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Ed Saunders (other)
Ed Saunders may refer to: *Ed Saunders, of The Saunders Brothers Show *Ed Saunders, character in Rawhide (1938 film) *Ed Saunders, character in Black Like Me (film) ''Black Like Me'' is a 1964 American drama film based on the 1961 book ''Black Like Me'' by John Howard Griffin. The journalist disguised himself to pass as an African-American man for six weeks in 1959 in the Deep South to report on life in t ... See also * Edward Saunders (other) {{hndis, Saunders, Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Saunders Brothers Show
The Saunders Brothers Show is a Canadian Comedy/Celtic band from Nova Scotia. Billed as "East Coast music with a twist", the band is well known for their outrageously comedic bantering demeanor and audience participation, complemented by extreme flexibility in terms of musical genres, ranging from folk and country/pop to Gospel and East Coast traditional all flavored with a unique twist. Biography The banThe Saunders Brothers Showwas formed in 2004 by brothers Ed and Terry Saunders plus Brian Smeltzer. The band's first media exposure occurred in April 2006 when their comedic song ''Hot Wings'' was featured on Q-104 Halifax. The band's popularity grew steadily, culminating in November 2006 when the band recorded their first single, the pop/rock flavored ''Hallelujah'' at Nova Scotia's Denmark productions. The song, which released in time for the holiday season, was well-received, being included on the holiday playlists of fifteen different radio stations. In 2007, The Saunders B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rawhide (1938 Film)
''Rawhide'' is a 1938 American Western film starring Lou Gehrig and made by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. The movie was directed by Ray Taylor and produced by Sol Lesser from a screenplay by Jack Natteford and Daniel Jarrett. The cinematography was by Allen Q. Thompson. This is the only Hollywood movie in which baseball great Lou Gehrig made a screen appearance, playing himself as a vacationing ballplayer visiting his sister Peggy (played by Evalyn Knapp) on a ranch in the fictional town of Rawhide, Montana. The film remains available on DVD and VHS formats. Plot The storyline revolves around Lou Gehrig playing himself, who decides to give up baseball in New York for the life of a western cattle rancher. Once at the ranch, Gehrig encounters a protection racket preying on the ranchers by extortion and violence. He teams up with a crusading local attorney to fight the crooks and ultimately put them in jail. In the opening scene, Lou Gehrig is surrounded by a group of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Like Me (film)
''Black Like Me'' is a 1964 American drama film based on the 1961 book ''Black Like Me'' by John Howard Griffin. The journalist disguised himself to pass as an African-American man for six weeks in 1959 in the Deep South to report on life in the segregated society from the other side of the color line. The film was directed by Carl Lerner and the screenplay was written by Carl and Gerda Lerner. The film stars James Whitmore, Sorrell Booke and Roscoe Lee Browne. The DVD was released December 11, 2012 in North America from Video Services Corp. The DVD includes a documentary titled ''Uncommon Vision'' about John Howard Griffin, the journalist on which the main character is based. Plot John Finley Horton (James Whitmore) is a liberal white journalist who darkens his face and hands (and to some degree his body) using various means, sufficiently to pass for a black man. He travels for several weeks in the Deep South in order to report from the other side of the color line in the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
