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Jack Sher
John Jacob Sher (16 March 1913 – 23 August 1988) was an American newspaper columnist, songwriter, film director, film writer, and producer. Career Born in Minneapolis, Sher wrote for several magazines, including the '' Saturday Evening Post,'' ''Esquire,'' ''Redbook,'' '' Radio Mirror,'' ''Reader's Digest,'' and '' Collier's.'' He also had been a columnist for the ''New York Reporter'', and from 1937 to 1940 '' Screen & Radio Weekly,'' a nationally syndicated Sunday supplement published by the ''Detroit Free Press.'' Sher wrote a number of films for Audie Murphy, including in 1959, ''The Wild and the Innocent,'' which he also directed. In the 1979 remake for TV, '' The Kid from Left Field,'' Gary Coleman (1968–2010), who starred in the series, accepted the NAACP Image Award for Best Children's Special of Episode in a Series. Sher's 1971–1972 television play, ''Goodbye, Raggedy Ann'' was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama – Original Telep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minneapolis
Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins in timber and as the flour milling capital of the world. It occupies both banks of the Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota. Prior to European settlement, the site of Minneapolis was inhabited by Dakota people. The settlement was founded along Saint Anthony Falls on a section of land north of Fort Snelling; its growth is attributed to its proximity to the fort and the falls providing power for industrial activity. , the city has an estimated 425,336 inhabitants. It is the most populous city in the state and the 46th-most-populous city in the United States. Minneapolis, Saint Paul and the surrounding area are collectively known as the Twin Cities. Minneapolis has one of the most extensive public par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Favorite Spy (1951 Film)
''My Favorite Spy'' is a 1951 comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bob Hope and Hedy Lamarr. Plot US intelligence agents recruit burlesque comic Peanuts White (Hope) to pose as international spy Eric Augustine, whom he resembles, to acquire a million-dollar microfilm in Tangier, Morocco. There, he encounters the irresistible Lily Dalbray (Lamarr), Augustine's one-time "friend," who is now in league with his arch-enemy, Brubaker. Cast * Bob Hope as Peanuts White/Eric Augustine * Hedy Lamarr as Lily Dalbray * Francis L. Sullivan as Karl Brubaker * Arnold Moss as Tasso * John Archer as Henderson * Luis Van Rooten as Rudolf Hoenig * Alden 'Stephen' Chase as Donald Bailey (as Stephen Chase) * Morris Ankrum as Gen. Frazer * Angela Clarke as Gypsy Fortune Teller * Iris Adrian as Lola * Frank Faylen as Newton * Mike Mazurki as Monkara * Marc Lawrence as Ben Ali * Tonio Selwart as Harry Crock * Ralph Smiley as El Sarif Production notes * Production Dates: late Jan-e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Move Over, Darling
''Move Over, Darling'' is a 1963 American comedy film starring Doris Day, James Garner, and Polly Bergen and directed by Michael Gordon filmed in DeLuxe Color and CinemaScope released by 20th Century Fox. The film is a remake of a 1940 screwball comedy film, ''My Favorite Wife'', with Irene Dunne, Cary Grant and Gail Patrick. In between these movies, an unfinished version, entitled ''Something's Got to Give'', began shooting in 1962, directed by George Cukor and starring Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin and Cyd Charisse. The supporting cast of ''Move Over, Darling'' features Thelma Ritter, Fred Clark, Don Knotts, Chuck Connors, Edgar Buchanan, Pat Harrington, Jr. and John Astin. Only Ritter had played the same role in ''Something's Got to Give''. ''Move Over, Darling'' was chosen as the 1964 Royal Film Performance, and had its UK premiere on 24 February 1964 at the Odeon Leicester Square in the presence of H.R.H. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. At the 21st Golden Globe Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Critic's Choice (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] |
Paris Blues
