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Der Himmel über Berlin
Siegessäule (Victory Column), Großer Stern, Berlin
I was able to resist the heavenly temptation to colour the photo in sepia tones.
"Wings of Desire (German: Der Himmel über Berlin, lit. 'The Heaven/Sky over Berlin' [...] is a 1987 romantic fantasy film directed by Wim Wenders. The film is about invisible, immortal angels who populate Berlin and listen to the thoughts of its human inhabitants, comforting the distressed. Even though the city is densely populated, many of the people are isolated or estranged from their loved ones. One of the angels, played by Bruno Ganz, falls in love with a beautiful, lonely trapeze artist, played by Solveig Dommartin. The angel chooses to become mortal so that he can experience human sensory pleasures, ranging from enjoying food to touching a loved one, and so that he can discover human love with the trapeze artist.
Inspired by art depicting angels visible around West Berlin, at the time encircled by the Berlin Wall, Wenders and author Peter Handke conceived of the story and continued to develop the screenplay throughout the French and German co-production. The film was shot by Henri Alekan in both colour and a sepia-toned black-and-white, the latter being used to represent the world as seen by the angels. The cast includes Otto Sander, Curt Bois and Peter Falk.
For Wings of Desire, Wenders won awards for Best Director at both the Cannes Film Festival and European Film Awards. The film was a critical and financial success, and academics have interpreted it as a statement of the importance of cinema, libraries, the circus, or German unity, containing New Age, religious, secular or other themes. [...]" (Wikipedia)
"[...] In 1864, after the German-Danish War, the Prussian King William I suggested the setting of monuments on the battlefields as well as in Berlin. He entrusted the court building officer Heinrich Strack with the implementation of all projects. [...] Within a few years, two more victorious wars followed, the German War against Austria in 1866 and the Franco-German War in 1870–1871. The three segments of the Victory Column and the crowning bronze sculpture of Victoria were meant to commemorate the victories. The monument was 60.5 meters high.
The Victory Column was inaugurated [...] on September 2, 1873 [...].
In 1938–1939, the column was moved 1.6 kilometers west of Königsplatz to its current location, the Großer Stern, and was [a little hastily (photographer's note)] increased to its current size [of 67 m] by a fourth column drum. [...]" (Translated from German Wikipedia entry)
photo in Explore 14.10.2020
We came across this statue of Peter Falk (AKA Columbo) on our trip to Budapest. Although Peter Falk was born in the US, his blood line is partially Hungarian (mother's side - also Czech). They even named a street after him! I'm a hugh fan of Columbo's laid back style.
La Peugeot 403 Cabriolet de Columbo - 01
Styled by Pininfarina, the popular French family car Peugeot 403 made its debut in 1955. A two-door Convertible Version on which the 6-wide model is based was launched the following year (1956).
Inspired by the American television series Columbo.
Convertible - 01
Styled by Pininfarina, the popular French family car Peugeot 403 made its debut in 1955. A two-door Convertible Version on which the 6-wide model is based was launched the following year (1956).
Inspired by the American television series Columbo.
Hidden by high rises, tiny Westwood Village Cemetery is the final resting place of countless Hollywood celebrities. Los Angeles.
La Peugeot 403 Cabriolet de Columbo - 02
Styled by Pininfarina, the popular French family car Peugeot 403 made its debut in 1955. A two-door Convertible Version on which the 6-wide model is based was launched the following year (1956).
Inspired by the American television series Columbo.
En marchant dans Budapest, nous trouvons de jolies statues, telle celle de Peter Falk (1927-2011) en Colombo, avec son fameux chien (juste appelé "Le Chien").
La statue est située rue Miksa Falk. La légende veut qu'il s'agisse de son arrière-grand-père (1828-1908), rédacteur en chef du "Pester Lloyd", le journal historique hongrois de langue allemande de Budapest. La vérité ne rejoint pas la légende, semble-t-il, mais ce n'est pas grave.
Walking through Budapest, we have seen that statue of Peter Falk (1927-2011) playing Columbo, with his dog (called "Dog").
It is on a street named "Falk Miksa utca" (Miksa Falk street). According to stories, Miksa Falk (1828-1908) was one of his ancestor, chief editor of "Pester Lloyd", the historical Hungarian newspaper in German. But, as it seems, it is only a nice story, not the truth.
La statue est un bronze de Géza Fekete (2014)
It is a bronze statue made by Géza Fekete (2014)
Vintage French postcard. Polygram, Universal.
