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Don Safran
Donald Bernard Safran (January 17, 1930 – February 17, 2014) was an American film and television screenwriter, producer and marketing executive. He was also a reporter, film critic and arts and entertainment editor for the ''Dallas Times Herald'', as well as a reporter for ''The Hollywood Reporter''. Early years and journalism Born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, he graduated from Lafayette High School. He served two years in the United States Marine Corps before studying journalism at Mexico City College and Arizona State University. He joined the ''Times Herald'' in 1956 as a movie critic, as well as covering nightclubs in Dallas. The latter ultimately led to him speaking with Jack Ruby via telephone. Their conversations were cited in the Warren Report, following John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963 and Ruby's shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald. Safran also hosted a radio program, ''Night Scene'' on KRLD, during which he interviewed celebrities, and was one of the founder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. Terminology In the silent era, writers now considered screenwriters were denoted by terms such as photoplaywright, photoplay writer, photoplay dramatist and screen playwright.Steven Maras. ''Screenwriting: History, Theory and Practice.'' Wallflower Press, 2009. pp. 82–85. Screenwriting historian Steven Maras notes that these early writers were often understood as being the authors of the films as shown and argues that they cannot be precisely equated with present-day screenwriters because they were responsible for a technical product, a brief " scenario", "treatment", or "synopsis" that is a written synopsis of what is to be filmed. Profession Screenwriting is a freelance profession. No education is required to be a professional scree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KRLD (AM)
KRLD ( ''NewsRadio 1080 KRLD'') is a commercial AM radio station in Dallas, Texas. Owned and operated by Audacy, Inc., the station carries an all news radio format on weekdays, switching to mostly non-political talk radio nights and weekends. Syndicated shows include '' The Dave Ramsey Show'', ''Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb'' and '' America in the Morning with John Trout''. Some weekends hours carry paid brokered programming. Most hours begin with CBS Radio News. The studios and offices are in Uptown Dallas. KRLD is a Class A, , clear channel station. The daytime signal is non-directional, covering North Texas and part of Oklahoma. KRLD shares AM 1080 with Class A WTIC Hartford, so at night, KRLD switches to a directional antenna, using a two-tower array. The transmitter is in Garland, off Saturn Road. KRLD's AM station also broadcasts in HD Radio. KRLD is simulcast over co-owned 105.3 KRLD-FM's secondary HD Radio subchannel. KRLD is also available onlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Writers Guild Of America, West
The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) is a labor union representing film, television, radio, and new media writers. It was formed in 1954 from five organizations representing writers, including the Screen Writers Guild. It has around 20,000 members. History The Screen Writers Guild (SWG) was formed in 1921 by a group of ten screenwriters in Hollywood angered over wage reductions announced by the major film studios. The group affiliated with the Authors Guild in 1933 and began representing TV writers in 1948. In 1954, the SWG was one of five groups who merged to represent professional writers on both coasts and became the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAe) and West (WGAw). Howard J. Green and John Howard Lawson were the first two presidents during the SWG era. Daniel Taradash was president of the WGAw from 1977 to 1979. In 1952, the Guild authorized movie studios to delete onscreen credits for any writers who had not been cleared by Congress, as part of the industry' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy Days (season 6)
This is a list of episodes from the sixth season of ''Happy Days''. Main cast * Ron Howard as Richie Cunningham * Henry Winkler as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli * Marion Ross as Marion Cunningham * Anson Williams as Warren "Potsie" Weber * Don Most as Ralph Malph * Erin Moran as Joanie Cunningham * Al Molinaro as Alfred "Al" Delvecchio * Scott Baio as Chachi Arcola * Tom Bosley as Howard Cunningham Guest stars * Lynda Goodfriend as Lori Beth Allen * Ed Peck as Officer Kirk * Suzi Quatro as Leather Tuscadero *Lorrie Mahaffey as Jennifer Jerome * Pat Morita as Arnold * Penny Marshall as Laverne De Fazio * Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney * Robin Williams as Mork * Michael McKean as Leonard "Lenny" Kosnowski * David L. Lander as Andrew "Squiggy" Squiggman * Eddie Mekka Edward Rudolph Mekjian (June 14, 1952 – November 27, 2021), known professionally as Eddie Mekka, was an American actor, best known for his role as Carmine Ragusa on the hit television sitcom '' Lave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Goodbye Girl
''The Goodbye Girl'' is a 1977 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Herbert Ross, written by Neil Simon and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings and Paul Benedict. The film, produced by Ray Stark, centers on an odd trio of characters: a struggling actor who has sublet a Manhattan apartment from a friend, the current occupant (his friend's ex-girlfriend, who has just been abandoned), and her precocious young daughter. Richard Dreyfuss won the 1977 Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Elliot Garfield. At the time, he became the youngest man to win an Oscar for Best Actor. Both Mason and Cummings were nominated for Oscars. The film became the first romantic comedy to earn $100 million in box-office grosses. Plot Dancer and divorcee Paula McFadden (Marsha Mason) and her ten-year-old daughter Lucy (Quinn Cummings) live in a Manhattan apartment with her married boyfriend, Tony DeForrest. Coming home from shopping, Paula finds Tony gone a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steel Magnolias
