Tim Sample

Tim Sample (born ) is a New England humorist, famous both for his presentation and his Maine accent. He has sold well over a million copies of his books, albums, and videos, including four albums and a video for the Bert and I company. In the summer of 1993, Sample was recruited by Charles Kuralt as a correspondent for the Emmy Award winning TV Show CBS News Sunday Morning. Over the following 11 years, Tim produced over 100 "Postcards from Maine" segments which introduced millions of CBS viewers around the nation and the world to the lifestyles of Mainers.
Born in Fort Fairfield, Maine, and raised in Boothbay Harbor, Tim and his wife Kevin have a home in Calais, and despite the traveling his career calls him to do, he has never lived (or wanted to live) anywhere other than in Maine.
Tim's first album of Downeast humor was recorded in 1979 and produced by Noel Paul Stookey, "Paul" of Peter, Paul, and Mary. The liner notes for the album were written by humorist Marshall Dodge, who, along with his partner Rev. Robert Bryan, created the world-famous Bert and I recordings back in the 1950s. After Marshall Dodge died in 1982, Tim recorded four albums and a video for the Bert and I company. Sample and Bryan have collaborated on a number of projects since, including several TV specials, the popular recording "How to Talk Yankee", and the TV specials "Out of Season" and "Maine Humor Behind the Barn".
Tim has also written and illustrated several books, including "How to Talk Yankee" and "Saturday Night at Moody's Diner". Tim's national TV appearances include The Today Show and Good Morning America. He has also narrated many films and books on tape, including Robert McCloskey’s children's classic "Burt Dow: Deep-Water Man", Stephen King’s "The Sun Dog" and "Drunken Fireworks", and a reconstructed version of the 1930 documentary "From Stump to Ship". In August 2006, Tim Sample released his first two DVDs, "Tim Sample 2006" and "Back in the Day". "Tim Sample 2006" was recorded in June 2006 at The Bangor Opera House. "Back in the Day" contains digitally remastered footage of Tim's performances from 1983 and 1985.
In 2020 Sample appeared in a series of TV, radio and online attack ads funded by End Citizens United targeting US Senator Susan Collins.


The Carnation Kid

The Carnation Kid is a 1929 American drama film directed by E. Mason Hopper and Leslie Pearce and written by Alfred A. Cohn, Arthur Huffsmith and Henry McCarty. The film stars Douglas MacLean, Frances Lee, William B. Davidson, Lorraine MacLean, Charles Hill Mailes, and Francis McDonald. The film was released on March 2, 1929, by Paramount Pictures.


Andy Wong

Andy Wong is a Chinese actor in New Zealand who had a leading role in the drama "Ride with the Devil". Wong's interest in acting began in high school, where he was involved in various school musical and drama projects.
His first professional role was that of Chow Yeoh, Li Mei’s fiancé from China in the popular New Zealand drama "Shortland Street". Wong was subsequently cast in "No. 2", by Toa Fraser, which was featured at the Sundance film festival in the US, then was screened around the world in various film festivals. More recently he played a small part in a New Zealand/Singapore co-production called "The Tattooist" alongside American actor Jason Behr.


The Boy Who Cried Bitch

The Boy Who Cried Bitch is a 1991 American independent drama film directed by Juan Jose Campanella and starring Harley Cross, Karen Young, Jason Biggs (in his first speaking role), Jesse Bradford and Adrien Brody. It was Campanella's feature film debut. It was based on real events.
Plot.
The story focuses on Dan Love (Harley Cross), a young boy with misdiagnosed (or undiagnosed) mental condition(s), who slowly plunges the life of his mother, Candice (Karen Young), into an unbridled chaos.
Production.
Much of the filming was done at the McGovern residence in Bronxville.
Campanella said that the script was mostly based on the real life of screenwriter Catherine May Levin.
Release and sequel.
Originally exhibited at the Boston Film Festival in 1991, the film contained an alternate ending. It was never given to the MPAA for examination, and thus remains unrated.
It was followed by a semi-sequel called "The Boy Who Cried Bitch: The Adolescent Years" (2007), without the participation of many of the crew members of the original film, with the exception of scriptwriter Catherine May Levin.


Virak Dara

Virak Dara (, born Kim Hiek in Kampot province, 1947) is a Cambodian actress primarily known for her roles in the 1960s and early-to-mid-1970s. In 1967 she starred as "Kong Rey" in "Puthisean Neang Kong rey", which is to date the biggest Cambodian movie ever made. Her most famous film is "An Euil Srey An", released in 1971. Dara quickly became a fan favorite.
History.
When Ly Bun Yim, one of the leading filmmakers in Cambodia at that time, met Dara, he wanted her to star in his films. Her parents initially did not consent, but after the two were married, Virak Dara changed her name and began her acting career. Dara would go on to star in 11 feature films, all directed by her husband. Other production companies were interested in having Dara in their movies, but Ly Bun Yim did not want his wife to work for other studios.
Virak Dara and her husband were trapped in Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge regime. Three of Dara's films were never released, as they were destroyed by the Khmer Rouge. In 1977, the couple emigrated to France and struggled to make a living.
Dara currently lives in France and in the United States. Every year she travels to Cambodia. In 2000, she told an interviewer that "Cambodia is where my heart is."
Family life.
Virak Dara divorced Ly Bun Yim in 1986; they remain good friends. Dara has five sons. Ly Rattanak, her eldest, also appeared with her in many films, including "An Euil Srey An".


Calamalka

Calamalka is a Canadian hip hop and electronic music producer based in Vancouver.
Biography.
Born Michael Campitelli, Calamalka released his debut album "Shredders Dub" in 2004. The album received positive press.
In 2012, he released his sophomore album "All the Way Up".


Mystery Sea Raider

Mystery Sea Raider is a 1940 American drama war film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Carole Landis, Henry Wilcoxon and Onslow Stevens.
Plot.
A woman (Carole Landis) and a U.S. captain (Henry Wilcoxon) foil a German spy's (Onslow Stevens) plan to use their freighter to sink a British ship.


Armin (film)

Armin is a 2007 Croatian-Bosnian drama film directed by Ognjen Sviličić that premiered at the 2007 Berlin Film Festival.
Plot.
The film follows Ibro (Emir Hadžihafizbegović) and his son Armin (Armin Omerović), who travel from a small town in Bosnia to a film audition in Zagreb, hoping to land a part for Armin in a German film about the war in Bosnia. On their way to fulfilling the boy's dream, they encounter a series of disappointing setbacks — their bus to Zagreb breaks down and they are late for the audition. After Ibro convinces the director to give the boy a second chance, they soon realize that Armin is too old for the part anyway. As it becomes obvious that Armin's dream of playing a part in the movie will never happen, he feels increasingly disheartened, while Ibro's determination to help his son grows. Finally they do get another chance, but Armin buckles under the pressure and experiences an epileptic seizure. As they get ready to head back to Bosnia, the film crew makes an unexpected offer, but when Ibro refuses, Armin at last realizes how much his father really loves him.
Awards.
Armin was selected to be Croatia's submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 80th Academy Awards .
The film was also screened at a number of film festivals, including the Berlin Film Festival, the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, the Tribeca Film Festival, the Palm Springs Film Festival and Durban Film Festival. It received the following awards:


Akarshan

Akarshan is a 1988 Bollywood romantic film directed by Tanvir Ahmed.


Julie K. Smith

Julie K. Smith (born August 18, 1967) is an American actress and was the Penthouse Pet of the Month for February 1993.
Career.
As a child, Smith studied acting with Stella Adler. Smith appeared in a number of mainstream Hollywood films and B-movies before settling into the world of softcore pornography. She had an early starring role in the 1987 sex comedy "Pretty Smart", alongside Patricia Arquette, as a rich sexpot at a private school in Greece, but her other roles in mainstream films of the late 1980s and early 1990s (such as "The Last Boy Scout" and "Disorderlies") were minor. She had an uncredited role in the 1976 Alan Parker film "Bugsy Malone".
With her entry into softcore films came more leading roles. She became a staple of the softcore scene in the late 1990s, appearing in three episodes of "Erotic Confessions" in 1996–97, "The Bare Wench Project" series, and several Andy Sidaris films, such as "".
Smith had a long-running professional relationship with director Jim Wynorski, having appeared in numerous films of his during the 1990s and 2000s. According to the documentary "Popatopolis", Smith announced her retirement from acting in 2005 after the completion of "The Witches of Breastwick". However, in 2007, she came out of retirement and resumed making films with Wynorski.


Mousey

Mousey (released as Cat and Mouse in theaters and on UK television) is a 1974 Canadian thriller action drama film directed by Daniel Petrie, and starring Kirk Douglas, Jean Seberg and John Vernon.
Although made for television, it was released theatrically outside of the U.S. In London, it was shown as part of a double feature with "Craze".
Plot.
In Halifax, Novia Scotia, biology teacher George Anderson (Douglas) earns the nickname "Mousey" from his students when he is unable to dissect a frog. However, when he learns that the child that his pregnant wife (Seberg) is expecting is not his, he follows her to Montreal, where he plans to kill her and her lover.
Production.
"Mousey" was filmed on location in Montreal, Canada and at Pinewood Studios in England. Filming commenced in November 1973.
Reception.
The film received mixed reviews. Steven H. Scheuer was negative, saying that, "It's complicated and not very interesting;" and the "Los Angeles Times" wrote that ""Mousey" seems to have been doomed from the start." Leonard Maltin, however, reviewed it positively, calling it "tightly made" and praising Douglas as "wonderfully sinister," and "Amis du film" called it "a good 'suspense' film," although noting a lack of originality in its plot. "Monthly Film Bulletin" called it "a thriller with some pretensions to psychological depth."
Legacy.
"Mousey" has since been re-shown on television and released on VHS, resulting in blogs noting the film's rising cult status.


Incomplete Eclipse

Incomplete Eclipse () is a 1982 Czech drama film directed by Jaromil Jireš. It was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Czechoslovak entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 56th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.


Peter Cummins

Peter Cummins (born 2 June 1931 in Melbourne) is an Australian character actor who was especially prominent in the 1970s and appeared in some of the most famous Australian films of the period.
He was part of the Carlton group that were influential in Australian theatre of the early 1970s, which also included Graeme Blundell, Bruce Spence, Max Gillies and David Williamson.