Peter Falk (1927-2011) was an American actor, best known for his portrayal of shabby and deceptively absent-minded Inspector Columbo in the classic crime series Columbo (1971-1978 and 1989-2003). Falk was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for Murder, Inc. (1960) and Pocketful of Miracles (1961), and won his first Emmy Award in 1962 for The Dick Powell Theatre. He was also known for his collaborations with filmmaker, actor, and friend John Cassavetes, acting in films such as Husbands (1970) and A Woman Under the Influence (1974).
Convertible - 03
Styled by Pininfarina, the popular French family car Peugeot 403 made its debut in 1955. A two-door Convertible Version on which the 6-wide model is based was launched the following year (1956).
Inspired by the American television series Columbo.
Alternate Model (unfinished)
Styled by Pininfarina, the popular French family car Peugeot 403 made its debut in 1955. A two-door Convertible Version on which the 6-wide model is based was launched the following year (1956).
Inspired by the American television series Columbo.
Convertible - 04
Styled by Pininfarina, the popular French family car Peugeot 403 made its debut in 1955. A two-door Convertible Version on which the 6-wide model is based was launched the following year (1956).
Inspired by the American television series Columbo.
From the car collection on Aalholm castle in Nysted, Denmark.
This car were part of the movie "The Great Race" (1965) with Jack Lemmon and Peter Falk.
This photo were taken with my very first SLR camera. A Minolta SR-1 with a 58 mm lens.
Convertible - 02
Styled by Pininfarina, the popular French family car Peugeot 403 made its debut in 1955. A two-door Convertible Version on which the 6-wide model is based was launched the following year (1956).
Inspired by the American television series Columbo.
French postcard by Polygram Collections, 2005. Photo: Universal Studio. Postcard to promote the DVD release of L'Intégrale de Colombo - La Collection officielle.
Peter Falk (1927-2011) was an American actor, best known for his portrayal of shabby and deceptively absent-minded Inspector Columbo in the classic crime series Columbo (1971-1978 and 1989-2003). Falk was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for Murder, Inc. (1960) and Pocketful of Miracles (1961), and won his first Emmy Award in 1962 for The Dick Powell Theatre. He was also known for his collaborations with filmmaker, actor, and friend John Cassavetes, acting in films such as Husbands (1970) and A Woman Under the Influence (1974).
When I was growing up one of my favourite movies I saw with my mother was called "The In-Laws" with Peter Falk and Alan Arkin. By far, the most memorable scene in the movie for me was when the two main characters were being shot at and the only way to avoid getting killed was to run serpentine.
It worked for them and it's worked for me over the years. I've recently taught it to Hannah when we're at the park and so far, she hasn't been shot either.
Old movie posters and art work of book covers.
Location: second hand book market every Friday afternoon at Spui square in Amsterdam.
Technical notes: Contax G1 and 45mm F2 Carl Zeiss on 400 asa film (rebranded by Hema department store) Scanned with a Nikon Coolscan V Ed (LS-50) + VueScan.
The 1963 comedy It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (top) was shot all over the Los Angeles and surrounding areas. These are a few locations that I have managed to capture.
This is Ocean Blvd at Linden Ave in Long Beach.
Vintage French postcard. Ed. Damilla, Paris.
Peter Falk (1927-2011) was an American actor, best known for his portrayal of shabby and deceptively absent-minded Inspector Columbo in the classic crime series Columbo (1971-1978 and 1989-2003). Falk was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for Murder, Inc. (1960) and Pocketful of Miracles (1961), and won his first Emmy Award in 1962 for The Dick Powell Theatre. He was also known for his collaborations with filmmaker, actor, and friend John Cassavetes, acting in films such as Husbands (1970) and A Woman Under the Influence (1974).
Aka Broadway..Sadly Peter Falk Died In 2011 Aged 83...Yes Image On The Left From Columbo `Dagger Of The Mind` ....The Metropolitan Police Moved To This Location In 1967 And Will Be Moving Back To The Curtis Green Building In 2016 Some Have Already Vacated And It Will Be Known As Scotland Yard...
French postcard by Polygram Collections, 2005. Photo: Universal Studio. Postcard to promote the DVD release of L'Intégrale de Colombo - La Collection officielle.
Peter Falk (1927-2011) was an American actor, best known for his portrayal of shabby and deceptively absent-minded Inspector Columbo in the classic crime series Columbo (1971-1978 and 1989-2003). Falk was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for Murder, Inc. (1960) and Pocketful of Miracles (1961), and won his first Emmy Award in 1962 for The Dick Powell Theatre. He was also known for his collaborations with filmmaker, actor, and friend John Cassavetes, acting in films such as Husbands (1970) and A Woman Under the Influence (1974).
