24-590: The Big Gamble may refer to: The Big Gamble (1931 film) The Big Gamble (1961 film) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The Big Gamble . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Big_Gamble&oldid=932724228 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
48-470: A car to pursue Johnny. What follows is a surprisingly exciting car chase down side streets and across train tracks. In the chase, North attempts to get his gun back and falls out of the car in the process, dying. In the end, there is a terrible crash, but Johnny is pulled from the wreckage and makes a recovery while Alan and Beverly embrace their future together. (Cast list per American Film Institute database. ) This 1930s drama film-related article
72-405: A local Mob boss named North to help him get his affairs in order before he kills himself. If North will stake him for what he owes, he will name him as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy which North can collect on after he commits suicide. North initially rejects the offer, pointing out that a life insurance policy would have a clause in it about suicide, preventing it from paying out before
96-526: A qualifying festival for the Short Films category for the annual Academy Awards . The festival has paid tribute to numerous influential filmmakers and artists over the years, including Agnès Varda , Pedro Almodóvar and David Lynch as guest artistic directors, and has screened scores of films that have gone on to win Oscar nominations and awards. The movies selected by AFI are assigned to different sections for
120-481: A year and a day, but he later accepts under his own conditions. First, that the price of the policy be raised to $ 100,000. Second, that Alan live for precisely one year and one day to satisfy the conditions of the policy, and Third, that he marry a woman named Beverly who would then collect on his life insurance policy as a proxy for the payments, and ensure that he doesn't skip town. Alan, having no other options, accepts, and he and Beverly are immediately wed. While Alan
144-518: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . American Film Institute The American Film Institute ( AFI ) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States . AFI is supported by private funding and public membership fees. The institute is composed of leaders from the film, entertainment, business, and academic communities. The board of trustees
168-491: Is a training program committed to educating and mentoring participants in an effort to increase the number of women working professionally in screen directing. In this tuition-free program, each participant is required to complete a short film by the end of the year-long program. Alumnae of the program include Maya Angelou , Anne Bancroft , Dyan Cannon , Ellen Burstyn , Jennifer Getzinger , Lesli Linka Glatter , Lily Tomlin , Susan Oliver and Nancy Malone . AFI released
192-520: Is a web-based filmographic database. A research tool for film historians, the catalog consists of entries on more than 60,000 feature films and 17,000 short films produced from 1893 to 2011, as well as AFI Awards Outstanding Movies of the Year from 2000 through 2010. Early print copies of this catalog may also be found at local libraries. Created in 2000, the AFI Awards honor the ten outstanding films ("Movies of
216-433: Is chaired by Kathleen Kennedy and the board of directors chaired by Robert A. Daly guide the organization, which is led by President and CEO , film historian Bob Gazzale . Prior leaders were founding director George Stevens Jr. (from the organization's inception in 1967 until 1980) and Jean Picker Firstenberg (from 1980 to 2007). The American Film Institute was founded by a 1965 presidential mandate announced in
240-483: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Big Gamble (1931 film) The Big Gamble is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Fred Niblo and written by Walter DeLeon and F. McGrew Willis. The film stars William Boyd , Dorothy Sebastian , Warner Oland and James Gleason . The film was released on September 4, 1931 by RKO Pictures . When Alan Beckwith hits rock bottom, he approaches
264-712: Is forced to marry for money, Beverly does it to protect her brother, who is also in debt to North, and will be paying back *his* debt with the money she earns from this job "babysitting" Alan. Her brother Johnny initially doesn't understand why his sister married a complete stranger, and gets upset when he discovers she has done it to save him. As time goes by, Alan and Beverly grow fond of each other, and after 6 months they endeavor to work as hard as possible to raise enough money to buy out North so that Alan will not have to die. Amazingly, by December 30th Alan has raised enough money to not only pay North back what he has spent, but to also give him an additional $ 5,000, however, North refuses
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#1733085530040288-583: Is highly selective, with a maximum of 140 graduates per year. In 2013, Emmy and Oscar -winning director, producer, and screenwriter James L. Brooks ( As Good as It Gets , Broadcast News , Terms of Endearment ) joined as the artistic director of the AFI Conservatory where he provides leadership for the film program. Brooks' artistic role at the AFI Conservatory has a rich legacy that includes Daniel Petrie, Jr. , Robert Wise , and Frank Pierson . Award-winning director Bob Mandel served as dean of
312-520: Is the American Film Institute’s annual celebration of artistic excellence. It is a showcase for the best festival films of the year as selected by AFI and an opportunity for master filmmakers and emerging artists to come together with audiences in New York . It is the only festival of its stature that is free to the public. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognizes AFI Fest as
