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David Gardner (actor)
David Emmett Gardner (4 May 1928 — 8 February 2020) was a Canadian actor from the 1940s to 2000s. Gardner began acting with CBC Radio in the mid-1940s. By the late 1950s, some of his theatrical roles were at the Royal Alexandra Theatre and the West end theatre. As an actor, Gardner received a Canadian Film Award in 1976 and a Gemini Award in 1997. In the 1960s, Gardner was a theatre director while also working for CBC as a producer. From 1969 to 1971, Gardner was the artistic director with the Vancouver Playhouse. Throughout the 1970s, he worked as a theatre arts officer with the Canada Council before becoming an academic. Some institutions Gardner worked for included Seneca College and George Brown College. Gardner received the Earle Grey Award during the 2008 Gemini Awards. Early life and education Gardner's birth occurred in Toronto on 4 May 1928. While living with a sibling during his childhood, Gardner was interested in theatre and painting. After receiving a scholarship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC Radio
CBC Radio is the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which (regardless of language) are outlined below. English CBC Radio operates three English language networks. *CBC Radio One - Primarily news and information, Radio One broadcasts to most communities across Canada. Until 1997, it was known as "CBC Radio". * CBC Music - Broadcasts an adult music format with a variety of genres, with the classical genre generally restricted to midday hours. From 2007 to 2018, it was known as "CBC Radio 2". *CBC Radio 3 - Broadcasts a youth-oriented indie rock format on Internet radio and Sirius XM Radio. Some content from Radio 3 was also broadcast as weekend programming on Radio Two until March 2007. The inconsistency of branding between the word "One" and the numerals "2" and "3" was a deliberate design choice on CBC's part and is not an error, though ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Films
A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for initial showing in movie theaters, and direct-to-video films made for initial release on home video formats. In certain cases, such films may also be referred to and shown as a miniseries, which typically indicates a film that has been divided into multiple parts or a series that contains a predetermined, limited number of episodes. Origins and history Precursors of "television movies" include ''Talk Faster, Mister'', which aired on WABD (now WNYW) in New York City on December 18, 1944, and was produced by RKO Pictures, and the 1957 ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'', based on the poem by Robert Browning, and starring Van Johnson, one of the first filmed "family musicals" made directly for television. That film was made in Technicolor, a fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Legal (Canadian TV Series)
''Street Legal'' is a Canadian legal drama television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1987 to 1994 before returning with six new episodes starting March 4, 2019."'Street Legal' reboot among new shows in CBC's 2018/19 lineup" '''', May 24, 2018. ''Street Legal'' was the longest-running one-hour scripted drama in the history of Canadian television, holding the record for twenty years before being surpassed by '''s'' 139th episo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home Fires (Canadian TV Series)
''Home Fires'' was a Canadian television drama series, which aired on CBC Television from 1980 to 1983. It was a family saga set in Toronto during World War II, and took its name from the expression " keep the home fires burning". Created and written by Jim Purdy and Peter Such, the series centred on the Lowes, a family in Toronto. Patriarch Arthur Lowe (Gerard Parkes) was a doctor who ran a family medicine clinic in a working class downtown neighbourhood with nurse Marge (Sheila Moore), and was married to housewife Hannah ( Kim Yaroshevskaya), a Jewish immigrant from Poland.Wayne Grady, "We'll Keep a Welcome". ''TV Guide Canada'', November 8, 1980. As the series progressed, storylines increasingly focused on Arthur and Hannah's children Terry (Wendy Crewson) and Sidney ( Peter Spence) and nephew Jakob (Gil Yaron). Terry married her boyfriend Graeme (Jeff Wincott) shortly before he was shipped off to serve in the war, where he was killed at Dieppe; she then served in the Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quentin Durgens, M
Quentin is a French male given name from the Latin first name ''Quintinus'', diminutive form of '' Quintus'', that means "the fifth". Albert Dauzat, ''Noms et prénoms de France'', Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet. p. 502b and 503a. People *Saint Quentin (died c. 287) *Quentin Anderson (1912–2003), American literary critic and cultural historian *Quentin Bajac (born 1965), French curator and historian of photography *Quentin Bataillon (born 1993), French politician *Quentin Blake (born 1932), illustrator, famous for his work in Roald Dahl books *Quentin Bryce (born 1942), the 25th Governor-General of Australia * Quentin N. Burdick (1908-1992), American lawyer and senator from North Dakota *Quentin Leo Cook, a.k.a. Fatboy Slim, British musician *Quentin Cooper (born 1961) a science journalist, and broadcaster. *Quentin Crisp (1908-1999), author and social critic * Quentin Davies, Baron Davies of Stamford (born 1944), British polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uncle Vanya
''Uncle Vanya'' ( rus, Дя́дя Ва́ня, r=Dyádya Ványa, p=ˈdʲædʲə ˈvanʲə) is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1898, and was first produced in 1899 by the Moscow Art Theatre under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski. The play portrays the visit of an elderly professor and his glamorous, much younger second wife, Yelena, to the rural estate that supports their urban lifestyle. Two friends—Vanya, brother of the professor's late first wife, who has long managed the estate, and Astrov, the local doctor—both fall under Yelena's spell, while bemoaning the ''ennui'' of their provincial existence. Sonya, the professor's daughter by his first wife, who has worked with Vanya to keep the estate going, suffers from her unrequited feelings for Astrov. Matters are brought to a crisis when the professor announces his intention to sell the estate, Vanya and Sonya's home, with a view to investing the proceeds to achieve a higher inco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Apple Cart
