Will Geer

  • Herbert J. Biberman – Salt of the Earth (1954)

    1951-1960DramaHerbert J. BibermanPoliticsUSA

    Quote:
    Against the hard and gritty background of a mine workers’ strike in a New Mexican town – a background bristling with resentment against the working and living conditions imposed by the operators of the mine – a rugged and starkly poignant story of a Mexican-American miner and his wife is told in “Salt of the Earth,” a union-sponsored film drama, which opened last night at the Grande Theatre on East Eighty-sixth Street.Read More »

  • Sydney Pollack – Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

    1971-1980AdventureSydney PollackUSAWestern

    Synopsis:
    During the mid-nineteenth century, Jeremiah Johnson, after a stint in the US Army, decides that he would prefer a life of solitude and more importantly peace by living with nature in the mountains of the frontier of the American west. This plan entails finding a piece of land upon which to build a house. This quest ends up being not quite what he envisioned as he does require the assistance of others to find his footing, and in turn he amasses friends and acquaintances along the way, some who become more a part of his life than he would have imagined.Read More »

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