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Ann Carroll (actress)
Anna Lee "Boots" Carroll (October 7, 1930 – April 30, 2017) was an American actress, based in Alabama, whose career included dozens of theaters productions, as well as several movies and television shows. Carroll was best known for her portrayal of Nurse Bradford in the 1968 film, ''The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter'', alongside Alan Arkin. Arkin plays a deaf mute in the film, while Carroll's Nurse Bradford provides the dialogue for his character in their mutual scenes. Carroll's additional film roles included '' Not of This Earth'' in 1957 and ''Marlowe'' in 1969. Early life Carroll was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on October 7, 1930, as the sole child of Frederick L. "Peck" and Ella Corrine "E.C." Carroll. Career She began her professional acting career in 1952 as a cast member for theater director James Hatcher's Town and Gown Theater, a Birmingham theater first opened in 1950. She rose to become one of the leading stage actresses in Alabama, starring in dozens of plays and tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Alabama, Baldwin County , LargestMetro = Birmingham metropolitan area, Alabama, Greater Birmingham , area_total_km2 = 135,765 , area_total_sq_mi = 52,419 , area_land_km2 = 131,426 , area_land_sq_mi = 50,744 , area_water_km2 = 4,338 , area_water_sq_mi = 1,675 , area_water_percent = 3.2 , area_rank = 30th , length_km = 531 , length_mi = 330 , width_km = 305 , width_mi = 190 , Latitude = 30°11' N to 35° N , Longitude = 84°53' W to 88°28' W , elevation_m = 150 , elevation_ft = 500 , elevation_max_m = 735.5 , elevation_max_ft = 2,413 , elevation_max_point = Mount Cheaha , elevation_min_m = 0 , elevation_min_ft = 0 , elevation_min_point = Gulf of Mexico , OfficialLang = English language, English , Languages = * English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fear No More (film)
''Fear No More'' is a 1961 American thriller film directed by Bernard Wiesen and starring Mala Powers, Jacques Bergerac and Anna Lee Carroll. It was based on a 1946 novel of the same name by Leslie Edgley.Goble p.143 Plot Personal secretary Sharon Carlin (Mala Powers) arrives at a railway station on a mission to deliver an important envelope for her boss. When she enters her compartment, a man threatens her with a gun. She sees a woman in the compartment who appears dead. The man knocks Sharon unconscious. When she comes to, she finds herself interrogated by a plainclothes policeman who accuses her of murdering the woman. When they leave the train for the police station, Sharon manages to dodge the detective and, panicked, runs in front of a car which has to swerve to avoid her, slightly injuring a young boy who is a passenger. Sharon begs the driver, Paul Colbert (Jacques Bergerac), a divorced man who is the boy's father and is returning the boy to his mother, to help her. He rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perry Mason (1957 TV Series)
''Perry Mason'' is an American legal drama series originally broadcast on CBS television from September 21, 1957, to May 22, 1966. The title character, portrayed by Raymond Burr, is a Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner. Many episodes are based on stories written by Gardner. ''Perry Mason'' was one of Hollywood's first weekly one-hour series filmed for television, and remains one of the longest-running and most successful legal-themed television series. During its first season, it received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Dramatic Series, and it became one of the five most popular shows on television. Burr received two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, and Barbara Hale received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Mason's confidential secretary Della Street. ''Perry Mason'' and Burr were honored as Favorite Series and F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Deputy (TV Series)
''The Deputy'' is an American Western series starring Henry Fonda that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1961. Fonda portrayed Chief Marshal Simon Fry of the Arizona Territory and Allen Case played Deputy Clay McCord, a storekeeper who tried to avoid using a gun. Synopsis Fonda narrated most episodes and appeared briefly at the beginning and ending of most segments. He played the lead in only six episodes in the first season and 13 in the second. Usually, he gave his deputy the assignment, and on rare occasions, thanked him at the conclusion of the episode. As Fred MacMurray did while shooting the sitcom series ''My Three Sons'', Fonda performed all of his work on ''The Deputy'' in several lengthy sessions, so as to leave himself free for other projects. Although based in Silver City, the marshal's district also covered several nearby towns. Deputy McCord was a storekeeper who bore arms with great reluctance. Wallace Ford appeared as the elderly marshal, Herk Lamson, with Betty Lou Kei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Valley Days
