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30-401: During the 1940s and 1950s, PBT featured well-known guest stars in student productions. These luminaries included Edward Everett Horton , Veronica Lake , Charlie Ruggles and Gloria Swanson . During this era, as many as 150 actors and actresses were in residence, usually performing in one play during the evening, while rehearsing another play during the day. Also, many famous students grew from

60-508: A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), and Sex and the Single Girl (1964). His last role was in the comedy film Cold Turkey (1971), in which his character communicated only through facial expressions. Horton continued to appear in stage productions, often in summer stock. His performance in the play Springtime for Henry became a perennial in summer theaters. Horton was so prolific he sometimes found himself committed to two projects at

90-482: A dummy, making them think he had jumped. Returning to New York City, he attended the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn for one year, until the school discontinued its arts courses; he moved to Columbia University , "until I got fouled up with The Varsity Show of 1909 . This was the first time I had really ever been on the stage ... After that, to put it gently, Columbia and I came to an amicable parting of

120-414: A few people are, but they are not in circulation"). Published in 1970, the interview only skims through his personal relationships. Horton recalled that, rather than dating or nightclubbing, he would invite his female co-stars to attend parties he was throwing. "I never married. However, I have not given up hope. This is Leap Year [1968], you know." Horton died of cancer on September 29, 1970, at age 84 in

150-639: A happy ending. He is best remembered, however, for his work in supporting roles. These include The Front Page (1931), Trouble in Paradise (1932), Alice in Wonderland (1933), The Gay Divorcee (1934, the first of several Astaire / Rogers films in which Horton appeared), Top Hat (1935), Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935), Danger - Love at Work (1937), Lost Horizon (1937), Holiday (1938), Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), Pocketful of Miracles (1961), It's

180-414: A rising crop of young talent, including Paul Newman , Robert MacNeil , Estelle Parsons , Pat Carroll , Sandy Dennis , Mike Todd, Jr. , Dan Blocker , Jean Seberg , poet Daisy Aldan and Jan Scott , Emmy Award-winning art director. During the 1960s, James Lonigro (stage name Geronimo Sands), replaced Mrs. Trask, becoming PBT's new artistic director. During his tenure, a new breed of talent emerged from

210-482: A sober, troubled mask. As Horton became known for his performances in movies, he continued to work on the legitimate stage, which he preferred. He appeared with Gavin Gordon in a 1931 production of Private Lives by Noël Coward . Horton starred in many comedy features in the 1930s, usually playing a mousy fellow who put up with domestic or professional problems to a certain point and then finally asserted himself for

240-484: A stage-trained performer, he found more film work easily and appeared in several Warner Bros. movies, including The Terror (1928) and Sonny Boy (1929). Horton soon cultivated his own special variation of the double take (an actor's reaction to something, followed by a delayed, more extreme reaction). In Horton's version, he smiled ingratiatingly and nodded in agreement with what just happened; then, when realization set in, his facial features collapsed entirely into

270-507: Is located in on Hicacos Peninsula . The southern coast has one of Cuba's most distinctive features: an enormous marsh , Ciénaga de Zapata that covers both the southern part of the province and the Zapata Peninsula . East of the peninsula lies the Bay of Pigs , the site of the failed US backed invasion . From 1976 to 2010 Matanzas was sub-divided into 14 municipalities. Starting from 2011,

300-653: The American Civil War era also starring troopers Forrest Tucker , Ken Berry and Larry Storch at fictional Fort Courage. He echoed this funny Indian role, portraying a "Chief Screaming Chicken", on the 1966-1968 TV show version of Batman two years later, as a pawn to another guest villain portrayed by Vincent Price 's "Egghead" . Horton never discussed his private life publicly, but in 1968 he granted an interview to writers Bernard Rosenberg and Harry Silverstein in which he reviewed his life and career, punctuated by self-effacing remarks ("Nobody's older than I am. Oh,