Paul Baxley

Paul Reginald Baxley Jr. (September 24, 1923 – March 4, 2011) was an American actor and stunt coordinator best known for his work as a stunt coordinator on "". He was a stunt double of William Shatner.
Early life.
Baxley was born in Casper, Wyoming and grew up in Los Angeles. Through his high school years at Eagle Rock High, he was a quarterback and track star. He was a Marine Scout Sniper in the 4th division in World War II. His service earned him two purple hearts, a bronze star, and a letter of recommendation from the president. He went back to college and continued his career as a quarterback. He met one of the most successful stunt coordinators in the film industry, stuntman Richard Talmadge in the late 1940s and was brought into the stunt community. By 1947, Baxley was performing stunts in films such as "Deep Valley", "Pirates of Monterey", "The Lady from Shanghai", "The Black Arrow", and "Comanche Territory".
Career.
After being introduced to the stunt community by Richard Talmadge, Baxley's career took off. He worked on "West Point Story", "The Son of Dr. Jekyll", "The Crimson Pirate", "Iron Mistress", "Shane", "The Black Knight", and "Rebel Without a Cause". He also worked on television on "Mike Hammer". Baxley was probably best known for his work on the series "The Dukes of Hazzard", which he worked on from 1979 until 1985, giving him seven years and 120 episodes as the stunt coordinator.
Baxley doubled for several important Hollywood actors, such as Marlon Brando, Alan Ladd, and James Dean. After doubling for Brando, Paul Baxley became close friends. They remained friends until Brando's death in 2004.
Later years/death.
Baxley's son, Craig, became a stunt coordinator, along with his nephew, Gary. His grandson, Craig Jr. became a member of Stunts Unlimited. Later in Paul Baxley's career, he directed several episodes of "T.H.E. Cat" and "The Dukes of Hazzard". He also worked as his son's stunt coordinator and Second Unit Director.
Paul Baxley died on March 4, 2011 in Palmdale, California, aged 87.


Hearts Aflame (film)

Hearts Aflame is a 1923 American silent melodrama film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Frank Keenan, Anna Q. Nilsson, and Craig Ward. The son of a retired timber baron meets and falls in love with a Michigan woman who refuses to sell her land unless the buyer promises to replant to replace the trees that are to be cut down.
Plot.
As described in a film magazine, retired millionaire lumberman Luke Taylor (Keenan) sends his son John (Ward) to Michigan to salvage some logs. While John is there he meets Helen Foraker (Nilsson), who owns a vast amount of uncut timber but refuses to sell unless the purchaser consents to replant the trees. Her forests were left to her by her father who planted them and she seeks to carry out his wish. Jim Harris (Heck), an unscrupulous land dealer, tries to force her to sell the land without this provision. John wires his father to come. The old man insists on buying the land, but also refuses to replant any cuttings. Jim again attempts to get the property for himself and likewise is refused by Helen, so he bribes a half-wit into setting the forest afire. John discovers the fire and rushes to aid. He and Helen take a logging train engine and succeed in bring through some explosives. The men work all night and finally the ridge is blown up, saving half the forest. John then not only agrees to replant the forest, but also to lend Helen any amount of money she needs and gives the two lovers his blessing.
Production.
Production started in early July 1922.
On August 28, a stunt went terribly awry in the Kootenays, British Columbia. "A six acre plot of ground was soaked with 700 gallons of gasoline and set afire for a scene in which Miss Nilsson was to drive a locomotive through the flames." Nilsson was severely burned and required a week to recuperate. Craig Ward and cameraman Percy Hilburn, filming from "an asbestos cabinet built on the side of the locomotive", were also injured.
Preservation status.
"Hearts Aflame" is now a lost film.


Mark Little (Canadian comedian)

Mark Thomas Little (born October 21, 1983) is a Canadian actor and comedian. He is best known for his appearances on the CBC Television sitcom "Mr. D", playing Simon Hunt, the Xavier Academy science teacher, and his work with Picnicface.
Personal.
Little grew up in New Westminster, British Columbia and lived in Vancouver, British Columbia and Halifax, Nova Scotia, before moving to Toronto, Ontario, where he currently resides.
Career.
Comedy.
Little is the former Humour Editor of Simon Fraser University's The Peak (newspaper). He has performed at Yuk Yuk's, the Halifax Comedy Festival, and CBC Radio's "So You Think You're Funny" series. He is a member of the Halifax-based sketch comedy group Picnicface. The troupe has produced several successful viral videos, is featured on Funny or Die, and stars in the films, "Roller Town" and Room for Rent.
Little is also co-star of CTV's "", a Power Rangers-themed web series that released its first season in 2014. The show won the 2015 Canadian Canadian Screen Award for best original webseries, and is set to release a second season in 2016.
Television.
Since 2012, Little has portrayed Xavier Academy Science teacher Simon Hunt on the CBC Television sitcom "Mr. D".
Voice acting.
Little's voice is featured in the YouTube video for an energy beverage called "Powerthirst" which holds over 32 million views and is part of an internet meme known as "Extreme Advertising". Little was subsequently hired to voice a drink ad inspired by the film "Idiocracy" called "Brawndo: The Thirst Mutilator". Little currently stars as the title role in the VRV animated series "Gary and His Demons". He is the voice of Dino in the Netflix series . He is also the writer of most of the series' episodes.
Honours and awards.
In 2019, Little won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film for Room for Rent. In 2008, Little was named Best Comedian by the readers of Halifax's The Coast, and appeared on the cover of the November 6, 2008, edition. Little also beat out 63 comics to win first place and $25,000 in Yuk Yuk's 2009 Great Canadian Laugh Off, a nationwide comedy competition.
Praise.
Mark Little has been called a "budding Canadian treasure" by Funny Business and described as "one of the best comic storytellers around" by NOW Magazine Toronto.


Jodie Dorday

Jodie Dorday is a New Zealand actress, known for her appearances on the television series "Burying Brian" (2008).


Alyson Best

Alyson Best (born September 29, 1960) is an Australian actress known for her appearance in "Prisoner" (1983) and "Man of Flowers" (1983). In 1979 she appeared in a famous photo with Derryn Hinch in "Playboy".


Assen Blatechki

Assen Emilov Blatechki (; born 22 March 1971) is a Bulgarian actor.
Acting and television career.
Blatechki appeared in a number of Bulgarian films including "Steps in the Sand"" (Bulgarian: "Стъпки в пясъка") and "The Foreigner" (Bulgarian: "Чужденецът"). He has also taken roles in foreign films.
Blatechki is also a TV presenter and has been a judge on "Bulgaria Searches for a Talent".
Sports achievements.
Blatechki participated in numerous sports, in particular karate. He was the karate champion of Bulgaria between 1989 and 1992.
Personal life.
Blatechki and actress Dilyana Popova have one son. He also has a daughter, Katerina, from his previous marriage to Katerina Goranova.


Come On, Leathernecks!

Come On, Leathernecks! is a 1938 American action film mixing football with the United States Marine Corps in the Philippines.
Alan Ladd has a small role.


The Husband Hunter

The Husband Hunter is a 1920 American comedy-drama film directed by Howard M. Mitchell starring Eileen Percy and Emory Johnson. Note that there was also a British film in 1920 with the same name.


Jennifer Euston

Jennifer Euston is an American casting director.
Career.
Most recently, she won an Emmy for casting "Orange Is the New Black" in 2014.


Marcelo Romo

Marcelo Romo (23 April 1941 – 23 January 2018) was a Chilean actor. He appeared in more than thirty films since 1969.


The Accusation

The Accusation () is a 1950 Italian melodrama film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo.


Dolores Heredia

Dolores Heredia (born October 6, 1966) is a Mexican actress.
Personal life.
She is the seventh of ten children who grew up in La Paz, Baja California Sur. Her mother was a photographer from Sinaloa, Lusiana Kornal and her father was a seaman from Guanajuato. She studied drama at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.


La bellissima estate

La bellissima estate (also known as "Summer to Remember"), is a 1974 Italian melodrama film directed by Sergio Martino.
It is best remembered for the soundtrack piece "Il barone rosso" by Luciano Michelini, which would eventually become the theme song of the comedy show, "Curb Your Enthusiasm".


Jane Bussmann

Jane Bussmann (born 1969 in Marylebone, London) is an English comedian and author, who has written for television and radio. Her credits include: "The Fast Show", "Smack the Pony", "Brass Eye", "Jam", "South Park" and "Crackanory"; as well as the radio series "Bussmann and Quantick Kingsize" with David Quantick.
Bussmann also wrote and starred in "Bussmann's Holiday", a live one-woman show, directed by Sally Phillips, which played in Los Angeles, New York City and Edinburgh. The show was based on Bussmann's experience of following conflict negotiator John Prendergast to Uganda, which she has since written about in her darkly comic memoir "The Worst Date Ever or How it Took a Comedy Writer to Expose Africa's Secret War", published in 2009.
Bussmann and Quantick also created "The Junkies", the world's first internet sitcom.


Paul Nardizzi

Paul Nardizzi is an American stand-up comedian based in the Boston, Massachusetts area. Nardizzi is the winner of the 2001 Boston Comedy Festival, and HBO's U.S. Comedy and Arts Festival in 1997. He has appeared on the television programs "Evening at the Improv" and "Late Night with Conan O'Brien". Nardizzi has authored the books "602 Reasons To Be Pissed Off" and "The Sarcastic Sports Trivia Book (Volumes 1 and 2)". He is also the co-author (along with Dave Barend) of the books "Things That Might Annoy a Yankee Fan" and "Things That Might Annoy a Jets Fan".
Personal life.
Paul is married with 4 children and currently lives in Framingham, Massachusetts.


Among the Missing (film)

Among the Missing is a 1934 American drama film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Richard Cromwell, Henrietta Crosman and Billie Seward.


International Lady

International Lady is a 1941 American spy-drama film directed by Tim Whelan and starring George Brent, Ilona Massey and Basil Rathbone.
During the production stage it was originally titled as "G-Men versus Scotland Yard". It was released shortly before the entry of the United States into World War II.
Plot.
An American operative in Great Britain (George Brent) and his counterpart from Scotland Yard (Basil Rathbone) suspect the beautiful singer Carla Nillson (Ilona Massey) of espionage. As they cleverly unravel her technique of singing in code over the radio, they track her from London, to Lisbon, to New York, where they succeed in tying her to a wealthy candy manufacturer who is, in reality, the saboteur mastermind.


The Golden Cocoon

The Golden Cocoon is a 1925 American drama film directed by Millard Webb and written by Louis D. Lighton and Hope Loring. It is based on the 1924 novel "The Golden Cocoon" by Ruth Cross. The film stars Huntley Gordon, Helene Chadwick, Richard Tucker, Frank Campeau, Margaret Seddon and Carrie Clark Ward. The film was released by Warner Bros. on January 30, 1926.


Elvis McGonagall

Elvis McGonagall (born Richard Smith; December 22, 1960) is a Scottish poet and stand-up comedian who is especially notable for poetry slam performances.
Biography.
McGonagall was born in Dundee, Scotland, and now lives in Dorset in South West England. His stage name combines a reference to the notoriously bad poet William McGonagall with 'Elvis' "because it’s just so wrong, the wrongest name I could think of to go with McGonagall".
Poetry.
Slam performances.
McGonagall first performed publicly at the UK Allcomers' Slam at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in 2003, finishing runner-up: he went on to win the slam the following year. His career saw significant progress in 2006, in which year McGonagall won the Spokefest UK Slam Championship and the World Slam Championship at the Rotterdam Poetry International Festival.
McGonagall performs at poetry events nationwide, as well as compering at the Blue Suede Sporran Club.
Media performances.
McGonagall has regularly appeared on BBC Radio 4's "Saturday Live", beginning with contributions to the premier episode. He has appeared frequently on other BBC Radio 4 programmes, including "Today", "Last Word" and "Off the Page".
McGonagall has also appeared on various television programmes for a number of broadcasters. His credits include BBC One's "The One Show", BBC Two's "The Culture Show" and Channel 4's 'Random Acts'.
Works.
Audio
Written


Paul Mather

Paul Mather is a Canadian TV writer and producer. He is most known in Canada for his work on "Corner Gas", "Little Mosque on the Prairie" and "Rick Mercer Report". He also created or co-created the sitcoms "Men with Brooms" and "Dan for Mayor".
In 2013, Mather was supervising producer on NBC's "The Michael J. Fox Show".


