Don Weis

	Don Weis Don Weis (May 13, 1922 – July 26, 2000) was an American film and television director. Biography Weis was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Emma (née Wiener; 1889–1971) and Meyer Weis (1886-1942). He graduated from the University of Southern California where he studied film. During World War II, Weis served in the Air Force as a film technician. After the war, he began working at MGM directing such films as ''Bannerline'' (1951), ''Just This Once'' (1952), ''You for Me'' (1952) and '' The Affairs of Dobie Gillis'' (1953). Weis began directing for television in 1954 and worked on such series as '' MASH'', '' Ironside'', '' It Takes a Thief'', '' Twilight Zone'', '' Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' (1955), ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''Happy Days'', '' Starsky and Hutch'', ''CHiPs'', ''The Courtship of Eddie's Father'', ''Hawaii Five-O'', '' The Andros Targets'', and ''The San Pedro Beach Bums'', among others. Weis won two Directors Guild of America Awards for television directi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Milwaukee, Wisconsin Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Milwaukee is the List of United States cities by population, 31st largest city in the United States, the fifth-largest city in the Midwestern United States, and the second largest city on Lake Michigan's shore behind Chicago. It is the main cultural and economic center of the Milwaukee metropolitan area, the fourth-most densely populated metropolitan area in the Midwestern United States, Midwest. Milwaukee is considered a global city, categorized as "Gamma minus" by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, with a regional List of U.S. metropolitan areas by GDP, GDP of over $102 billion in 2020. Today, Milwaukee is one of the most ethnicity, ethnically and Cultural diversity, cult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	The Courtship Of Eddie's Father ''The Courtship of Eddie's Father'' is an American sitcom based on the 1963 film of the same name, which was based on a novel by Mark Toby (edited by Dorothy Wilson). The series is about a widower, Tom Corbett (played by Bill Bixby), who is a magazine publisher, and his young son, Eddie (played by Brandon Cruz). Eddie believes his father should marry, and manipulates situations surrounding the women his father is interested in. (Eddie's matchmaking efforts were the theme of the film, but gradually became less central to the storylines in the series.) The series debuted on September 17, 1969, and was last broadcast on March 1, 1972. Bixby received an Emmy nomination for the show. Plot The show centered on Tom Corbett ( Bill Bixby), a handsome, thirty-something magazine publisher and widower from Los Angeles. Following the death of his wife Helen, Tom is left to raise his mischievous, freckle-faced son, six-year-old Eddie (Brandon Cruz). Eddie wants a new mother, so to tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Critic's Choice (1963 Film) ''Critic's Choice'' is a 1963 American comedy film directed by Don Weis. Based on the 1960 Critic's Choice (play), Broadway play of the same name by Ira Levin, the movie stars Bob Hope and Lucille Ball and includes Rip Torn, Marilyn Maxwell, Jim Backus, Marie Windsor and Jerome Cowan in the cast. This is the last of four films that Hope and Ball made together. Plot Parker Ballantine is a theatrical critic, busily praising or disparaging the shows of Broadway theatre, Broadway. His wife Angela is feeling useless and restless, so she writes a play about her mother and sisters. Angela doesn't believe Parker should review her work, since he will look prejudiced if he does so favorably and it will hurt her feelings if he knocks it. Parker has read it and isn't impressed. A major producer, however, decides to back it. Handsome Dion Kapakos directs the play and tries to strike up a romantic interest in the playwright. Angela continues to resist, but she's getting more fed up with Parke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Gene Krupa Story ''The Gene Krupa Story'' (also known as ''Drum Crazy'') is a 1959 biopic of American drummer and bandleader Gene Krupa. The conflict in the film centers on Krupa's rise to success and his corresponding use of marijuana. Plot synopsis The young Gene Krupa brings home a set of drums and puts them in the family room. His mother and three of his brothers stand by as his father makes it clear, as he has many times before, that he abhors the idea of Gene playing jazz drums. He says, "I have been too easy on my baby son," and insists that Gene be "somebody fine...a priest, maybe". Gene is about to graduate high school and does not want to study in a seminary; he says he doesn't know why, but he has to be a drummer. His father orders him to get rid of the drum set. Gene says he can't and his father reacts by busting the tom-toms and the balance of the set. Gene says he will find a way to keep getting drums no matter how often his father busts them, that he has an opportunity to play with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ride The High Iron ''Ride the High Iron'' is a 1956 American drama film directed by Don Weis and starring Don Taylor, Sally Forrest and Raymond Burr.Lentz p.450 Plot A returning Korean War veteran tries to cover-up his humble background when he becomes engaged to a young socialite. Things are complicated by the involvement of self-serving public relations man. Cast * Don Taylor as Sgt. Hugo Danielchik * Sally Forrest as Elsie Vanders * Raymond Burr as Ziggy Moline * Lisa Golm as Mrs. Danielchik * Otto Waldis as Yanusz Danielchik * Nestor Paiva as Yard Boss * Mae Clarke as Mrs. Vanders * Maurice Marsac as Maurice * Bobby Johnson as Porter * Bess Flowers Bess Flowers (November 23, 1898 – July 28, 1984) was an American actress best known for her work as an extra in hundreds of films. She was known as "The Queen of the Hollywood Extras," appearing in more than 350 feature films and numerou ... as Nightclub Patron References Bibliography * Robert J. Lentz. ''Korean War Filmograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Adventures Of Hajji Baba ''The Adventures of Hajji Baba'' is a 1954 American CinemaScope adventure film directed by