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| Topper Takes A Trip - Original Trailer 1939Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:20:16 -0800 by foxter65Except for a few clips from 1937's Topper, Cary Grant is absent from the proceedings of the 1939 sequel Topper Takes a Trip, though his Topper co-stars Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke and Alan Mobray are back in harness and in fine fettle. Picking up where the first film left off, we find mild-mannered banker Cosmo Topper (Young) being sued for divorce by his wife Clara (Burke). It's all because of Topper's questionable behavior while at the mercy of mischievous ghosts George and Marion Kerby (Grant and Bennett). All the ghosts had wanted to do was "liberate" Topper from his stuffy existence, thereby performing a good deed that would allow them entree into Heaven. George Kirby was permitted to ascend to the Choir Invisible, but for obscure reasons the spirit of Marion was left behind. She decides that the only way she'll be allowed past the Pearly Gates is to reunite Mr. and Mrs. Topper, and to that end follows Clara to Paris and Monte Carlo. This time, Marion is joined in her mission by Skippy, a ghostly pooch who, like his mistress, can appear and disappear at will. As in the earlier Topper film, Roy Seawright's special effects vie for top comedy honors with the superb performance by Roland Young as the ever-flustered Cosmo Topper. Equally amusing are supporting players Veree Teasdale, Franklin Pangborn and Alex D'Arcy. The second of producer Hal Roach's Topper films (based on the novels by Thorne Smith), Topper Takes a Trip would be followed in 1941 by Topper Returns...and, of course, by the eternally-rerun TV series of the 1950s.Constance Bennett - Marion KerbyRoland Young - Cosmo TopperBillie Burke - Mrs. TopperAlan Mowbray - WilkinsVeree Teasdale - Nancy ParkhurstFranklin Pangborn - LouisAlex D'Arcy - Baron de RossiPaul Hurst - BartenderEddy Conrad - JailerSpencer Charters - Judge WilsonIrving Pichel - ProsecutorLeon Belasco - BellboyGeorge Davis - PorterPaul Everton - DefenderCary Grant - George Kerby--in Scenes from TOPPERGeorge Humbert Armand Kaliz - ClerkAlphonse Martell - WaiterTorben Meyer - DoormanJames C. Morton - BailiffGeorges Renavent - MagistrateSkippy - Mr. AtlasDuke York - Gorgan Related: topper takes a trip - original trailer 1939 | |
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| Topper - Original Trailer 1937Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:11:45 -0800 by foxter65By 1937, producer Hal Roach was hoping to wean himself away from the Laurel & Hardy-Our Gang slapstick on which he had built his studio's reputation by delving into the "screwball comedy" genre. Roach selected the racy Thorne Smith fantasy novel Topper for adaptation, and the result was one of the most endearingly funny films of the decade. Constance Bennett and Cary Grant play Marion and George Kerby, a wealthy, freewheeling young married couple whose uninhibited lifestyle is the talk of the town. After a particularly bibulous evening on the town, the Kerbys race homeward in their gleaming new roadster. George fails to negotiate a curve, and the car plows into a tree, killing both its occupants. Seconds later, the ghosts of George and Marion emerge from the wreckage, behaving as frivolously as if nothing had happened. Upon realizing that they're dead, the Kerbys also realize that they haven't been immediately snatched up into Heaven. Determining that they're required to perform one good deed before being allowed past the Pearly Gates, George and Marion set about to "liberate" stuffy, sedate, henpecked banker Cosmo Topper (Roland Young). At first resistant to the charms of his invisible benefactors, Topper begins to loosen up and truly enjoy life for the first time. Naturally, this doesn't sit well with Topper's supercilious wife (Billie Burke) nor his long-suffering butler (Alan Mobray), especially during a climactic free-for-all at a vacation resort. Though special effects abound in Topper, most of the humor derives from the embarrassed reactions of Roland Young as he tries to fend off the flirtatious advances of the ghostly Marion and the benignly strongman tactics of the spectral George. Adding to the fun are Eugene Pallette as a flustered house detective and Arthur Lake as a pratfalling bellboy. The musical score by longtime Hal Roach composer Marvin Hatley is perfectly attuned to the zany goings-on (including snatches of background music from Roach's earlier Laurel and Hardy comedies), while Hoagy Carmichael appears briefly on screen to introduce the film's signature tune, "Old Man Moon." Topper proved successful enough to warrant two sequels, as well as a popular TV series of the early 1950s.Cary Grant - George KerbyConstance Bennett - Marion KerbyBillie Burke - Mrs. TopperRoland Young - Cosmo TopperAlan Mowbray - WilkinsEugene Pallette - CaseyArthur Lake - Elevator BoyHedda Hopper - Mrs. StuyvesantVirginia Sale - Miss JohnsonTheodore Von Eltz - Hotel ManagerElaine Shepard - SecretaryDoodles Weaver - RusticSi Jenks - RusticsIrving Bacon - Hotel clerkBetty Blythe - LadyWard Bond - Car mechanic/salesmanHoa gy Carmichael - Bill, the Piano PlayerDonna Dax - Hat Check Girl at Rainbow NightclubJohn Farrell MacDonald - PolicemanMartha Tilton - Lounge singerClaire Windsor Related: topper - original trailer 1937 | |
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| JIM REEVES-DIE BLONDE MATROOSThu, 08 Jan 2009 02:56:39 -0800 by oldcountrytunesJim Reeves was born in Galloway, Texas, a small rural community near Carthage. He became known as a crooner because of his warm, velvety voice. His songs were remarkable for their simple elegance highlighted by his rich light baritone voice. Songs such as "He'll Have to Go," "Adios Amigo (song)," "Welcome To My World," and "Am I Losing You" demonstrated this approach. Jim Reeves' Christmas songs have been perennial favorites, including songs such as "Silver Bells," "Blue Christmas," and "An Old Christmas Card".For many years, Reeves mixed college life with baseball and music. Influenced by such Western swing artists as Jimmie Rodgers and Moon Mullican as well as popular crooners Bing Crosby, Eddy Arnold and Frank Sinatra, it was not long before he got a foothold into the music industry. For a time, he was a member of Moon Mullican's band and also worked as a DJ and announcer with local radio stations. He made some early, Moon Mullican-style recordings like "Each Beat of my Heart" and "My Heart's Like a Welcome Mat" in the late 1940s/early 1950s.After an injury cut short his minor-league baseball career with the St. Louis Cardinals farm system, his musical break came while working as announcer on KWKH Radio in Shreveport, Louisiana. Singer Sleepy LaBeef could not make it on time for a performance on the Louisiana Hayride, according to former Hayride emcee Frank Page, and Reeves was asked to fill in. (Other accounts?including Reeves himself, in an interview later released on the RCA album Yours Sincerely?name Hank Williams as the absentee.) Reeves' singing career was launchedIn 195960 Reeves scored his greatest hit with the Joe Allison composition "He'll Have to Go," which earned him a platinum record. He had a posthumous No.1 hit on the United Kingdom pop charts in 1966 with "Distant Drums," a song written for him by Cindy Walker. Jim Reeves was one of the few Western singers, including music acts such as Boney M and ABBA, who became widely known in the non-European world, including Africa, India and Southeast Asia. To this day he is affectionately referred to as "Gentleman Jim" in those parts. Related: music country jim reeves | |
