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Like Father, Like Santa
''Like Father, Like Santa '' (also known as ''The Christmas Takeover'') is a TV movie starring Harry Hamlin and William Hootkins. It premiered on Fox Family in 1998 on their 25 Days of Christmas programming block. Retrieved 18 June 2013 The script was written by Mark Valenti. Plot The story revolves around a toy tycoon named Tyler Madison () who is greedy, ruthless, and neglectful of his family. He wants a monopoly of the toys industry and is determined to erase all his competitors including his father[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Movie
A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for initial showing in movie theaters, and direct-to-video films made for initial release on home video formats. In certain cases, such films may also be referred to and shown as a miniseries, which typically indicates a film that has been divided into multiple parts or a series that contains a predetermined, limited number of episodes. Origins and history Precursors of "television movies" include ''Talk Faster, Mister'', which aired on WABD (now WNYW) in New York City on December 18, 1944, and was produced by RKO Pictures, and the 1957 ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'', based on the poem by Robert Browning, and starring Van Johnson, one of the first filmed "family musicals" made directly for television. That film was made in Technicolor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Coleman
Gary Wayne Coleman (February 8, 1968 – May 28, 2010) was an American actor and comedian. Coleman was the highest-paid child actor on television throughout the late 1970s and 1980s. He was rated first on a list of VH1's "100 Greatest Kid Stars". Coleman was best known for playing the role of Arnold Jackson in the sitcom ''Diff'rent Strokes'' (1978–1986), which he reprised in numerous other television series such as ''Hello, Larry'' (1979), '' The Facts of Life'' (1979–1980) and ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' (1996), among others. For playing the role of Arnold, he received several accolades, which include two Young Artist Awards; in 1980 for Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Entertainment and in 1982 for Best Young Actor in a Comedy Series; and three People's Choice Awards; a consecutive three wins for Favorite Young TV Performer from 1980 to 1983; as well as nominations for two TV Land Awards. Coleman's stardom resulted in several roles thereafter, inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC Family Original Films
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American Christmas Films
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1998 Films
The year 1998 in film involved many significant films, including '' Shakespeare in Love'' (which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), '' Saving Private Ryan'','' Armageddon'' (which was the top grossing film of the year in the United States), '' American History X'', '' The Truman Show'', ''Primary Colors'', '' ''Rushmore'''', ''Rush Hour'', '' There's Something About Mary'', '' The Big Lebowski'', and Terrence Malick's directorial return in '' The Thin Red Line''. DreamWorks SKG released its first two animated films: '' Antz'' and ''The Prince of Egypt''. The ''Pokémon'' theatrical film series started with '' Pokémon: The First Movie''. Warner Bros. Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary. The year saw two dueling science-fiction disaster films about asteroids, '' Armageddon'' and ''Deep Impact'', becoming box office success, with ''Armageddon'' becoming the more popular of the two. It was also the highest grossing film of 1998 worldwide. Highest-grossing films The t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Claus In Film
Motion pictures featuring Santa Claus constitute their own subgenre of the Christmas film genre. Early films of Santa revolve around similar simple plots of Santa's Christmas Eve visit to children. In 1897, in a short film called ''Santa Claus Filling Stockings'', Santa Claus is simply filling stockings from his pack of toys. Another film called ''Santa Claus and the Children'' was made in 1898. A year later, a film directed by George Albert Smith titled ''Santa Claus'' (or ''The Visit from Santa Claus'' in the United Kingdom) was created. In this picture, Santa Claus enters the room from the fireplace and proceeds to trim the tree. He then fills the stockings that were previously hung on the mantle by the children. After walking backward and surveying his work, he suddenly darts at the fireplace and disappears up the chimney. ''Santa Claus' Visit'' in 1900 featured a scene with two little children kneeling at the feet of their mother and saying their prayers. The mother tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Christmas Films
Many Christmas stories have been adapted to feature films and TV specials, and have been broadcast and repeated many times on television; since the popularization of home video in the 1980s, their many editions are sold and re-sold every year during the holiday shopping season. Theatrical Christmas-themed films which received a theatrical release. File:It's a Wonderful Life.png, '' It's a Wonderful Life'' File:Meet Me In St Louis Judy Garland Margaret O'Brien 1944.jpg, '' Meet Me in St. Louis'', Judy Garland Margaret O'Brien 1944 File:IngridBergmanTheBellsofSaintMarysTrailerScreenshot1945.jpg, Ingrid Bergman, '' The Bells of Saint Marys'', 1945 File:The Bishop's Wife (1948 poster).jpg, ''The Bishop's Wife'', 1948 ''A Christmas Carol'' adaptations ''The Nutcracker'' adaptations Christmas action films Christmas horror films Christmas Thriller films Short films Made-for-television and direct-to-video These are films that were made for television (including strea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Pankin