Peter Michael Falk was born in New York in 1927. He was the son of a Polish-Hungarian-Czech father, Michael Peter Falk, owner of a clothing and dry goods store, and a Russian mother, Madeline (née Hochhauser). Both his parents were Jewish. At the age of three, Falk was diagnosed with a tumour in his right eye, which was surgically removed along with his right eye. Afterwards, Falk wore a glass eye. This resulted in the characteristic uneven width of his eyelid. In high school, the young man was considered athletic and graduated with excellent grades. He gained his first stage experience at the age of twelve, when he appeared in the play 'The Pirates of Penzance'. After finishing school, Falk was initially lost. He attended college for a short time, applied to join the Navy, but was rejected because of his glass eye. At the end of World War II, he spent 18 months at sea as a cook in the Merchant Marines. After the war, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Literature and Political Science and a Master of Public Administration. Eventually, Falk took a job with a tax authority in Hartford, Connecticut. After work, he acted in an amateur theatre group and gained further stage experience. Falk also studied with Eva Le Gallienne, who was giving an acting class at the White Barn Theatre in Westport, Connecticut. In 1955, he obtained a letter of recommendation from Le Gallienne to an agent at the William Morris Agency, and he returned to New York City. He acted in off-Broadway plays, including a revival of 'The Iceman Cometh' directed by Jose Quintero, with Jason Robards playing the lead role of Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman, and small television productions. In 1956, Falk made his Broadway debut in Alexander Ostrovsky's 'Diary of a Scoundrel'. He appeared again on Broadway as an English soldier in Shaw's 'Saint Joan' with Siobhán McKenna. His first film engagement with Columbia Pictures again fell through due to his 'disability,' his glass eye. Studio head Harry Cohn remarked laconically: "For the same salary, I can get an actor with two eyes." In 1958, Falk finally landed his first small film roles in Wind Across the Everglades (Nicholas Ray, 1958), the Canadian thriller The Bloody Brood (Julian Ruffman, 1959), and Pretty Boy Floyd (Herbert J. Leder, 1960), a biopic based on the career of the notorious 1930s outlaw Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd. He played his first major role, the brutal hitman Abe Reles, in the crime film Murder Inc. (Burt Balaban, Stuart Rosenberg, 1960). This was a turning point. The following year, he played 'Joy Boy' in Frank Capra's final film, Pocketful of Miracles (1961). In 1961, Falk earned the distinction of becoming the first actor to be nominated for an Oscar and an Emmy in the same year. He received nominations for his supporting roles in Murder, Inc. and the television program The Law and Mr. Jones. Incredibly, Falk repeated this double nomination in 1962, being nominated again for a supporting actor role in Pocketful of Miracles and best actor in 'The Price of Tomatoes,' an episode of The Dick Powell Show, for which he took home the award. In the 1960s, he appeared in several films, including major hits such as the star-studded comedy It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (Stanley Kramer, 1963), with Spencer Tracy, and opposite Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack members in Robin and the Seven Hoods (Gordon Douglas, 1964). He also acted in The Balcony (Joseph Strick, 1963), a film adaptation of Jean Genet's 1957 play 'The Balcony', also starring Shelley Winters, Lee Grant and Leonard Nimoy. Falk continued to act in the theatre. His first role in a television series was in The Trials of O'Brien (1965-1966), which he co-produced. Despite good reviews, the stories of a Shakespeare-quoting lawyer who defends clients while solving mysteries didn't really resonate with audiences and only ran for 22 episodes.
In 1968, Peter Falk first appeared in the role with which he would become identified: the scruffy, always-clad-in-a-grimy-raincoat, and seemingly slow-witted Detective Columbo. In the TV Movie Murder by Recipe (1968), Falk played Lieutenant Columbo (later Inspector Columbo). Thanks to the success of this television film, a pilot for a series was produced in the fall of 1970. Columbo began as a series in September 1971. Till 1978, 43 episodes of the series were produced for NBC – an average of six per year. Falk tailored the role to himself – with his small stature (1.68 m), his raincoat, his old Peugeot 403 convertible (both props Falk chose himself, over the heads of the producers), his basset hound, who was simply called 'Dog,' his slight speech impediment, and the consistently crooked posture the inspector assumed when asking the perpetrator the very last, incriminating question. Columbo is now considered one of the classic TV series which has been continuously rerun for decades. Columbo viewers always know who the killer is from the very first minutes of each episode. Columbo solves his murder cases by highlighting small inconsistencies in the suspect's story and by persistently pursuing the perpetrator until they confess. Columbo's interrogation technique, in particular, became legendary: at the end of a conversation, Columbo would walk away only to suddenly return: "Oh, just one more thing," or "Oh, I almost forgot," after which the suspect is pointed out an inconsistency. The intriguing look Columbo cast on his victims at such moments was partly due to his (right) prosthetic eye. Peter Falk remained faithful to his role as Columbo for over 35 years, receiving four Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe during that time. The first-season episode 'Blueprint for Murder' was directed by Falk himself. In 1977, Peter Falk married actress Shera Danese, who starred in the Columbo episodes 'Fade into Murder' (with William Shatner) and 'Murder under Glass' (directed by Jonathan Demme). At the end of the 1980s, the Columbo series returned with a new series, for which Falk regularly produced episodes. He also wrote the screenplay for one of them, 'It's All in the Game' (1993). The last episode premiered in late 2003. Over the course of 35 years, Columbo solved a total of 69 cases.
