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Len Birman
Leonard Birman (born September 28, 1932) is a Canadian American actor, who began his career in Montreal. In his 45 years on stage, screen and radio, he has portrayed a wide variety of characters, including some choice roles in classical and contemporary theatre. Early life and career Birman was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the second son of Maurice Lieb Birman, who was a millinery designer, and Anna Birman, a marriage that lasted 70 years. He graduated from Baron Byng High School in 1949 as class president, and within months he was captivated by the stage and the discovery of being naturally at home on it. He had been a good student and now had no interest at all in continuing on to college. His earliest influences came by way of the STAGE series, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's radio productions of original plays and international classics beginning in the early 1940s. As a longtime fan, he was honoured and humbled to be joining the remaining members of the tro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill around which the early city of Ville-Marie is built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which obtained its name from the same origin as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. As of 2021, the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census Metropolitan Area#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest city, and List of cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lies My Father Told Me
''Lies My Father Told Me'' is a 1975 Canadian drama film made in Montreal, Quebec. It was directed by Ján Kadár and stars Jeffrey Lynas as an orthodox Jewish boy growing up in 1920s Montreal. The film received the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film in 1975. The original story was written by Ted Allan in 1949. Allan was working at an advertising agency. David Rome, editor of the Canadian Jewish Congress ''Bulletin'', asked him to write a story. Allan's short story is as a dramatization of his own childhood memories. Allan comes from a Jewish family who lived in Montreal's Mile End neighbourhood. ''Lies My Father Told Me'' has been through many reincarnations since its original publication, as a radio play and a Golden Globe-winning film. The original short story was picked up by producer Harry Gulkin. Gulkin candidly told the ''Montreal Gazette'', "I really didn't know what I was doing, but then nobody knew I didn't know what I was doing". The film has become celebrated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Collaborators (TV Series)
''The Collaborators'' is a Canadian police procedural crime drama television series which aired on CBC Television between December 1973 and December 1974. Premise A team of Metropolitan Toronto Police Department forensic scientists investigate crime scenes, frequently in conflict with the hard-boiled detectives and street cops who work on the front line. Cast *Michael Kane as Detective Sergeant Jim Brewer *Paul Harding as Dr. Charles Erickson (season 1) *Toby Tarnow as Liz Roman *Lawrence Benedict as Detective Quinn *Les Carlson as Detective Kaminski * Donald Pilon as Detective Sergeant Richard Tremblay (season 2) Production Concept ''The Collaborators'' has been described as an example of how the CBC "continually tried to find an angle in the professions of its investigators." The titular collaborators are the forensic scientists who work with the police. The program ostensibly attempted to deal with the investigative process in an "egalitarian way, from the scene of the cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainbow Country
Rainbow Country is a local services board in the Canadian province of Ontario. It encompasses and provides services to the communities of Whitefish Falls and Willisville in the Unorganized North Sudbury District and Birch Island and McGregor Bay in the Manitoulin District. It is the administrative headquarters of the Whitefish River Ojibway First Nations band government. Whitefish Falls Whitefish Falls () is located in the geographic township of Mongowin, in the Sudbury District. Whitefish Falls lies on Highway 6, and is approximately 20 kilometres south of Espanola and 25 kilometres north of Little Current. Whitefish Falls is situated around the mouth of the Whitefish River at Lake Huron, just downstream from a picturesque waterfall. It is a popular tourist destination in the summer months, and is also the site of the annual La Cloche Art Show. A reunion of the popular Canadian CBC TV show '' Adventures in Rainbow Country'' was held here in August 2006. Cast, locals and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encounter (1958 TV Series)
''General Motors Theatre'' (also known as ''CBC Theatre, Encounter, Ford Television Theatre,'' and ''General Motors Presents'') was a Canadian television anthology drama series of television plays, which ran on CBC Television under various titles from September 18, 1952, until January 1, 1961, and in the US on ABC from October 5 to November 2, 1958. The series mainly consisted of one-hour episodes of romance, adventure, or mystery stories, with some social realist drama plays. Cast and crew Austin Willis, Patrick Macnee, Barry Morse, and William Shatner were among those who appeared in plays produced in the strand. The series also supported the earlier careers of many Canadian actors, such as James Doohan, who starred in one of the most successful plays in the strand, ''Flight into Danger'' in 1956. The series was a breeding ground for writing and directing talent such as William Kotcheff, Donald Jack, and Arthur Hailey. Hailey's ''Flight into Danger'' was later remade as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GM Theatre
