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Carmen Argenziano
Carmen Antimo Argenziano (October 27, 1943February 10, 2019) was an American actor who appeared in over 73 movies and around 100 television movies or episodes. He was best known for playing Jacob Carter on ''Stargate SG-1''. He had recurring roles on '' Booker'', ''L.A. Law'', ''Melrose Place'', and ''The Young and the Restless'', as well as minor roles in ''The Godfather Part II'', ''Angels & Demons'', and ''The Accused''. Life and career Argenziano was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania, and raised in nearby Sharpsville, the son of parents of Italian descent, Elizabeth Stella (née Falvo) and Joseph Guy Argenziano, who was a restaurateur. He had three children: two sons and a step-daughter. One of Argenziano's best-known roles was as the recurring character Jacob Carter in the television series ''Stargate SG-1''. He was also a lifetime member of the Actors Studio and was awarded the Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle Award for his performance as Jack Delasante in Thomas Babe's '' A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon, Pennsylvania
Sharon is a city in western Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city, located along the banks of the Shenango River on the state border with Ohio, is about northeast of Youngstown, about southeast of Cleveland and about northwest of Pittsburgh. The population was 13,147 at the 2020 census. It is a part of the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area. History The Sharon area was first settled in 1795. It was incorporated as a borough on October 6, 1841, and incorporated as a city on December 17, 1918. The city operated under the Pennsylvania third-class city code until 2008, at which point it adopted a home rule charter under which the elected position of mayor was replaced with a hired city manager and financial officer. The founding families of Sharon first settled on a flat plain bordering the Shenango River, between two hills on the southwestern edge of what is today Sharon's downtown business district. According to local legend, the community received its name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Guide
TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ... TV listings, listings information as well as entertainment and television-related news. The company sold its print magazine division, TV Guide Magazine, TV Guide Magazine LLC, in 2008. Corporate history Prototype The prototype of what would become ''TV Guide Magazine'' was developed by Lee Wagner (1910–1993), who was the circulation director of Macfadden Communications Group#Macfadden Publications, MacFadden Publications in New York City in the 1930s – and later, by the time of the predecessor publication's creation, for Cowles Media Company – distributing magazines focusing on movie celebrities. In 1948, Wagner printed New York City area lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharks' Treasure
''Sharks' Treasure'' is a 1975 American adventure film written, produced and directed by Cornel Wilde and starring Cornel Wilde and Yaphet Kotto. Plot Eccentric charter skipper Jim Carnahan (Cornel Wilde) and his team of hard-luck dreamers battle sharks, bandits and their own greed to recover sunken treasure off the coast of Honduras. Cast * Cornel Wilde as Jim Carnahan * Yaphet Kotto as Ben Flynn * John Neilson as Ron * Cliff Osmond as Lobo * David Canary as Larry * David Gilliam as Juanito Production Wilde says he came up with the idea for the film in 1969 but could not raise the finance until ''Jaws''. "I would rather have had the field to ourselves, without ''Jaws''," he said. He called the film "a very down to earth treasure hunting story of today... It shows guys who get hooked on to a real find, hock everything they have, give up jobs... The characters and incidents are based on a lot of true accounts." Much of the film was shot near Bonaire in the Dutch Antilles. "It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack McGurn