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| Koko Taylor & B B King - Live from 35th Kennedy Center Honors - Morgan FreemanThu, 08 Jan 2009 02:21:56 -0800 by mybabyjunior19Koko Taylor sometimes spelled KoKo Taylor (born Cora Walton, 28 September 1928) is an American blues musician, popularly known as the "Queen of the Blues." She is known primarily for her rough and powerful vocals and traditional blues stylings.Born in Shelby County, Tennessee, Taylor left Memphis for Chicago, Illinois in 1954 with her husband, truck driver Robert "Pops" Taylor. In the late 1950s she began singing in Chicago blues clubs. She was spotted by Willie Dixon in 1962, and this led to wider performances and her first recording contract. In 1965, Taylor was signed by Chess Records, for which her single "Wang Dang Doodle" (written by Dixon, and a hit for Howlin' Wolf five years earlier) became a major hit, reaching number four on the R&B charts in 1966, and selling a million copies. Taylor has recorded many versions of this Dixon-penned song over the past few decades and has added more material, both original and covers, but has never repeated that initial chart success.National touring in the late 1960s and early 1970s improved her fan base, and she became accessible to a wider record-buying public when she signed with Alligator Records in 1975. She has since recorded over a dozen albums for that label, many nominated for Grammy Awards, and come to dominate the female blues singer ranks, winning twenty five W. C. Handy Awards (more than any other artist). After her recovery from a near-fatal car crash in 1989, the 1990s found Taylor in films such as Blues Brothers 2000, and she opened a blues club on Division St. in Chicago in 1994, but it closed in 1999.Taylor has influenced musicians such as Bonnie Raitt, Shemekia Copeland, Janis Joplin, Shannon Curfman, and Susan Tedeschi. She currently performs over 70 concerts a year and resides just south of Chicago in Country Club Hills, Illinois.+++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++B . B. King arrived in Memphis for the first time in 1946 to work as a musician, but after a few months of hardship he left, going back to Mississippi. There he decided to prepare himself better for the next visit and returned to Memphis two years later. Initially he worked at the local R&B radio channel WDIA as a singer and disc jockey, where he gained the nickname "Beale Street Blues Boy", later shortened to "B. B.". It was there that he first met T-Bone Walker - "Once I'd heard him for the first time, I knew I'd have to have [an electric guitar] myself. Had to have one, short of stealing!"[2] In 1949, King began recording songs under contract with Los Angeles-based RPM Records. Many of King's early recordings were produced by Sam Phillips, who later founded Sun Records. Before his RPM contract, King had debuted on Bullet Records by issuing the single "Miss Martha King" (1949), which got a bad review in Billboard magazine and did not chart well.In the 1950s, B. B. King became one of the most important names in R&B music, amassing an impressive list of hits including "You Know I Love You," "Woke Up This Morning," "Please Love Me," "When My Heart Beats like a Hammer," "Whole Lotta Love," "You Upset Me Baby," "Every Day I Have the Blues," "Sneakin' Around," "Ten Long Years," "Bad Luck," "Sweet Little Angel," "On My Word of Honor," and "Please Accept My Love." In 1962, B. B. King signed to ABC-Paramount Records, which was later absorbed into MCA Records, and then his current label, Geffen Records. Related: "koko taylor" "b b king" "kennedy center honors" "morgan freeman" "i'm a woman" "let the good times roll" | |
