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Series: Spin-Offs
Published: 12 January 2024
DOI: 10.1215/9781478027591-002
EISBN: 978-1-4780-2759-1
... This chapter traces some of the highlights of actor Peter Falk’s career before he became Lt. Columbo. Nominated for both Emmy and Academy Awards two years running, in 1961 and 1962, he ultimately won an Emmy for the teleplay “The Price of Tomatoes” in 1962. Throughout the 1960s, Falk often...
Published: 16 October 2020
DOI: 10.1215/9781478012641-037
EISBN: 978-1-4780-1264-1
Book Chapter

By Amelie Hastie
Series: Spin-Offs
Published: 12 January 2024
EISBN: 978-1-4780-2759-1
... Peter Falk “The Price of Tomatoes” Los Angeles car culture ...
Book Chapter

By Amelie Hastie
Series: Spin-Offs
Published: 12 January 2024
EISBN: 978-1-4780-2759-1
... Peter Falk Wings of Desire The In-Laws television tie-ins ...
Series: Spin-Offs
Published: 12 January 2024
DOI: 10.1215/9781478027591-006
EISBN: 978-1-4780-2759-1
... This chapter connects Columbo with some of Peter Falk’s richest work as an actor: his collaborations with John Cassavetes. By connecting Falk’s work in film with Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands, as well as the appearances by the Cassavetes crowd (including Ben Gazzara as well as a range...
Series: Spin-Offs
Published: 12 January 2024
DOI: 10.1215/9781478027591-008
EISBN: 978-1-4780-2759-1
... Peter Falk described being drawn to the character Lt. Columbo precisely for this quality: “the basic thrust of a guy appearing less than he actually is.” By focusing on the progeny and mutations after its original run (including its reboot, film parodies, tributes, and tie-ins), this chapter...