With “Planes, Trains & Automobiles” in 1987, Candy emerged as a major star. He and Steve Martin portrayed two disparate and desperate travelers trying to get home. “Candy has never been more boisterously cracked than he is here,” said the Post. Said Martin on learning of his colleague...
nothing grinds my gears worse than some chowderhead that doesn’t know when to keep his big trap shut. If you catch me running off with my mouth, just give me a poke on the chubbs.” Del (John Candy), “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” (1987) ...
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Technology and the Suburban Nightmare in the Plays of John Dos PassosDos Passos spent much of his childhood in hotel rooms. His mother, the mistress of a prominent attorney, traveled extensively throughout Europe and America with her son, and he grew accustomed...
Thanksgiving is fast upon us, and I have a great movie to recommend (besides the standards we watch every year: PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES and DEAR GOD.) The movie is MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (the original black and white with Edmund Gwenn, Natalie Wood, Maureen O’Hara, and John P...
John Candy. Actor: Planes, Trains & Automobiles. Candy was one of Canada's greatest and funniest character actors. His well-known role as the big-hearted buffoon earned him classic appearances in Uncle Buck (1989) and Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987).
DRESSED FOR SUCCESS: Aviation pioneer Orville Wright (1871 – 1958) sits in one of his biplanes dressed in a three-piece suit and a cap, Dayton, Ohio, 1909. (ge.com) * * * No Love Parade, This French singer and actor Maurice Chevalier made his Hollywood debut in 1928 and quickly ...
ten by John Hughes. Worst-Case Scenario PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES Directed and Written by John Hughes.Worst-Case Scenario PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES Directed and Written by John Hughes.SchickelRichardTime
NIGHTY NIGHT…In 1934 American Airlines was the only airline offering “sleeper planes,” as the ad at left claimed. The head of American Airlines, C.R. Smith, was obsessed with customer service and the amenities offered on his Curtiss Condors—roomy airplanes with sleeping berths that Margaret...
John Hughes. Writer: Planes, Trains & Automobiles. John Hughes was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter. He was credited for creating some of the most memorable comedy films of the 1980s and the 1990s, when he was at the height of h
Candy's career rebounded in 1987 with the popular comedy Planes, Trains & Automobiles, which also starred Steve Martin. That same year, he had a memorable yet brief appearance in Mel Brooks' Star Wars spoof Spaceballs. In 1988, he starred opposite Aykroyd in The Great Outdoors, which receive...