330-611: The Encino area of Los Angeles, and his remains were interred in the Whispering Pines section of Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery . At the time of his death, Horton had lived on the property at 5521 Amestoy Avenue for 45 years, since purchasing the four-acre estate in 1925 which he named Belleigh Acres. The land contained Horton's own house and several adjacent houses for his brother and sister, and their respective families. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Last Tycoon while living in one of

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360-643: The Guardian Angels ), Jennifer Coolidge , Kitty Winn and Corey Carrier . During the 1970s, PBT was leased to Tufts University and, under the direction of Tony Award-winning producer Mitch Maxwell, saw Peter Gallagher on the barn stage. Author and composer Rick Besoyan wrote " Little Mary Sunshine " while at PBT. Entertainer Mickey Rooney cited PBT as being the inspiration for the story and motion picture of " Babes in Arms ", in which he starred alongside Judy Garland . Robert MacNeil praises Priscilla Beach Theatre on

390-417: The provinces of Cuba . Major towns in the province include Cárdenas , Colón , Jovellanos and the capital of the same name, Matanzas . The resort town of Varadero is also located in this province. Among Cuban provinces, Matanzas is one of the most industrialized , with petroleum wells, refineries, supertanker facilities, and 21 sugar mills to process the harvests of the fields of sugarcane in

420-441: The " baby boomers " generation (born after World War II era, 1946-1964) as the venerable narrator of Fractured Fairy Tales segments with the retelling of earlier famous fairy tales and legends from previous centuries on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show animation / cartoon program (1959–1961), an American animated / cartoon television series that originally aired from November 19, 1959, to June 27, 1964. In 1962, he portrayed

450-545: The 1950s, Horton worked primarily in television. One of his best-remembered appearances is in an episode of I Love Lucy , broadcast in 1952, in which he is cast against type as a frisky, amorous suitor. In 1960, he guest-starred on The Real McCoys as J. Luther Medwick, grandfather of the boyfriend of series character Hassie McCoy ( Lydia Reed ). In the story, Medwick clashes with the equally outspoken Grandpa Amos McCoy (played by Walter Brennan ). He remains, however, best known to younger Saturday-morning-television viewers of

480-606: The Priscilla Beach Theatre was purchased by Bob and Sandy Malone. In the following two years, the barn was renovated and restored, with the first production back in the barn in July 2015 (Fiddler on the Roof). 41°55′58.10″N 70°33′58.84″W  /  41.9328056°N 70.5663444°W  / 41.9328056; -70.5663444 Edward Everett Horton Edward Everett Horton Jr. (March 18, 1886 – September 29, 1970)

510-523: The character Uncle Ned in three episodes of Dennis the Menace . In 1965, he guest-starred in an episode of The Cara Williams Show . He also played occasionally in two memorable TV shows from the 1960s as the medicine man, "Roaring Chicken" of the neighboring non-hostile peace-loving but cowardly Hekawi Indian tribe, decked out in beaded / fringed deerskin native Indian garb, in F Troop (1965-1967). This spoof Western / U.S. Cavalry comedy series set after

540-523: The estate's guest houses in 1938. In the 1950s, the state forced Horton to sell a portion of his property for construction of the Ventura Freeway . The construction left a short stump of Amestoy Avenue south of Burbank Boulevard, and shortly after his death the City of Los Angeles renamed that portion of the avenue Edward Everett Horton Lane in his honor. British radio DJ and comedian Kenny Everett adopted

570-516: The last name of Everett in honor of Horton, who was a childhood hero of his. For his contribution to the Hollywood motion picture industry , Horton has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6427 Hollywood Boulevard. [REDACTED] Media related to Edward Everett Horton at Wikimedia Commons Matanzas Province Matanzas ( Spanish pronunciation: [maˈtansas] ) is one of

600-577: The name of just Edward Horton. My father said, 'I think you're making a mistake, Edward. Anybody could be Edward Horton, but nobody else could be Edward Everett Horton.' I said, 'I think I like that.'" In 1919, he moved to Los Angeles, where he got his start at the Hollywood Community Theater, founded and managed by Neely Dickson . He began acting in Hollywood films of the growing film community in southern California . His first starring role

