James Michener (Writing)
Little is known about James Michener, a figure with a modest footprint in Writing. Stay tuned for updates as more details become available.
Works
South Pacific
1943. On an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, US troops are kicking their heels amid the cacao groves while restlessly waiting for the war to reach them. Nellie Forbush, a navy nurse from Arkansas, finds herself falling for the French plantation owner, Emile de Becque – a man with a mysterious past. The scheming sailor Luther Billis runs a makeshift laundry to earn a quick buck, but he’s no match for the quick-witted Polynesian Bloody Mary who’s intent on exploiting these foreigners. When young Princeton graduate Lieutenant Joe Cable is flown in on a dangerous reconnaissance mission, love and fear become entwined as the island’s battle for hearts and minds begins.
Release Date: 2021-07-13
Department: Writing
Job: Novel
South Pacific
Navy ensign Nellie Forbush and Marine lieutenant Joseph Cable find love and confront bigotry (including their own prejudices) while stationed in the South Pacific during World War II. Filmed version of the 2008 Broadway revival featuring the original cast. Original broadcast on the PBS series "Live From Lincoln Center" (season 35, episode 3).
Release Date: 2010-08-18
Department: Writing
Job: Novel
Vote Count: 1
The American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker
Documentary - Ernest Borgnine, star of the classic train movie Emperor of the North, hosts and narrates this remarkable examination of the uniquely American Hobo.
Release Date: 2003-01-01
Department: Crew
Job: Thanks
Character: Himself - Special Guest
Vote Count: 4
South Pacific
During World War II in the South Pacific love is found between a young nurse, Nellie Forbush and an older French plantation owner, Emile de Becque. The war is tearing them apart.
Release Date: 2001-03-26
Department: Writing
Job: Novel
Vote Count: 9
Space
Space is a television mini-series. It is based on a novel of the same name by James A. Michener published in 1982.
Release Date: 1985-04-14
Department: Writing
Job: Novel
Episode Count: 5
Vote Count: 2
Kent State
Dramatization of the four days of events leading up to the historic tragedy at Kent State University in May 1970, during the confrontation between National Guardsmen and students staging antiwar demonstrations.
Release Date: 1981-02-08
Department: Writing
Job: Book
Vote Count: 2
Caravans
This epic adventure-drama based on James Michener's best-selling novel concerns a young American embassy official who is sent into the Middle-Eastern desert to find the missing daughter of a US Senator. The young woman has left her husband, a Colonel in the Shadom - she was his number two wife - and has opted for the lifestyle of a nomadic tribe. When the diplomat locates the girl he joins the caravan and attempts to persuade the girl to return.
Release Date: 1978-11-02
Department: Writing
Job: Novel
Vote Count: 16
Centennial
The economic and cultural growth of town of Centennial, Colorado, through the intertwining lives of the brave men and women inhabiting it. Spanning two centuries from the settling of the area in the 1700s, to the late 1970s.
Release Date: 1978-10-01
Department: Writing
Job: Novel
Episode Count: 12
Vote Count: 31
Spain: The Land and the Legend
This film conveys a sense of the forces that have shaped Spain over the centuries, including Roman, Islamic, and Catholic influences, and gives James Michener's analysis of the history, art, folklore, and architecture of the country.
Release Date: 1978-01-01
Character: Self
Dynasty
The story of a pioneer family in the early 1800s that seeks its fortunes on the Ohio frontier.
Release Date: 1976-03-13
Department: Crew
Job: Creative Consultant
Vote Count: 2
The Hawaiians
A wanderer returns home only to find political turmoil, disease and romantic difficulties.
Release Date: 1970-06-17
Department: Writing
Job: Novel
Vote Count: 16
The Dick Cavett Show
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
Release Date: 1968-06-06
Character: Self - Guest
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 20
Hawaii
Abner Hale, a rigid and humorless New England missionary, marries the beautiful Jerusha Bromley and takes her to the exotic island kingdom of Hawaii, intent on converting the natives. But the clash between the two cultures is too great and instead of understanding there comes tragedy.
Release Date: 1966-10-10
Department: Writing
Job: Novel
Vote Count: 44
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
Release Date: 1961-12-11
Character: Self
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 7
Adventures in Paradise
Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962, starring Gardner McKay as Adam Troy, the captain of the schooner Tiki III, which sailed the South Pacific looking for passengers and adventure. USA Network aired reruns of this series between 1984 and 1988. The plots deal with the romantic and detective stories of Korean War veteran Troy. The supporting cast, varying from season to season, features George Tobias, Guy Stockwell, and Linda Lawson.
Release Date: 1959-10-05
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 6
South Pacific
Can a girl from Little Rock find happiness with a mature French planter she got to know one enchanted evening away from the military hospital where she is a nurse? Or should she just wash that man out of her hair? Bloody Mary is the philosopher of the island and it's hard to believe she could be the mother of Liat who has captured the heart of Lt. Joseph Cable USMC. While waiting for action in the war in the South Pacific, sailors and nurses put on a musical comedy show. The war gets closer and the saga of Nellie Forbush and Emile de Becque becomes serious drama.
Release Date: 1958-03-18
Department: Writing
Job: Novel
Vote Count: 108
Sayonara
Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver (Marlon Brando) is reassigned to a Japanese air base, and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese people. The issue is compounded because a number of the soldiers become romantically involved with Japanese women, in defiance of US military policy. Ordinarily an officer who is by-the-book, Gruver must take a position when a buddy of his, an enlisted man Joe Kelly (Red Buttons) falls in love with a Japanese woman Katsumi (Miyoshi Umeki) and marries her. Gruver risks his position by serving as best man at the wedding ceremony.
Release Date: 1957-12-25
Department: Writing
Job: Novel
Vote Count: 131
Until They Sail
Four sisters in New Zealand fall for soldiers en route to the Pacific theater in WWII.
Release Date: 1957-10-08
Department: Writing
Job: Story
Vote Count: 26
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
A naval aviator is assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges during the Korean War.
Release Date: 1954-12-01
Department: Writing
Job: Novel
Vote Count: 76
Men of the Fighting Lady
A writer visits an aircraft carrier during the Korean war to learn more about it and the way it's run. He also gets to find out more about the Navy and Marine aviators themselves, their internal and external conflicts and dangers of their job.
Release Date: 1954-05-07
Department: Writing
Job: Story
Vote Count: 10
Return to Paradise
An American drifter comes to a remote Polynesian island controlled by a Puritanical missionary and turns the social life of the island upside-down.
Release Date: 1953-07-19
Department: Writing
Job: Story
Vote Count: 30
What's My Line?
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
Release Date: 1950-02-02
Character: Self - Panelist
Episode Count: 2
Vote Count: 25
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
Release Date: 1948-06-20
Character: Self
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 20