Jerry Langford

"For the film character portrayed by Jerry Lewis see The King of Comedy (film)"
Jerry Langford is an American animation director who directed several episodes of the animated series "Family Guy".
Langford has also served as Assistant Director on "Avatar the Last Airbender", character layout artist on "The Oblongs", "King of the Hill" and "Mission Hill".
"Family Guy".
Langford joined "Family Guy" in 2005. He is an animator for "Family Guy". He has since directed multiple episodes, including:


Alfred Bittins

Alfred Bittins (1909 – 1970) was a German film producer and production manager. He also co-directed the 1959 film "Jenny".


Romance for Bugle (film)

Romance for Bugle () is a 1967 Czechoslovakian drama film directed by Otakar Vávra. It was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Special Silver Prize. It is based on the lyrical epic poem of the same name written in 1961 by František Hrubín.


Farrow (musician)

Matt Farrow (born 28 October 1991), known as "Farrow", is an English electronic dance music record producer and DJ from Leeds, UK. He has gained support from BBC Radio 1, and played Bestival in Isle of Wight in 2014.


Johnny Midnight (TV series)

Johnny Midnight is an American crime drama that aired for one season in syndication from January 3, 1960 to September 21, 1960. The series stars Edmond O'Brien as the title character.
Synopsis.
O'Brien portrayed Johnny Midnight, a New York City actor turned private detective. Midnight's cases frequently focused upon Times Square and Broadway, where he had triumphed earlier on stage. Midnight lives in a Manhattan penthouse at Broadway and West 41st Street and owns The Midnight Theater. He often eats at Lindy's Bar, which enables him to maintain contact with his friends from show business. In addition to taking on individual clients, he often investigates cases for the Mutual Insurance Company. His acting experience sometimes helps when he uses a disguise during an investigation.
O'Brien said that he took the role after turning down other offers to star in TV series because the show "had a concept and setting totally different from anything in the mystery-adventure field. It was a story about the real drama of life as contrasted with Broadway play life." He narrated the crime drama in the terse style associated with Humphrey Bogart or Walter Winchell. The theme song of the series is "Lullaby of Broadway", performed by Joe Bushkin.
The supporting cast included Arthur Batanides as Sergeant Lupo Olvera, Barney Phillips as Lieutenant Sam Geller, and Yuki Shimoda as Uki, Midnight's wise-cracking Japanese manservant.
Other guest roles were filled by Parley Baer, Whitney Blake, Walter Burke, Russ Conway, Billy De Wolfe, Joe Flynn, Connie Hines, DeForest Kelley, Viveca Lindfors, Doug McClure, Ann McCrea, Tyler McVey, Jay Novello, J. Pat O'Malley, Jacqueline Scott, Robert F. Simon, and William Schallert, Lurene Tuttle, and Adam West.
Production notes.
Jack Chertok produced the program, prior to his association with the sitcom "My Favorite Martian". O'Brien's brother, Liam, originated the premise for the program.


Half Way to Heaven

Half Way to Heaven is a 1929 American Pre-Code drama film directed by George Abbott and written by Abbott, Henry Leyford Gates and Gerald Geraghty. The film stars Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Jean Arthur, Paul Lukas, Helen Ware, Oscar Apfel and Irving Bacon. The film was released on December 14, 1929, by Paramount Pictures.


Freeman King

Freeman King (1943–2002) was an American comedian known for such television shows and films as "The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour", "Fletch" and "The Buddy Holly Story".
At the suggestion of Redd Foxx, King teamed with comedian Murray Langston and became regular performers on "The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour."
King died in Los Angeles at age 59.


Lauren Cohn

Lauren Cohn is a radio host at WLS in Chicago.
Cohn previously worked as a morning anchor at WLS-TV in Chicago in 1993. She later moved to be an Anchor/general assignment reporter at WBBM-TV in 1998. Then, she worked for WFLD as a general assignment and health reporter. In February 2004, she moved to WCAU-TV in Philadelphia where she worked as an anchor/reporter until March 2007. While with WCAU she was nominated for the Best Anchor Emmy in 2004 and 2005. Then she moved back to Chicago to anchor the 10pm Newscast at Fox News Chicago. On August 30, 2010 it was announced that she would be joining WTXF-TV in Philadelphia as the main anchor. She left WTXF in January 2013.
Cohn co-hosted with John Kass 9-11am weekdays at WLSAM890.
After Kass/Cohn's radio show ended on Thursday, February 26, 2015, they were both shown the door in yet another WLS programming shakeup, according to blogger Robert Feder. Cohn will be given the opportunity to audition as a possible cohost with morning show host John Howell. Cohn began appearing alongside Howell during the week of March 2, 2015. Meanwhile it was announced the same day that Chicago radio personality Jonathan Brandmeier was hired by WLS, headed to the former Kass/Cohn timeslot. Further details were to be announced later.


Catherine Cohen

Catherine Cohen (born 1991) is an American comedian, actress, and performer. She is known for her comedy cabaret live performances. She was named to "comedians to watch" lists produced by Vulture and "Time Out" in 2018.
Early life and education.
Cohen was raised in Houston, Texas. She began to study musical theater as a child. She attended Princeton University where she received a degree in English. Cohen moved to New York after graduation to perform stand-up and sketch comedy, where she took classes at Upright Citizens Brigade and worked at Peoples Improv Theater.
Career.
Cohen has received positive critical reception for performing comedy cabaret. She has two regular performances: a monthly show at Joe's Pub called "The Twist?...She's Gorgeous," which includes singing and accompaniment; and, a weekly show called "Cabernet Cabaret" at Club Cumming. Both shows are performed with frequent collaborator, composer and pianist, Henry Koperski. Her performances were described by Madeleine Aggeler of The Cut as "a spinning, glittery, Technicolor explosion."
She co-hosts a monthly comedy show called "It's A Guy Thing" with Patti Harrison and Mitra Jouhari.
Cohen acted on "High Maintenance", "Broad City", and "Search Party". She performed an original comedic song called "Look At Me" on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" in July 2019.


Elise LeGrow

Elise Madeline LeGrow (born June 4, 1987) is a Canadian recording artist and songwriter.
Elise was offered a publishing deal from Sony/ATV Music Publishing following a live performance at the 2009 NXNE music festival in Toronto.
Elise's first release, "No Good Woman," was the most added single on adult contemporary radio in Canada the week of April 7, 2012. The single peaked at number six on the Nielsen BDS Adult Contemporary chart, and remained in the top 10 for 13 weeks.
In 2016, Elise signed with Awesome Music in Canada, which brought on S-Curve/BMG as her label in the US. Later in 2016, she recorded a full-length concept album of Chess Records covers entitled "Playing Chess". The album was produced by Steve Greenberg, Michael Mangini and Betty Wright. Questlove and Captain Kirk Douglas as well as The Dap Kings made contributions to the record.
Elise released "You Never Can Tell," by Chuck Berry as her first single from the record on May 19, 2017. In June 2016, she released "Who Do You Love", debuted at #15 on the CBC Radio 2 chart and eventually hit Top 10 on the CBC Radio 2 chart.
Elise LeGrow released her debut album "Playing Chess" on February 16, 2018.
Elise LeGrow released the single "Evan" on July 17, 2020.


Arthur Simeon

Arthur Simeon is a stand-up comedian based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was born in Kampala, Uganda on November 14, 1983 and attended the prestigious Namilyango College between 1996 and 2001. In the fall of 2001, Simeon moved to Canada to attend university in Peterborough, Ontario.
Simeon first tried stand-up comedy as a teenager while attending Trent University. He has performed multiple times at Just for Laughs and appeared on HBO and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
In February 2010, Simeon was featured as the cover story of "NOW" in Toronto. His debut comedy album, "Born and Raised", was released in 2014 on Comedy Records. His sophomore album, "The Blackest Panther", came out in February 2020. In the summer of 2020, he wrote and performed on the CBC series "Humour Resources".
Arthur Simeon is part of the Toronto-based label Comedy Records and was featured on their ten-year anniversary album.


Werner Bohne

Werner Bohne (1895-1940) was a German cinematographer of the Weimar and Nazi eras. He was killed in 1940, while working on a propaganda documentary during a battle as part of the invasion of Norway.


Friedrich Dammann

Friedrich Dammann (1901–1969) was a German screenwriter and playwright.
Filmography.
Director


Quattro bravi ragazzi

Quattro bravi ragazzi ("Four Fine Boys") is a 1993 Italian crime-drama film written and directed by Claudio Camarca.
The film was screened in the Venetian Nights section at the 50th Venice International Film Festival.


Dave Mordal

Dave Mordal (pronounced like "more doll") is a comedian from Elk River, Minnesota.
Career.
He was a contestant on the first and third seasons of NBC's "Last Comic Standing" where, as per the "Arizona Daily Star", he came to be "best known for his sarcastic humor as a battling comedian". In a July 2003 "People" report, Mordal shared his views about the show: "“Ten comics living in a house together. [...] It’s just going to be a matter of time before either everybody gets used to it or somebody snaps and kills somebody."
He was fourth eliminated in the first season after losing in a head-to-head competition to Dat Phan, the eventual winner of Last Comic Standing season 1. He was first runner-up in the third season. On the show he was known for his great friendship with Rich Vos, with whom he was seen taking baths and ironing. Also notable was the "infamous" rat hunt where Dave caught a rat.
He also has made guest appearances on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and was in the 1999 movie "Los Enchiladas" as the bread delivery guy.
Mordal was the host of "Wreckreation Nation", which first aired January 2009 on the Discovery Channel. A February 2009 "New York Times" report called Mordal "the intrepid star of "Wreckreation Nation,”..." additionally quoting a Nielsen report that said that the show had garnered an average viewership of 1.3 million.
While largely retired from his stand-up comedy career, he currently appears on-air weekdays as a personality on the morning-drive "The KQ Morning Show," on Minneapolis/St. Paul's KQRS-FM 92.5.


Antonio Prieto (Chilean actor)

Juan Antonio Espinoza Prieto (26 May 1926 – 14 July 2011) was a Chilean actor.
Also a popular singer, he scored an international 1961 hit with "La novia", later known as "The Wedding" in Great Britain and the US. In 1995 a "20 Greatest Hits" CD was released, which included such hits as "La novia" and "El milagro". He also made a very popular Spanish version of a song from the Italian singer Domenico Modugno.
Prieto also sang a popular ballad, "Juan Bobo", in homage to the popular Juan Bobo of Puerto Rican folklore.