''Paris Blues'' is a 1961 American musical romantic drama film directed by Martin Ritt, starring Sidney Poitier as expatriate jazz saxophonist Eddie Cook, and Paul Newman as trombone-playing Ram Bowen. The two men romance two vacationing American tourists, Connie Lampson (Diahann Carroll) and Lillian Corning (Joanne Woodward). The film also deals with American racism of the time contrasted with Paris's open acceptance of black people. The film was based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Harold Flender. The film also features trumpeter Louis Armstrong (as Wild Man Moore) and jazz pianist Aaron Bridgers; both play music within the film. It was produced by Sam Shaw, directed by Martin Ritt from a screenplay by Walter Bernstein, and with cinematography by Christian Matras. ''Paris Blues'' was released in the U.S. on September 27, 1961. Plot On his way to see Wild Man Moore at the train station, Ram Bowen, a jazz musician living in Paris, encounters a newly arrived tourist name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love In A Goldfish Bowl
''Love in a Goldfish Bowl'' is a 1961 teen film directed by Jack Sher starring singing idols Tommy Sands and Fabian. Plot Gordon Slide and Blythe Holloway are two platonic best friends at a college, both from single-parent families. They are so devoted to each other that the headmaster of the school is considering banning them from seeing each other. Gordon then decides to spend the Easter holiday at his mother's beach pad. Blythe accompanies him, with Gordon impersonating the college headmaster on the phone to Blythe's senator father, so that Blythe gets permission. Gordon and Blythe settle into a domestic routine. One day they take Gordon's yacht out and get caught in a storm, and the Coast Guard have to rescue them. One of the Coast Guard, Giuseppe, falls for Blythe, which provokes feelings of jealousy in Gordon. Matters come to a head when Gordon and Blythe have a party. Giuseppe brings along a "fast" girl to set up with Gordon so he can be with Blythe. However this causes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The 3 Worlds Of Gulliver
''The 3 Worlds of Gulliver'' is a 1960 Eastmancolor Columbia Pictures fantasy film loosely based upon the 1726 novel ''Gulliver's Travels'' by Jonathan Swift. The film stars Kerwin Mathews as the title character, June Thorburn as his fiancée Elizabeth, and child actress Sherry Alberoni as Glumdalclitch. Filmed in England and Spain, ''The 3 Worlds of Gulliver'' was directed by Jack Sher and featured stop-motion animation and special visual effects by Ray Harryhausen. The cast includes Martin Benson as Flimnap, Lee Patterson as Reldresal, Jo Morrow as Gwendolyn, Mary Ellis as the Queen of Brobdingnag, Marian Spencer as the Empress of Lilliput, Peter Bull as Lord Bermogg and Alec Mango as the Minister of Lilliput. Plot In 1699, Dr Lemuel Gulliver is an impoverished surgeon who seeks riches and adventure as a ship's doctor on a voyage around the world. His fiancée Elizabeth strongly wishes for him to settle down, and the two quarrel. Gulliver embarks on the voyage and soon discov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathy O'
''Kathy O is a 1958 American CinemaScope comedy-drama film directed by Jack Sher and starring Dan Duryea, Jan Sterling, Patty McCormack and Mary Fickett. Plot Kathy O'Rourke is a child actress who portrays girls such as Shirley Temple on the screen. However, in real life, Kathy is a self-centered brat. Publicity agent Harry Johnson is tasked by the studio with the job of keeping national magazine reporter Celeste Saunders, his ex-wife, from discovering that their child star is a devil and not an angel. Celeste and Kathy become great friends because Celeste treats Kathy as a normal child and not as a star. When Kathy runs away to be with Celeste, Harry is accused of kidnapping her. Cast * Dan Duryea as Harry Johnson * Jan Sterling as Celeste Saunders * Patty McCormack as Kathy O'Rourke * Mary Fickett as Helen Johnson * Sam Levene as Ben Melnick * Mary Jane Croft as Harriet Burton * Rickey Kelman as Robert 'Bo' Johnson * Terry Kelman as Tommy Johnson * Ainslie Pryor as Lieut. Chav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Butterfly