336-472: The AFI Conservatory , an accredited graduate film school located in the hills above Hollywood, California, providing training in six filmmaking disciplines: cinematography , directing , editing , producing , production design , and screenwriting . Mirroring a professional production environment, Fellows collaborate to make more films than any other graduate level program. Admission to AFI Conservatory
360-638: The AFI Conservatory , an accredited graduate school. AFI moved its presentation of first-run and auteur films from the Kennedy Center to the historic AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center , which hosts the AFI DOCS film festival, making AFI the largest nonprofit film exhibitor in the world. AFI educates audiences and recognizes artistic excellence through its awards programs and 10 Top 10 Lists . In 2017, then-aspiring filmmaker Ilana Bar-Din Giannini claimed that
384-1019: The Rose Garden of the White House by Lyndon B. Johnson —to establish a national arts organization to preserve the legacy of American film heritage, educate the next generation of filmmakers, and honor the artists and their work. Two years later, in 1967, AFI was established, supported by the National Endowment for the Arts , the Motion Picture Association of America and the Ford Foundation . The original 22-member Board of Trustees included actor Gregory Peck as chairman and actor Sidney Poitier as vice-chairman, as well as director Francis Ford Coppola , film historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. , lobbyist Jack Valenti , and other representatives from
408-765: The AFI Conservatory for nine years. Jan Schuette took over as dean in 2014 and served until 2017. Film producer Richard Gladstein was dean from 2017 until 2019, when Susan Ruskin was appointed. AFI Conservatory's alumni have careers in film, television and on the web. They have been recognized with all of the major industry awards—Academy Award, Emmy Award, guild awards, and the Tony Award . AFI operates two film festivals: AFI Fest in Los Angeles, and AFI Docs (formally known as Silverdocs) in Silver Spring, Maryland , and Washington, D.C. Commonly shortened to AFI Fest , it
432-581: The AFI expelled her after she accused Dezso Magyar of sexually harassing her in the early 1980s. AFI educational and cultural programs include: In 1969, the institute established the AFI Conservatory for Advanced Film Studies at Greystone, the Doheny Mansion in Beverly Hills , California . The first class included filmmakers Terrence Malick , Caleb Deschanel , and Paul Schrader . That program grew into
456-646: The Dog (2021), Anthony Hopkins 's The Father (2020), Noah Baumbach 's Marriage Story (2019), Peter Farrelly 's Green Book (2018), Luca Guadagnino 's Call Me by Your Name (2017), Damien Chazelle 's La La Land (2016), and Adam McKay 's The Big Short (2015). Held annually in June, AFI Docs (formerly Silverdocs) is a documentary festival in Washington, D.C. The festival attracts over 27,000 documentary enthusiasts. The AFI Catalog, started in 1968,
480-638: The Year") and ten outstanding television programs ("TV Programs of the Year"). The awards are a non-competitive acknowledgment of excellence. The awards are announced in December, and a private luncheon for award honorees takes place the following January. The AFI 100 Years... series , which ran from 1998 to 2008 and created jury-selected lists of America's best movies in categories such as Musicals, Laughs and Thrills, prompted new generations to experience classic American films. The juries consisted of over 1,500 artists, scholars, critics, and historians. Citizen Kane
504-672: The arts and academia. The institute established a training program for filmmakers known then as the Center for Advanced Film Studies. Also created in the early years were a repertory film exhibition program at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the AFI Catalog of Feature Films — a scholarly source for American film history. The institute moved to its current eight-acre Hollywood campus in 1981. The film training program grew into
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#1733085530040528-409: The buyout unless Alan can produce the $ 100,000 that he is worth to him dead. Dejected, Alan returns home and delivers the bad news, which sends Johnny out after North, determined to kill him to save Alan. Johnny is captured, and Alan is too when he arrives to stop him, but after Johnny is taken into a car to "go for a ride", Alan manages to turn the tables on North by grabbing his gun, and they get into
552-714: The festival; these include Galas/Red Carpet Premieres, Special Screenings, Documentaries, Discovery, and Short Film Competition. Formerly named Galas, it is AFI Fest’s section for the most highly anticipated films at the festival, presenting selected feature-length movies from world-class filmmakers and artisans. Although it is a very restrictive selection, usually presenting between three and seven movies at most, many films selected by AFI for this section eventually also earn an Academy Award Best Picture nomination. Examples include Bradley Cooper 's Maestro (2023), Steven Spielberg 's The Fabelmans (2022), Will Smith 's King Richard (2021), Jane Campion 's The Power of
576-674: Was voted the greatest American film twice. The AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center is a moving image exhibition, education and cultural center located in Silver Spring, Maryland. Anchored by the restoration of noted architect John Eberson's historic 1938 Silver Theatre, it features 32,000 square feet of new construction housing two stadium theatres, office and meeting space, and reception and exhibit areas. The AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center presents film and video programming, augmented by filmmaker interviews, panels, discussions, and musical performances. The Directing Workshop for Women
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