During and after his work on Columbo, Peter Falk also appeared in many feature films and other television series. He starred in the crime comedy The Brink's Job (William Friedkin, 1978) and with Alan Arkin in the action-comedy The In-Laws (Arthur Hiller, 1979). He starred opposite Ann-Margret in the mystery comedy The Cheap Detective (Robert Moore, 1978), played the grandfather in the fantasy The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987), and appeared in the music video for Ghostbusters. He also played the role of Sam Diamond in the comedy Murder by Death (Robert Moore, 1976) and appeared in The Great Muppet Caper (Jim Henson, 1981). Remarkable is his collaboration with filmmaker and friend John Cassavetes, first in Husbands (1970), then in A Woman under the Influence (1974) and, finally, in a cameo, at the end of Opening Night (1977). Cassavetes guest-starred in the Columbo episode 'Étude in Black' in 1972. Falk, in turn, co-starred with Cassavetes in Elaine May's film Mikey and Nicky (1976). In 1987, film director Wim Wenders brought the American to Germany. Falk played himself (the actor Peter Falk) in Wenders's romantic fantasy Der Himmel über Berlin / Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987) about invisible, immortal angels who populate Berlin and listen to the thoughts of its human inhabitants, comforting the distressed. Falk returned in the sequel, Faraway, So Close! (Wim Wenders, 1993). He lent his voice to Don Feinberg in Shark Tale (Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron, Rob Letterman, 2004), and his final film was the comedy American Cowslip (Mark David, 2009). Peter Falk was married twice. In 1960, he married his long-time girlfriend, fashion designer and pianist Alyce Mayo, with whom he had two daughters, Jackie and Catherine, both adopted. In 1977, Falk separated from his wife and married actress Shera Danese, 22 years his junior, with whom he lived until his death. Falk's autobiography, 'Just One More Thing', was published in 2006. At the end of 2008, Falk's daughter, Catherine, petitioned the Los Angeles court for a conservatorship of her father. She argued that he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and that his dementia made him vulnerable to abuse by scammers and fraudsters. He required constant care following recent hip surgery. In 2011, Falk's immediate family announced in a written statement to the press that the actor had died peacefully at home in Beverly Hills. Peter Falk was 83. The cause of death was cardiac arrest, with Alzheimer's disease and pneumonia as underlying causes. Falk is buried in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery. The inscription on his headstone reads: "I'm not here. I'm home with Shera." In 2013, Falk posthumously received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Sources: Wikipedia (English, German and Dutch) and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
For a very very long time now I’ve been a massive fan of Columbo. Played by the magical Peter Falk.
The last time I sculpted him was something like 11 years ago when I was just starting to dabble with sculpting. It felt about time I did something about that.
This was a wonderful piece to make. Made from Super Sculpey and regular Sculpey
French postcard by Polygram Collections, 2005. Photo: Universal Studio. Postcard to promote the DVD release of L'Intégrale de Colombo - La Collection officielle.
Peter Falk (1927-2011) was an American actor, best known for his portrayal of shabby and deceptively absent-minded Inspector Columbo in the classic crime series Columbo (1971-1978 and 1989-2003). Falk was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for Murder, Inc. (1960) and Pocketful of Miracles (1961), and won his first Emmy Award in 1962 for The Dick Powell Theatre. He was also known for his collaborations with filmmaker, actor, and friend John Cassavetes, acting in films such as Husbands (1970) and A Woman Under the Influence (1974).
