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Eric House
Eric House (November 22, 1921 – March 21, 2004) was a Canadian actor."Eric House, veteran stage actor and director, dies of emphysema at 82". ''Canadian Press'', April 8, 2004. Although he appeared in film, television and stage roles throughout his career, he was most famously associated with stage roles at the Stratford Festival, particularly its productions of musical comedies by Gilbert and Sullivan,"Eric House" '''', August 14, 2013. and as Dean Drone in '' Sunshine Sketches'', the first Canadian television drama series. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadians
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and Multiculturalism, multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World Immigration to Canada, immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of New France, French and then the much larger British colonization of the Americas, British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soldiers (play)
''Soldiers: An Obituary for Geneva'' (Soldaten. Nekrolog auf Genf) is a 1967 play Rolf Hochhuth which makes unverified claims about an attempt by Winston Churchill to appease Joseph Stalin.Playbill from original New York production accessed 16 June 2013 It alleges that he was involved in the murder of the Polish Prime Minister, General , in an airplane crash in 1943. German writer wrote the play on occas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playdate (CBC TV Series)
''Playdate'' is a Television in Canada, Canadian drama anthology television series which aired on CBC Television from 1961 to 1964. Premise The series replaced ''General Motors Presents''. Ed Moser, a story editor from that previous series, became executive producer of ''Playdate''. He reduced the presence of Canadian script writers, featuring nine Canadian-written scripts in the final season of ''Playdate'' compared to 19 Canadian works featured in the final season of ''General Motors Presents''. Robert Goulet hosted the earliest episodes of ''Playdate'', replaced by Christopher Plummer from 20 December 1961. From October 1962, episodes of the UK series ''The Jo Stafford Show'' were occasionally broadcast, billed by the CBC as ''Playdate Presents...''. In September 1963, similar treatment was given to ''The Red Skelton Show'', an American series, when it was sporadically broadcast in the ''Playdate'' time slot. The CBC cancelled ''Playdate'' and ''Parade (TV series), Parade'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC Television
CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-language counterpart is Ici Radio-Canada Télé. With main studios at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto, CBC Television is available throughout Canada on over-the-air television stations in urban centres, and as a must-carry station on cable and satellite television providers. CBC Television can also be live streamed on its CBC Gem video platform. Almost all of the CBC's programming is produced in Canada. Although CBC Television is supported by public funding, commercial advertising revenue supplements the network, in contrast to CBC Radio and public broadcasters from several other countries, which are commercial-free. Overview CBC Television provides a complete 24-hour network schedule of news, sports, entertainment and child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oedipus Rex (1957 Film)
''Oedipus Rex'' is a 1957 film, a film version of the Canadian Stratford Festival production of the William Butler Yeats adaptation of the play ''Oedipus Rex'' by Sophocles. The actors performed wearing masks designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch, as was the practice in Ancient Greek theatre. Cast * Douglas Campbell as Oedipus *Eleanor Stuart as Jocasta *Robert Goodier as Creon * William Hutt as Chorus Leader * Donald Davis as Tiresias *Douglas Rain as Messenger *Tony Van Bridge as Man From Corinth *Eric House as Shepherd / Old Priest *Roland Bull as Chorus * Robert Christie as Chorus *Ted Follows as Chorus *David Gardner as Chorus *Bruno Gerussi as Chorus *Richard Howard as Chorus *Roland Hewgill as Chorus *Edward Holmes as Chorus *James Manser as Chorus *Louis Negin as Chorus *Grant Reddick as Chorus *William Shatner as Chorus * Bruce Swerdfager as Chorus *Neil Vipond as Chorus *Gertrude Tyas as Nurse *Naomi Cameron as Ismene *Barbara Franklin as Antigone Song After the film was re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Of Green Gables (1956 Film)
''Anne of Green Gables'' (1956) is a Canadian television film directed by Don Harron. The film was based upon the 1908 novel, ''Anne of Green Gables'' by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The movie was produced for CBC Television, which also commissioned the more famous remake 1985 film adaptation. The filming and production took place in Toronto, ON. The film depicts the story of a preteen orphan girl, Anne Shirley, adopted in the small-town of Avonlea, Prince Edward Island, whose optimistic mindset defies standard ladylike conduct and drives her to overcome any obstacle life throws at her. Plot summary Cast Background The story of the young red-headed girl with swift braids and a big imagination has long warmed the hearts of theatregoers. The 1956 adaptation was the first and original airing of ''Anne of Green Gables'' for national