Jack "Machine Gun Jack" McGurn (born Vincenzo Antonio Gibaldi; ; July 2, 1902 – February 15, 1936) was a Sicilian-American boxer, mobster, and eventually a made man and caporegime in Al Capone's Chicago Outfit. Early life McGurn was born in July 1902 in Licata, Sicily, the eldest son of Tommaso and Giusepina Gibaldi (née Verderame). Four years later, he and his mother emigrated to join his father in the United States of America, arriving at Ellis Island on November 24, 1906. McGurn grew up in Red Hook, Brooklyn where he went to Public School 46 on Union Street between Henry and Hicks streets, according to underworld historian Bill Balsamo, author of Crime Incorporated. McGurn moved to Chicago when he was 14 where he later took up a career in boxing as a teenager and changed his name to "Battling" Jack McGurn because boxers with Irish names got the better bookings. After Tommaso's death while McGurn was still young, his mother remarried to grocer Angelo DeMory, who was late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capone (1975 Film)
''Capone'' is a 1975 American biographical crime film directed by Steve Carver, written by Howard Browne, and starring Ben Gazzara, Harry Guardino, Susan Blakely, John Cassavetes, and Sylvester Stallone in an early film appearance. The film is a biography of the infamous Al Capone. Plot The story is of the rise and fall of Chicago mob boss Al Capone and the control he exhibited over the city during Prohibition, all the way through to his conviction, imprisonment, and final years. On the evening of May 6, 1918, in Brooklyn, two police officers intercept several men stealing fur clothing as they escape through an alleyway. Capone, then a young hoodlum, had tipped them off to the heist so that he could ambush the cops on arrival. The resulting fight ends with Capone being thrown through a glass window, leaving him with a scarred left cheek. Capone is soon released from custody without being charged due to the intercession of a senior police lieutenant. As he walks out of the stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Godfather, Part II
''The Godfather Part II'' is a 1974 American epic crime film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The film is partially based on the 1969 novel ''The Godfather'' by Mario Puzo, who co-wrote the screenplay with Coppola. ''Part II'' serves as both a sequel and a prequel to the 1972 film ''The Godfather'', presenting parallel dramas: one picks up the 1958 story of Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), the new Don of the Corleone family, protecting the family business in the aftermath of an attempt on his life; the prequel covers the journey of his father, Vito Corleone (Robert De Niro), from his Sicilian childhood to the founding of his family enterprise in New York City. The ensemble cast also features Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Morgana King, John Cazale, Mariana Hill, and Lee Strasberg. Following the success of the first film, Paramount Pictures began developing a follow-up, with many of the cast and crew returning. Coppola, who was given more creative control, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caged Heat
''Caged Heat'', also known as ''Renegade Girls'', is a 1974 women in prison film. It was written and directed by Jonathan Demme (in his directorial debut) for New World Pictures, headed by Roger Corman. The film stars Juanita Brown, Roberta Collins, Erica Gavin, Ella Reid, Rainbeaux Smith, and Barbara Steele. John Cale wrote and performed its soundtrack music, which features the guitar playing of Mike Bloomfield. Two later films, ''Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom'' (1994) and ''Caged Heat 3000'' (1995), made use of the ''Caged Heat'' name and the women-in-prison situation, but are unrelated to the original film. Plot Jacqueline Wilson (Erica Gavin) is convicted for illegal drug offenses and sentenced to a women's prison. She and several fellow convicts fight the repressive policies of the prison warden (Barbara Steele). Cast * Erica Gavin as Jacqueline Wilson * Juanita Brown as Maggie * Roberta Collins as Belle Tyson * Ella Reid as Pandora * Cheryl Smith as Lavelle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Slams
''The Slams'' is a 1973 American action film directed by Jonathan Kaplan and starring Jim Brown. Plot Curtis Hook (Jim Brown) is caught by the police after a heist. In jail, Curtis has to deal with people who want to know where he stashed the loot while also trying to get out of jail in time to get the money before its hiding place is demolished. Cast * Jim Brown as Curtis X. Hook * Judy Pace as Iris Daniels * Roland Bob Harris as Captain Stambell (as Roland 'Bob' Harris) * Paul Harris as Jackson Barney (as Paul E. Harris) * Frank DeKova as Capiello * Ted Cassidy as Glover * Frenchia Guizon as Macey * John Dennis as Sergeant Morella / Flood * Jac Emel as Zack * Quinn K. Redeker as The Warden (as Quinn Redeker) Tagline JIM BROWN goes over the wall to flash with a million $ stash. Production The film was produced by Gene Corman, brother of famous B-movie producer Roger Corman. Gene hired Kaplan on the basis of the director's handling of the black subplot in Roger Corman's ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outside Man