Peter Michael Falk was born in New York in 1927. He was the son of a Polish-Hungarian-Czech father, Michael Peter Falk, owner of a clothing and dry goods store, and a Russian mother, Madeline (née Hochhauser). Both his parents were Jewish. At the age of three, Falk was diagnosed with a tumour in his right eye, which was surgically removed along with his right eye. Afterwards, Falk wore a glass eye. This resulted in the characteristic uneven width of his eyelid. In high school, the young man was considered athletic and graduated with excellent grades. He gained his first stage experience at the age of twelve, when he appeared in the play 'The Pirates of Penzance'. After finishing school, Falk was initially lost. He attended college for a short time, applied to join the Navy, but was rejected because of his glass eye. At the end of World War II, he spent 18 months at sea as a cook in the Merchant Marines. After the war, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Literature and Political Science and a Master of Public Administration. Eventually, Falk took a job with a tax authority in Hartford, Connecticut. After work, he acted in an amateur theatre group and gained further stage experience. Falk also studied with Eva Le Gallienne, who was giving an acting class at the White Barn Theatre in Westport, Connecticut. In 1955, he obtained a letter of recommendation from Le Gallienne to an agent at the William Morris Agency, and he returned to New York City. He acted in off-Broadway plays, including a revival of 'The Iceman Cometh' directed by Jose Quintero, with Jason Robards playing the lead role of Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman, and small television productions. In 1956, Falk made his Broadway debut in Alexander Ostrovsky's 'Diary of a Scoundrel'. He appeared again on Broadway as an English soldier in Shaw's 'Saint Joan' with Siobhán McKenna. His first film engagement with Columbia Pictures again fell through due to his 'disability,' his glass eye. Studio head Harry Cohn remarked laconically: "For the same salary, I can get an actor with two eyes." In 1958, Falk finally landed his first small film roles in Wind Across the Everglades (Nicholas Ray, 1958), the Canadian thriller The Bloody Brood (Julian Ruffman, 1959), and Pretty Boy Floyd (Herbert J. Leder, 1960), a biopic based on the career of the notorious 1930s outlaw Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd. He played his first major role, the brutal hitman Abe Reles, in the crime film Murder Inc. (Burt Balaban, Stuart Rosenberg, 1960). This was a turning point. The following year, he played 'Joy Boy' in Frank Capra's final film, Pocketful of Miracles (1961). In 1961, Falk earned the distinction of becoming the first actor to be nominated for an Oscar and an Emmy in the same year. He received nominations for his supporting roles in Murder, Inc. and the television program The Law and Mr. Jones. Incredibly, Falk repeated this double nomination in 1962, being nominated again for a supporting actor role in Pocketful of Miracles and best actor in 'The Price of Tomatoes,' an episode of The Dick Powell Show, for which he took home the award. In the 1960s, he appeared in several films, including major hits such as the star-studded comedy It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (Stanley Kramer, 1963), with Spencer Tracy, and opposite Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack members in Robin and the Seven Hoods (Gordon Douglas, 1964). He also acted in The Balcony (Joseph Strick, 1963), a film adaptation of Jean Genet's 1957 play 'The Balcony', also starring Shelley Winters, Lee Grant and Leonard Nimoy. Falk continued to act in the theatre. His first role in a television series was in The Trials of O'Brien (1965-1966), which he co-produced. Despite good reviews, the stories of a Shakespeare-quoting lawyer who defends clients while solving mysteries didn't really resonate with audiences and only ran for 22 episodes.
In 1968, Peter Falk first appeared in the role with which he would become identified: the scruffy, always-clad-in-a-grimy-raincoat, and seemingly slow-witted Detective Columbo. In the TV Movie Murder by Recipe (1968), Falk played Lieutenant Columbo (later Inspector Columbo). Thanks to the success of this television film, a pilot for a series was produced in the fall of 1970. Columbo began as a series in September 1971. Till 1978, 43 episodes of the series were produced for NBC – an average of six per year. Falk tailored the role to himself – with his small stature (1.68 m), his raincoat, his old Peugeot 403 convertible (both props Falk chose himself, over the heads of the producers), his basset hound, who was simply called 'Dog,' his slight speech impediment, and the consistently crooked posture the inspector assumed when asking the perpetrator the very last, incriminating question. Columbo is now considered one of the classic TV series which has been continuously rerun for decades. Columbo viewers always know who the killer is from the very first minutes of each episode. Columbo solves his murder cases by highlighting small inconsistencies in the suspect's story and by persistently pursuing the perpetrator until they confess. Columbo's interrogation technique, in particular, became legendary: at the end of a conversation, Columbo would walk away only to suddenly return: "Oh, just one more thing," or "Oh, I almost forgot," after which the suspect is pointed out an inconsistency. The intriguing look Columbo cast on his victims at such moments was partly due to his (right) prosthetic eye. Peter Falk remained faithful to his role as Columbo for over 35 years, receiving four Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe during that time. The first-season episode 'Blueprint for Murder' was directed by Falk himself. In 1977, Peter Falk married actress Shera Danese, who starred in the Columbo episodes 'Fade into Murder' (with William Shatner) and 'Murder under Glass' (directed by Jonathan Demme). At the end of the 1980s, the Columbo series returned with a new series, for which Falk regularly produced episodes. He also wrote the screenplay for one of them, 'It's All in the Game' (1993). The last episode premiered in late 2003. Over the course of 35 years, Columbo solved a total of 69 cases.
