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I Now Pronounce You Husband and Wife and Co-Stars: Husbands & Wives Who Starred in Movies Together

Instructor
Kurt F. Stone
W484
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Course Description

Most movie buffs are well aware of famous costarring teams: Powell & Loy, Tracy & Hepburn, Stanwyck and MacMurray. Lesser known are the costars who were married to one another in real life Interestingly, lawfully married couples rarely played husbands-and-wives on screen. The eight films we will screen costar real-life husbands and wives. With few exceptions, these couples had amongst the longest marriages in all Hollywood history.

Lectures

  1. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall: "Dark Passage", (1947) -The third of their four movies together, Bogart stars as an escaped convict who pairs up with Bacall to try to prove his innocence.
  2. Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester: "Rembrandt", (1936) - One of nearly a dozen pictures in which they co-starred, this is unquestionably the best.
  3. Lawrence Olivier and Vivian Leigh: "That Hamilton Woman", (1941) - The story of a notorious French courtesan and the man she married, Lord Nelson.
  4. Taylor and Burton: "The Taming of the Shrew", (1967) - A sparkling rendition of Shakespearean fluff.
  5. Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne: "The Guardsman" (1931) - America’s “First Couple of the Theatre” only made one film together...and it was utterly brilliant.
  6. Frederic March and Florence Eldridge: "Les Misérables", (1935) - Among the best stage actors ever to star in motion pictures, they made  seven films together.
  7. Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward: "The Long Hot Summer", (1958) - From a Faulkner short story.
  8. Warren Beatty and Annette Bening: "Bugsy", (1991) - The story of how Benjamin (“Bugsy”) Siegel invented Las Vegas.

Course Info

  • Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Date: Thursdays, January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 10, 17, 24; March 3
  • Location: Friedberg Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Building
  • Fees: Member - $120
    Non-member - $160
    One-time guest pass, Member or Non-member at the door - $25.

About the Instructor

  • FAU's "Hollywood Brat," Dr. Kurt F. Stone is now in his 27th year with Lifelong Learning. A man who wears many, many hats (medical ethicist, best-selling author, essayist, historian, blogger and ordained rabbi), Kurt is the recent recipient of the "Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award" by "Who's Who in America." His intense love and knowledge of film is, as he has long said, "is the best part of my genetic make-up." ." In 2023, Dr. Stone was the recipient of the “Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award” presented by “Who’s Who in America.”

    Recipient of the 2004 Excellence in Teaching Award