''Steel Magnolias'' is a 1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Academy Award winner Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis and Julia Roberts. The picture is a film adaptation of Robert Harling's 1987 play of the same name about the bond a group of women share in a small-town Southern community, and how they cope with the death of one of their own. The supporting cast features Tom Skerritt, Dylan McDermott, Sam Shepard and Kevin J. O'Connor. Robert Harling based the story in part on his sister, Susan Harling Robinson. She died in 1985 of complications from Type 1 diabetes. In the film, Julia Roberts plays Shelby, the character based on Susan. Plot Annelle Dupuy, a shy beauty school graduate, moves to the northwestern Louisiana town of Chinquapin Parish, where Truvy Jones hires her to work in her home-based beauty salon. Meanwhile, M'Lynn Eatenton and her daughter, Shelby, busily prepare for Shelby's wedd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smokey And The Bandit
''Smokey and the Bandit'' is a 1977 American road action comedy film starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams and Mike Henry. The directorial debut of stuntman Hal Needham, the film follows Bo "Bandit" Darville (Reynolds) and Cledus "Snowman" Snow (Reed), two bootleggers attempting to illegally transport 400 cases of Coors beer from Texarkana to Atlanta. While the Snowman drives the truck carrying the beer, the Bandit drives a Pontiac Trans Am to distract law enforcement (called blocking) and keep the attention off the Snowman. During their run, they are pursued by Texas county sheriff Buford T. Justice (Gleason). ''Smokey and the Bandit'' was the second highest-grossing domestic film of 1977 in the United States. Sally Field and Burt Reynolds began a relationship after meeting on set. Plot Wealthy Texan Big Enos Burdette and his son Little Enos have sponsored a racer in Atlanta's Southern Classic and want to celebrate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peggy Sue Got Married
''Peggy Sue Got Married'' is a 1986 American fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola starring Kathleen Turner as a woman on the verge of a divorce, who finds herself transported back to the days of her senior year in high school in 1960. The film was written by husband-and-wife team Jerry Leichtling and Arlene Sarner. The film was a box office success and received positive reviews from critics. It was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Actress (Turner), Best Cinematography, and Best Costume Design. In addition, Turner was nominated for Best Foreign Actress at the Sant Jordi Awards. The title of the movie and the name of the main character refer to the 1959 Buddy Holly song of the same name, which is played over the film's opening credits. Plot In 1985, Peggy Sue Bodell attends her 25-year high school reunion, accompanied by her daughter, Beth, rather than her husband, Charlie, who was her high-school sweetheart. She and Charlie married right after g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Thunder
''Blue Thunder'' is a 1983 American action thriller film from Columbia Pictures, produced by Gordon Carroll, Phil Feldman, and Andrew Fogelson and directed by John Badham. The Blue Thunder helicopter itself did exist as two copies of modified French helicopter " Aérospatiale Gazelle", on which the cockpit was installed in the style of AH-64. A spin-off television series, also called '' Blue Thunder'', ran for 11 episodes in 1984. Plot Frank Murphy is a Metropolitan Police Department air support division pilot and troubled Vietnam War veteran with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). His newly assigned observer is novice Richard Lymangood. The two patrol Los Angeles at night and give assistance to police forces on the ground. Murphy is instructed to attend a sunrise demonstration in the Mojave Desert at "Pinkville" and is selected to pilot an advanced helicopter, informally called ''"The Special" '' and nicknamed ''"Blue Thunder"'', during an evaluation exercise. It is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biloxi Blues (film)
''Biloxi Blues'' is a 1988 American military comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols, written by Neil Simon, and starring Matthew Broderick and Christopher Walken. Simon adapted his semi-autobiographical 1984 play of the same title, the second chapter in what is known as the ''Eugene trilogy'', the first being ''Brighton Beach Memoirs'' and the third being ''Broadway Bound''. Plot During World War II, Jewish teenager Eugene Jerome of Brooklyn is drafted into the United States Army. Jerome sets three goals—lose his virginity, survive the war, and become a writer. He is sent to basic training at Keesler Field near Biloxi, Mississippi. Jerome keeps a journal to record his impressions of his fellow draftees. The new privates are trained by Sergeant Toomey, a wounded veteran with a steel plate in his head. Toomey imposes arbitrary rules and metes out harsh punishments. Epstein refuses to accept Toomey's authority. Toomey imposes increasingly harsh punishments in an effort to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rastar
Raymond Otto Stark (October 3, 1915 – January 17, 2004) was one of the most successful and prolific independent film producers in postwar Hollywood. Stark's background as a literary and theatrical agent prepared him to produce some of the most profitable films of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, such as '' The World of Suzie Wong'' (1960), ''West Side Story'' (1961), '' The Misfits'' (1961), ''Lolita'' (1962), ''The Night of the Iguana'' (1964), '' Reflections in a Golden Eye'' (1967), '' Funny Girl'' (1968), '' The Owl and the Pussycat'' (1970), '' The Goodbye Girl'' (1977), '' The Toy'' (1982), '' Annie'' (1982), and '' Steel Magnolias'' (1989). In addition to his roster of films, Stark formed relationships with various directors and writers throughout his career. Stark made eight films with Herbert Ross, five with John Huston, and three with Sydney Pollack. Additionally, Stark's 18-year partnership with playwright Neil Simon yielded 11 films between the duo, including '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production studio that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Sony. On June 19, 1918, brothers Jack and Harry Cohn and their business partner Joe Brandt founded Cohn-Brandt-Cohn (CBC) Film Sales Corporation, which would eventually become Columbia Pictures. It adopted the Columbia Pictures name on January 10, 1924 (operating as Columbia Pictures Corporation until December 23, 1968) went public two years later and eventually began to use the image of Columbia, the female personification of the United States, as its logo. In its early years, Columbia was a minor player in Hollywood, but began to grow in the late 1920s, spurred by a successful association with director Frank Capra. With Capra and others such as the most successful two reel comedy series The Three Stooges, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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