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Narrator: And this is what the legend says - a flower, known nowhere else, grows from out of the desperate crags where Pearl vanished. Pearl - who was herself a wild flower sprung from the hard clay, quick to blossom and early to die.
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Sen. Jackson McCanles: I once fought for that flag; I'll not fire on it.
Joseph Cotten
Joseph Cotten (Joseph Cotten, May 15, 1905-February 6, 1994), was born in Petersburg, Virginia, USA, a film and television actor
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. Representative works " The Third Man ", " Portrait of Jennie " and " Shadow of a Doubt " etc.
On February 6, 1994, Joseph Cotten died in Los Angeles, State of California.
Early Experience
Joseph Cotten was born on May 15, 1905 in Petersburg , Virginia . Cotton was interested in drama and acting when he was in school, and often acted and told stories for his family
. Cotton was more interested in acting than learning, so he dropped out of high school and decided to learn acting skills. With the help of a loan from his uncle
, Cotton went to study at the Robert Hickman Language School in Washington, DC. After a year of study, Cotton found a job in an advertising company and played semi-professional football to support himself
.
After moving to New York City in 1924, Cotton began to enter the theater industry. The stage in New York City was more difficult than Cotton had imagined. In the end, he worked as a shipping clerk for a year, then changed his route and went south to Miami with his friends
. In Florida, the State of the USA , Cotton made a living from a variety of sporadic jobs, including lifeguards, potato salad merchants, as well as an advertising salesman and a drama commentator for the Miami Herald. Cotton has been working for five years. Part-time actor at the Miami Civic Theater
. This job brought him back to New York City, and Cotton's relationship with the "Herald" helped find him a job as a stage manager assistant
.
In 1929, Cotton moved to Boston to participate in a performance at the Copley Theatre
. Cotton returned to New York City, but as The Great Depression began to work increasingly difficult, Cotton turned to be a model and participate in radio shows. Cotton even appeared as a model on the cover of an American magazine in September 1931
.
Performing Experience
In 1930, Joseph Cotten was an assistant stage manager in New York City. In the same year, Joseph Cotten performed on Broadway for the first time, and continued to star in Broadway works in the following years, such as "The Absent Father" and " Jezebel " in 1932 . During this period, Cotton got married for the first time. In order to increase family income, in addition to drama work, he also participated in auditions and performances for various radio programs
. In an audition for the Columbia Broadcasting System radio show, he met a young man who would change his career: Orson Welles
. Although Wells was ten years younger than Cotton, the two quickly established a friendship
.
In 1937, Joseph Cotten joined Orson Welles ' Mercury Theater Company, which became one of the most successful theater companies in New York City
. Starring in plays such as " Shoemaker's Holiday " and "Caesar" (Wales was greatly influenced by Shakespeare's plays)
. In 1938, Cotton made his first screen appearance in the film "Too Much Johnson". In 1939, Joseph Cotten performed with Katharine Houghton Hepburn in the popular Broadway play " Philadelphia " . The performance was well received, but when the play was adapted into a movie version , Cotten 's role was handed over to Cary Grant
.
In 1941, Orson Welles signed a three-film contract with Radio Keith Orpheum
, with actors from the Mercury Theater starring in his first feature film " Citizen Kane ", which described the life of a newspaper tycoon. Dunn plays a drama critic Jeddia Lenan, who is the best friend of the protagonist Charles Foster Kane
. The film was written, directed and starred by 25-year-old Orson Welles, and later became one of the most respected movies in Hollywood history
. Due to the political controversy surrounding the film, the film did not achieve commercial success
. In the same year, Joseph Cotten and Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson starred in the movie " Lydia ".
In 1942, Joseph Cotten co-starred in the feature film " The Magnificent Ambersons " directed by Orson Welles with Dolores Castro and Anne Baxter , playing Eugene Morgan. The film established Cotton’s romance on the screen. The image of the male protagonist in a romance film
. In 1943, Joseph Cotten co-starred with Muriel Teresa Wright and Macdonald Carey in the psychological thriller " Shadow of a Doubt " directed by Alfred Hitchcock , playing the serial killer uncle Charlie who fled to his hometown, although the film was not commercially available when it was released. Successful, but received very positive reviews
. In the same year, Joseph Cotten starred in the wartime thriller "Journey of Fear" directed by Orson Welles.
In 1944, Joseph Cotten, Ginger Rogers , Shirley Temple starred in the feature film "I Want to See You" directed by William Dieterle and George Cukor ; in the same year, Joseph Cotten co-starred with Lily , Jennifer Jones , Shirley Temple and directed by John Cronwell. The war drama " Since You Went Away " helped Lily survive the wartime misery; and, Joseph Cotten co-starred in the suspense thriller " Galight " directed by George Cukor with Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer , as the young detective Berlin .
In 1945, Joseph Cotten and Jennifer Jones starred in the love mystery film " Love Letters " directed by William Dieterle , playing the role of warrior Alan Quentin. In 1946, Joseph Cotten co-starred with Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones in the Western film " Duel In The Sun " directed by Kim Widow . In 1947, Joseph Cotten and Loretta Young co-starred in the comedy "The Farm Girl", playing the role of young councillor Glenn Morey.
