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John Hayes (director)
John Patrick Hayes (March 1, 1930 – August 21, 2000) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He began his career as a screenwriter, writing 1959's ''The Kiss'', which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Short Film. Hayes is best known for directing low-budget B-movie features and later, exploitation films. Biography Hayes was born March 1, 1930, in New York City to first-generation Irish American parents. His parents divorced when he was four years old, after which he was raised by his grandmother and uncle. He had a sister, Dolores, who was raised separately from him in a Catholic convent, and subsequently developed schizophrenia as an adult. After spending two years in the United States Navy, Hayes returned to New York City and began studying acting with Erwin Piscator. Career Hayes began his career in the 1950s producing and directing short films. In 1959, he was nominated for an Academy Award for the short film ''The Kiss''. In 1961, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shaggy D
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun '' thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 Births
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 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 * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales From The Darkside
''Tales from the Darkside'' is an American anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero. Debuting in October 1983 with a pilot episode and then being picked up for syndication in September 1984, the show ran for 4 seasons through July 1988. Each episode, aired originally by Tribune Broadcasting late at night, was an individual short story that often ended with a plot twist. The series' episodes spanned the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, and some episodes featured elements of black comedy or more lighthearted themes. Since October 2012, reruns of the series have aired in the UK on Horror Channel. Series The moderate success of ''Creepshow'' led to initial inquiries about the possibilities of a ''Creepshow'' series. Because Warner Bros. owned certain aspects of ''Creepshow'', Laurel Entertainment, which produced the film, opted to take their potential series into a similar, yet separate, direction, including changing the name to ''Tales from the Darksi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mama's Dirty Girls
''Mama's Dirty Girls'' is a 1974 exploitation film starring Gloria Grahame and Candice Rialson about a woman and her three daughters who murder men for money. Plot Mama loves men, but she loves money even more. She's trained her three teenage daughters to meet, marry and murder men for their money. But soon they meet Harold and he's got other plans. Cast *Gloria Grahame - Mama Love *Paul Lambert - Harold *Sondra Currie - Addie *Candice Rialson - Becky *Mary Stoddard - Cindy *Christopher Wines - Sheriff * Anneka De Lorenzo - Charity Reception ''Diabolique'' magazine said "The acting is fine and it’s a great concept... but the movie is never as much fun as you want it to be. They didn’t quite get the story right – the pace is too slow, unlike ''Big Bad Mama'' where there’s lots of action, here it’s mostly hanging around houses, and there’s no driving narrative. Also, who wants to watch a three girls film where the guys triumph?" See also * List of American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garden Of The Dead
''Garden of the Dead'' (also known as ''Tomb of the Undead'') is a 1972 horror film directed by low-budget film director John Hayes and stars Phil Kenneally, Duncan McLeod, Lee Frost and Susan Charney. Plot A group of prison inmates in a chain gang obtain some experimental formaldehyde, and get high off of it. They later try to escape and are shot dead. They are buried, and rise again to kill everyone in their path, and to find more formaldehyde from which to get high. Cast * Phil Kenneally as Warden * Duncan McLeod as Dr. Saunders * John Dullaghan as Sgt. Burns * John Dennis as Jablonski * Susan Charney as Carol Johnson * Marland Proctor as Paul Johnson * Tony Vorno as Mitchell * Lee Frost as McGee * Virgil Frye as Braddock * Jerome Guardino as Gravedigger Production The AFI mentions that "some modern sources claim that the film was shot in ten days in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles County" from May to late June 1972. Release The film premiered in August 1972 by Entertainmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shell Shock (film)
''Shell Shock'', also known as ''82nd Marines Attack'', is a 1964 film B-movie directed and co-written by John Hayes and produced by and starring Beach Dickerson. The film takes place in Italy during World War II, and tells the story of a sergeant with his group of soldiers. Plot Cast *Beach Dickerson as Rance * Carl Crow as Johnny Wade * Frank Leo as Gil Evans * Pamela Grey as Maria * William Guhl as Wrigley * Max Huber as Major *Dolores Faith Dolores Faith Hedges (July 15, 1941 – February 15, 1990), better known as Dolores Faith, was an American actress. She is best remembered as the mute girl Zetha in the 1961 science fiction film '' The Phantom Planet''. Her brief career cam ... as American girl External links * 1964 films 1964 drama films Italian Campaign of World War II films American war drama films 1960s English-language films Films directed by John Hayes 1960s American films {{war-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Minutes To Love