''Death Valley Days'' is an American old-time radio and television anthology series featuring true accounts of the American Old West, particularly the Death Valley country of southeastern California. Created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman, the program was broadcast on radio until 1945. From 1952 to 1970, it became a Broadcast syndication, syndicated television series, with reruns (updated with new narrations) continuing through August 1, 1975. The radio and television versions combined to make the show "one of the longest-running Western (genre), Western programs in broadcast history."French, Jack & Siegel, David S. (eds.) (2014). ''Radio Rides the Range: A Reference Guide to Western Drama on the Air, 1929–1967''. McFarland & Company, Inc. , p. 43–49. The series was sponsored by the Pacific Coast Borax Company (Twenty-Mule-Team Borax, 20 Mule Team Borax, Boraxo) and hosted by Stanley Andrews ("The Old Ranger") (1952–1964), Ronald Reagan (1964–1965), Rosemary DeCamp (1965), Robe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lawless Years
''The Lawless Years'' is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC from April 16, 1959, to September 22, 1961. The series is the first of its kind, set during the Roaring 20s, having antedated American Broadcasting Company, ABC's far more successful ''The Untouchables (1959 TV series), The Untouchables'' by six months Cast Main * James Gregory (actor), James Gregory as Barney Ruditsky * Robert Karnes as Max Fields * John Dennis as Dutch Schultz * Norman Alden as Lulu * Brad Trumbull as Brody * John Vivyan as Louis Buchalter * Stanley Adams (actor), Stanley Adams as Gurrah * Carol Eve Rossen as Anna * Paul Richards (actor), Paul Richards as Louis 'Louy' Kassoff * Robert Ellenstein as Legs Diamond * Henry Corden as Wavey Gordon * Robert Sampson (actor), Robert Sampson as Mad Dog Coll Guest stars * Tige Andrews * Clegg Hoyt * Martin Landau * Ruta Lee * Vic Morrow * Warren Oates * Burt Reynolds * Harry Dean Stanton * Nita Talbot Episodes Season 1: Spring/Summer 1959 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Step Beyond
One Step Beyond may refer to: Television * '' Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond'', an American anthology television series 1959–1961, hosted by John Newland * ''One Step Beyond'', Discovery Channel series * ''One Step Beyond'', a TVB drama series featuring Deric Wan Music * "One Step Beyond" (song), a song by Prince Buster, notably covered by Madness * '' One Step Beyond...'', a 1979 album by Madness *''One Step Beyond'', 1996 album by Chris Ward * ''One Step Beyond'' (Dungeon album) * ''One Step Beyond'' (The Chocolate Watchband album), an album by The Chocolate Watch Band * ''One Step Beyond'' (Jackie McLean album), 1963 * One Step Beyond (band), a Canadian jazz band including Andrew Scott * One Step Beyond (UK band), a 6-piece girl band from Thanet, Kent, United Kingdom * One Step Beyond, a 1992 rave at Donington Park organized by Fantazia * ''One Step Beyond'', a soul-music radio show on KBCS in Washington, U.S. * ''One Step Beyond'', a ska, bluebeat & rocksteady rad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rescue 8
''Rescue 8'' is a syndicated American action adventure crime drama series about Los Angeles County Fire Department Rescue Squad 8. It premiered in 1958 and originally ran for two seasons with syndicated reruns continuing for almost a decade thereafter. It starred Jim Davis as fireman Wes Cameron (much later cast as Jock Ewing on CBS's ''Dallas''), and Lang Jeffries as the fireman Skip Johnson. Nancy Rennick and Mary K. Cleary each appeared in twenty-four episodes as Patty Johnson and Susan Johnson, the wife and daughter, respectively of Skip Johnson. The series was produced by Screen Gems, with directors Dann Cahn and William Witney. ''Rescue 8'' produced seventy-four half-hour episodes. The first season ran on Tuesday evenings, and the second season on Wednesdays. Selected episodes In the series premiere, "The Ferris Wheel" (September 23, 1958), the firemen must devise a plan to retrieve a woman, who was recently released from a mental institution (Jeanne Bates), and her you ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highway Patrol (American TV Series)
