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Flipper's New Adventure
''Flipper's New Adventure'' (known in some countries as ''Flipper and the Pirates'') is a 1964 American feature film released on June 24, 1964 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, written by Art Arthur, and directed by Leon Benson. It was a sequel to the 1963 film, '' Flipper'' and was based on characters created by Ricou Browning and Jack Cowden. The film, released before the TV series premiered, received good reviews and outdid the first film with more audience attendance. Plot Sandy Ricks (Luke Halpin) is asked to vacate his home to make way for a new highway but runs away from home to keep his pet dolphin Flipper from being taken away. His Dad, Porter ( Brian Kelly), widowed since the prior film, returns from Park Ranger school to search for Sandy but doesn't realize his son has fled in their skiff motorboat to the Bahamas. On the way, Sandy runs out of food, water and gas. Flipper helps by towing the skiff to a seemingly deserted island. Just as Sandy is establishing himself with food a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Tors
Ivan Tors (born Iván Törzs; June 12, 1916 – June 4, 1983) was a Hungarian playwright, film director, screenwriter, and film and television producer with an emphasis on non-violent but exciting science fiction, underwater sequences, and stories involving animals. He started a Miami-based film studio now known as Greenwich Studios, and later a music company. Biography Tors was born to a Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary. He wrote several plays in his native country before moving to the United States just prior to World War II. He arrived with his brother Ervin in July 1939 on the SS ''Hansa'' and had come to study at Fordham University in New York City. He subsequently enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps then transferred to the Office of Strategic Services. Following the war, he was contracted to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a screenwriter. In 1952, he made '' Storm over Tibet'', his first film as co-writer and producer. He began his partnership with his fellow Hungarian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesca Annis
Francesca Annis (born 14 May 1945) is an English actress. She is known for television roles in ''Reckless'' (1998), '' Wives and Daughters'' (1999), '' Deceit'' (2000), and '' Cranford'' (2007). A six-time BAFTA TV Award nominee, she won the 1979 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the ITV serial ''Lillie''. Her film appearances include '' Krull'' (1983), ''Dune'' (1984), '' The Debt Collector'' (1999), and '' The Libertine'' (2004). Early life and education Annis was born in Kensington, London in 1945, to an English father, Lester William Anthony Annis (1914–2001) and a Brazilian-French mother, Mariquita (Mara) Purcell (1913–2009). Both were sometime actors and Mara a sometime singer. Mara was from a wealthy Brazilian family. The Annises moved to Brazil when Francesca was one year old, and spent six years there, returning to England when she was seven. In recollecting the years in Brazil, she described her parents as running "a nightclub on Copacabana beach", and her m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960s English-language Films
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Films
This is a list of feature films originally released and/or distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (to include MGM/UA Entertainment Co., MGM/UA Communications Co., MGM–Pathe Communications Co. and MGM/UA Distribution Co.). This list does not include films from United Artists before it merged with MGM (except for co-productions), nor does it include other studios that MGM acquired (such as Orion Pictures, The Samuel Goldwyn Company, Cannon Films). The pre-May 1986 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer catalogue is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery through the Turner Entertainment Co. Lists The films are divided into lists by decade: * List of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films (1924–1929) * List of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films (1930–1939) * List of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films (1940–1949) * List of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films (1950–1959) * List of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films (1960–1969) * List of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films (1970–1979) * List of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films (1980–1989) * List of Met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Shot In Florida
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Drama Films
Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem. * January 6 – A British firm, the Leyland Motors, Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba. * January 9 – ''Martyrs' Day (Panama), Martyrs' Day'': Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. * January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government). * January 12 ** Zanzibar Revolution: The predominantly Arab government of Zanzibar is overthrown b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Films
The year 1964 in film involved some significant events, including three highly successful musical films, '' Mary Poppins,'' ''My Fair Lady,'' and '' The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.'' Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1964 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 29 – 50-year-old actor Alan Ladd is found dead in bed at his home in Palm Springs, California. An autopsy confirms the cause of death as cerebral edema caused by an acute overdose of "alcohol and three other drugs" His death is ruled accidental. Ladd's final film, '' The Carpetbaggers'', is released in April and, despite mostly negative reviews from critics, becomes a major commercial success. * March 6 – Elvis Presley's 14th motion picture, '' Kissin' Cousins'', is released to theaters. * March 15 - Elizabeth Taylor marries Richard Burton. * July 6 – '' A Hard Day's Night'', the first Beatles film, premieres. * August 27 – The film '' Mary Poppins'' is released. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Higgins (actor)
Joseph H. Higgins (July 12, 1925 – June 15, 1998) was an American commercial, film and television actor. He was known for playing the role of Jake Shakespeare in the American legal drama television series ''Arrest and Trial'' and for playing the recurring role of Nils Swenson in ''The Rifleman''. Life and career Higgins was born in Logansport, Indiana, where he started acting at the age of nine. He later moved to Dayton, Ohio, attending the University of Dayton and appearing on radio. He later earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree at the Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University. Higgins began his screen career in 1960, playing the recurring role of blacksmith Nils Swenson in the western television series ''The Rifleman''. Higgins guest-starred in television programs including ''Gunsmoke'', ''The Guns of Will Sonnett'', ''Bonanza'', ''That Girl'', ''Petticoat Junction'', ''The Monkees'', ''The Big Valley'', ''Green Acres'', ''Hill Street Blues'', ''The Fall Guy'', ''Death Valle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloyd Battista
Lloyd McAteer Battista (born May 14, 1937, in Cleveland, Ohio) is a retired American actor and screenwriter. Biography Battista studied acting at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. He was active on Broadway and off-Broadway stages, appearing in productions of plays such as '' Sexual Perversity in Chicago'' and '' The Homecoming''. His television roles ranged from the CBS soap opera '' Love of Life'' in the 1950s and the mini-series '' James A. Michener's Texas'' in 1994. He appeared in movies such as '' Chisum'' (1970), '' Love and Death'' (1975), and '' In Hell'' (2003). He appeared in several Spaghetti Westerns including some with Tony Anthony that he wrote the screenplays for. Battista wrote the screenplay for Anthony's ''Treasure of the Four Crowns Treasure (from la, thesaurus from Greek language ''thēsauros'', "treasure store") is a concentration of wealth — often originating from ancient history — that is considered lost and/or forgotten until rediscovere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Cherry
Helen Mary Cherry (24 November 1915 – 27 September 2001) was an English stage, film and television actress. She was born in Worsley, Lancashire, and brought up in Harrogate, West Riding of Yorkshire. Marriage Whilst working at the Arts Theatre, Cherry met fellow actor Trevor Howard, whom she married on 8 September 1944; they remained married until his death in 1988. They had no children. Selected filmography * ''The Courtneys of Curzon Street'' (1947) – Mary Courtney * ''The Mark of Cain'' (1947) – Mary * ''For Them That Trespass'' (1949) – Mary Drew * '' Adam and Evelyne'' (1949) – Moira Hannon * ''Morning Departure'' (1950) – Helen Armstong * '' They Were Not Divided'' (1950) – Wilhelmina * '' Last Holiday'' (1950) – Miss Mellows * ''The Woman with No Name'' (1950) – Sybil * '' Young Wives' Tale'' (1951) – Mary Banning * ''His Excellency'' (1952) – Lady Kirkman * '' Castle in the Air'' (1952) – Boss Trent * ''Three Cases of Murder'' (1955) – Lady M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