''The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza'' is a 1928 play by George Bernard Shaw. It is a satirical comedy about several political philosophies which are expounded by the characters, often in lengthy monologues. The plot follows the fictional English King Magnus as he spars with, and ultimately outwits, Prime Minister Proteus and his cabinet, who seek to strip the monarchy of its remaining political influence. Magnus opposes the corporation " Breakages, Limited", which controls politicians and impedes technical progress. Shaw's preface describes the play as: The play was completed in December 1928 and first performed in Warsaw (in Polish) the following June. Its English première was at the first Malvern Drama Festival in August 1929. Shaw based King Magnus largely on himself. He modelled the enigmatic and pivotal character Orinthia, the King's mistress, on Mrs. Patrick Campbell, the actress who had created the role of Eliza Doolittle in Shaw's '' Pygmalion''. The "Powe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festival (Canadian TV Series)
''Festival'' (initially titled ''Festival '61'') is a Canadian entertainment anthology television series which aired on CBC Television from 1960 to 1969. Premise CBC Television aired dramatic and musical anthology series such as ''Scope'' and ''Folio'' during the 1950s. Robert Allen, a producer on ''Folio'', became supervising producer of the new ''Festival'' series. Production The production cost of a typical ''Festival'' drama show was approximately $45,000 in 1961, among the highest production costs of CBC programming at the time. Productions such as a ballet performance or a Gilbert and Sullivan play could cost $60,000 for CBC. Scheduling This series was broadcast as follows: Seasons 1960-61 ''Festival'' was pre-empted some weeks with such programming as specials from the ''Omnibus'' or ''Hall of Fame'' series, or by sports (hockey, football), or by other special programs. 1961-62 The program was simply billed as ''Festival'' in its second season. Most pre-empted we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Person (1960 TV Series)
''First Person'' is a Canadian dramatic television series which aired on CBC Television from 1960 to 1961. Premise This dramatic anthology consisted of adapted and original stories whose teleplays were produced out of CBC Toronto. This series is distinct from Adrienne Clarkson's ''First Person'' talk show in 1966. Scheduling This half-hour series was first broadcast over 20 weeks on Wednesdays at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 8 June to 19 October 1960. Then it was given a full season on Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. from 26 October 1960 to 8 February 1961. Episodes Some of the teleplays included: ;June–October 1960 * ''The Anniversary'' (Basil Coleman producer; Michael Jacot writer) * ''At the Railing'' (David Gardner producer; Robert Presnell, Jr. writer), starring Martha Buhs and Robert Goulet * ''Aunt Jeannie and the Idol'' (Audrey Piggott writer) * ''Bulgarian Bread'' (Paul Wayne writer) * ''The Click of Beads'' * ''Earn Money at Home'' (W. O. Mitchell writer) * ''End ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manitoba Theatre Centre
Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre (Royal MTC) is Canada's oldest English-language regional theatre. Next to the Stratford and Shaw Festivals, MTC has a higher annual attendance than any other theatre in the country. It was founded in 1958 by John Hirsch and Tom Hendry as an amalgamation of the Winnipeg Little Theatre and Theatre 77. In 2010, the theatre received a royal designation from Queen Elizabeth II, and officially became the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre. It has a seating capacity of 785 and opened on October 31, 1970. History When the Winnipeg Little Theatre and Theatre 77 merged to become the Manitoba Theatre Centre in 1958, it became the first of a network of "regional theatres" across North America. Artistic Director John Hirsch and General Manager Tom Hendry focused on classics, Broadway hits, and new Canadian work. A second stage for experimental work was established in 1960, and an annual provincial tour began in 1961. Since its founding, MTC has produced more tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Paper People
''The Paper People'' is a Canadian dramatic television film, directed by David Gardner and released in 1967."The Paper People: pretentious, sickeningly arty-- and boring". ''The Globe and Mail'', December 7, 1967. The first television film ever produced entirely in-house by CBC Television without an outside coproducer, the film centres on Jamie Taylor ( Marc Strange), an artist working on a project in which he builds papier-mâché models of people and then films the models being set on fire, and Janet Webb (Marigold Charlesworth), a journalist profiling Jamie in a documentary. The cast also included Lucy Warner, Kate Reid, Brett Somers and Robin Ward. The film was shot in the summer of 1967, in Toronto and Oakville, Ontario. The film aired on December 13, 1967 as an episode of the anthology series ''Festival''. It received mixed reviews, with Sheila Keiran of ''The Globe and Mail'' panning it as pretentious, arty and boring, while Lorne Parton of ''The Province'' called it on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit Rock City (film)
''Detroit Rock City'' is a 1999 American teen comedy film directed by Adam Rifkin and written by Carl V. Dupré. It tells of four teenage boys in a Kiss tribute band who try to see their idols in a concert in Detroit in 1978. Comparable with other rock films such as ''Rock 'n' Roll High School'', '' Dazed and Confused'', and ''I Wanna Hold Your Hand'', it tells a coming-of-age story through a filter of 1970s music and culture in the United States. It took its title from the Kiss song of the same name. The film was shot at Cedarbrae Collegiate Institute in Scarborough, Toronto and other Ontario locations including Copps Coliseum in Hamilton. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed approximately $6 million against a $17 million budget. Plot In 1978 Cleveland, Ohio, four rebellious teenage boys – Hawk, Lex, Trip Verudie, and Jeremiah "Jam" Bruce – play in a Kiss tribute band called "Mystery" and prepare to see their idols in concert in Detroit, Michigan the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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