''Highway Patrol'' is a 156-episode action crime drama series produced for syndication from 1955 to 1959. Overview ''Highway Patrol'' stars Broderick Crawford as Dan Mathews, the gruff and dedicated head of a police force in an unidentified Western state. A signature shot of the series is fedora-wearing Matthews barking rapid-fire dialogues into a radio microphone as he leans against the door of his black and white patrol car. Crawford's acting style in the series was one of studied rudeness. Ziv Television Programs was founded by Frederick Ziv in 1948. Ten years later, Ziv TV was a major producer of 1950s and early 1960s first-run syndicated series, including ''Bat Masterson'', ''The Cisco Kid'', '' Men into Space'', ''Science Fiction Theater'', '' Lock-Up'', ''Sea Hunt'', and '' Ripcord''. Crawford signed in April 1955. ''Highway Patrol'' premiered October 3, 1955, with "Prison Break", an episode filmed April 11–13, 1955. Initial ratings were strong, the show running seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Star And The Story
''The Star and the Story'' is an American television anthology series which aired 1955–1956 in first-run syndication. A filmed half-hour series, episodes were approximately 25 minutes long, excluding commercials. Produced by Four Star Productions, it was similar in some respects to ''Four Star Playhouse'' and ''Stage 7''. Henry Fonda was the host. With a new cast each week, the series featured a wide range of actors, often well-known character actors such as Edmond O'Brien and occasionally emerging stars such as Joanne Woodward. Notable directors included Blake Edwards and Robert Stevenson (director), Robert Stevenson. O'Brien starred in the premiere episode, "The Stranger". It appears the series has entered the public domain; a number of episodes appear on budget public domain DVD releases. Overseas syndication During the late-1950s it was exported to Australia (as were ''Four Star Playhouse'', ''Stage 7'', ''Studio 57'', etc.) where it often aired under the title ''White ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Range Rider
''The Range Rider'' is an American Western television series that was first broadcast in syndication from 1951 to 1953. A single lost episode surfaced and was broadcast in 1959. ''The Range Rider'' was also broadcast on British television during the 1960s, and in Melbourne, Australia, during the 1950s. Synopsis Jock Mahoney, later star of CBS's ''Yancy Derringer'', played the title character in 79 black-and-white half-hour episodes, along with partner Dick West, played by Dick Jones, later star of the syndicated series '' Buffalo Bill, Jr.'' The character had no name other than Range Rider. His reputation for fairness, fighting ability, and accuracy with his guns was known far and wide, even by Indians. Mahoney towered over Jones, conveying the idea that Dick West was a youth rather than a full-grown adult. Stanley Andrews, the first host of the syndicated anthology series, ''Death Valley Days'', appeared in 17 episodes of ''The Range Rider'' in different roles, including "Pac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Wild Bill Hickok
''The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok'' is an American Western television series that ran for eight seasons from April 15, 1951, through September 24, 1958. The Screen Gems series began in syndication, but ran on CBS from June 5, 1955, through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC from 1957 through 1958. The Kellogg's cereal company was the show's national sponsor. The series was also exported to Australia during the late 1950s. Synopsis ''The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok'' starred Guy Madison as the legendary Old West lawman (in real life, also a gunfighter) United States Marshal James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok, and Andy Devine as his comedy sidekick, Jingles P. Jones. The series was set in the 1870s, with Hickok and Jones based at Fort Larabee. Production The series was produced by William F. Broidy Productions. It consisted of 112 episodes, the last 13 of which were made in color. In 1957 Screen Gems bought the Broidy company's assets, which included 100 ''Hickok'' episodes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