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| fdhThu, 08 Jan 2009 01:44:45 -0800 by tvdaysAs the unofficial Baby-Boomer( IRA GALLEN )Guru of my Television Collecting Generation I knew it was the right time to create a Video Network for Baby-Boomers Only. http://www.YouTube.c om/TVDAYS http://www.YouTube.c om/DIRECTORSSERIES http://www.YouTube.c om/THEATRECORNER What makes my content unique is that I have spent over 30 collecting and restoring from 16mm & 35mm Film Prints and Kinescopes some of the rarest and in many cases one of a kind FILMS, CARTOONS, NEWS REELS FILM SHORTS, FEATURES, INDUSTRIALS, TV SHOWS and especially COMMERCIALS from the birth of Film and early television. http://www.TVDAYS.co m - 400 DVD's for Sale from my personal collection. Now my Video & Film Collection is decomposing and what you're seeing is my work digitizing my Video Elements and funding it by selling Stock Footage and now my line of over 400 DVD's http://www.TVDAYS.co m Rare TV SHOWS, FILMS, CARTOONS, NEWSREELS, FILM SHORT SUBJECTS, SILENT & SOUND FILMS, HOME MOVIES, SOUNDIES, INDUSTRIALS & especially COMMERCIALS from the 1950's/60's. ALSO GOOGLE VIDEO DOWNLOADS http://www.YouTube.c om/CARTOONSTUDIO Links to over 3500 hours of Video's housed on both Google & YouTube http://www.YouTube.c om/THEATRECORNER Over 7,5000 Commercials to watch -- Sports-Toys-Cars-Sof t Drinks-Beer-Cigarett es-Milk-Cosmetics- Household Products-Drugs-Cerea l- Gasoline -Clothing-TV Sets. In Search of TV History -- Hey Boys & Girls of 50's TV were you on a LIVE show, was a family member always telling you they were in commercials back then...Now spot someone. SPECIAL HELP SAVING MY TV HISTORY http://www.adobe.com / PRIEMERE EDITING PROGRAMS FOR VIDEO & UPLOADING TO WEB -- GREAT http://www.discmaker s.com/ DISC MAKER...needing to buy duplicator machines to make DVD copies at Home or the office. I make all my discs with these. http://www.youtube.c om/GRIFFITHMOVIES BE AWARE Copyright & Trademarks -- There are over 10,000 Film prints and just as many Video elements in my collection with one of a kind films, TV Shows, Sales Film & especially commercials of products you might own, and if your missing all of your history on film lets us know. http://www.YouTube.c om/TVDAYS http://www.YouTube.c om/IRARONA Ira H. Gallen Video Resources 220 West 71st Street NYC 10023 (212) 724 - 7055 http://www.vidres@ao l.com Related: advertising commercials tv | |
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| vvThu, 08 Jan 2009 01:43:07 -0800 by tvdaysAs the unofficial Baby-Boomer( IRA GALLEN )Guru of my Television Collecting Generation I knew it was the right time to create a Video Network for Baby-Boomers Only. http://www.YouTube.c om/TVDAYS http://www.YouTube.c om/DIRECTORSSERIES http://www.YouTube.c om/THEATRECORNER What makes my content unique is that I have spent over 30 collecting and restoring from 16mm & 35mm Film Prints and Kinescopes some of the rarest and in many cases one of a kind FILMS, CARTOONS, NEWS REELS FILM SHORTS, FEATURES, INDUSTRIALS, TV SHOWS and especially COMMERCIALS from the birth of Film and early television. http://www.TVDAYS.co m - 400 DVD's for Sale from my personal collection. Now my Video & Film Collection is decomposing and what you're seeing is my work digitizing my Video Elements and funding it by selling Stock Footage and now my line of over 400 DVD's http://www.TVDAYS.co m Rare TV SHOWS, FILMS, CARTOONS, NEWSREELS, FILM SHORT SUBJECTS, SILENT & SOUND FILMS, HOME MOVIES, SOUNDIES, INDUSTRIALS & especially COMMERCIALS from the 1950's/60's. ALSO GOOGLE VIDEO DOWNLOADS http://www.YouTube.c om/CARTOONSTUDIO Links to over 3500 hours of Video's housed on both Google & YouTube http://www.YouTube.c om/THEATRECORNER Over 7,5000 Commercials to watch -- Sports-Toys-Cars-Sof t Drinks-Beer-Cigarett es-Milk-Cosmetics- Household Products-Drugs-Cerea l- Gasoline -Clothing-TV Sets. In Search of TV History -- Hey Boys & Girls of 50's TV were you on a LIVE show, was a family member always telling you they were in commercials back then...Now spot someone. SPECIAL HELP SAVING MY TV HISTORY http://www.adobe.com / PRIEMERE EDITING PROGRAMS FOR VIDEO & UPLOADING TO WEB -- GREAT http://www.discmaker s.com/ DISC MAKER...needing to buy duplicator machines to make DVD copies at Home or the office. I make all my discs with these. http://www.youtube.c om/GRIFFITHMOVIES BE AWARE Copyright & Trademarks -- There are over 10,000 Film prints and just as many Video elements in my collection with one of a kind films, TV Shows, Sales Film & especially commercials of products you might own, and if your missing all of your history on film lets us know. http://www.YouTube.c om/TVDAYS http://www.YouTube.c om/IRARONA Ira H. Gallen Video Resources 220 West 71st Street NYC 10023 (212) 724 - 7055 http://www.vidres@ao l.com Related: advertising commercials tv animation anime art | |
