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Gilligan's Island (season 1)
The first season of the American comedy television series ''Gilligan's Island'' was shown in the United States on September 26, 1964 and concluded on June 12, 1965 on CBS. The season introduced the comic adventures of seven castaways as they attempted to survive and escape from an island on which they had been shipwrecked. Most episodes revolved around the dissimilar castaways' conflicts and their failed attempts—invariably Gilligan's fault—to escape their plight. The season originally aired on Saturdays at 8:30-9:00 pm (EST). Production Executive producers for the first season included William Froug and series creator Sherwood Schwartz. Berard and Englund (2009), p. 126. Filming took place at the CBS Radford Studios complex in Studio City, Los Angeles California. This complex contained 17 sound stages, as well as special effects and prop departments. On one stage, a lagoon had been constructed by the production company "at great expense". According to Bob Denver, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilligan's Island
''Gilligan's Island'' is an American sitcom created and produced by Sherwood Schwartz. The show's ensemble cast features Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Tina Louise, Russell Johnson and Dawn Wells. It aired for three seasons on the CBS network from September 26, 1964, to April 17, 1967. The series follows the comic adventures of seven castaways as they try to survive on an island where they are shipwrecked. Most episodes revolve around the dissimilar castaways' conflicts and their unsuccessful attempts to escape their plight, with Gilligan usually being responsible for the failures. ''Gilligan's Island'' ran for 98 episodes. All 36 episodes of the first season were filmed in black and white and were later colorized for syndication. The show's second and third seasons (62 episodes) and the three television film sequels (aired between 1978 and 1982) were filmed in color. The show received solid ratings during its original run, then grew in popularit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovey Howell
Lovey Howell (née Wentworth), is a fictional character from the 1964 television show ''Gilligan's Island'' played by Natalie Schafer. The character is a rich socialite married to millionaire businessman Thurston Howell III. Character summary While Mr. Howell always calls her "Lovey", she is almost always otherwise referred to as "Mrs. Howell". In the pilot, a radio announcer says that among the missing people are "Thurston Howell III and his wife, international hostess Lovey Howell". When Gilligan believes he has won a lottery and invites all the people into the Howells' club, The Professor greets Mr. and Mrs. Howell as "Thurston" and "Lovey". In episode 31 of season 2, "Mr. and Mrs. ??", a radio announcer states that her maiden name was Wentworth. Not much information was revealed about her life before being marooned with her fellow castaways, but she introduced herself in episode 6 of season 2 ("Quick Before It Sinks") as "Mrs. Thurston Howell III, from New York, Palm Beach a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moloaa Bay
Moloaʻa Bay is on the northeast shore on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. The bay is long. The name comes from ''molo aa'' in the Hawaiian language which means "matted roots". Paper Mulberry trees (''Broussonetia papyrifera'', or ''wauke'' in Hawaiian) once grew so thickly that the roots were interwoven. The Moloaʻa Stream empties into the north end of a beach which is backed by high cliffs. Uphill from the bay is the Moloaʻa State Forest Reserve. Moloaʻa Bay had one of the highest runups in Kauai during the April 1, 1946 tsunami from the 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake. It experienced one of the highest wave amplitudes: . Some scenes in the Gilligan's Island pilot An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls. Some other aircrew members, such as navigators or flight engineers, are also considered aviators, because they a ... were filmed in Moloaʻa Bay. References Bays of Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Hale Jr
Alan Hale Jr. (born Alan Hale MacKahan; (March 8, 1921 - January 2, 1990) was an American actor and restaurateur. He was the son of actor Alan Hale Sr. His television career spanned four decades, but he was best known for his secondary lead role as Captain Jonas Grumby, better known as The Skipper, on the 1960s CBS comedy series ''Gilligan's Island'' (1964–1967), a role he reprised in three ''Gilligan's Island'' television films and two spin-off cartoon series. Hale appeared in more than 200 films and television roles from 1941. He appeared primarily in Westerns, portraying the Sundance Kid in ''The Three Outlaws'' (1956) opposite Neville Brand as Butch Cassidy, performing with Kirk Douglas in ''The Big Trees'' (1952), Audie Murphy in '' Destry'' (1954), Ray Milland in '' A Man Alone'' (1955), Robert Wagner in ''The True Story of Jesse James'' (1957), and Hugh Marlowe in '' The Long Rope'' (1961). He also appeared in musical comedies opposite Don DeFore in ''It Happened on Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rich (director)
John Rich (July 6, 1925 – January 29, 2012) was an American film and television director. He directed ''Colonel Humphrey Flack'', ''I Married Joan'', ''Gunsmoke'', ''Bonanza'', ''Hogan's Heroes'', ''Something So Right (TV series), Something So Right'', ''Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.'', ''Where's Raymond?'', ''Mister Ed'', ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', ''All in the Family'', ''The Jeffersons'', ''Maude (TV series), Maude'', ''Good Times'', ''Barney Miller'', ''Newhart'', ''Benson (TV series), Benson'', ''The Brady Bunch'', and ''Gilligan's Island''. His feature film credits include ''Wives and Lovers (film), Wives and Lovers'', ''Boeing Boeing (1965 film), Boeing Boeing'', ''The New Interns'', ''Roustabout (film), Roustabout'' and ''Easy Come, Easy Go (1967 film), Easy Come, Easy Go'' (the latter two starring Elvis Presley). He also participated in the live telecast of the opening-day ceremonies of Disneyland in 1955. He won an Emmy Award, Emmy for ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', two Em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Home Video
