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Mende Brown
Mende Brown (1920-2002) was an American writer, producer and director of radio, films and TV who lived and worked in Australia from 1970 to 1991. His directing on radio included ''The Affairs of Peter Salem''.Sies, Luther F. (2014). ''Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960, 2nd Edition, Volume 1''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 14. Family Mende Brown was the brother of radio producer Himan Brown. Select Credits *'' Strange Holiday'' (1970) *''Little Jungle Boy'' (1970) *''And Millions Will Die'' (1973) *''Evil Touch'' (1973) (TV series) *''On the Run On the Run may refer to: * "On the run", a phrase often used to describe a fugitive, a person fleeing custody Literature * ''On the Run'' (novel), by Nina Bawden * On the Run (novel series), by Gordon Korman * ''On the Run'', a novel in the S ...'' (1982) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Mende American film directors 1920 births 2002 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Himan Brown
Himan Brown (July 21, 1910 – June 4, 2010Himan Brown obituary. ''The New York Times'', June 6, 2010.), also known as Hi Brown, was an American producer of radio and television programs. Over seven decades, Brown produced and directed more than 30,000 radio shows, for all of the major radio networks and syndication. He worked with such actors as , , , |
Strange Holiday (1970 Film)
''Strange Holiday'' is a 1970 Australian television film directed by Mende Brown and starring Jaeme Hamilton. Plot Ten boys and a dog are shipwrecked on an island in the Pacific. After a storm they discover another boat has been shipwrecked on the island. They make friends with two of the survivors, a nurse and ship's carpenter, but discover there are three other survivors who are ruthless mutineers. The children manage to outwit the mutineers, the carpenter builds them a boat and they sail home. Cast *Jaeme Hamilton as Briant *Mark Healey as Doniphan *Jaime Massang as Mocco *Van Alexander as Gordon *Ross Williams as Jacob *Simon Asprey as Iverson *Peter Alexander as Garnett *Michael Berry as Service * Mark Lee as Costar *Larry Crane as Wilcox * Carmen Duncan as nurse * Garry Pankhurst *Ben Gabriel *Mark Hertson *Goff Vockler *Tony Allan *Don McNiven *Nigel Lovell Production The film was financed by an American company seeking product for the US TV market and Artransa Film Studi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Jungle Boy
''Little Jungle Boy'' is a 1970 Australian television film Plot Doctors at a research centre in South East Asia discover a boy who appears to have grown up wild in the jungle. The boy faces hostility from people who want to kidnap him and a treacherous witchdoctor. Eventually the boy returns to the jungle. Cast *Rahman Rahmin as Momman *Mike Dorsey as Doctor Mike Martin *Niki Huen as Doctor Niki Sung *Michael Pate as the Sultan *Noel Ferrier as Father John *Willie Fennell William John Fennell (20 January 1920 – 9 September 1992) was an Australian radio, television (serials and mini-series), stage and film actor, comedian, producer, radio scriptwriter and writer who appeared in many Australian television s ... as Dr Barney O'Hara *Les Berryman Production The film was financed by an American company seeking product for the US TV market and Artransa Film Studios. Shooting took place short after their first Australian film. '' Strange Holiday'' (1970), partly on location ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
And Millions Will Die
''...And Millions Will Die!'' (aka "And Millions Die") is a 1973 Australian television film directed by Leslie H. Martinson. It was shot in Hong Kong. Premise Nazi war criminal Franz Kessler (Joseph Furst), a wealthy germ warfare expert living in Hong Kong, plants a gas-filled time bomb under the city sewers. Cast * Richard Basehart as Dr. Douglas Pruitt * Susan Strasberg as Heather Kessler * Peter Sumner as Dixie Hart * Joseph Furst as Franz Kessler * Alwyn Kurts as Dr. Mitchell * Shariff Medan as Postman * Leslie Nielsen as Jack Gallagher Production The film was a feature-length pilot for a proposed television series called "E-Force", about a crack environmental detective unit trying to track down those responsible for a poison gas attack.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p6 The villain Kessler was played by Viennese-born actor Joseph Furst, who was a regular on Australian TV and films. Make-up artist Patricia Glassup is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evil Touch
''The Evil Touch'' is an Australian television series, originally broadcast in Australia in 1973 and produced by Amalgamated Pictures Australasia in association with Olola Productions Australia. An anthology series, each episode had a self-contained story usually in a thriller or horror style, and often with a twist ending. Subjects explored included the occult, science fiction, murder schemes, and whodunits. Each episode had a new cast of guest actors playing new characters, although several guest stars appeared in more than one episode. Overview The series was produced by American producer Mende Brown and partly funded by the Nine Network. A key feature was the involvement of internationally known actors. Some were lured to Australia to participate in the show by also being allowed to direct an episode. Supporting roles were filled by Australian actors. Although Australian television was still in black and white in 1973, to aid international marketability this series was sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On The Run (1982 Film)
''On the Run'' is a 1982 Australian thriller film. Plot A small boy (Beau Cox) is orphaned and sent to live with his uncle (Rod Taylor), who is a hitman. When the boy witnesses his uncle kill some people, his uncle orders that his assistant (Paul Winfield) help shoot the boy; the assistant refuses and takes off with the boy. Production The movie marked the first time Rod Taylor had played an Australian character in an Australian film. Release The film was not released theatrically, although it did have one theatrical screening in Bondi NSW, a condition of the movie's financing via tax concession. References External links *''On the Run''at National Film and Sound Archive The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national co ...''On the Run''a''Ozmovies'' Australian thriller films 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Film Directors
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, producers, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended a film school. Directors use different approaches. Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue, while others control every aspect and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely. Some directors also write their o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
