From this he was awarded a starring role opposite Kim Darby in The Strawberry Statement (1970), an offbeat social commentary about 60s college radicalism, and in the cult horror flick Willard (1971) in which he bonded notoriously with a herd of rats.Moving further into the 70s decade, his film load did not increase significantly as expected and the ones he did appear in were no great shakes. "Twelve photographers look at us. Living off the Land (1986) Television documentary featuring Willy Royka and Emily Royka, Director: Bruce Davidson, Time-Life Broadcasting, Acacia Productions, Otmoor Productions, Producer J. Edward Milner, Series Editor: John Edginton, Associate Producer: Nikki Nagasiri, Caption 'First prize in the animal life classification was awarded to Bruce L. Davidson of Oak Park-River Forest (III.)
(2016). ", Chahroudi, M. (1987). Bruce took over the role of the severely deformed John Merrick as "The Elephant Man" on Broadway; portrayed Clarence in "Richard III" at the New York Shakespeare Festival; was directed by Henry Fonda in "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial"; played a moving Tom Wingfield opposite Jessica Tandy's Amanda in "The Glass Menagerie"; received a second Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for his work in the AIDS play "The Normal Heart"; and finished off the decade gathering up fine reviews in the amusing A.R. In 1972 Bruce married actress Jess Walton who appeared briefly as a college student in The Strawberry Statement (1970) and later became a daytime soap opera fixture. "Bad Boys: Bruce Davidson's Gang Photographs and Outlaw Masculinity.". He is known for photographing communities usually hostile to outsiders. [5] She was old enough to have known Toulouse-Lautrec, Renoir and Gauguin.
'1952 Kingpins in the World of Photography'. The marriage was quickly annulled the following year.The 1980s was also dominated by strong theater performances. Bruce married actress Lisa Pelikan in 1986 (well over a decade after his first marriage ended) and they have one son, Ethan, born in 1996. Afterimage, 30(6), Zakia, Richard D. (1993). [19] In support of the project, Davidson received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1961,[20] and the project was displayed in 1963 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York; and curator John Szarkowski included pictures from the project in a 1966 solo exhibition, and they were also included in The Negro American, a 1966 collection of essays on the status of African-Americans. ", Stringfellow, W. (1978). [14][4] Their leader was also the subject of extensive interviews by Davidson's wife-to-be Emily Haas (they married in 1967), later published with his photographs. ", His photograph from the Brooklyn Gang series of a couple preening in front of a mirrored cigarette machine at Coney Island is on the cover of Reading Magnum: A visual archive of the modern world, in which Steven Hoelscher rates the image as 'iconic'. by Bruce Davidson This volume presents Bruce Davidson's personal selections from his lesser-known color archive, from a period of nearly 60 years. On TV, he scored in mini-movie productions of Mourning Becomes Electra (1978), Deadman's Curve (1978) (portraying Dean Torrence of the surf-era pop duo Jan and Dean) and, most of all, Summer of My German Soldier (1978) co-starring Kristy McNichol as a German prisoner of war in the American South who falls for a lonely Jewish-American girl.
Born on exactly the same date as Gilda Radner (of "Saturday Night Live" fame, AKA Mrs. Gene Wilder). With another grant from the American Film Institute he produced a 28-minute dramatisation Isaac Singer’s Nightmare and Mrs. Pupko’s Beard (1972) which appeared on Public Television and won first prize in its class in the 1972 American Film Festival. The year after that he was seen off-Broadway in "A Home Away from Home" and appeared at the Lincoln Center in the cast of "King Lear.
No need to waste time endlessly browsing—here's the entire lineup of new movies and TV shows streaming on Netflix this month. (1984). Earning strong theatrical roles in "The Skin of Our Teeth," "The Little Foxes" and "A Life in the Theatre," he won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for his work in "Streamers" in 1977.
While hardly lacking for work on film (Kiss My Grits (1982), Crimes of Passion (1984), Spies Like Us (1985), and The Ladies Club (1986)), few of them made use of his talents and range.It was not until he was cast in the ground-breaking gay drama Longtime Companion (1989) that his film career revitalized. [4], In 1958, he became an associate member of the Magnum Photos agency and a full member a year later. "Two critics Look at Davidson's ‘East 100th St.’.".