''The Outside Man'' (French: ''Un homme est mort'') is a 1972 French-Italian thriller set in Los Angeles, directed by Jacques Deray and starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ann-Margret, Roy Scheider, and Angie Dickinson. Plot A contract on the life of Kovacs, a major California mobster, is given to Lucien, a hitman in France. Flying to Los Angeles, he checks into a hotel and drives out to the victim's luxurious home. Finding the man alone, he shoots him dead and makes his getaway. Back at the hotel, he discovers that his room has been stripped, including his passport and plane ticket. Emerging, he finds that he is being trailed by a hitman, who keeps trying to shoot him. To evade his pursuer, he takes a woman hostage and holes up in her apartment. On the TV news he sees the report of Kovacs' murder, but the description of the suspect does not fit him at all. With only a gun and some money, and being pursued, he cannot survive long. He calls up his boss in Paris, Antoine, who tells hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hit Man (1972 Film)
''Hit Man'' is a 1972 American crime film directed by George Armitage and starring Bernie Casey, Pam Grier and Lisa Moore. It is a blaxploitation-themed adaptation of Ted Lewis' 1970 novel ''Jack's Return Home'', more famously adapted as ''Get Carter'' (1971), with the action relocated from England to the United States. Plot Oakland hitman Tyrone Tackett (Bernie Casey) comes home to southern California for the funeral of his brother Cornell. Cornell left behind his wild daughter Rochelle (Candy All), who rejects Tyrone's offer to live with him. Tyrone befriends his late brother's business partner, Sherwood Epps (Sam Laws), and stays in town to investigate his brother's death. He is threatened by gangsters who tell him to leave town, but they've threatened the wrong man. Cast * Bernie Casey as Tyrone Tackett * Pam Grier as Gozelda * Lisa Moore as Laural Garfoot * Bhetty Waldron as Irvelle Way * Sam Laws as Sherwood Epps * Candy All as Rochelle Tackett * Don Diamond as Nano Zito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grave Of The Vampire
''Grave of the Vampire'' is a 1972 American vampire film directed by John Hayes, and starring William Smith, Michael Pataki, and Lyn Peters. Its plot follows a vampire who rapes a living woman, resulting in the birth of a child who feeds only on blood. It is based on the novel ''The Still Life'' by David Chase. The film is also known as ''Seed of Terror'' (American reissue title). Plot In 1940 California, college student Paul proposes to his girlfriend, Leslie Hollander, in the cemetery where they shared their first kiss. During the proposal, Caleb Croft—a serial rapist and murderer in life, now a vampire—awakens from his crypt. Caleb brutally murders Paul and rapes Leslie. A local lieutenant, Panzer, investigates the crime, and discovers that Croft's tomb is also empty. Panzer visits a catatonic Leslie in the hospital. When he shows her a mugshot of Croft, she violently recoils. It turns out that Croft was a prolific murderer and rapist in Massachusetts, who was elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hot Box
''The Hot Box'' is a 1972 women in prison film from Joe Viola and Jonathan Demme, who had previously made ''Angels Hard as They Come'' (1971) for New World Pictures. It was shot in the Philippines and was originally known as ''The Prescription Revolution''.Christopher T Koetting, ''Mind Warp!: The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman's New World Pictures'', Hemlock Books. 2009 p 38 Plot Four American nurses working in the Republic of San Rosario are kidnapped by a band of guerillas. Cast *Carmen Argenziano as Flavio *Andrea Cagan as Bunny Kincaid *Margaret Markov as Lynn Forrest * Rickey Richardson as Ellie St. George * Laurie Rose as Sue Pennwright * Zaldy Zschornack as Ronaldo Montoya *Jose Romulo as Crao * Rocco Montalban as Carragiero *Charles Dierkop as The journalist Garcia, also known as Major Dubay * Gina Laforteza as Florida *Ruben Ramos as Mimmo *Ruben Rustia Production The film came about because Roger Corman had a production deal in the Philippines with a young produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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