During and after his work on Columbo, Peter Falk also appeared in many feature films and other television series. He starred in the crime comedy The Brink's Job (William Friedkin, 1978) and with Alan Arkin in the action-comedy The In-Laws (Arthur Hiller, 1979). He starred opposite Ann-Margret in the mystery comedy The Cheap Detective (Robert Moore, 1978), played the grandfather in the fantasy The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987), and appeared in the music video for Ghostbusters. He also played the role of Sam Diamond in the comedy Murder by Death (Robert Moore, 1976) and appeared in The Great Muppet Caper (Jim Henson, 1981). Remarkable is his collaboration with filmmaker and friend John Cassavetes, first in Husbands (1970), then in A Woman under the Influence (1974) and, finally, in a cameo, at the end of Opening Night (1977). Cassavetes guest-starred in the Columbo episode 'Étude in Black' in 1972. Falk, in turn, co-starred with Cassavetes in Elaine May's film Mikey and Nicky (1976). In 1987, film director Wim Wenders brought the American to Germany. Falk played himself (the actor Peter Falk) in Wenders's romantic fantasy Der Himmel über Berlin / Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987) about invisible, immortal angels who populate Berlin and listen to the thoughts of its human inhabitants, comforting the distressed. Falk returned in the sequel, Faraway, So Close! (Wim Wenders, 1993). He lent his voice to Don Feinberg in Shark Tale (Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron, Rob Letterman, 2004), and his final film was the comedy American Cowslip (Mark David, 2009). Peter Falk was married twice. In 1960, he married his long-time girlfriend, fashion designer and pianist Alyce Mayo, with whom he had two daughters, Jackie and Catherine, both adopted. In 1977, Falk separated from his wife and married actress Shera Danese, 22 years his junior, with whom he lived until his death. Falk's autobiography, 'Just One More Thing', was published in 2006. At the end of 2008, Falk's daughter, Catherine, petitioned the Los Angeles court for a conservatorship of her father. She argued that he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and that his dementia made him vulnerable to abuse by scammers and fraudsters. He required constant care following recent hip surgery. In 2011, Falk's immediate family announced in a written statement to the press that the actor had died peacefully at home in Beverly Hills. Peter Falk was 83. The cause of death was cardiac arrest, with Alzheimer's disease and pneumonia as underlying causes. Falk is buried in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery. The inscription on his headstone reads: "I'm not here. I'm home with Shera." In 2013, Falk posthumously received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Sources: Wikipedia (English, German and Dutch) and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin, no. C.P.C.S. c-da 53 065.
Peter Falk (1927-2011) was an American actor, best known for his portrayal of shabby and deceptively absent-minded Inspector Columbo in the classic crime series Columbo (1971-1978 and 1989-2003). Falk was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for Murder, Inc. (1960) and Pocketful of Miracles (1961), and won his first Emmy Award in 1962 for The Dick Powell Theatre. He was also known for his collaborations with filmmaker, actor, and friend John Cassavetes, acting in films such as Husbands (1970) and A Woman Under the Influence (1974).