Don Weis and starring John Derek and Elaine Stewart. Made in Southern California, it was released on October 1, 1954. In the credits it states that the film is suggested by ''The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan'' by James Justinian Morier (3 vols., London, 1824). Plot In Ispahan, Persia, a barber named Hajji Baba ( John Derek) is leaving his father's shop to find a great fortune. At the same time, the Princess Fawzia (Elaine Stewart) is trying to talk her father into giving her in marriage to Nur-El-Din (Paul Picerni) a prince known far and wide. Her father intends for Fawzia to marry a friend and ally, and makes plans to send her to him. But a courier brings word from Nur-El-Din that an escort awaits Fawzia on the outskirts of the city and she escapes the palace disguised as a boy. Hajji encounters the escort-warrior at the rendez-vous spot, is attacked and beats up the escort with hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	I Love Melvin ''I Love Melvin'' is a 1953 American Technicolor musical romantic comedy film directed by Don Weis, starring Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds. According to MGM records, the film earned $1,316,000 in the United States and Canada and $654,000 overseas, resulting in a loss of $290,000. Plot Small-time actress Judy Schneider dreams of becoming a Hollywood star even as she struggles along playing a human football in a kitschy Broadway musical. One day in Central Park she bumps into Melvin, the bumbling assistant to a '' Look'' magazine photographer. Melvin is smitten with Judy and endures disapproval from her father who wants her to marry Harry Flack, the boring heir to a paper box company. He exaggerates his importance at the magazine in order to impress Judy and her family and promises to get her on the cover, using the photo shoots as an excuse to spend time with her. His charade is exposed when her picture doesn't appear on the cover and she discovers that he is just a lowly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Just This Once (film) ''Just This Once'' is a 1952 American romantic comedy film directed by Don Weis and starring Peter Lawford, Janet Leigh and Lewis Stone. It was produced and distributed by the Hollywood major Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film's sets were designed by the art director James Basevi. Plot Mark MacLene IV is a millionaire playboy. He is totally irresponsible with his money, piling up $5 million in debts. Judge Coulter, executor of his estate, puts Mark's finances in the hands of a penny-pinching lawyer, Lucy Duncan. Mark is aghast when Lucy puts him on a $50-a-week allowance. He still extravagantly tips a busboy $10 after a 50-cent lunch or charters a plane to fly off to Paris without a thought as to his financial situation. Lucy shuts off his access to funds, causing an angry Mark to barge into her personal life, moving into her apartment and upsetting her routine. She wants to quit, but Coulter doubles her pay. Lucy has a fiancé, Tom Winters, who has held off on proposing marriage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bannerline ''Bannerline'' is a 1951 American drama film directed by Don Weis. The film stars Keefe Brasselle, Sally Forrest and Lionel Barrymore. Plot Young Mike Perrivale (Keefe Brasselle) is an ambitious reporter for the Carravia ''Clarion'', who resents being assigned to cover only social events and small stories. He takes the advice of his girlfriend, Richie Loomis (Sally Forrest), to interview Hugo Trimble ( Lionel Barrymore), a beloved local history teacher and community gadfly. Trimble, in the hospital and fatally ill, regrets that he was unable to root out corruption in the city's government, which has been under the control of gangster Frankie Scarbine ( J. Carrol Nash). To cheer up the dying man, Perrivale persuades his editor and publisher to publish a few copies of the paper with a false front page proclaiming that Scarbine has been indicted and the government leaders have resigned. Trimble is touched by the gesture but knows immediately that the page is a fake. Soon after a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gwen Welles Gwen Welles (born Gwen Goldberg, March 4, 1951 – October 13, 1993) was an American actress. Early years Gwen Welles was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as Gwen Goldberg. She was the daughter of clothing designer Rebecca Welles and Barton Goldberg; her sisters were Elizabeth (Betsy) Goldberg Welles and Lori Yarom. Gwen graduated from University High School in Los Angeles, California and attended Vassar College. When she was 17, she worked as a dress salesperson. Career Welles's film debut was in ''A Safe Place'' (1971). In the early 1970s, she acted in two films for Roger Vadim during three years that she spent in France. She may be best remembered for her portrayal of untalented singer Sueleen Gay in Robert Altman's 1975 film ''Nashville'', for which she was nominated for a BAFTA Award, for Best Supporting Actress. Welles also appeared in Altman's ''California Split'' (1974), as well as several films directed by Henry Jaglom, including ''New Year's Day'' (1989) and ''Eati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Directors Guild Of America Awards The Directors Guild of America Awards are issued annually by the Directors Guild of America. The first DGA Award was an "Honorary Life Member" award issued in 1938 to D. W. Griffith. The statues are made by New York firm, Society Awards. Categories Competitive categories Special awards Discontinued categories Winners – Motion Picture Lifetime Achievement Award (formerly the D. W. Griffith Lifetime Achievement Award) * 1953: Cecil B. DeMille * 1954: John Ford * 1955: No award * 1956: Henry King * 1957: King Vidor * 1958: No award * 1959: Frank Capra * 1960: George Stevens * 1961: Frank Borzage * 1962–1965: No award * 1966: William Wyler * 1967: No award * 1968: Alfred Hitchcock * 1969: No award * 1970: Fred Zinnemann * 1971–1972: No award * 1973: William A. Wellman and David Lean * 1974–1980: No award * 1981: George Cukor * 1982: Rouben Mamoulian * 1983: John Huston * 1984: Orson Welles * 1985: Billy Wilder * 1986: Joseph L. Mankiewicz * 1987: Elia Kazan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]