Frank Perry

Directing

Frank Perry

Born August 21, 1930 · New York City

Died August 29, 1995 · aged 65

Frank Joseph Perry, Jr. (August 21, 1930 – August 29, 1995) was an American director.

Known For

DocDoc · 1971
Doc
★ 6.21971
MovieWestern
Doc Holliday travels to Tombstone, Ariz., with prostitute Katie Elder. Although the trip is difficult because Doc is ill with tuberculosis, they eventually reach their destination, where Holliday is reunited with his old friend Marshal Wyatt Earp, who has been clashing with the Clanton gang. Tensions between Earp and the Clantons rise until their infamous final showdown brings it to a head.
Mommie DearestMommie Dearest · 1981
Mommie Dearest
★ 6.41981
MovieDrama
Renowned film star Joan Crawford's abuse towards Christina, her adopted daughter, intensifies as her professional and romantic relationships turn sour.
The SwimmerThe Swimmer · 1968
The Swimmer
★ 7.31968
MovieDrama
A man spends a summer day swimming home via all the pools in his quiet suburban neighborhood.
Diary of a Mad HousewifeDiary of a Mad Housewife · 1970
Diary of a Mad Housewife
★ 6.21970
MovieComedyDrama
Tina Balser is a bored New York housewife-mother married to Jonathan, a pompous, social-climbing lawyer who ridicules her in front of their children, criticizing everything she does or wears. She begins an affair with George Prager, a dashing, successful, and blatantly sadistic writer.
Last SummerLast Summer · 1969
Last Summer
★ 6.21969
MovieDrama
During summer vacation on Fire Island, three young people become very close. When an uncool girl tries to infiltrate the trio's newly found relationship, they construct an elaborate plot that has violent results.
Hello AgainHello Again · 1987
Hello Again
★ 5.71987
MovieFantasyComedy
A suburban housewife chokes to death and is brought back to life by a spell cast by her wacky sister.
David and LisaDavid and Lisa · 1962
David and Lisa
★ 7.21962
MovieDramaRomance
Teenager David Clemens develops a hysterical fear that he will die if he comes into physical contact with another person. Perturbed, David's overbearing mother places him in a home for mentally disturbed young people, but David remains withdrawn from the other patients and his psychiatrist. Over time, however, David grows interested in 15-year-old Lisa, who suffers from multiple personalities – one who can only speak in rhyme, and the other, a mute.
Play It as It LaysPlay It as It Lays · 1972
Play It as It Lays
★ 6.11972
MovieDrama
Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather work on his career than on his relationship with her, numbs herself with drugs and sex with strangers. Only her friendship with a sensitive gay movie producer, B.Z., offers a semblance of solace. But even that relationship proves to be fleeting amidst the empty decadence of Hollywood.

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ABC Stage 67ABC Stage 67 · 1966
ABC Stage 67
★ 6.81966
SeriesDramaDocumentary
ABC Stage 67 is the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly shows that included dramas, variety shows, documentaries, and original musicals. It premiered on American Broadcasting Company on September 14, 1966 with Murray Schisgal's The Love Song of Barney Kempinksi, directed by Stanley Prager and starring Alan Arkin as a man enjoying the sights and sounds of New York City in his last remaining hours of bachelorhood. Arkin was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance By An Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama and the program was nominated as Outstanding Dramatic Program. Future programs included appearances by Petula Clark, Bobby Darin, Sir Laurence Olivier, Albert Finney, Peter Sellers, David Frost, and Jack Paar. ABC's effort to bring culture to the masses was a noble but unsuccessful experiment. Scheduled first against I Spy on Wednesdays and then The Dean Martin Show on Thursdays, the show consistently received low ratings. Its last production, an adaptation of Jean Cocteau's one-woman play The Human Voice starring Ingrid Bergman, aired on May 4, 1967. "Stage 67" was not actually a part of the primary ABC facilities in Los Angeles. It was produced at the old Monogram Studios backlot that was later sold to KCET.

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