630-562: The old Boys' High School in Brooklyn . The family then moved to Baltimore , Maryland and he went to The Baltimore City College . He attended in 1902-1904 and later was inducted into the school's alumni/faculty Hall of Fame in 1959. He was a student at Oberlin College where he majored in German. He was asked to leave after he climbed to the top of a building and, after a crowd gathered, threw off

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660-676: The play's run, and Horton made the Capra film. In late 1963 Edward Everett Horton joined the national touring company of the Broadway hit A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum , alongside co-stars Jerry Lester , Arnold Stang , and Erik Rhodes . The show ran eleven months. From 1945 to 1947, Horton hosted radio's Kraft Music Hall . An early television appearance came in the play Sham , shown on The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre on December 13, 1948. During

690-461: The popular PBS program, " Do You Speak American? " for helping him manage his Canadian accent. PBT alumni have won (at least): four Academy Awards (Oscars), nine Tony Awards , three SAG Awards , four Golden Globes , six Golden Laurel Awards , a People's Choice Award , three New York Film Critics' Circle Awards, two Cannes Film Festival Awards, 15 Emmy Awards and, is represented by five stars on Hollywood's Walk of Fame . In February 2013,

720-451: The province. The second largest in Cuba , Matanzas province is largely flat, with its highest point (Pan de Matanzas) at only 380m above sea level . The north-western coast is largely rocky, with a few beaches, while the north-eastern coast has numerous small cays of its coast (part of Sabana-Camaguey Archipelago ), and scrubland and mangroves near the shoreline. Cuba's northernmost point

750-470: The rigorous summer-stock training ground at the famous theatre school. This group includes Rob Reiner , Al Brooks , André Bishop (founder of Playwrights Horizons and Artistic Director of Theatres at Lincoln Center ), news legend Andy Lack (former president of NBC News , producer of " 60 Minutes ", former CEO of Sony BMG and current CEO of the Bloomberg LP multimedia group), Curtis Sliwa (founder of

780-535: The same time. One project would be in progress while the second project suddenly came up sooner than expected, forcing Horton to make other arrangements. In 1953, Horton announced on the ABC-TV game show The Name's the Same that his next picture would be one of the Ma and Pa Kettle comedies. A scheduling conflict compelled Horton to bow out, and his role in Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

810-399: The ways. They were just as glad to see me go as I was to get out." That concluded Horton's collegiate period. Horton had begun his stage career at age 20 in 1906, singing and dancing and playing small parts in productions during his brief college experiences, then vaudeville and Broadway productions. His father persuaded him to adopt his full name professionally. "Originally, I went under

840-571: Was an American character actor . He had a long career in film, theater, radio, television, and voice work for animated cartoons. Horton was born March 18, 1886, on Long Island to Edward Everett Horton, a typesetter / compositor in the press room for The New York Times , and his wife, Isabella S. (née Diack) Horton. His father was of English and German ancestry, and his mother was born in Matanzas Province , Cuba , to George and Mary (née Orr) Diack, natives of Scotland . He first attended

870-421: Was in the silent film comedy Too Much Business (1922), and he portrayed the lead role of an idealistic young classical music composer in the comedy Beggar on Horseback (1925). In 1927–29, he starred in eight two-reel silent comedies produced by Harold Lloyd for Paramount Pictures release. He made the transition to sound films with Educational Pictures in 1929, in a series of sound-comedy playlets. As

900-455: Was played by Alan Mowbray . In 1960, Horton was approached by his former director Frank Capra to work in the new film Pocketful of Miracles . Horton wanted to rejoin Capra, but had a commitment to finish a stage run of the play Once Upon a Mattress ; the show wouldn't be closing for another two weeks. Horton phoned Buster Keaton , who had played the same role in an earlier production, and asked if Keaton could replace him. Keaton finished

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