles in The Big Fisherman (Buena Vista...
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    Susan Kohner (category New Star of the Year (Actress) Golden Globe winners)
    Black woman who "passes" as white. The 1959 film was the second film adaptation of the 1933 book of the same name. The plot had major changes to better...
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    The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959). His first lead role was as Jesse James in Young Jesse James (1960), and he also had roles in The Big Fisherman...
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  • Gleason in "The Case of the Sulky Girl" and as a parking attendant in "The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink." His last television appearance was in the series Archer...
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  • Horseback (Director: Lesley Selander, 1941) The Enchanted Forest (Director: Lew Landers, 1945) The Big Fisherman (Director: Frank Borzage, 1959) Alpine Climbers...
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    Minor Role (uncredited) Twilight for the Gods (1958) - Keim The Young Land (1959) - Cowboy (uncredited) The Big Fisherman (1959) - Minor Role (uncredited)...
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    (1958) - 'Sylvia', MP #1 The Shaggy Dog (1959) - Captain Scanlon, Police Chief Battle Flame (1959) - Sgt. McKelvey The Big Fisherman (1959) - Minor Role (uncredited)...
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    seen in the role of the mother of the star of the film for the rest of her career, with the exception of Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) as the abandoned...
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  • prodigue (1907) (France) L'Enfant prodigue (1916) (France) The Prodigal (1955) The Big Fisherman (1959) Thomasleeha (1975) (India) Peter and Paul (1981-TV)...
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