He did a science fiction film with Lee, Non-Stop New York (1937).[5]. Stevenson directed Herbie Rides Again (1974) with Ken Berry and Helen Hayes, and the adventure story The Island at the Top of the World (1974). Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex, Brighton, England. Stevenson's last feature was The Shaggy D.A. Soon Stevenson was deeply in love, and on his return to Edinburgh he wrote her a series of letters in which he played the part first of lover, then of worshipper, then of son. He loaned Stevenson to RKO he directed Tom Brown's School Days (1940). Take advantage of our Presidents' Day bonus! His youthful enthusiasm for the Covenanters (i.e., those Scotsmen who had banded together to defend their version of Presbyterianism in the 17th century) led to his writing The Pentland Rising, his first printed work. None did as well at the box office as Mary Poppins (1964), which gained domestic rentals of $45,000,000[9] and won five Oscars. Son of Flubber (1963) was a popular sequel to The Absent-Minded Professor, and The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964), a teen comedy, was an unexpected hit, leading to a sequel, The Monkey's Uncle (1965). She returned to California in 1878. Stevenson's first film for RKO since 1943. Stevenson did episodes of Disney's Zorro, then directed a film about Ireland, Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959), and an adaptation of Kidnapped (1960). They had one son, Hugh Howard Stevenson. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. Nominated for the Academy Award for original music score. Nash, 1922], p. He had a commercial success with the comedy The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) and the adventure film In Search of the Castaways (1962). Having attended Shrewsbury School, Stevenson won a scholarship to study at St John's College, Cambridge. Sitwell, an older woman of charm and talent, drew the young man out and won his confidence. His adventures, including nearly dying and eking out a precarious living in Monterey and San Francisco, culminated in marriage to Fanny (by then divorced) in 1880. Stevenson’s parents’ horror at their son’s involvement with a married woman subsided somewhat when she returned to California in 1878, but it revived with greater force when Stevenson decided to join her in August 1879. Two of his journeys produced An Inland Voyage (1878) and Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879). He went to Universal to direct a new version of Back Street (1941) with Charles Boyer then went back to RKO for Joan of Paris (1942) with Michèle Morgan, a big hit. Robert S. Huckman Reshmaan N. Hussam ... L Karim R. Lakhani Himabindu Lakkaraju Rajiv Lal ... Harvard Business School Soldiers Field Boston, MA 02163 He also worked on the scripts for Greek Street (1930), The Ringer (1931), Night in Montmartre (1931), The Calendar (1931), Michael and Mary (1931) with Edna Best and Herbert Marshall and Sunshine Susie (1931) with Jack Hulbert, Lord Babs (1932), The Faithful Heart (1932) with Best and Marshall, and Love on Wheels (1932) with Hulbert. Stevenson followed in 1879. (Margaret Isabella Balfour Stevenson, Stevenson’s Baby Book: Being the Record of the Sayings and Doings of Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson, Son of Thomas Stevenson, C.E., and Margaret Isabella Balfour or Stevenson [San Francisco: Printed for John Howell by J.H. But Stevenson had no desire to be an engineer, and he eventually agreed with his father, as a compromise, to prepare instead for the Scottish bar. In 2019, Old Yeller was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[8]. The Life section of the RLS Website is devoted to telling the story of Stevenson – who he was, where he travelled, who his friends and family were, and what he wrote. Stevenson divorced his first wife Cecilie and married English actress Anna Lee in 1934. Later in 1873 Stevenson suffered severe respiratory illness and was sent to the French Riviera, where Colvin later joined him. Stevenson and Disney focused on comedies: The Gnome-Mobile (1967) with Walter Brennan, Blackbeard's Ghost (1968) with Peter Ustinov and Dean Jones, and The Love Bug (1968) with Jones, which was another hit. This page was last edited on 21 January 2021, at 14:36. Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (Edimburgo, Escocia, 13 de noviembre de 1850-Vailima, cerca de Apia, Samoa, 3 de diciembre de 1894) fue un novelista, poeta y ensayista británico.Su legado es una vasta obra que incluye crónicas de viaje, novelas de aventuras e históricas, así como lírica y ensayos. His career as a writer developed slowly. He attended Edinburgh Academy and other schools before entering Edinburgh University. He was also one of several directors on Forever and a Day (1943). Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) was an attempt to repeat the success of Mary Poppins. On that film he met Anna Lee, who became his wife in 1935. Also among Stevenson's Disney films was the Hayley Mills comedy That Darn Cat! Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. Robert Louis Stevenson was the only son of Thomas Stevenson, a prosperous civil engineer, and his wife, Margaret Isabella Balfour. Stevenson worked as writer on Thunder in the East (1934) and The Only Girl (1934) with Charles Boyer. Below you will find a brief biography, which gives an overview of Stevenson’s life. Later, when in Edinburgh, Stephen introduced Stevenson to the writer W.E. [7] He directed over 100 TV episodes in five years[7] including: The Ford Television Theatre, Your Jeweler's Showcase, Footlights Theater, Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre, Cavalcade of America, Schlitz Playhouse, The Star and the Story, Star Stage, The 20th Century-Fox Hour, The Joseph Cotten Show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Christophers. The author of many novels, including The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped, The Black Arrow, and Treasure Island, he died in 1894. During his years at the university he rebelled against his parents’ religion and set himself up as a liberal bohemian who abhorred the alleged cruelties and hypocrisies of bourgeois respectability.