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc. (formerly known as Warner Home Video and WCI Home Video and sometimes credited as Warner Home Entertainment) is the home video distribution division of Warner Bros. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video (for Warner Communications, Inc.). The company launched in the United States with twenty films on Betamax and VHS videocassettes in late 1979. The company later expanded its line to include additional titles throughout 1979 and 1980. History The company launched in the United States with twenty films on Betamax and VHS videocassettes in late 1979. The company later expanded its line to include additional titles throughout 1979 and 1980. Warner Bros. began to branch out into the videodisc market, licensing titles to MCA DiscoVision and RCA's SelectaVision videodisc formats, allowing both companies to market and distribute the films under their labels. By 1985, Warner was releasing material under their own label in both formats. Titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Maxwell (actor)
Charles Carlton Maxwell (December 28, 1913 – August 7, 1993) was an American character actor and producer who worked primarily in television. Biography Maxwell frequently appeared as a guest star in western television series, including ''Bonanza'', ''Gunsmoke'', '' Lawman'', '' Rawhide'', and ''The Rifleman''. In 1959, he was cast as General Phil Sheridan in the episode "One Bullet from Broken Bow" of the NBC western series, ''Bat Masterson'', starring Gene Barry in the title role. He appeared again later that year as crooked hotel owner “Ron Davis” in the episode “Lady Luck”. He also appeared on NBC's ''Bonanza'' ten times as entirely different characters. In the 1960s Maxwell began appearing in a variety of guest roles. For example, he appeared in ''My Favorite Martian'' (first season, episode 23) as Jakobar in "An Old Friend of the Family". He was a regular on the short-lived series ''The Hank McCune Show'' and appeared as Corp. Giles on the World War II dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schwartz
Schwartz may refer to: *Schwartz (surname), a surname (and list of people with the name) *Schwartz (brand), a spice brand *Schwartz's, a delicatessen in Montreal, Quebec, Canada *Schwartz Publishing, an Australian publishing house *"Danny Schwartz", a police detective in the film ''Heat'' portrayed by Jerry Trimble * C. F. Schwartz, Rev, an 18th-century missionary, member of the Church Mission Society, England, sent to India for missionary work *"The Schwartz", a parody of the Force from ''Star Wars'' in the 1987 comedy science-fiction film ''Spaceballs'' See also *Schwarz (other) *Swartz (other) Swartz may refer to: ;Places * Swartz, Louisiana *Swartz Creek (other) *Swartz Bay, British Columbia on the north end of the Saanich Peninsula on Vancouver Island ** Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal *Swartz Nunataks, in Antarctica ;People *Swart ... * Schwarcz, a surname {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named after the Kansas River, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native Americans who lived along its banks. The tribe's name (natively ') is often said to mean "people of the (south) wind" although this was probably not the term's original meaning. For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Native American tribes. Tribes in the eastern part of the state generally lived in villages along the river valleys. Tribes in the western part of the state were semi-nomadic and hunted large herds of bison. The first Euro-American settlement in Kansas occurred in 1827 at Fort Leavenworth. The pace of settlement accelerated in the 1850s, in the midst of political wars over the slavery debate. Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Ann Summers
Mary Ann Summers is a fictional character in the television sitcom ''Gilligan's Island'' which ran on the CBS network from 1964 to 1967, and has run more or less continuously since in reruns. She was played by actress Dawn Wells. Character summary Mary Ann was portrayed by actress Dawn Wells. She is an ingénue, the typical girl next door, and a foil as well as a friend to glamorous Hollywood star Ginger Grant, played by Tina Louise. In addition, her practical domestic skills and plain, good, common sense make her an indispensable member of the group. She is from Winfield, Kansas, a farm girl, and a reference to Dorothy Gale as played by Judy Garland in the 1939 classic movie '' The Wizard of Oz'' (occasionally wearing Dorothy's ubiquitous pigtails and a gingham dress). Mary Ann is in her late teens to early twenties. She was traveling alone on the "three-hour tour", which she had won in a contest. She tells the others that she has a boyfriend named Horace Higgenbotham from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn Wells
Dawn Elberta Wells (October 18, 1938 – December 30, 2020) was an American actress known for her role as Mary Ann Summers on the CBS sitcom ''Gilligan's Island''. Early life Wells was born to Evelyn (née Steinbrenner) and Joe Wesley Wells in Reno, Nevada, where she attended Reno High School. Her father owned a local Reno construction company called "Wells Cargo" (not to be confused with the trailer manufacturer). After high school graduation, Wells attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she majored in chemistry. She transferred to the University of Washington in Seattle, where she graduated in 1960 with a degree in theater arts and design. She was a member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority. Career In 1959, Wells was crowned Miss Nevada and represented her state in the Miss America 1960 pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In Hollywood, Wells made her debut on ABC's '' The Roaring 20s'' and the movie ''The New Interns'' and was cast in episodes of such t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Professor (Gilligan's Island)
Roy Hinkley, referred to as the Professor, is one of the seven castaways from the television series ''Gilligan's Island'' (1964–67); he was played by Russell Johnson. The character was originally played by John Gabriel (actor), John Gabriel in the Television pilot, pilot episode, but the network thought he looked too young to have all the degrees attributed to the Professor. Character summary The Professor's backstory identifies him as Roy Hinkley (though his actual name is rarely mentioned during the series), a high-school science teacher who was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His principal expertise was as a botanist, whose purpose in joining the ill-fated voyage that stranded the castaways was to write a book to be titled ''Fun With Ferns''. His main function on the show was to devise many ways for the castaways to live more comfortably on the island. Many of his inventions (including a method for recharging the batteries in the ubiquitous radio) used coconuts and bamboo, both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