Nick Doody

Nick Doody (born 1972 in Shipley, West Yorkshire) is a British stand-up comedian. He features frequently as a guest on radio broadcasts such as "Political Animal" and vox-pop television shows, although he is known primarily as a live stand-up comic.
He also wrote for the television series "FAQ U", was featured on "The Mark Thomas Comedy Product", and in 1997 was a finalist on Channel Four's "So You Think You're Funny" competition.
He was commissioned to write a study of American comedian Bill Hicks, "Telling the Truth, Laughing: The Life and Works of Bill Hicks" but this has yet to be made available to the public.
In August 2006 Nick performed his first solo Edinburgh Show "Before He Kills Again", and earlier that year made an appearance at Download festival. He has appeared on BBC Radio 2, "The Comic Side of 7 Days" on BBC Three, and has written for "8 out of 10 Cats", "The Late Edition" (BBC Four), "The Now Show" (BBC Radio 4), "Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive" (BBC Radio 4) and took his second solo show "Hypocrite" to the Edinburgh Festival in 2007. He has recently appeared on "The World Stands Up" for BBC America and Paramount in the UK, and on "Edinburgh and Beyond", also for Paramount. In August 2009 Nick performed again at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with the show Schizo.
He is currently supporting Dave Gorman in his latest 2018 tour "With Great PowerPoint Comes Great ResponsibilityPoint".
He is the creator and head writer of the BBC Radio 4 show, "Bigipedia", which broadcast in 2009 and 2011.


Runa Khan (actress)

Runa Khan is a Bangladeshi television and film actress. She won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film "Haldaa" (2017). She also won Meril Prothom Alo Critic's Choice Award for Best Actress for her film Chitkini.


Robert Earle

Robert Earle (January 5, 1926 – June 5, 2019) was a host of "G.E. College Bowl," an American game show that was broadcast first by CBS, later by NBC. Earle was the second host of the show, succeeding Allen Ludden, who left the show in 1962 to host "Password." Earle hosted "College Bowl" during the first NBC run, from 1962 to 1970.
Biography.
Veteran broadcaster (and Ithaca College media professor) Robert Earle had the same coloring and well-spoken manner as Allen Ludden. Columnist Bob Stahl wrote in "TV Guide" (Jan. 25, 1964), "When Earle first took over the show... a number of viewers noted his physical resemblance to Ludden. Both are fairly short, have sandy hair, wear horn-rimmed glasses, and sound almost alike." According to Ludden's wife Betty White (from her memoir "Here We Go Again"), the "College Bowl" producers deliberately emphasized the resemblance: "They took [Robert] to Allen's optometrist and ordered the same tortoiseshell frames that Allen wore at the time." The pleasant, unflappable Earle projected a calmer, more academic demeanor than Ludden had, which served the tone of the series well until 1970, when the series lapsed. (The sponsor thought it unwise to continue the series while student unrest was in the news.)
After "College Bowl", Robert Earle became a familiar face and voice in television commercials. On the weekly Gadabout Gaddis program "The Flying Fisherman," Earle represented the sponsor, Liberty Mutual Insurance.
Earle hosted a game show pilot for ABC in 1975 called "King of the Hill". The pilot did not sell, but the premise was adopted in 1978 as "Card Sharks".
In the early 1950s, Earle was also an announcer and news anchor for Utica, New York television station WKTV. After he left the station, he was replaced at the anchor desk by Dick Clark, another up-and-coming television personality.
Earle lived in Ithaca, New York where he was a media lecturer at Ithaca College. He served in the United States Navy. He died on June 5, 2019, at age 93.


Roger Christiansen

Roger S. Christiansen (born October 2, 1952) is American television director.
Christiansen has worked as a director, associate director and technical coordinator for number of notable television series. His credits include "Friends", "Joey", "Girlfriends", "Hannah Montana", "Drake & Josh", "iCarly", "Zoey 101", "True Jackson, VP", The Haunted Hathaways, "Suddenly Susan", "Murphy Brown", "Mad About You", "The Drew Carey Show" and "For Your Love".
In addition, Christiansen has also taught film at University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, Columbia University Film Division, Tokyo University of Technology and The School of Film and Television in Cuba.


Body Chemistry (film series)

The "Body Chemistry" film series is a series of four movies that focus on sexy, psychotic psychiatrist Dr. Claire Archer. The character was inspired by the one played by Glenn Close in "Fatal Attraction".
"Body Chemistry".
Body Chemistry is a 1990 American drama film directed by Kristine Peterson.
It led to a series of sequels.
Plot.
Two university academics study sexuality.
"Body Chemistry II: The Voice of a Stranger".
 Body Chemistry II: The Voice of a Stranger is a 1991 film.
"Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III".
Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III is a 1994 American erotic thriller film.
Plot.
Movie producer Andrew Clay wants to make a film about Dr. Archer, a psychologist who appears on television. Two men have died because of their obsession with her.
Clay falls for the psychologist. The screenwriter of the proposed film begins to suspect she might be more guilty than everyone thinks. Matters are complicated when Clay's wife wants to play the psychologist in the film.
"Body Chemistry IV: Full Exposure".
Body Chemistry IV: Full Exposure is a 1995 film, the final in the series. It was directed by Jim Wynorski, who plays a small role as a judge.
Plot.
Dr. Claire Archer is accused of the murder of producer Andrew Clay. She hires a lawyer to defend her.


The Clodhopper

The Clodhopper is a 1917 American comedy drama film from Kay Bee Pictures starring Charles Ray and Margery Wilson and directed by Victor Schertzinger.
Plot.
Isaac Nelson (French) is the tight-fisted president of a country bank and owns a farm, where his son Everett (Ray) works long hours every day, even on Sundays. Everett wears his father's cast-off clothes, and after his mother (Knott) buys him a mail order suit, Everett goes to a Fourth of July picnic with his sweetheart Mary Martin (Wilson). The father sees his wife in the field doing the son's work and, after forcing his son home from the picnic, beats him. Everett Nelson runs off to the big city (NYC) and tries to apply for a job as a janitor at a theater. There he meets a showman who puts him in a cabaret as a country dancer, doing a bizarre dance that Everett calls the "clodhopper slide," making $200 a week. Back in his hometown, rumors start to spread about the county bank making poor investments, creating a run on Mr. Nelson's bank. Everett's girlfriend, , goes to New York to ask him for help and sways him to return home. Everett saves the bank and he and Mary get married.
Reception.
Like many American films of the time, "The Clodhopper" was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required one cut of a stamped postcard (the board cut closeups of all envelopes and postcards from films).


Botho Hoefer

Botho Hoefer (1880–1958) was a German art director.


Valediction (film)

Valediction is a narrative short film written and directed by Dustin Kahia. The film premiered at the 2012 Newport Beach Film Festival on April 28, 2014. "Valediction" — which means the act of bidding farewell — follows the story of a grieving husband, played by Sam Page, who tries to find closure when his young wife suddenly dies (Italia Ricci). The film is stacked with an impressive cast which also includes James Avery ("The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"), Bonnie Bartlett ("St. Elsewhere"), and Eyal Podell.
"Valediction" is Kahia’s second short film. His first short film, "Masterpieces," was shown at the 2010 Newport Beach Film Festival.
Reception.
Autumn McAlpin of the "Orange County Register" wrote, "The 15 minute film showcases beautiful cinematography and a proficient cast—with Podell and Ricci’s performances particularly good." Bryan Thompson of CinemaBeach concurred with McAlpin's remarks about Kahia's film, "His film is wonderfully shot and beautifully acted, including fine talent as Sam Page and James Avery. " Bask Magazine called the cast, "outstanding."
Awards.
NFFTY 2012


Joseph Bova

Joseph Bova (May 25, 1924 – March 12, 2006) was an American actor. He worked in early television, having a children's show on WABC-TV in New York, and played Prince Dauntless in the Broadway musical Once Upon a Mattress, starring Carol Burnett.
Bova was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Mary (née Catalano) and Anthony Bova. He died of emphysema at the Actor's Fund retirement home in Englewood, New Jersey. He was 81 years old.


A Handful of Love (film)

A Handful of Love () is a 1974 Swedish drama film directed by Vilgot Sjöman. It was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival. At the 10th Guldbagge Awards the film won the awards for Best Film and Best Director.


Thomas Robins (actor)

Thomas Robins is a New Zealand Producer, Director, Writer and Actor who was the original host of "Squirt", a children's television series. He has also played roles in four films directed by Peter Jackson, the most notable being Déagol in "".


Heinz Hille

Heinz Hille (1891 – 15 May 1954) was a German screenwriter, film producer and director.


Few Options

Few Options, also known as "Few Options, All Bad", is a 2011 American feature-length crime drama written and directed by George Pappy.
Plot summary.
When a convicted drug smuggler leaves prison after 22 years for one youthful mistake, he just wants to start over and obey the law. But, unable to find work, he's forced to take a supposedly legitimate job with his old crime partners. And they have big plans for their newest employee.
Exhibition.
The film had its U.S. debut at The Valley Film Festival on November 12, 2011. The film was first televised in the U.S. on Showtime on April 23, 2012.


Iris and the Lieutenant

Iris and the Lieutenant () is a 1946 Swedish drama film directed by Alf Sjöberg and starring Mai Zetterling, Alf Kjellin and Åke Claesson. The film boosted Zetterling's international profile. Shortly afterwards she moved to Britain to make "Frieda" (1947).
The film is adapted from a 1934 novel by the same title, written by Olle Hedberg.


Manon (film)

Manon () is a 1949 French drama film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Serge Reggiani, Michel Auclair and Cécile Aubry. It is a loose adaptation of the 1731 novel "Manon Lescaut" by Abbé Prévost. The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and was a popular success with over three million spectators in France.
It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy.
Synopsis.
Clouzot updates the setting to World War II, making the story about a French Resistance fighter who rescues a woman from villagers convinced she is a Nazi collaborator.


Jesse Falcon

Jesse Scot Falcon (born January 17, 1971, in Flint, Michigan) is an American improv and sketch comedy performer based in New York City. He attended Albion College in Albion, Michigan, graduating in 1993 with a degree in Speech, Communications, and Theatre. Since 1998, Falcon has been a performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, working with comedians like "Saturday Night Live"'s Amy Poehler and "The Daily Show"'s Rob Corddry. Falcon also performs with other comedy groups such as Mother, The Chipperton Family, Telethon, and Girl Crush 2040. He has also appeared in the comedic short film "Running with Scissors".
In 2005, Falcon was named a Contributing Editor to the national humor magazine "Cracked".


Tanya Callau

Tanya Callau (born February 20, 1976) is a Bolivian-born actress and model.
Career.
In the 1990s, Callau came to United States from Bolivia to pursue modeling. Callau is 'best known' for her 2004 role as Tanya, a Spanish Wedding Guest, in "".
Starting in 2014, Callau starred with her husband, Alan Thicke, in "Unusually Thicke", a Canadian reality show/sitcom hybrid. In 2014, Callau was the associate producer of 14 "Unusually Thicke" episodes.
Personal life.
In 1999, at age 23, Callau met Alan Thicke in Miami, where he was a celebrity host and she was a model. On May 7, 2005, Callau married Alan Thicke in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Callau was his third wife. She is the step-mother of Brennan Thicke, Carter Thicke and Robin Thicke.
On December 13, 2016, Callau became the widow of Alan Thicke when he died.