''Five Minutes to Love'' (originally known as ''The Rotten Apple'' and ''It Only Takes Five Minutes'') is a 1963 American drama film directed by John Hayes and starring Rue McClanahan as Poochie, a woman who lives in a junkyard. The film was critically lambasted, and later picked up by exploitation filmmaker Kroger Babb. Plot Cast *Rue McClanahan as Sally "Poochie" *King Moody as Blowhard *Will Gregory as Ben * Gaye Gordon as Edna * Norman Hartweg * Michael De Carlo * William Guhl *Paul Leder as Harry * Ethlyn De Carlo * Geraldine Leder as Ben and Edna's Daughter Soundtrack DVD release The film was released in 2006 as a double feature with '' Walk the Angry Beach'' under its exploitation title ''Hollywood After Dark'', focusing on McClanahan's roles, as she later gained fame for her work on ''The Golden Girls ''The Golden Girls'' is an American sitcom created by Susan Harris that aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992, with a total of 180 half-hour episode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grave Of The Vampire
''Grave of the Vampire'' is a 1972 American vampire film directed by John Hayes, and starring William Smith, Michael Pataki, and Lyn Peters. Its plot follows a vampire who rapes a living woman, resulting in the birth of a child who feeds only on blood. It is based on the novel ''The Still Life'' by David Chase. The film is also known as ''Seed of Terror'' (American reissue title). Plot In 1940 California, college student Paul proposes to his girlfriend, Leslie Hollander, in the cemetery where they shared their first kiss. During the proposal, Caleb Croft—a serial rapist and murderer in life, now a vampire—awakens from his crypt. Caleb brutally murders Paul and rapes Leslie. A local lieutenant, Panzer, investigates the crime, and discovers that Croft's tomb is also empty. Panzer visits a catatonic Leslie in the hospital. When he shows her a mugshot of Croft, she violently recoils. It turns out that Croft was a prolific murderer and rapist in Massachusetts, who was elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dream No Evil
''Dream No Evil'' is a 1970 American horror film written and directed by John Hayes (director), John Hayes, and starring Edmond O'Brien, Brooke Mills, and Marc Lawrence. Its plot follows a young woman who, adopted and raised by a traveling Evangelism, evangelist group, develops a deadly obsession with locating her birth father. It was also released under the alternate titles ''The Faith Healer'' and ''Now I Lay Me Down to Die''. Plot Grace MacDonald is orphaned by her parents and adopted as a child by a traveling Evangelism, Evangelist church in California who performs entertainment acts as part of their proselytizing. As an adult, Grace famously performs a high diving, high dive in the church's Hell-themed performances, led by Reverend Paul Jessie Bundy. The Reverend's brother, Patrick Bundy, a Los Angeles medical student engaged to Grace, lives his life separate from the church, though he remains committed to her. Patrick drives into the desert to visit Grace at one of the chur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walk The Angry Beach
''Walk the Angry Beach'' (also known as ''Hollywood After Dark'' and ''The Unholy Choice'') is a 1968 American exploitation drama film written, produced and directed by John Hayes. Plot It stars Rue McClanahan as Sandy, a stripper who aspires to become an actress but ends up being taken advantage of by the industry. Cast * Anthony Vorno as Tony * Rue McClanahan as Sandy * John Barrick as Tom * Paul Bruce as Nick * Ernest Macias as Ernest * Lea Marmer as Mrs. McVea * Leslie Moorhouse as Shakespearean * Doug Rideout as Fitz * Joanne Stewart as Patti Home media In 2006, the film was released as a double feature DVD with another McClanahan film, '' The Rotten Apple'' by Something Weird Video. In 2007, it was featured as part of the short-lived ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' spin-off direct-to-DVD series ''The Film Crew''. See also *List of American films of 1968 *''Girl in Gold Boots'' - 1968 exploitation film featured on ''Mystery Science Theater 3000 ''Mystery Science The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A New Beginning
(A) New Beginning(s) may refer to: Film and television * '' Friday the 13th: A New Beginning'', a 1985 film in the ''Friday the 13th'' series * '' Dragonheart: A New Beginning'', a 2000 sequel to the film ''Dragonheart'' * '' Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 2: New Beginnings 1970–1980'', an audio CD featuring music from TV's ''Doctor Who'' * ''New Beginnings'', a DVD Box set featuring three ''Doctor Who'' stories (''The Keeper of Traken'', ''Logopolis'' and '' Castrovalva'') * ''A New Beginning'', a religious television show and radio program hosted by Greg Laurie * "A New Beginning" (''The Walking Dead''), the first episode of the ninth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series ''The Walking Dead'' * ''New Beginnings'' (2010 TV series), Singaporean drama series * ''New Beginnings'' (2015 TV series), Kenyan soap opera Other * ''New Beginnings'' (Dragonlance), an adventure for fantasy role-playing game * New Beginnings High School, a secondary sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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