Christopher Fry - Turner Classic Movies

About

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Birth Place

Bristol, England, GB

Born

December 18, 1907

Died

June 30, 2005

Filmography

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The Bible...In the Beginning (1966)

Barabbas (1962)

Contract Writer

The Beggar's Opera (1953)

The Beggar's Opera (1953)

A Respectable Trade (1998)

Production Assistant

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Bible: In The Beginning... The (1966) -- (Movie Clip) God Created The Heaven

Bible: In The Beginning... The (1966) -- (Movie Clip) Children Of Eve

Biography

Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

The Bible...In the Beginning (1966)

Barabbas (1962)

Contract Writer

The Beggar's Opera (1953)

Music (Feature Film)

The Beggar's Opera (1953)

Assistant Direction (Special)

Great Expectations (1999)

Assistant Director

Film Production - Main (Special)

A Respectable Trade (1998)

Production Assistant

Life Events

Videos

Bible: In The Beginning... The (1966) -- (Movie Clip) God Created The Heaven No discernible conflict between Genesis (from which Christopher Fry’s screenplay and director John Huston’s narration is loosely derived) and geology in the opening of the American-Italian Dino De Laurentis production, featuring Richard Harris, George C. Scott and Ava Gardner, The Bible: In The Beginning…, 1966.

Bible: In The Beginning... The (1966) -- (Movie Clip) Children Of Eve Now past Creation, the Garden of Eden and original sin, John Huston continues directing and narrating, introducing the first promoted actor, Richard Harris as Cain, and then-unknown Italian still photographer Franco Nero as Abel, in The Bible: In The Beginning…, 1966.

Bible: In The Beginning... The (1966) -- (Movie Clip) The Glory Of Nimrod After the flood (in which the director and narrator, John Huston, played Noah) and intermission, the story of the Tower Of Babel, with barely recognizable Stephen Boyd as Nimrod, and large spectacle, in Dino De Laurentis’ Genesis-based epic The Bible: In The Beginning…, 1966.

Bible: In The Beginning... The (1966) -- (Movie Clip) A Man Called Abram After a bad episode with the Tower of Babel, director John Huston still narrating, loosely from Genesis, the first reference to a promised land and the introduction of George C. Scott as Abram (a.k.a. Abraham), and Ava Gardner as his wife Sarah, in the American-Italian The Bible: In The Beginning…, 1966.

Bible: In The Beginning... The (1966) -- (Movie Clip) And God Created Woman Director John Huston has narrated his way through the creation of the first man, Adam (Michael Parks), and now introduces the woman Eve (Ulla Bergryd), skipping the part about the rib, shooting at a botanical garden near rome, in Dino De Laurentis’ The Bible: In The Beginning…, 1966.

Ben-Hur (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Down Eros Up Mars! Judah (Charlton Heston) greets boyhood friend Messala (Steven Boyd), returned as a Roman tribune to Judea in their first scene together in William Wyler’s Ben-Hur, 1959.

Ben-Hur (1959) -- (Movie Clip) No Water For Him! Judah (Charlton Heston) is being made an example for fellow slaves being driven through Judea when a long-haired carpenter (Claude Heater) offers water in a key scene from William Wyler’s Ben-Hur 1959.

Ben-Hur (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Your Eyes Are Full Of Hate, Forty-One We've just met Commander Quintus Arrius (Jack Hawkins) inspecting his fleet and taking note of spirited galley-slave "forty-one," (a.k.a. Judah, Charlton Heston) in Ben-Hur, 1959.

Ben-Hur (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Anno Domini Narration by Finlay Currie is followed by the arrival of Joseph and Mary in Bethlehem, the rising of a star, the approach of three kings, all this before the opening credits in William Wyler's Ben-Hur, 1959.

Ben-Hur (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Who Does Not Agree? Messala (Stephen Boyd) demands that Judah (Charlton Heston) give him the names of Judeans who don’t wish to submit to Roman rule in William Wyler’s Ben-Hur, 1959.

Ben-Hur (1959) -- (Movie Clip) New Governor Tirzah (Cathy O’Donnell) knocks loose a roof tile as the governor enters Jerusalem, causing Messala (Stephen Boyd) to arrest her, Judah (Charlton Heston) and Miriam (Martha Scott) in Ben-Hur, 1959.

Ben-Hur (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Hail, Arrius! Big reception in Rome for the victorious Arrius (Jack Hawkins) and his sidekick (Charlton Heston) who draws the attention of the Emperor Tiberius (George Relph) in William Wyler’s Ben-Hur, 1959.

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