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Post by the Scribe on Jan 7, 2022 21:07:54 GMT
Sidney Poitier Dies-Ronstadt Family Connection
The actor and activist Sidney Poitier died today. His only movie Oscar was received for Lillies of the Field which was filmed in large part on the Ronstadt Family Ranch where Linda was raised. RIP Sidney.
conservatism.freeforums.net/thread/3899/prince-road-tucson-arizona
conservatism.freeforums.net/thread/237/gilbert-ronstadt-family-history?page=2
Oscar winner and groundbreaking star Sidney Poitier dies
www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/oscar-winner-and-groundbreaking-star-sidney-poitier-dies
Arts Jan 7, 2022 11:13 AM EST
NEW YORK — Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance and the first to be a top box-office draw, has died. He was 94.
Poitier, winner of the best actor Oscar in 1964 for “Lilies of the Field,” died Thursday in the Bahamas, according to Eugene Torchon-Newry, acting director general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Bahamas.
Few movie stars, Black or white, had such an influence both on and off the screen. Before Poitier, the son of Bahamian tomato farmers, no Black actor had a sustained career as a lead performer or could get a film produced based on his own star power. Before Poitier, few Black actors were permitted a break from the stereotypes of bug-eyed servants and grinning entertainers. Before Poitier, Hollywood filmmakers rarely even attempted to tell a Black person’s story.
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 7, 2022 21:08:49 GMT
While the ranch may be gone you can catch some glimpses of the home and property where Linda Ronstadt was raised. It will give you some perspective of life here in the Sonora Desert during Linda's youth..best views of the Ronstadt home:
Lilies of the field (Le Lys des champs - 1963) - Générique de début HD
giggster.com/guide/movie-location/where-was-lilies-of-the-field-filmed
I have read that this movie was filmed in 14 days.
Lilies of the Field Official Trailer #1 and a Tribute - Sidney Poitier Movie (1963) HD
Lilies of the Field Trailer - Directed by Ralph Nelson and starring Sidney Poitier, Stanley Adams, Dan Frazer, Ralph Nelson, Pamela Branch. An unemployed construction worker (Homer Smith) heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict mother superior (Mother Maria), who believes that Homer has been sent by God to build a much needed church in the desert...
Considered to be one of fifteen films that changed American cinema. Filmed on-location in Tucson. The church doors were borrowed from the Chapel in Sasabe, Arizona. The film was shot on Linda Ronstadt's father's small ranch. There was no art director, but the Property Master, Robert Eaton, actually supervised the construction of the chapel, adjacent to existing ranch buildings. The interiors of the Nun's abode were filmed in these buildings. Eaton rented a prop organ, furniture, and other set dressing and hand props from the Hollywood Cinema Mercantile Property House, located on Santa Monica Blvd near Paramount Studios. Eaton drove a rental truck carrying all the props to Arizona for the shoot, returning all the props after the film's completion. Watching the main Nun's interior abode, the prop organ stands against one wall, with a painting hanging on an adjacent wall. There is absolutely no continuity in where the prop table and chairs, related organ and hanging picture belong. The props are choreographed to the actors' motivation or movement in each scene. In the summer of 1979, Ralph Nelson was the principal motivation in directing a NBC TV MOW Christmas Lilies of the Field (1979) featuring Billy Dee Williams (Homer Smith) and Maria Schell (Mother Maria). The film was planned as a pilot for a mid-season 1979-1980 series replacement which was to be based at the Provo, Utah, Osmond Family Television Studio Production facility. The Chapel and Nun's quarters were built on State owned land 75 miles from the studio. The production planned to use this location for the series, filming additional locations in the Salt Lake area. Ralph Nelson would produce and direct the TV series "Lillies of the Field". The December 29th, 1979, MOW's slim viewer ratings resulted in cancellation of any further series development.
Since the story's action was tied to the chapel's construction, a crew had to work through the night to keep up with its "progress" in the film. The actual building was real and could have stood for decades, but because it was built on rented property, it had to be demolished immediately after the filming was completed.
Sidney Poitier gave up his usual salary and agreed to do the film for a smaller amount and a percentage of the profits. He won the Best Actor Oscar for his efforts. The only Best Picture Oscar nominee that year to be also nominated for Best Cinematography (black and white).
www.imdb.com/title/tt0057251/trivia
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 7, 2022 21:15:52 GMT
Some other photos from the ranch:
conservatism.freeforums.net/thread/8118/newly-named-streets-ronstadts-grandparents
Front of La Cabana before entry addition, circa 1940's, with Mary Catherine, Margaret, Guadalupe and Terry Ronstadt.
Fred and Lupe Ronstadt, enter, with some of their grandchildren at Las Cabanas in the early 1950's. Fred Ronstadt died in 1954. Lupe Ronstadt lived until 1974.
The front of La Cabana.
Layout of the Ronstadt ranch buildings and new street names.
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 7, 2022 21:31:40 GMT
Years earlier, the Ronstadt's had another famous neighbor, artist Maynard Dixon.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maynard_Dixon
 Dixon, a California-born artist, portrayed the people, land, and character of the West. He left California to work as an illustrator in New York in the early 1900s, but left because he did not like its competitive nature. In the late 1930s and 1940s, he moved West, often staying at his home in Tucson. This work features the home of his neighbors, the Ronstadt's.
Photos in the 1970s of Linda's parents home.
Linda, Dad and Mom.
Linda and Dad.
Dixon, un artista nacido en California, retrató la gente, la tierra y el carácter del Oeste. Dejó California para trabajar como ilustrador en Nueva York a principios de 1900, pero se fue porque no le gustaba su naturaleza competitiva. A finales de 1930 y principios de 1940, se trasladó al Oeste, permaneciendo en su casa en Tucson. Este trabajo representa la case de sus vecinos, los Ronstadts.
(October 2017)
tucsonmuseumofart.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/C9F4604F-58C8-4A9F-934E-753513852577
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