Stuart Pankin (born April 8, 1946) is an American actor. He is known for his role as anchor Bob Charles in '' Not Necessarily the News'' and as the voice of Earl Sinclair in ''Dinosaurs''. Stuart is also known for his portrayal of Commander Edward Plank in the ''Zenon'' trilogy films, and Orthodox Jew Ben Heineman in ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'', as well as making many guest appearances in many television shows and for lending his voice to various animated shows and films. Among his approximately three dozen films was '' Hollywood Knights''. He also appeared in '' Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves'' and ''Arachnophobia'' and as Jimmy in ''Fatal Attraction''. Early life and education Pankin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 8, 1946. He attended Dickinson College, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Columbia University. Career Early in his career, Pankin frequently performed at St. Vincent Summer Theatre and still returns to perform there often. Pankin is known f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Frank (actor)
Gary Frank (born October 9, 1950) is an American actor who won an Emmy Award for his performances on the 1976 TV series ''Family'', which also starred James Broderick, Sada Thompson, Meredith Baxter, and Kristy McNichol. Career Frank starred with Glynnis O'Connor in the short-lived 1974 CBS series '' Sons and Daughters'', a drama about young people in a changing society. Frank appeared in the film '' Deadly Weapon''. He starred in three episodes of ''Remington Steele'' as well as episodes of ''The Streets of San Francisco'', '' T.J. Hooker'', '' Charlie's Angels'', ''Fantasy Island'', "The Love Boat",'' Hunter'', ''Magnum, P.I.'', ''Murder She Wrote'', ''L.A. Law'', ''Hill Street Blues'', '' Friday the 13th: The Series'', and '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''. He played bombardier Major Thomas Ferebee in the TV film '' Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb'', co-starred in the TV Christmas film '' The Gift'' opposite Glenn Ford Gwyllyn Samuel Newton "Glenn" For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Dotrice
Roy Dotrice (26 May 1923 – 16 October 2017) was a British actor famed for his portrayal of the antiquarian John Aubrey in the record-breaking solo play '' Brief Lives''. Abroad, he won a Tony Award for his performance in the 2000 Broadway revival of ''A Moon for the Misbegotten'', also appearing as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's father Leopold in '' Amadeus'' (1984), Charles Dickens in '' Dickens of London'' (1984), and Jacob Wells/Father in ''Beauty and the Beast''. Late in life, he narrated a series of audiobooks for George R. R. Martin's epic fantasy series ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', for which he held the Guinness World Record for the most character voices for an audiobook by an individual. Life and career Dotrice was born in Guernsey, Bailiwick of Guernsey on 26 May 1923 to Neva (née Wilton; 1897–1984) and Louis Dotrice (1896–1991). He served as a wireless operator/air gunner with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, and was imprisoned in a German prisoner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Munoz
Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions * Michael (bishop elect), English 13th-century Bishop of Hereford elect * Michael (Khoroshy) (1885–1977), cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada * Michael Donnellan (1915–1985), Irish-born London fashion designer, often referred to simply as "Michael" * Michael (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born February 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born March 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer Rulers =Byzantine emperors= *Michael I Rangabe (d. 844), married the daughter of Emperor Nikephoros I * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megan Gallagher
Megan Gallagher (born February 6, 1960) is an American theater and television actress. Having studied at the Juilliard School under the supervision of John Houseman, Gallagher began her career on stage, and has appeared in several Broadway theatre productions, winning a Theatre World Award for her role in '' A Few Good Men''. From there, Gallagher moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting in film and television; after making a screen debut in ''George Washington'', she graduated to recurring roles in '' Hill Street Blues'' and '' China Beach'', and starring roles in '' The Slap Maxwell Story,'' ''The Larry Sanders Show'' and ''Millennium''. The role of Catherine Black in that series had been written with Gallagher in mind. Early life Gallagher was born in Reading, Pennsylvania on February 6, 1960, to Aileen and Donald Gallagher. She was the fifth of six children. Her mother had also been an actor in her youth, retiring when she began a family. Gallagher credits her own career to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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