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| To Please A Lady - Original Trailer 1950Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:26:04 -0800 by foxter65Arrogant Mike Brannan (Clark Gable) is a famous driver of midget race cars and is the type of man crowds love to hate. He earned his bad-boy image after he is blamed for causing a fatal crash during a race. Wanting to see if all the hoopla is true, tough columnist Regina Forbes (Barbara Stanwyck) tries to interview her, but Mike refuses. Later she watches as he is involved in another deadly crash. Believing he deliberately caused the accident, she rakes him over the coals in her column and this leads to his disbarment from the racing circuit. In order to make ends meet, the disgraced Mike begins driving in a stunt show. Eventually, he earns enough money to allow him to buy a full-sized race car. The film's exciting finale was shot at the Indianapolis Speedway.Clark Gable - Mike BrannanBarbara Stanwyck - Regina ForbesAdolphe Menjou - GreggRoland Winters - Dwight BarringtonWill Geer - Jack MackayWilliam C. McGraw - Joie ChitwoodEmory Parnell - Mr. WendallLela Bliss - Regina's SecretaryFrank Jenks - Newark Press AgentBill Hickman - Mike's MechanicLew Smith - BitTed Husing - Indianapolis AnnouncerHal K. Dawson - BitMarcel dela Brosse Cay Forester Byron Foulger - Shoe FitterJohn Gallaudet - IMRA PromoterTom Hanlon Jerry Hausner Holmes Herbert Al Hill - StewardFrank Hyers Richard W. Joy - TV Voice [Voice]Arthur M. Loew, Jr. - Studio Production ManJohn McGuire - Newark RefereeCarlotta Monti William Newell - Hank HarmonAnne O'Neal Lee Phelps - StewardJean Ransome Tim Ryan Dick Simmons Helen Spring - JanieBill Welsh - Sports Announcer Related: to please a lady - original trailer 1950 | |
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| To Have And Have Not - Original Trailer 1944Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:16:41 -0800 by foxter65Humphrey Bogart plays Harry Morgan, owner-operator of charter boat in wartime Martinique. Morgan's right-hand man is Eddie (Walter Brennan), a garrulous alky whose pet question to anyone and everyone is "Ever get stung by a dead bee?" While in port, Harry is approached by Free French activist Gerard (Marcel Dalio), who wants to charter Harry's boat to smuggle in an important underground leader. Adopting his usual I-stick-my-neck-out- for-no-one stance, Morgan refuses. Later on, he starts up a dalliance with Marie Browning (screen newcomer Lauren Bacall), an attractive pickpocket. In order to help Marie return to America, Harry agrees to Gerard's smuggling terms. He uses his boat to bring resistance fighter De Bursac (Walter Molnar) and De Bursac's wife Helene (Dolores Moran) into Martinique. The Vichy police, suspecting that something's amiss, hold Morgan's pal Eddie hostage, tormenting the poor rummy by denying him liquor. Predictably, Morgan comes to Eddie's rescue and manages to escape Martinique, with the delectable Marie as cozy company. In the hands of director Howard Hawks and screenwriters Jules Furthman and William Faulkner, the end result bore only a passing relation to the original story by Ernest Hemingway: instead, it was a virtual rehash (but a good one!) of the recently released Casablanca, replete with several of that film's cast members. The film's enduring popularity is primarily -- if not solely -- due to the sexy