Billy Howard

Billy Howard is an English comedy impressionist, who appeared on the ITV series "Who Do You Do?", in the early 1970s, alongside other impressionists such as Faith Brown.
Howard was born in Edgware, London, England. He commenced his musical career as a jazz trumpeter and guitarist, playing in various jazz combos in the early 1960s. In 1976, his single, "King Of The Cops", a send-up of the hit "King of the Road", reached No. 6 in the UK Singles Chart; it featured his impressions of TV cops including "Kojak", "Columbo", Steve McGarrett in "Hawaii Five-O", "McCloud", "Ironside" and "Cannon". Several months later, a follow-up, "The Disco Cops", was also released, but did not chart, and another comic record by Howard, "Frantic Frog (Parts 1 and 2)", released in 1977, also failed to chart.


Cory Doran

Cory Doran (is born February 7, 1982) is a Canadian voice actor and director who is known as the voice of Jimmy Z from Wild Kratts, the star of the Breakthrough Entertainment animated show, "Jimmy Two-Shoes". He also voices the character Mike in the series "Total Drama". He took over for Lou Attia as the voice of Fungus in the second season of the Cartoon Network/YTV animated television series, "Numb Chucks". He also provides the voice of Bummer in Cartoon Network/Teletoon series "Stoked" and Dabio in the PBS Kids animated series "Wild Kratts" Ace in the "Universal Kids" animated series "Powerbirds". Since 2015, he has been the voice of the Family Chrgd TV channel.
He also provides the voice of Squish and other characters in the HBO Max Animated Series Squish.


To Dance with the White Dog

To Dance with the White Dog is a 1990 novel by Georgia author Terry Kay, based on the experiences of his father.
Plot summary.
Sam Peek happily resides in Hart County, Georgia as a pecan farmer and local celebrity featured in many gardening/horticultural magazines. He and his wife Cora are both in their 80s, and have just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Cora dies of a heart attack. Sam and his family are deeply grieved over this, and his daughters begin to obsess over his safety and his life.
Not long after Cora's death, a mysterious white dog that only Sam can see appears near the house. He thinks it is just a stray, but daughters Kate, Carrie and his other children don't see it and think he's going crazy. Sam goes on a car trip in his weathered truck to a school reunion, keeping it a secret from the children. After a series of events, the family and other people begin to see the white dog, but never hear her bark. Shortly before Sam's death, the dog disappears and it is thought the dog was Cora in another form.
Adaptations.
The novel was turned in to a Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie, starring Hume Cronyn as Sam Peek and Jessica Tandy as Cora. It was filmed on location in Georgia. The movie premiered December 5, 1993 on CBS, and was nominated for many awards. Hume Cronyn won an Emmy award for his performance.


Karin Daughter of Ingmar

Karin Daughter of Ingmar () is a 1920 Swedish silent drama film directed by Victor Sjöström. It is the second part in Sjöström's large-scale adaption of Selma Lagerlöf's novel "Jerusalem", following "Sons of Ingmar" from the year before, and depicting chapter three and four from the novel. The critical reception was, however, unenthusiastic, and Sjöström decided to not direct any more parts. Eventually the suite was finished by Gustaf Molander in 1926.


Charlie Higgins (comedian)

Charlie Higgins was a popular recording comedian from the early to the mid-1930s who disappeared from the national consciousness once he stopped recording. His first record was recorded in 1930. Little is known about him today on the Internet or in Music Hall Books but it is believed he started his career in the theatre during the 1920s, and died in 1978. Despite lack of modern recognition, he was a very successful recording comedian in the early 1930s and once performed at an All Star Non Stop Variety Show in 1934. In the 1930s Higgins released at least a score of records, mostly on the Broadcast label and the last few on the Rex label. Although his records sold well at the time, some of the originals are now very hard to find but all of his popular songs, such as his most successful "With Me Gloves in me hand and me hat on one side." are on his CD, "All Poshed Up" that was named after his risque 1934 song "All Poshed up with me daises in me hand".
Higgins was born in Liverpool. In his day he played the part of someone who is down in their luck. He was a master of facial expressions.


Rebeca Ghigliotto

Rebeca Ghigliotto (1955 – 20 September 2003) was a Chilean actress of stage plays and television series, or "telenovelas". She had three daughters with director Raúl Osorio: Camila, Javiera, and Luciana Osorio Ghigliotto. Ghigliotto died of lung cancer.


Bob Cassidy

Bob Cassidy (born 1949, Kearny, New Jersey – 24 February 2017) was an American mentalist, speaker and author of books in the field, including "The Art of Mentalism" (1983), "The Principia Mentalia" (1994), and "The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy" (2004).
Society.
In 1978 Cassidy, and fellow mentalists Tony Raven, Scott Gordon, Mary Lynn, and Dian Buehlmeier, founded the Psychic Entertainers Association, a mentalism international professional society.
Awards.
1996 David Lederman Memorial Award for Creativity in Mentalism
2011 Dunninger Memorial Award for Distinguished Professionalism in the Performance of Mentalism


Cheaters at Play

Cheaters at Play is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Charlotte Greenwood, William Bakewell, Ralph Morgan, Barbara Weeks and Linda Watkins. The film was released on January 27, 1932, by Fox Film Corporation.


Arnold Whittall

Arnold Whittall (born 1935, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England) is a British musicologist and writer. He is Professor Emeritus at King's College London. Between 1975 and 1996 he was Professor at King's. Previously he lectured at Cambridge, Nottingham (1964–1969) and Cardiff (1969–1975).
Since the 1960s he has published books, articles and contributed chapters to multi-authored books.


Fritz Kraenke

Fritz Kraenke (1890–1947) was a German art director. He worked on the sets of more than thirty films during the silent era.


Coronation (2000 film)

Coronation () is a 2000 Chilean film directed by Silvio Caiozzi. It was Chile's submission to the 73rd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but it was not nominated.


Kit Hood

Christopher Hood (1943 – 20 January 2020) was a Canadian television editor, director, writer and producer. He was born in England and emigrated to Canada in his twenties.
Career.
Kit Hood was the co-creator of the "Degrassi" series of television shows.
Hood was a film editor with Walt Disney Productions in London, England, before emigrating to Canada in 1969. In the early 1970s, he was active editing television commercials.
Kit Hood and Linda Schuyler created a production company called "Playing With Time" to make educational films and documentaries in 1976. They went on to create the popular "Kids of Degrassi Street", "Degrassi Junior High", "Degrassi High", and the film "School's Out". He died at his home in West Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia on 20 January 2020.


Geeta Khanna

Geeta Khanna ( "Gītā Khannā", born on 20 December 1951) is an Indian voice actress. She specializes in dubbing foreign media into the Hindi language, which is her native mother-tongue language that she majorly speaks. In credit, she is also known as Gita Khanna or Geetha Khanna, via some translations. She has also acted in Hindi movies like; Zila Ghaziabad, Kis Kis Ki Kismat, Chandradas, Haveli, Chase, Bachke Rehna Re Baba etc. which can be found on IMDB.
She currently lives in Bandra West, as her residence located in West Mumbai of India..She lived in Bandra west but shifted to MIRA Road.
Dubbing career.
She is well known for dubbing over Mother and Grandmother roles in Hindi, from foreign media. She is also well known for voicing Queen and Witch characters in Hindi. She has contributed to cartoons, and participated in the Hindi dubs of some of the computer-generated animated Barbie films franchise.


Noam Zylberman

Noam Zylberman (born June 30, 1973) is an Israeli-born Canadian voice actor.
Early life.
Zylberman was born in Haifa, Israel to Jewish parents. His family relocated to Canada when he was two years old. He attended Vaughan Road Collegiate school in Toronto, and has an older sister, Ilana.
Career.
While growing up in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Zylberman booked his own audition for a Crunchie commercial at age ten, and had landed several voice acting jobs in animated TV series by the time he was 13 years old. He went on to provide voices for many characters on animated series such as "The Raccoons", "ALF Tales", "Garbage Pail Kids", "Sylvanian Families", and "The Care Bears".
He gained some notoriety playing the title role in "The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick", a coming-of-age feature film about being Jewish in a multicultural rural Manitoba town. In a year-end arts review for 1988, the Toronto Star's Sid Adilman called Zylberman "the best newcomer to English-Canadian movies this year". He was slated to reprise the role in a subsequent CBC Television series, "Max Glick", but more than two years passed before production on the series started, and by that time he had grown too tall for the role.
In 1989, he played the role of Tom Bradshaw in the TV movie "Last Train Home", and received a nomination for Best Young Actor in a Cable Special at the 12th Youth in Film Awards.


The Flesh Is Weak

The Flesh Is Weak is a 1957 British film directed by Don Chaffey. It stars John Derek and Milly Vitale. Distributors Corporation of America released the film in the USA as a double feature with "Blonde in Bondage".
Plot.
Tony Giani is a Soho pimp who preys on young provincial women who come to London seeking work. Marissa Cooper has just arrived in London and is spotted by Giani who offers her a job in a nightclub called the Golden Bucket. In her innocence she doesn't realise the club is a front for prostitution. When she tries to escape from the pimp's control she is set up by Giani and his brother Angelo and arrested by the police. Investigative journalist Lloyd Buxton persuades her to give evidence against the brothers and when they are jailed she is free of them.
Cast.
Source: BFI
Reception.
The film was a box office success.


Darkroom (TV series)

Darkroom is an American thriller anthology television series produced by Universal Television which aired on ABC from November 27, 1981 to January 15, 1982. As an anthology horror/thriller series it was similar in style to Rod Serling's "Night Gallery." Each 60-minute episode featured two or more stories of varying length with a new story and a new cast, but each of the episode wraparound segments was hosted by James Coburn. Among the performers who appeared on the series were Esther Rolle, Helen Hunt, Claude Akins, Richard Anderson, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Carole Cook, David Carradine, Billy Crystal, Pat Buttram, Brian Dennehy, Lawrence Pressman, Dub Taylor, Rue McClanahan, Lloyd Bochner, Ronny Cox, R. G. Armstrong, Jack Carter, and June Lockhart.
Opening narration.
The title sequence featured a dolly-in through the corridors of a house to a safe-lighted darkroom in a crawlspace under the stairs. James Coburn's voice could be heard over this dolly-in, narrating it as follows:
As Coburn's voiceover reached the point with "no escape... nowhere to turn," the camera turned toward various walls and closed doors.
Reruns.
The Sci Fi Channel aired the show in the mid-1990s, including the pilot episode. USA Network also reran the show at one point in the 1980s. It's also available for streaming on NBC's official website.


Steve Shaw (actor)

Steve Shaw (February 19, 1965 – December 5, 1990) was an American actor best known for playing Eric Fairgate in the television drama series "Knots Landing".
Life and career.
One of Shaw's earliest acting appearances was "Little House on the Prairie" Season 3 Episode 22, Gold Country, as Sam Delano, the son of an Italian couple mining for gold. He made another appearance on the same series in a Season 5 episode entitled "The Odyssey" in which he played a character named Dylan Whittaker who has been diagnosed with terminal leukemia and wishes to see the Pacific Ocean before he dies. He also appeared in two episodes of "The Waltons" as George Simmons. Shaw appeared regularly in "Knots Landing" from 1979 to 1987, and thereafter made occasional return appearances until 1990.
Death.
Shaw died on December 5, 1990 in a head-on traffic collision with a truck in Los Angeles. He was survived by his mother and grandparents; his father had died six months previously of a heart attack.