Peter Michael Falk was born in New York in 1927. He was the son of a Polish-Hungarian-Czech father, Michael Peter Falk, owner of a clothing and dry goods store, and a Russian mother, Madeline (née Hochhauser). Both his parents were Jewish. At the age of three, Falk was diagnosed with a tumour in his right eye, which was surgically removed along with his right eye. Afterwards, Falk wore a glass eye. This resulted in the characteristic uneven width of his eyelid. In high school, the young man was considered athletic and graduated with excellent grades. He gained his first stage experience at the age of twelve, when he appeared in the play 'The Pirates of Penzance'. After finishing school, Falk was initially lost. He attended college for a short time, applied to join the Navy, but was rejected because of his glass eye. At the end of World War II, he spent 18 months at sea as a cook in the Merchant Marines. After the war, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Literature and Political Science and a Master of Public Administration. Eventually, Falk took a job with a tax authority in Hartford, Connecticut. After work, he acted in an amateur theatre group and gained further stage experience. Falk also studied with Eva Le Gallienne, who was giving an acting class at the White Barn Theatre in Westport, Connecticut. In 1955, he obtained a letter of recommendation from Le Gallienne to an agent at the William Morris Agency, and he returned to New York City. He acted in off-Broadway plays, including a revival of 'The Iceman Cometh' directed by Jose Quintero, with Jason Robards playing the lead role of Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman, and small television productions. In 1956, Falk made his Broadway debut in Alexander Ostrovsky's 'Diary of a Scoundrel'. He appeared again on Broadway as an English soldier in Shaw's 'Saint Joan' with Siobhán McKenna. His first film engagement with Columbia Pictures again fell through due to his 'disability,' his glass eye. Studio head Harry Cohn remarked laconically: "For the same salary, I can get an actor with two eyes." In 1958, Falk finally landed his first small film roles in Wind Across the Everglades (Nicholas Ray, 1958), the Canadian thriller The Bloody Brood (Julian Ruffman, 1959), and Pretty Boy Floyd (Herbert J. Leder, 1960), a biopic based on the career of the notorious 1930s outlaw Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd. He played his first major role, the brutal hitman Abe Reles, in the crime film Murder Inc. (Burt Balaban, Stuart Rosenberg, 1960). This was a turning point. The following year, he played 'Joy Boy' in Frank Capra's final film, Pocketful of Miracles (1961). In 1961, Falk earned the distinction of becoming the first actor to be nominated for an Oscar and an Emmy in the same year. He received nominations for his supporting roles in Murder, Inc. and the television program The Law and Mr. Jones. Incredibly, Falk repeated this double nomination in 1962, being nominated again for a supporting actor role in Pocketful of Miracles and best actor in 'The Price of Tomatoes,' an episode of The Dick Powell Show, for which he took home the award. In the 1960s, he appeared in several films, including major hits such as the star-studded comedy It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (Stanley Kramer, 1963), with Spencer Tracy, and opposite Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack members in Robin and the Seven Hoods (Gordon Douglas, 1964). He also acted in The Balcony (Joseph Strick, 1963), a film adaptation of Jean Genet's 1957 play 'The Balcony', also starring Shelley Winters, Lee Grant and Leonard Nimoy. Falk continued to act in the theatre. His first role in a television series was in The Trials of O'Brien (1965-1966), which he co-produced. Despite good reviews, the stories of a Shakespeare-quoting lawyer who defends clients while solving mysteries didn't really resonate with audiences and only ran for 22 episodes.
In 1968, Peter Falk first appeared in the role with which he would become identified: the scruffy, always-clad-in-a-grimy-raincoat, and seemingly slow-witted Detective Columbo. In the TV Movie Murder by Recipe (1968), Falk played Lieutenant Columbo (later Inspector Columbo). Thanks to the success of this television film, a pilot for a series was produced in the fall of 1970. Columbo began as a series in September 1971. Till 1978, 43 episodes of the series were produced for NBC – an average of six per year. Falk tailored the role to himself – with his small stature (1.68 m), his raincoat, his old Peugeot 403 convertible (both props Falk chose himself, over the heads of the producers), his basset hound, who was simply called 'Dog,' his slight speech impediment, and the consistently crooked posture the inspector assumed when asking the perpetrator the very last, incriminating question. Columbo is now considered one of the classic TV series which has been continuously rerun for decades. Columbo viewers always know who the killer is from the very first minutes of each episode. Columbo solves his murder cases by highlighting small inconsistencies in the suspect's story and by persistently pursuing the perpetrator until they confess. Columbo's interrogation technique, in particular, became legendary: at the end of a conversation, Columbo would walk away only to suddenly return: "Oh, just one more thing," or "Oh, I almost forgot," after which the suspect is pointed out an inconsistency. The intriguing look Columbo cast on his victims at such moments was partly due to his (right) prosthetic eye. Peter Falk remained faithful to his role as Columbo for over 35 years, receiving four Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe during that time. The first-season episode 'Blueprint for Murder' was directed by Falk himself. In 1977, Peter Falk married actress Shera Danese, who starred in the Columbo episodes 'Fade into Murder' (with William Shatner) and 'Murder under Glass' (directed by Jonathan Demme). At the end of the 1980s, the Columbo series returned with a new series, for which Falk regularly produced episodes. He also wrote the screenplay for one of them, 'It's All in the Game' (1993). The last episode premiered in late 2003. Over the course of 35 years, Columbo solved a total of 69 cases.