chemistry between Bogart and Bacall, especially in the legendary "You know how to whistle, don't you?" scene. The most salutary result of To Have & Have Not was the subsequent Bogart-Bacall marriage, which endured until his death in 1957. It's widely believed that Lauren Bacall's singing voice was dubbed in by a pre-puberty Andy Williams; this is not true. For the record, a more faithful-to-the-sour ce cinemadaptation of the Hemingway original was filmed in 1950 as The Breaking Point.Humphrey Bogart - Harry MorganWalter Brennan - EddieLauren Bacall - Marie Browning (Slim)Dolores Moran - Helene De BursacHoagy Carmichael - CricketDan Seymour - Capt. M. RenardMarcel Dalio - Gerard (Frenchy)Walter Molnar - Paul de BursacSheldon Leonard - Lieutenant CoyoWalter Sande - JohnsonAldo Nadi - BodyguardPaul Marion - BeauclercPatricia Shay - Mrs. BeauclercPat West - BartenderSir Lancelot - HoratioEugene Borden - QuartermasterJack Chefe - GuideAdrienne D'Ambricourt - CashierJean de Briac - GendarmeMarcel dela Brosse - SailorElzie Emanuel - ChildHarold Garrison - Black UrchinSuzette Harbin Frank Johnson Oscar Loraine - BartenderMaurice Marsac - GaulistLouis Mercier - GaulistChef Joseph Milani - ChefKanza Omar Pedro Regas - CivilianRonnie Rondell - Naval EnsignEmmett E. Smith - Emil, the BartenderGeorge Sorel - French OfficerGeorge Suzanne Marguerite Sylva - CashierRoger Valmy Crane Whitley - DeGaullists Related: to have and have not - original trailer 1944 | |
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| fgThu, 08 Jan 2009 00:13:39 -0800 by tvdaysAs the unofficial Baby-Boomer( IRA GALLEN )Guru of my Television Collecting Generation I knew it was the right time to create a Video Network for Baby-Boomers Only. http://www.YouTube.c om/TVDAYS http://www.YouTube.c om/DIRECTORSSERIES http://www.YouTube.c om/THEATRECORNER What makes my content unique is that I have spent over 30 collecting and restoring from 16mm & 35mm Film Prints and Kinescopes some of the rarest and in many cases one of a kind FILMS, CARTOONS, NEWS REELS FILM SHORTS, FEATURES, INDUSTRIALS, TV SHOWS and especially COMMERCIALS from the birth of Film and early television. http://www.TVDAYS.co m - 400 DVD's for Sale from my personal collection. Now my Video & Film Collection is decomposing and what you're seeing is my work digitizing my Video Elements and funding it by selling Stock Footage and now my line of over 400 DVD's http://www.TVDAYS.co m Rare TV SHOWS, FILMS, CARTOONS, NEWSREELS, FILM SHORT SUBJECTS, SILENT & SOUND FILMS, HOME MOVIES, SOUNDIES, INDUSTRIALS & especially COMMERCIALS from the 1950's/60's. ALSO GOOGLE VIDEO DOWNLOADS http://www.YouTube.c om/CARTOONSTUDIO Links to over 3500 hours of Video's housed on both Google & YouTube http://www.YouTube.c om/THEATRECORNER Over 7,5000 Commercials to watch -- Sports-Toys-Cars-Sof t Drinks-Beer-Cigarett es-Milk-Cosmetics- Household Products-Drugs-Cerea l- Gasoline -Clothing-TV Sets. In Search of TV History -- Hey Boys & Girls of 50's TV were you on a LIVE show, was a family member always telling you they were in commercials back then...Now spot someone. SPECIAL HELP SAVING MY TV HISTORY http://www.adobe.com / PRIEMERE EDITING PROGRAMS FOR VIDEO & UPLOADING TO WEB -- GREAT http://www.discmaker s.com/ DISC MAKER...needing to buy duplicator machines to make DVD copies at Home or the office. I make all my discs with these. http://www.youtube.c om/GRIFFITHMOVIES BE AWARE Copyright & Trademarks -- There are over 10,000 Film prints and just as many Video elements in my collection with one of a kind films, TV Shows, Sales Film & especially commercials of products you might own, and if your missing all of your history on film lets us know. http://www.YouTube.c om/TVDAYS http://www.YouTube.c om/IRARONA Ira H. Gallen Video Resources 220 West 71st Street NYC 10023 (212) 724 - 7055 http://www.vidres@ao l.com Related: animation anime art filmmaker reel | |