''Joe Butterfly'' is a 1957 American comedy film directed by Jesse Hibbs starring Audie Murphy, George Nader and Keenan Wynn, with Burgess Meredith in the title role as a Japanese man. The movie was action star Murphy's only outright comedy, and it suffered by comparison to the similar '' Teahouse of the August Moon'', released seven months earlier. The film was based on an unproduced play. Plot The film follows the staff of the Army weekly magazine ''Yank'', who are among the first American troops in Tokyo after Japan's surrender. They are given the difficult task of producing an issue of the magazine in three days. Short on ideas and having to meet the deadline, they enter Japan's black market and come across con artist Joe Butterfly. Butterfly shows them the high life, letting them live in a mansion complete with beautiful girls. Cast * Audie Murphy as Private John Woodley * George Nader as Sergeant Ed Kennedy * Keenan Wynn as Henry Hathaway * Keiko Shima as Chieko * Fred Clar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Girls In Town
''Four Girls in Town'' is a 1957 American CinemaScope Technicolor drama film, directed by Jack Sher, about four girls trying to be movie stars. Plot When the leading lady drops out of a new film to be shot in New Orleans, studio head James Manning seeks an unknown actress to be his new star. He finds four leading candidates and employs aspiring director Mike Snowden to conduct their screen tests. The young women come from all walks of life. Kathy Conway is a Minnesota girl who agrees to try acting to please her mother. Ina Schiller is from Vienna, where she was recently widowed. Vicki Dauray comes from Paris, where she leaves behind a husband and child. Maria Antonelli is a beauty from Italy whose talent is mainly in alluring men. Kathy takes a personal interest in Mike, but is disappointed when he leaves a party with Ina instead. Handsome actor Tom Grant is interested in Vicki and publicist Ted Larabee promotes her, neither aware that she is a married woman. Ina is introduced to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walk The Proud Land
''Walk the Proud Land'' is a 1956 CinemaScope Technicolor Western film directed by Jesse Hibbs and starring Audie Murphy and future Academy Award winner Anne Bancroft. Filmed at Old Tucson Studios, it recounts the first successful introduction of limited self-government by John Clum (1851–1932), Indian agent for the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in the Arizona Territory and is based on the 1936 biography ''Apache Agent'' by his son Henry Woodward (1878-1946). Plot The film begins in 1874, when John Clum arrives in Tucson, Arizona as the new Indian agent of the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. He meets with Arizona Territory Governor Safford and Army General Wade, both of whom mock the Department of the Interior's decision to change its policy toward the Apache, Wade calling them "savages". Arriving at San Carlos, Clum gives his papers to Wade's subordinate Captain Larsen and meets Larsen's subordinate Sergeant Sweeney. Clum orders Larsen to free Apache Chief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World In My Corner
''World in My Corner'' is a 1956 American film noir drama sport film directed by Jesse Hibbs and starring Audie Murphy and Barbara Rush. It was one of the few non-Westerns Murphy made in his career. Plot Tommy Shea (Audie Murphy), a boxer from Jersey City, is sponsored by millionaire Robert Mallinson (Jeff Morrow). He falls for Mallinson's daughter, Dorothy (Barbara Rush) who wants to break free from what she feels is her father's controlling ways and pursue her writing career. In order to get hold of the kind of money it takes to start a life with Dorothy, Tommy decides to work for crooked fight promoter Harry Cram. This causes conflict with his honest manager, Dave Bernstein. As his big fight approaches, Tommy is torn about what to do. Cast * Audie Murphy as Tommy Shea * Barbara Rush as Dorothy Mallinson * Jeff Morrow as Robert T. Mallinson * John McIntire as Dave Bernstein * Tommy Rall as Ray Kacsmerek * Howard St. John as Harry Cram * Chico Vejar as Al Carelli * Steve Elli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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