screening on CBC Television. While the novel was written by Lucy Montgomery, writers Don Harron, Norman and Elaine Campbell, and Mavor Moore extended the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Globe And Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it falls slightly behind the ''Toronto Star'' in overall weekly circulation because the ''Star'' publishes a Sunday edition, whereas the ''Globe'' does not. ''The Globe and Mail'' is regarded by some as Canada's " newspaper of record". ''The Globe and Mail''s predecessors, '' The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' were both established in the 19th century. The former was established in 1844, while the latter was established in 1895 through a merger of ''The Toronto Mail'' and the ''Toronto Empire''. In 1936, ''The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' merged to form ''The Globe and Mail''. The newspaper was acquired by FP Publications in 1965, who later sold the paper to the Thomson Corporation in 1980. In 2001, the paper merged with broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith)
The Lyric Theatre, also known as the Lyric Hammersmith, is a theatre on Lyric Square, off King Street, Hammersmith, London."About the Lyric" ''Lyric'' official website. Retrieved 9 May 2008. Background The Lyric Theatre was originally a music hall established in 1888 on Bradmore Grove, Hammersmith. Success as an entertainment venue led it to be rebuilt and enlarged on the same site twice, firstly in 1890 and then in 1895 by the English theatrical architect . The 1895 reopening, as The New Lyric Opera House, was accompanied by an opening address by the famous actress |
Eric Christmas
Eric Cuthbert Christmas (19 March 1916 – 22 July 2000) was a British actor, with over 40 films and numerous television roles to his credit. He is probably best known for his role as Mr. Carter, the principal of Angel Beach High School, in the 1981 comedy films ''Porky's'', the 1983 sequel '' Porky's II: The Next Day'', and the 1985 sequel ''Porky's Revenge!''. He was also known for his sporadic role as Reverend Diddymoe in the NBC sitcom, ''Amen''. Life and career Christmas was born in London, England, and later emigrated to Canada. His role as a priest in the 1971 film ''Harold and Maude'' includes a memorable monologue to an off-camera Harold, in which he discusses, with increasing nausea and disgust, how the thought of Harold's sexual affair with a much older woman "makes imwant...to vomit." His also had film roles in '' Monte Walsh'' (1970), ''The Andromeda Strain'' (1971), ''Johnny Got His Gun'' (1971), ''The Last Tycoon'' (1976), ''An Enemy of the People'' (1978), ''At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Creley
Jack Creley (March 6, 1926 – March 10, 2004) was an American-born Canadian actor."A 'great man of words and theatre'". ''The Globe and Mail'', March 19, 2004. Although most prominently a stage actor, he also had film and television roles. Background Creley was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 6, 1926. During the Great Depression, his family moved to California, where he acted in amateur theatre as a teenager, until he was old enough to enlist in the United States Army late in World War II. He was shot in the shoulder during the Battle of Okinawa, and spent the rest of his life telling the story that he knew he was destined to become an actor when he realized he was responding to the injury like a character in a John Wayne film. After the end of the war, he went to New York City to study acting under Erwin Piscator at the Dramatic Workshop, where he was a classmate of Harry Belafonte, Tony Curtis and Rod Steiger. He moved to Montreal in 1951 to take a job with the Mountain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Broadfoot
Dave Broadfoot (December 5, 1925 – November 1, 2016) was a Canadian comedian and satirist. He is best known for his performances as a member of the Royal Canadian Air Farce."Dave Broadfoot, iconic Canadian comedian of the Royal Canadian Air Farce, dead at 90" ''Toronto Star'', Peter Edwards, Nov. 2, 2016 Early life Broadfoot was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, to a religious family. He left high school in 1943 and joined the merchant navy, serving until 1947.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corinne Conley
Corinne Alexandra Conley (born May 23, 1929) is an American actress who spent the majority of her career in Canada, notable for having won the Canadian Council of Authors and Artists' Best Actress Award. Conley is known for her voiceover work in various films and television productions and is better recognized for voicing Rudolph's mother and presumably Dolly for Sue in ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'' (1964). Conley's acting career has spanned seventy years, receiving several nominations for her work. She has also made prominent and notable appearances in ''Tales of the Wizard of Oz'' as Dorothy Gale (1961), '' Days of Our Lives'' as Phyllis Anderson (1973-1982), the ''Goosebumps'' episode "Monster Blood" as Aunt Katherine (1996), ''Quads!'' as Sister Butch (2001-2002), '' A Christmas Horror Story'' as Aunt Edda (2015), and voicing multiple characters in the '' Watch Dogs: Legion'' video game (2020). Acting career For two years, she played the ingenue lead in ''The Common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