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On Camera (Canadian TV Series)
''On Camera'' was a Canadian dramatic anthology television series which aired on CBC Television from 1954 to 1958. Premise Various dramatic and comedic works were featured in ''On Camera'', as written or adapted by Canadian writers. Scheduling This half-hour series was broadcast for four seasons as follows: Episodes Featured plays and presentations during ''On Cameras series run included: * "Absentee Murder" (Charles Templeton) * "The Almighty Voice" (a censored version of George Salverson's radio play ''Blasphemy'') * "Blind Date" (Jacqueline Rosenfeld) * "Mr. Gidding Attacks" (Henry Feisen) * "Gold Mine in the House" (J. N. Harris story; Sidney Furie adaptation) * "The Guests" (Jack Benthover) * "The Last Long Crusade" (Doris French) * "Markheim" (Robert Louis Stevenson story) * "The President's Ghost" (Michael Sheldon) * "Stagecoach Bride" (Elsie Park Gowan) * "Thank You, Edmondo" (Mac Shoub) * "Two From King Street" (Jack Kuper) * "Waltz" (Stanley Mann) * "Who Destroyed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Midsummer Theatre
''A Midsummer Theatre'' was a Canadian dramatic television series which aired on CBC Television in 1958. Premise The Montreal-produced series consisted of various plays, many of which were written specifically for the programme. Featured playwrights included Eugene Cloutier (''Mary Ann''), M. Charles Cohen (''A Dispute of Long Standing'', ''The Equalizer'' and ''Trio''), Joseph Schull Joseph Schull, OC (6 February 1906 – 19 May 1980) was a Canadian playwright and historian who wrote more than two dozen books and 200 plays for radio and television. Born in Watertown, South Dakota, he moved to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in 1913. ... (''The Eleventh Hour''), Roy Shields (''Monsieur Mac-Greg-Or'') and Roderick Wilkinson (''The Colonel''). Scheduling The half-hour series aired Fridays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 25 July to 5 September 1958, External links * CBC Television original programming 1950s Canadian anthology television series 1958 Canadian television series d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Rangers
''The Forest Rangers'' is a Canadian television series that ran from 1963 to 1965. It was a co-production between CBC Television and ITC Entertainment and was Canada's first television show produced in colour. Executive producer Maxine Samuels founded the show. The series ran for three seasons, a total of 104 30-minute colour episodes (although Canadian and UK audiences would not get to see them in colour until long after the series ended). Early episodes of the series were broadcast in serialized form as part of a CBC children's series entitled ''Razzle Dazzle'', hosted by Alan Hamel and Michelle Finney. This was the first appearance in a major series by Gordon Pinsent. He left the series in 1965 to star in ''Quentin Durgens, M.P.''. In 1966 the series was adapted into a comic strip by British comics artist John Gillatt, which appeared in the British comic magazine ''Tiger''. The show was also run in syndication in the United States from 1965-1966. In June 2004, there wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seaway (TV Series)
''Seaway'' is a Canadian drama series that aired on CBC Television for the 1965–1966 season. The series was a Seaway Films production in collaboration with the UK's ATV, with production money provided by the CBC. It was presented by ASP and distributed internationally by ITC Entertainment (for international screenings ITC replaced the theme music by John Bath with another composition by Edwin Astley, and prepared a different title sequence). Although officially Canadian, many of the show's writers and directors were American (as was the series creator/script supervisor Abraham Polonsky), with some British contributors as well (such as Ian McLellan Hunter and Donald James). It was the most expensive series produced in Canada to that time with a total cost of $3 million ($ million today), and although it did well enough for the CBC in terms of viewers a hoped-for sale to American network television never happened because the series, with the exceptions of the two-part episodes "D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyeopener
Eyeopener are a British dance group active since 2003. Their first hit, a cover of Eric Carmen's "Hungry Eyes", reached No. 16 on the UK Singles Chart and No.7 on the Scottish Singles Chart. Their song "Sexy Eyes" was included in the compilation album, '' Clubland 7''. Discography Singles * "Open Your Eyes" (2003) * "Hungry Eyes" (2004) - UK No. 16 * "Sexy Eyes" (2005) * "Angel Eyes" (2005) * "She's Like the Wind "She's Like the Wind" is a 1987 song by American actor and singer Patrick Swayze from the soundtrack to the film ''Dirty Dancing''. The song features additional vocals from singer Wendy Fraser. The ballad reached number three on the US ''Billbo ..." (2007) * "Singin' Dam Di Da Doo" (2008) * "Will My Heart Survive" References External linksDiscography @ Discogs.com {{Authority control British trance music groups Musical groups from Manchester British musical trios English dance music groups ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