Pawned (film)

Pawned is a 1922 American silent melodrama film directed by Irvin Willat, and starring Tom Moore, Edith Roberts, Charles K. Gerrard, Josef Swickard, Mabel Van Buren, and James O. Barrows. It is based on the 1921 novel of the same name by Frank L. Packard. The film was released by Selznick Distributing Corporation on November 13, 1922.
Preservation.
The film is now considered lost.


David Fane

David Fane (born 1966) is a New Zealand actor of Samoan descent.
Early life and education.
Fane was educated at St. Pauls College in Grey Lynn.
Career.
Fane got into acting quite late and trained at the New Zealand Drama School Toi Whakaari, graduating in 1991.
He first appeared on television in a sketch comedy show called SKITZ alongside future Naked Samoans Oscar Kightley and Robbie Magasiva. He then did the sitcom spinoff "The Semisis" in which he played the father and the minister. In 2004 he performed in a play written by Oscar Kightley and Dave Andrews called "Niu Sila". The play won the Chapman Tripp Theatre Award for Outstanding New Zealand Play of the Year. Fane was a founding member of Naked Samoans. He played a leading role in Sione's Wedding. Other roles include parts in The Tattooist, bro'Town, Outrageous Fortune and the lead role in Diplomatic Immunity.
Fane is part host on the TV2 series "Island Wars" and morning host for the New Zealand radio station Flava 95.8 for 10 years.
In 2016 he was awarded the Emerging Pacific Artist award with Oscar Kightley at the Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifka Awards.
Controversy.
In 2010, at the inaugural Radio Roast Fane pushed insult comedy boundaries when roasting advertising executives in front of a celebrity audience. He said that "Hitler had a right", people living with HIV deserved to be "roasted", and "Jews were expendable". The media, taking the incident out of context, suggested it was a drunken tirade when in fact it was in line with the theme of the night, a risque comedy Roast and Fane was explicitly instructed on what line to take. Fane abjectly apologised to the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) and New Zealand Jewish Council. Both organisations accepted his apology on behalf of their communities.


Bad Country

Bad Country (also known as Whiskey Bay) is a 2014 American action film based on a true story starring Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe, Amy Smart, and Tom Berenger. The film started shooting in Baton Rouge and Angola, Louisiana on August 7, 2012.
Plot.
When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter arrests contract killer Jesse Weiland, he convinces Jesse to help the police to destroy the South's most powerful crime ring. When the syndicate orders Carter's death and Weiland is identified as an informant, the two team up to fight the mob and catch the crime boss who ordered the hit.
Production.
The film was in post-production when director Chris Brinker died suddenly on February 8, 2013. Brinker was to be presented with the Robert Smalls Indie Vision Award at the 7th annual Beaufort, South Carolina International Film Festival in February 2013.


Michael Hines

Michael Hines is a television and film director based in Scotland. He has directed and produced "Chewin' the Fat", a Scottish sketch show, and "Still Game" as well as hundreds of hours of television and short films including "Instant Credit" starring Billy Boyd. He was a committee member for BAFTA Scotland in 2017–18.


Hollywood Beat

Hollywood Beat is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from September 21 until November 23, 1985. starring Jack Scalia, Jay Acovone, Edward Winter and John Matuszak. The series aired on Saturday nights at 8:00 p.m Eastern time.


Heartland (2007 American TV series)

Heartland is an American medical drama television series that aired on TNT from June 18 to August 31, 2007. It was produced by Warner Horizon Television.
On Monday, July 23, "Heartland" was moved to its new time beginning at 8:00pm Eastern/7:00pm Central followed by "The Closer" and the series premiere of "Saving Grace".
On Friday, August 31, "Heartland" was canceled by TNT due to disappointing ratings.
Summary.
The series was based in the high-stakes world of heart-transplant surgery at "St. Jude" hospital in Pittsburgh based largely on the transplant center at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. It followed a recently separated couple who work both sides of the trade: She convinces the survivors and loved ones to donate the organs of the newly or about to be deceased; he races against time to implant the valuable organs into patients who are struggling against time and their failing bodies to hold on just long enough to receive the life-saving gifts.
Episodes.
S01, E01: "Pilot"
S01, E02: "I Make Myself Into Something New"
S01, E03: "Picking Up Little Things"
S01, E04: "Mother & Child Reunion"
S01, E05: "The Place You'll Go"
S01, E06: "Domino Effect"
S01, E07: "A Beautiful Day"
S01, E08: "As We So Wonderfully Done With Each Other"
S01, E09: "Smile"


Anya Beyersdorf

Anya Beyersdorf is an Australian actress-turned-writer/director born in Armidale, New South Wales. In 2014 she won an AWGIE Award - the Monte Miller Award for her screenplay Paradise at the Australian Writer's Guild Awards. In 2016, she was awarded one of four inaugural Lexus Australia Short Film Fellowships by the Sydney Film Festival. She was also a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting Semi-finalist.
Beyersdorf trained in acting and directing in the theatres of Berlin after winning the Marten Bequest Prize for Acting for 2008/2009, working under Bulgarian director Dimiter Gotscheff on the play "The Powder Keg at Der Haus der Berliner Festspiele", as well as traveling and studying performance in Poland, Denmark and the USA.
Beyersdorf was one of eight actresses who played the title character Angie in John Winter’s directorial debut feature film, "Black & White & Sex". It was her second feature film, after "Rats and Cats" in 2007.
Beyersdorf has acted in six short films, including playing the role of Emma in "Emma and the Barista" on ABC TV. She played the lead role in the Australian Film Commission short film "Love’s Labour", which was nominated for a Dendy Award in 2007. She also played the role of Tamara in the short film "Dugong", which was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award in 2007.
Filmography.
Film
Television


Dax Jordan

Dax Jordan is an American actor and standup comedian. He was born and lives in Los Angeles, California and was raised in Sandy, Oregon.
Standup Comedy.
Jordan has performed as a stand up comedian since 2005, appearing several times at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival in Portland, Oregon. He placed third in the 2010 Seattle International Comedy Competition.
Jordan was also the celebrity host for the awards ceremony of the first annual SymmyS Awards for outstanding palindrome achievement in 2013. The judges for the event included Jordan's inspiration, "Weird Al" Yankovic as well as comedians Demetri Martin and Jackie Kashian, musician John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants, and New York Times crossword puzzle editor Will Shortz.
Acting.
Jordan has appeared in several movies including Untraceable, Freedom State, and Skyn Deep. He shot and directed the short film "Who the F*ck is Chip Seinfeld?," which was later expanded into a feature mockumentary by the filmmaker Mike Newman.


Frankie Adams

Frankie Adams (born 3 January 1994) is a Samoan New Zealand actress, best known for her roles as Bobbie Draper in the science fiction television series "The Expanse" and as Ula Levi in the prime-time soap opera "Shortland Street".
Early life.
Adams was born on the island of Savaii in Samoa and is the oldest of three daughters. She attended Auckland Girls Grammar School.
Career.
Adams's first role, aged 16, was that of Ula Levi in the soap opera "Shortland Street". She has also had roles in the television series "Wentworth" and in the film "1000 Ropes".
In 2016, she was cast as "Martian Marine Corps gunnery sergeant" Bobbie Draper as part of the main cast in the second season of the U.S. sci-fi television series "The Expanse", a role she has continued through the fifth season.
Celebrity boxing.
Adams has participated in a celebrity "Fight for Life" charity boxing event, trained by Lolo Heimuli. She lost the celebrity exhibition match by a clear decision.


The Visit (2000 film)

The Visit is a 2000 American film written and directed by Jordan Walker-Pearlman, based on a play by Kosmond Russell.
Premise.
Alex Waters (Hill Harper), a young man dying of AIDS, is serving 25 years in prison for a rape he says he didn't commit. Alex, his family and his girlfriend try to come to an emotional resolution.
Reception.
Critical response.
On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 72% based on 32 reviews, with an average rating of 6.34/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "An earnest drama, The Visit gains much emotional power through its fine performances." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 60 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".


James Condon

James Thomas Condon (27 September 1923 – 14 February 2014) was an Australian actor of radio and stage, a scriptwriter and voice over, however best known for his numerous television roles in serials and television movies in Australia, particularly Number 96 and Neighbours. He was the husband of Neighbours actress Anne Haddy and the brother of theatre producer and actress Coralie Condon, who was a Medal of the Order of Australia recipient and known as the "First Lady of Western Australian Television". Coralie died on 31 December 2014, aged 99.
Career.
James Thomas Condon was born in Fremantle, Western Australia. His career started in repertory theatre, before joining at ABC Radio in Perth in 1942, he would serve with the RAAF serving in the Air Force during World War II and eventuate to flight lieutenant. After the war he worked for the BBC before returning to Australia in 1951 to resume his acting career, working on radio serials, including Portia Faces Life. When TV arrived in 1956 he moved to Sydney and appeared on the opening night of ABN2, Sydney, and in a number of ABC plays, including "Tomorrow's Child" and "A Phoenix Too Frequent".
He played the lead role in ATN7's "The Story of Peter Grey", one of the first soap opera dramas produced for Australian television.
He made many other appearances on television, including "Homicide", "Matlock Police", "Number 96" (both the TV serial and the 1974 feature film spin-off, playing different characters), "Bellamy", "The Young Doctors", "Carson's Law", "Sons and Daughters", "Prisoner", "The Flying Doctors", "Blue Heelers" and "Something in the Air".
Personal life.
Condon was the brother of actress and theatre producer Coralie Condon and had a brother Terry. His first marriage was to Joan Cranmer. The couple had four daughters. Condon was married to Australian actress Anne Haddy, best known for the role of matriarch Helen Daniels in "Neighbours", from 1985 until her death in 1999. Condon was the stepfather of Haddy's children Jane and Tony. He acted alongside Haddy in "Neighbours" twice – as Douglas Blake in 1985 and again in 1995 as Reuben White. Condon suffered a stroke in 2013. He died from a stroke at a RSL retirement home in Narrabeen, Sydney on 14 February 2014, aged 90.


John Ioannou

John Ioannou is an actor best known for his role as "Pete Riley" and "Alex Yankou" on the "Degrassi" series.


Carter Stevens

Carter Stevens (October 17, 1944 - December 30, 2020) was a pornographic film actor, director, grip, gaffer, and film processing lab technician.
Stevens earned a degree in photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology, worked at Eastman Kodak Company and was a shift supervisor at Movielab, the largest independent motion picture processing facility in New York, before going into film-making. He made 8 mm loops, appeared in over 50 adult films between around 1973 and 1993, and directed about 40 films between 1972 and 1996, including a series of films for the Avon Theater chain.
After Stevens's film "Punk Rock" received favorable reviews and with the increasing popularity of the punk rock music genre, he re-edited and released the film into an R-rated version, replacing explicit sex footage with more music and expanded plot.
He fought battles with drugs, a life-threatening heart attack, and charges of obscenity before re-emerging in the 1990s and early 2000s to produce the BDSM-related "S&M News", and several print publications.