During and after his work on Columbo, Peter Falk also appeared in many feature films and other television series. He starred in the crime comedy The Brink's Job (William Friedkin, 1978) and with Alan Arkin in the action-comedy The In-Laws (Arthur Hiller, 1979). He starred opposite Ann-Margret in the mystery comedy The Cheap Detective (Robert Moore, 1978), played the grandfather in the fantasy The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987), and appeared in the music video for Ghostbusters. He also played the role of Sam Diamond in the comedy Murder by Death (Robert Moore, 1976) and appeared in The Great Muppet Caper (Jim Henson, 1981). Remarkable is his collaboration with filmmaker and friend John Cassavetes, first in Husbands (1970), then in A Woman under the Influence (1974) and, finally, in a cameo, at the end of Opening Night (1977). Cassavetes guest-starred in the Columbo episode 'Étude in Black' in 1972. Falk, in turn, co-starred with Cassavetes in Elaine May's film Mikey and Nicky (1976). In 1987, film director Wim Wenders brought the American to Germany. Falk played himself (the actor Peter Falk) in Wenders's romantic fantasy Der Himmel über Berlin / Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987) about invisible, immortal angels who populate Berlin and listen to the thoughts of its human inhabitants, comforting the distressed. Falk returned in the sequel, Faraway, So Close! (Wim Wenders, 1993). He lent his voice to Don Feinberg in Shark Tale (Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron, Rob Letterman, 2004) and his final film was the comedy American Cowslip (Mark David, 2009). Peter Falk was married twice. In 1960, he married his long-time girlfriend, fashion designer and pianist Alyce Mayo, with whom he had two daughters, Jackie and Catherine, both adopted. In 1977, Falk separated from his wife and married actress Shera Danese, 22 years his junior, with whom he lived until his death. Falk's autobiography, 'Just One More Thing', was published in 2006. At the end of 2008, Falk's daughter, Catherine, petitioned the Los Angeles court for a conservatorship of her father. She argued that he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and that his dementia made him vulnerable to abuse by scammers and fraudsters. He required constant care following recent hip surgery. In 2011, Falk's immediate family announced in a written statement to the press that the actor had died peacefully at home in Beverly Hills. Peter Falk was 83. The cause of death was cardiac arrest, with Alzheimer's disease and pneumonia as underlying causes. Falk is buried in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery. The inscription on his headstone reads: "I'm not here. I'm home with Shera." In 2013, Falk posthumously received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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The 1963 comedy It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (top) was shot all over the Los Angeles and surrounding areas. These are a few locations that I have managed to capture.
This is the California Incline in Santa Monica. It has shown up in many, many films.
Forgive the obvious title.
Peter Falk as Colombo
Edward Woodwood as The Equalizer
Telly Savalas as Kojak
All by Paul Don Smith & in the Shoreditch area.
Vintage French postcard. Polygram, Universal.
Peter Falk (1927-2011) was an American actor, best known for his portrayal of shabby and deceptively absent-minded Inspector Columbo in the classic crime series Columbo (1971-1978 and 1989-2003). Falk was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for Murder, Inc. (1960) and Pocketful of Miracles (1961), and won his first Emmy Award in 1962 for The Dick Powell Theatre. He was also known for his collaborations with filmmaker, actor, and friend John Cassavetes, acting in films such as Husbands (1970) and A Woman Under the Influence (1974).
Some of you might've already heard.. Peter Falk has passed away. He was my favourite detective,
Columbo , ever since I was little.
I always loved his character. May he rest in peace, and oh.. Just one more thing!
The 1963 comedy It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (top) was shot all over the Los Angeles and surrounding areas. These are a few locations that I have managed to capture.
This is on Long Beach Blvd at 9th Street.
Blake Edwards present in 1965 "La Grande Course autour du monde" with Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, Arthur O'Connell, Vivian Vance, Dorothy Provine,...
The 1963 comedy It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (top) was shot all over the Los Angeles and surrounding areas. These are a few locations that I have managed to capture.
This is the California Incline in Santa Monica. It has shown up in many, many films.
Nearly intouched in 46 years.
Peck Park in San Pedro was the location used for the parking lot and entrance for the Santa Rosita State Beach in the 1963 comedy "IAMMMMW" (top). Thanks to DZaitz for this info.
The archway entrance shown here was a fake set built to resemble the real archway in Palos Verdes, which was the site used for the actual park with the big "W".