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| THE FONZ - THE BATS HERO! - HAPPY DAYSWed, 07 Jan 2009 23:56:42 -0800 by BatmanMatrix1Happy Days was a popular American television sitcom that aired between 1974 and 1984. It showed an idealized window on life in 1950s America. It revolved around the lives of its principal characters: high school student Richie Cunningham (played by Ron Howard) and his parents (Tom Bosley[?] and Marion Ross[?]), Arthur "Fonzie" / "the Fonze" Fonzarelli (Henry Winkler[?]), Ralph Malph (Don Most[?]), Potsi Webber (Anson Williams[?]), Al the diner cook (Al Molinaro[?]), and as time went by, various other relations and their girlfriends, including, most notably, a recurring role for Suzi Quatro as Leather Tuscadero. The show eventually spawned a short-lived spin-off show about Richie's younger sister Joanie and Fonzie's younger cousin Chachi, called (predictably enough) "Joanie loves Chachi". Robin Williams made his first appearance as "Mork" on Happy Days.The show underwent several changes over the years. There was originally an older Cunningham brother, who went away to college and disappeared from the show. Fonzie, perhaps best described as a hood with a heart of gold, was originally a minor character, but the show focused increasingly on him over time.Happy Days was entertaining for not being totally comedic. Like all great art, it often revealed important truths about timeless human conditions such as friendship, courage, sacrifice, love, loyalty, etc. Its characters not only dreamed of growth but succeeded despite their unique and interesting limitations. They also knew failure and loss. Many viewers found the characters easy to relate to. For people who found Shakespeare daunting, Happy Days provided many of the same lessons in an easier-to-digest form.The show originated during a period of 1950s nostalgia in film, television, and music. Happy Days owed much to George Lucas's 1973 film American Graffiti which also starred Ron Howard, in a very similar role. The spinoff show Laverne and Shirley also took place in the same time period.Howard, who had starred as a child actor in The Andy Griffith Show, went on to direct several critically acclaimed films, including Apollo 13 and A Beautiful Mind. Tom Bosley (Richie's father) continued acting and appeared in other sitcoms. Related: the fonz happy days | |
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| In a Lonely Place (1950)--Meeting Laurel GrayWed, 07 Jan 2009 23:33:10 -0800 by RubyTuesday717This is a short scene from Nicholas Ray's masterful 1950 film noir IN A LONELY PLACE. Burned-out screenwriter Dixon Steele (Humphrey Bogart) is suspected of a murder he may or may not have committed. Struggling actress Laurel Gray (Gloria Grahame) provides him with an alibi, and later, loving support. In this scene, Laurel checks up on Dix, and some of the best on-screen flirting between adults plays out. You gotta love Grahame when she says, "I said I liked it...I *didn't* say I wanted to kiss it." I do not own the rights to this, and this is not for profit. I only want more people to become aware of this really, really great film. If you want to see more, rent it. Related: bogart bogie film gloria grahame humphrey nicholas noir ray | |
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| music concert childrens of sri sai natyalayamWed, 07 Jan 2009 23:20:48 -0800 by musicmohanaASHVIN KUMAR,presently studieng +2 in KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA,GHAZIABHAD ,[near DELHI]on the main KEYBOARD,in SRI SAI NATYALAYAM[since 1950]at nanganallur,chennai; 600061,concert held at BARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN,mylapore,chen nai;4,on13/8/2004,my self GURU of all these students,P.V.S.JAGAT H EESAN[MUSICOLOGIST]O UR EMAIL;srisainatyalay am@gmail.com,mobile; +91 9445170248. Related: music concert childrens of sri sai natyalayam | |
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