Ken Kempster

Ken Kempster (born September 18, 1975) is a Canadian musician.
Kempster has played drums in the Canadian punk rock bands wedontdomuch, Shovlhead, Swell Prod., The Showbusiness Giants (1993–1997), The Hanson Brothers (1993–1997), and NoMeansNo (1993–1997, serving as second drummer for live performances and their seventh full-length album "The Worldhood of the World (As Such)".)


Matt Earl Beesley

Matthew Earl Beesley is an American film director and television director living in Bell Canyon, California; he is the son of Dr. Earl Beesley.
From 1984 to 1988, he worked as assistant director on a number of notable films including "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" (1989), "The Beverly Hillbillies" (1993) and "Chain Reaction" (1996). He made his head directorial debut with the 1998 film "Point Blank" starring Mickey Rourke.
Some of his television directing credits include ', ', "Prison Break", "Lost", "", "Criminal Minds", "The Closer" and "Hawaii Five-0".


Lakshman Mendis

Lakshman Mendis (born May 19, 1955) is a Sri Lankan actor of films stage plays and television. He started his career in 1985 acting in a documentary tele drama ‘Gangulen Egodata’ directed by late Dr.Dharmasena Pathiraja and played the lead role in the film Nidahase Piya DS(2018) directed by Suneth Malinga Lokuhewa.
Awards.
Most promising new actor at 24th Sarasaviya film festival in 1996.


Kromestar

Rajpal Kalsi, better known as Kromestar, is a British Sikh dubstep and grime record producer from South London.
Biography.
He is well regarded in both dubstep and the broader UK dance scene. Kromestar is most well known for his first album, "My Sound" which cemented him as a seminal producer in the genre. He later released his second album 2011 "Colourful Vibrations". In December 2013, the album "Tears of Joy -" inspired by the death of his son - was released, with proceeds going to charity. His style is known to vary quite dramatically, from the mechanised sound of his dubstep releases to the smoother sounds of sample-based grime, and an overall aesthetic of concise production. In addition to his own labels Bass 'N' Love and Dub Steppers Recordings, he has released on Mala's Deep Medi Musik, V.I.V.E.K.'s System Music, and many other prominent labels in the scene.


Sarah Anna Glover

Sarah Anna Glover (13 November 1786 – 20 October 1867) was an English music educator who invented the Norwich sol-fa system. Her Sol-fa system was based on the ancient gamut; but she omitted the constant recital of the alphabetical names of each note and the arbitrary syllable indicating key relationship, and also the recital of two or more such syllables when the same note was common to as many keys (e.g. C, Fa, Ut, meaning that C is the subdominant of G and the tonic of C). The notes were represented by the initials of the seven syllables, still in use in Italy and France as their names.
Early life.
Glover was born in The Close, Norwich. She was baptised at St Mary in the Marsh on 18 November 1786. She started trying to develop a simplified system of musical notation during her twenties, when she ran a Sunday school with her younger sister, Christiana. Not much of her career is known until her late twenties.
Career.
Her father became Curate of St Laurence's Church, Norwich in 1811, which led to her taking over the music for the Church around that time. Her influence made the Church respected for its music and young women were sent to her for training. By 1827, she had developed a complete method musical notation that she was using while teaching at a girl's school she had founded. She developed her learning system to aid teachers with a cappella singing. Her 1835 instructional book "Scheme for Rendering Psalmody Congregational" met with great success. It was later refined and developed by John Curwen and others over the years. The concept became well known in popular culture after it was featured in a song from "The Sound of Music".
Glover later lived in Cromer, then Reading, then Hereford. She died of a stroke in Great Malvern and was buried there.


The Clock (TV series)

The Clock is a 30-minute American anthology television series based upon the American Broadcasting Company radio series, which ran from 1946–48. The half-hour series mostly consisted of original dramas concerning murder, mayhem or insanity. Series narrator Larry Semon was the only regular; each week a new set of guest stars were featured. The title of the series was derived from a clock which was a major plot element in each story. The show's musical theme was "The Sands of Time". Ninety-one episodes aired from 1949 to 1952, most of them on NBC, except for the final season which aired on ABC.
Among its directors were Fred Coe, one of the pioneering producers in the Golden Age of Television.
Notable guest stars included Grace Kelly, Eva Marie Saint, Charlton Heston, Cloris Leachman, Raymond Massey, Jackie Cooper, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Sterling, George Reeves, Jack Albertson, Anna Lee.


The Good Father

The Good Father is a 1985 British film directed by Mike Newell and starring Anthony Hopkins, Jim Broadbent, Harriet Walter, Fanny Viner, Simon Callow, Joanne Whalley, and Michael Byrne. It is loosely based on Peter Prince's 1983 novel of the same name. It marked the first credited appearance in a feature film of Stephen Fry. The film was produced for British television but received a theatrical release in the US.
Plot.
Bill (Hopkins) is a man who is bitter about his recent divorce from his wife and the loss of custody of his only child. He acts out his anger by befriending another man, Roger (Broadbent), who has been sued for divorce by his wife, so that she can enter into a lesbian relationship with her lover. Bill tries to help the man out, by funding the latter's court case to regain custody of his child. Simon Callow plays an unscrupulous and sleazy barrister hired for the case. Soon Bill, who has focused his anger against feminism which he blames for robbing him of his family, begins to feel disgust for what he and his new friend are doing.


Wayne Hope

Wayne Hope is an Australian actor, writer, director, and producer.
Career.
Television.
Hope's acting career began in 1996, when he appeared on "The Glynn Nicholas Show". Some of his acting roles have been in the following shows:
Hope directed, produced and wrote for "Stories from the Golf", "The Librarians", "Very Small Business", "Little Lunch", "Upper Middle Bogan" and "Back in very Small Business"
Movies.
In 2015, he directed his first feature film, "Now Add Honey".
Personal life.
He is married to comedian and actress Robyn Butler. Together they run the production company Gristmill. Owing to his marriage, he is the step father of actress Molly Daniels. He is mainly known for his comedic roles in television and film.


Journey into the Night

Journey into the Night () is a 1921 silent German drama film directed by F. W. Murnau. Prints of the film still survive, thus making it the earliest surviving F. W. Murnau film as of 2013.
Plot.
An upright, straight-laced physician, Dr. Eigil Börne (Olaf Fønss), has long been engaged to Hélène (Erna Morena). To celebrate Hélène's birthday, the couple goes to a cabaret. A dancer, Lily (Gudrun Bruun-Stefenssen), is fascinated by the doctor and pretends to sprain her ankle. Börne attends her, and she seduces him. Börne becomes infatuated, breaks his engagement to Hélène, and marries Lily.
The Börnes move to the country, where they meet a blind painter (Conrad Veidt). Dr. Börne restores his sight. Dr. Börne learns that Hélène's health is failing, as she is heartbroken over her broken engagement. He tries to see her, but is turned away. When he returns home, Dr. Börne discovers Lily is having an affair with the painter and abandons her.
Years later, Lily seeks out Dr. Börne. The painter has gone blind again, and she pleads with him to operate once more. Dr. Börne refuses. Lily, he says, is incapable of true love and doesn't really love the painter. At any rate, he would not operate unless Lily left the painter. Lily runs off. A short time later, Dr. Börne goes to see Lily and discovers she has poisoned herself so that Börne will operate on her lover. The painter declines treatment. Börne commits suicide as well, preferring to live in darkness rather than without Lily.


Put Up Your Hands

Put Up Your Hands is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Edward Sloman and written by L. V. Jefferson. The film stars Margarita Fischer, George Periolat, and Emory Johnson. The film was released on March 16, 1919, by Pathé Exchange.


The Trials of Oz

The Trials of Oz is 1991 video-taped BBC television drama shown in the UK on 9 November 1991 as part of BBC 2's "Performance" anthology series of single plays.
The drama concerns the six-week trial in June and July 1971 of the joint editors of the British underground magazine "Oz" in which the three men were prosecuted on three charges, including obscenity, for the 28th issue known as Schoolkids Oz. It is based on the transcripts of the court case which were adapted by Geoffrey Robertson, who was junior defence counsel at the trial. The re-enactment features Hugh Grant as Richard Neville, Peter O'Brien as Jim Anderson, Kevin Allen as Felix Dennis, the three charged men. The production also featured Leslie Phillips as Judge Michael Argyle, Nigel Hawthorne as Brian Leary, Simon Callow as John Mortimer, Alfred Molina as George Melly, Lee Cornes as Marty Feldman, and Nigel Planer as John Peel.
The three accused were convicted of obscenity and given sentences ranging from nine to fifteen months, but released on appeal at which the trial judge was severely reprimanded for misdirecting the jury.
The play was nominated for a BAFTA Award as Best Single Drama.
See also.
"Hippie Hippie Shake", an unreleased 2010 feature film about Neville, the creation of UK "Oz", and the obscenity trial.


Dougie Baldwin

Dougie Baldwin (born 1996) is an Australian actor from Frankston, Victoria.
Baldwin has performed in many community theatre productions, including a 2008 rendition of Equus that was nominated for a theatre award for best progressive transhuman performance.
Baldwin is also widely known for starring in the 2013 Australian TV show 'Nowhere Boys' as Felix Ferne.


Vicki Lin

Vicki Lin (born 1984) is a New Zealand television presenter and actor who has appeared on Being Eve and What Now. She joined What Now alongside Tāmati Coffey. Lin co-hosted Studio 2 between 2007 and 2009. She did not return in 2010, as she got a job opportunity with International Community Radio Taipei in Taiwan.
Lin is of Taiwanese descent and was born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand.


Flames of the Flesh

Flames of the Flesh is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Edward LeSaint, and starring Gladys Brockwell, William Scott, Harry Spingler, Ben Deeley, Charles K. French, Louis Fitzroy, and Rosita Marstini. The film was released by Fox Film Corporation on January 1920.
Preservation.
The film is now considered lost.


Rebecca Frith

Rebecca Frith is an Australian actress.
Biography.
Since graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1987, Frith has appeared in a diversity of TV shows (Water Rats (TV series), G.P., A Country Practice, MDA). Firth gained international acclaim as the older of two sisters vying for the attentions of a lecherous DJ in Shirley Barrett's Caméra d'Or winning debut, "Love Serenade", screening in Un Certain Regard at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. For the role she was awarded the Leonardo da Vinci prize for Best Actress, Debut Performance by the Beaux Arts Society in New York.
In 2002 she received an Australian Film Institute award nomination 'Best Actress in a Supporting or Guest Role in a Television Drama' for her role in "Secret Bridesmaids' Business".
Frith's extensive stage credits include The Sydney Theatre Company's The Crucible, Midsummer Night's Dream, title role in Romeo & Juliet, and The Rain Dancers.


Charter (film)

Charter is a 2020 Swedish drama film directed by Amanda Kernell. It was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it did not make the shortlist.
Synopsis.
While awaiting on the final custody verdict following her divorce, a mother abducts her two children, taking them to Tenerife.


