Stanley Kramer

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as director. 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.