In 1948, Joseph Cotten co-starred with Jennifer Jones and Lillian Gish in the romance film " Portrait of Jennie " directed by William Dieterle . Cotton played the artist Eben Adams
and won the best of Venice International Film Festival for his role in this film. Actor Award. Later, Joseph Cotten co-starred in the mystery thriller " The Third Man " with Orson Welles. Cotten played the cynical novelist Holly Martins
in the film. This film has achieved great commercial success
. Cotton's acting career reached its peak in the movie "The Third Man", after which Cotton's film career gradually declined. Although Cotton still plays the leading actor, the movies he starred in have a small budget and most of the scripts are not good
.
In 1949, Joseph Cotten starred in two very unsuccessful films, with Bette Davis in the noir film " Beyond The Forest " directed by Kim Widow . This film is called Bette Davis's worst film
. In the same year, Joseph Cotten and Ingrid Bergman co-starred in the feature film " Under Capricorn " directed by Alfred Hitchcock . This film was very popular in France, but it was dismal in the US box office, ranking 90th in the box office
. This film is one of the few failed works by director Hitchcock
. After that, Cotton continued to play a series of disappointing roles
.
In 1950, Joseph Cotten and Joan Fontaine starred in the romance film " Autumn Love " directed by William Dieterle . The film "Beijing Express" filmed in 1951 was a poor attempt at the film " Shanghai Express " of 1932 . In 1952, Joseph Cotten and Shelley Winters co-starred in a non-existent western film "Untamed Frontier"
. In 1953, Joseph Cotten co-starred with Marilyn Monroe and Jean Peters in the noir film " Splendid Life " directed by KHenry Hathaway . He played a capricious husband. This was the most exciting role of Joseph Cotten in the 50s. In the same year, Cotton returned to New York City, starred in the Broadway play " Sabrina ", when the play was adapted into a movie, Cotton once again be a bigger star Humphrey Bogart replaced
.
In the 1950s and 1960s, when Joseph Cotten's film career was in trouble, Cotton began to turn to TV shows, appearing on "Joseph Cotten Show" and other shows. In the following decades, he also participated in a series of TV and film projects
. From 1956 to 1957, Joseph Cotten appeared in the court anthology "The Trial". In 1958, Joseph Cotten starred in the movie "Touch of Evil". In 1961, Joseph Cotten and Kirk Douglas starred in the movie "The Last Sunset", playing an alcoholic farmer
. In the early 1960s, Cotton had been busy in his television career
.
In 1964, Joseph Cotten returned to the screen after leaving the movie for a while, cooperating with Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland in the Gothic psychological horror film " Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte " directed by Robert Aldrich as a villain
. For the rest of Cotton's career, he will make one or two films every year, many of which are European films, and many are uncreative and ordinary B-movies
.
In the popular disaster film in the 1970s, Joseph Cotten starred in the 1970 war epic " Tora! Tora! Tora! ", which chronicled the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
. In 1973, Cotton played a supporting role in the science fiction thriller " Soylent Green "
. In the early 1980s, Cotton continued to star in horror films and TV series, starring in the 1980 movie " Heaven s Gate ", which is considered one of the worst movies ever
. In 1982, Joseph Cotten starred in the horror film "Survivor", which was the last film Cotten starred in, and then entered a peaceful retirement life
.
Personal Life
family background
Joseph Cotten, whose full name is Joseph Chesil Cotton, was born in a wealthy southern family in Petersburg , Virginia. He is the eldest son of the family. Joseph Cotten
has two younger brothers, Whit and Sam
. My father is the post office director and my mother is a housewife. After moving to Washington, DC, Cotton attended the Washington Hickman Acting School
. Cotton's first job was to distribute express mail for his father riding a bicycle
.
Love life
In 1931, Joseph Cotten married the fashion editor Reno Chip. In 1960, Lino Chip died of leukemia. In 1943, Joseph Cotten had a brief relationship with Edna Mae Durbin during the filming of the film " Hers to Hold " . In 1960, Joseph Cotten married actor Patricia Medina.
Old age and death
In the early 1980s, Joseph Cotten quit the show business and began writing
. In 1987, a few years after Joseph Cotten experienced a stroke and heart attack, Cotton published his autobiography "Vanity Will Get You Somewhere"
. In 1990, Cotton had his larynx removed for cancer
. On February 6, 1994, Joseph Cotten died in Los Angeles, State of California from pneumonia caused by laryngeal cancer
. Cotton was buried in Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg, Virginia
.
Character Evaluation
Joseph Cotten is the kind of actor who will never become a superstar, but he will never forget. He leaned on smoking cigarettes, warmly and meaningfully looking at you from the corner of his eyes, like a dormant volcano brewing and erupting. You don’t know when it will erupt. Once it erupts, you will be willing to be scorched by his scorching heat. By melting.
Joseph Cotten is a famous American actor who has never been nominated for an Oscar, which can’t help but feel incredible, but think of Orson Welles, Charlie Chaplin also has first-class acting skills, and was also abandoned by the Oscar, so he no longer feels for Cotten. Unfortunately, his talent does not need an Oscar to prove it.
No one else can be like Joseph Cotten. He occupies a high position under the Hollywood hierarchy, is a friend and partner of Orson Welles, and a star in the 1940s. Cotton is tall, handsome and rough, with wavy hair and polite manners. The girls tied her with Clark Gable and Gregory Peck. Like Robert Taylor and Errol Flynn, Cotton was also imitated by pullover models in women's magazines, which are now characterized by romantic heroes who look very much like him
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