The Racketeer

The Racketeer is a 1929 American Pre-Code drama film. Directed by Howard Higgin, the film is also known as Love's Conquest in the United Kingdom. It tells the tale of some members of the criminal class in 1920s America, and in particular one man and one woman's attempts to help him. Gossip columnist Hedda Hopper appears in a minor role. The film is one of the early talkies, and as a result, dialogue is very sparse.
Reception.
"The Racketeer" was banned by the British Board of Film Censors in 1929, but the 61 minute film "Love's Conquest" was passed in 1930.


Betty Kean

Betty Kean (December 15, 1914 - September 29, 1986) was an actress and part of the 1950s era comedy duo the Kean Sisters with her sister Jane Kean. She married four times, including to actors such as her last husband comedian Lew Parker. She died in 1986 of cancer in Hollywood.
Biography.
Kean was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1914. She began her acting career in 1942, appearing in films like "Moonlight Masquerade", "Gals, Incorporated", "Sing a Jingle" and "Hi, Good Lookin'!", among others.
During the 1950s she was part, along her sister Jane, of the comedy duo the Kean Sisters, which worked the nightclub circuit throughout the 1940s and 1950s and appeared on Broadway in the 1955 musical, "Ankles Aweigh".
She appeared in several TV series like "Leave It to Larry", "Naked City", "The Andy Griffith Show", "My World and Welcome to It", and "The Love Boat".
One of her last television appearances was in the February 22, 1986, episode of "The Facts of Life," “The Lady Who Came to Dinner” as a traveling vaudevillian performer whom Tootie hires for the entertainment during Blair’s 21st birthday.
Her final film credit was "Dreamscape" in 1984.
Personal life.
Kean was married four times; to Roy Sedley from 1934 to 1936, to Frank Fay from 1937 to 1939, with whom she had one daughter, Cathy Jane Fay, to Jim Backus from 1939 to 1942 and lastly to Lew Parker from 1956 to 1972 with whom she had another daughter, Deirdre.
Death.
Kean died of cancer in Los Angeles on September 29, 1986. She was survived by her two daughters.


Fildha Elishandi

Fildha Elishandi (born March 12, 1991) is an actress from Indonesia. She began her career in the world of film through films Putih Abu-Abu dan Sepatu Kets.


His Captive Woman

His Captive Woman is a 1929 American part-talking drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Milton Sills and Dorothy Mackaill. It was produced and distributed by First National Pictures which was already a subsidiary of the Warner Brothers studios. The Vitaphone sound system was also a subsidiary of Warners. Both Mackaill and Sills as well as director Fitzmaurice had worked together on the previous year's "The Barker".
Preservation.
Prints of "His Captive Woman" are maintained in the Library of Congress and reportedly in the Gosfilmofond Archive.


Robert Pollock (actor)

Robert Pollock (born 1960) is a New Zealand actor.


Davy (film)

Davy is a 1958 British comedy-drama film directed by Michael Relph and starring Harry Secombe, Alexander Knox and Ron Randell. It was the last comedy to be made by Ealing Studios and had the distinction of being the first British film in Technirama. "Davy" was intended to launch the solo career of Harry Secombe, who was already a popular British radio personality on "The Goon Show", but it was only moderately successful.
Plot.
A young entertainer is conflicted over the chance of a big break. He has to decide whether to remain with his family's music hall act or to go solo.
Main cast.
Peter Frampton, who plays young Tim, was the son of Harry Frampton, makeup artist for many years at Ealing including in this film. Peter would eventually follow in his father's footsteps and worked as his assistant on several films, including Hitchcock's "Frenzy" (1972). In 1995, Peter Frampton won the Oscar for Best Makeup for "Braveheart". He remembered his filming on "Davy" fondly, as "it meant time off school and (getting the) star treatment."
Reception.
Box office.
According to MGM records, the film earned only $40,000 in the US and Canada and $265,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $279,000.
Critical.
"TV Guide" called the film a "pleasant if unimpressive drama" ; "Britmovie" wrote, " stylistically the film is an awkward combination of broad farce, Secombe having made his name as one of the denizens of the celebrated Goon Show, and awkward, turgid scenes of moral conflict" ; while "Allmovie" noted, "a stellar supporting cast enables "Davy" to overcome its occasional banalities and cliches."


Juliet Hammond-Hill

Juliet Hammond-Hill (born 13 November 1953) is an English actress, best known for her role in the television series "Secret Army" (1977–1979) and the sequel "Kessler" (1981). She is also known as Juliet Hammond.
Early life.
Hammond-Hill was born in St Pancras, London, the daughter of Peter Hammond Hill, an actor, and Maureen Glynne-West, who had married at Westminster in 1948. She was the eldest in a family of five, with a sister and three brothers.
She trained as an actress at the Webber Douglas Academy and later gained a Post-Graduate Certificate of Education in the performing arts from the University of Greenwich.
Career.
Hammond-Hill came to national attention in 1977 as Natalie Chantrens in the BBC television drama series "Secret Army" (1977–1979), with a central role in all three years of the programme. In 1980, she played Madeline Bray and other parts in the first Royal Shakespeare Company production of "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby", staged at the Aldwych Theatre.
Several new screen roles came to Hammond-Hill in 1981, chiefly "Kessler", a sequel to "Secret Army" set in about 1980, for which she had to age more than thirty years. She was the ominous Miss Hawk in eight episodes of the BBC serial for children "Dark Towers", appeared as a German terrorist, Irene Kohl, in the thriller serial "Blood Money" and had a guest part in "Blake's 7", playing the telekinetic Pella in the episode ”Power”. At the end of the year, while pregnant with her daughter, she appeared opposite David Bowie as Emilie in the television version of Bertholt Brecht's "Baal", first broadcast in March 1982.
In 1983, Hammond-Hill was a guest on "Only Fools and Horses", playing Miranda Davenport, an antique dealer who dates Del Trotter. From then on, she worked as Juliet Hammond, the first such credit being in the television movie "The Balance of Nature" (1983).
Later work included parts in "The Case of Marcel Duchamp" (1984), "Playing the Ace" (1986), and "Ping Pong" (1986), in which Hammond played the mistress of a Chinaman who has died in mysterious circumstances.
Since the 1990s, Hammond has taught drama students and directed plays, mostly in Brighton. She now spells her name Juliette Hammond.
Personal life.
In 1977, Hammond-Hill married Mark Burgin in Fulham. A daughter born in 1982 was registered with the names Hammond-Hill and Constantinou.


Bobby Vitale

Bobby Vitale, also known as "Jerry Forde" (born June 30, 1965) is an American pornographic actor of Mexican/ Irish descent. He entered the adult film industry in 1995 and had performed in over 418 titles. His filmography included films directed by John Leslie. Vitale has directed two adult films.
Personal life.
Vitale was married to fellow porn actor Nikki Tyler from 1996 to 1998. He appeared in scenes with her. They subsequently got divorced, and Vitale later became engaged to Briana Banks in 2003, before they split up in 2006.
Vitale was the victim of a car accident in 2004 that left him with a smashed pelvis, crushed urethra and having to use a wheelchair and a colostomy bag temporarily.
Having retired in the mid 2000s, Vitale ran a body shop in Southern California for several years. He claimed to be ready to make a comeback to the porn industry in 2011, but nothing ever came of this.


Turquoise Rose

 Turquoise Rose is a 2007 independent drama film co-written and directed by Holt Hamilton that takes place on the Navajo Nation. "Turquoise Rose" was filmed primarily on the Navajo Nation in Fort Defiance, Arizona, as well as in Phoenix, Arizona. The film is one of the only American films to feature an indigenous Native American lead role for an actress, played by Navajo actress Johnson.
Synopsis.
Turquoise "T" is in college in Phoenix and struggling at work as a photographer for a newspaper. She reluctantly agrees to stay with her grandmother on the Navajo reservation while she recovers from an illness. Over the summer she bonds deeply with her feisty and traditional grandmother in their rural homeland. Along the way she also gets to know the locals, including beginning a relationship with a handsome young artist named Harry, who's got personal issues of his own. Through many happy and sad memories, she gains a sense of purpose upon returning to the city and uses her skills in photography to make a change in her life, while honoring the experiences with her grandmother, with Harry by her side.
Premiere.
The film held its world premiere at Navajo History Museum & Visitor Center located at the Navajo Nation capital Window Rock, Arizona.


Steve Dildarian

Steve Dildarian (born November 3, 1969) is an American former advertising copywriter who is the creator, writer, producer and voice of Tim in the HBO animated television series "The Life & Times of Tim" (2008–2012).
Biography.
Dildarian grew up in East Brunswick Township, New Jersey and graduated from Glassboro State College (now Rowan University). During his advertising career, he worked for several ad agencies, including BBDO and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. In 2006, Dildarian created an animated short film called "Angry Unpaid Hooker", which won the best animated short at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, and is the basis for "The Life & Times of Tim". Dildarian's animation is characterized by a raw, minimalist, two-dimensional style - similar to Mike Judge's "Beavis and Butt-head" series. Along with MJ Otto, Dildarian also starred in a web series entitled "KAB man". The series was commissioned by Keep America Beautiful (KAB) to raise awareness about environmental issues. It is composed of three five-minute episodes available on YouTube and on KAB man's companion website, www.kabman.org.


Jonathan Todd Ross

Jonathan Todd Ross (born May 30, 1978) is an American voice actor and writer. He is known providing voices on properties for 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media, Media Blasters, as well as audiobooks. He is also credited as Todd Garbeil. Jonathan is best known as the voice of Marik Ishtar and Yami Marik in the highly acclaimed Yu-Gi-Oh! series, and Slade Princeton from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.


John Castello

John Anderson Castello (1802, British Guiana-1877, Jamaica) was a Guyanese child actor and journalist who established his reputation in Jamaica, whither he moved as a teenager. Following Master Betty, known as "the Young Roscius", Castello was called "the West Indian Roscius". He performed in Spanish Town in October 1816 at the age of thirteen. Castello remained popular with Jamaican theatre-goers until 1818, when he reached puberty and his voice broke.
Theatrical career.
William Adamson, who managed his own theatre company had arrived from Barbados, produced John Home's "Douglas or the Noble Shepherd" and cast Castello in the role of the Young Norval. When he performed the role of Lothair in "Monk" Lewis' "Adelgitha", the author – who was in the audience – complained about the performance. With the death of Adamson that year, his replacement, Mr Burnett refused to pay him the same rate as adult members of the cast and his last performance with Burnett's company took place in December 1818. In July 1919 he appeared at the Pavilion Theatre, New York in the role of Caleb Quotem in George Colman's play "The Wags of Windsor". However no accounts of further theatrical performance exist until he resurfaced in Kingston Theatre, Jamaica in July 1828 where he delivered George Alexander Stevens's comic monologue "The Lecture on Heads". In 1829 he joined the English Company and continued to perform in Kingston.
Journalist career.
In 1836 he bought the "Falmouth Post" which he then published and edited as weekly newspaper up until his death in 1877.


The Big Brain

The Big Brain is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Archainbaud and written by Sy Bartlett and Warren Duff. The film stars George E. Stone, Phillips Holmes, Fay Wray, Minna Gombell and Lilian Bond. The film was released on August 5, 1933, by RKO Pictures.