Stanley Kramer

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: The Defiant Ones (1958); Inherit the Wind (1960); Judgment at Nuremberg (1961); It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Clarence Darrow: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Inherit the Wind (1960), which they directed: Clarence Darrow ⇒ Inherit the Wind (the host's read). Drummond is loosely based on Darrow.
    “loosely based on Clarence Darrow”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:58:18 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75 sure it was them)

William Jennings Bryan: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Inherit the Wind (1960), which they directed: William Jennings Bryan ⇒ Inherit the Wind (the host's read). Brady is loosely based on Bryan; the film is loosely based on the Scopes trial.
    “loosely based on William Jennings Bryan”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:56:11 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Directing (5) everyone in directing

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Stanley Kramer → Inherit the Wind. Kramer made issue-oriented parables: The Defiant Ones, Inherit the Wind, Judgment at Nuremberg, Mad World, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
    “films that were sort of parables for ideas in the culture”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:52:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.