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Playball (film)
Play Ball may refer to: Film and television * ''Playball'' (film), a 2008 film directed by Alfonso Rodríguez * ''Play Ball'' (serial), 1925 film by Spencer Gordon Bennet believed to be lost * " Play Ball!", an episode in the fourth season of the children's television show ''Barney & Friends'' * ''Play Ball'' (film), a 1937 short film Literature and publishing * ''Play Ball'' (manga), Akio Chiba's 1970s manga, later adapted to anime form * '' Play Ball: Stories of the Ball Field'', King Kelly's 1888 autobiography Theatre * ''Play Ball'', an alternative name for play ''Chicago'' Music * "Play Ball" (song), a 2014 song by AC/DC * "Play Ball" (プレイ・ボール), a 2002 song by Hikaru Utada from the album '' Deep River'' See also * Ball Play (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playball (film)
Play Ball may refer to: Film and television * ''Playball'' (film), a 2008 film directed by Alfonso Rodríguez * ''Play Ball'' (serial), 1925 film by Spencer Gordon Bennet believed to be lost * " Play Ball!", an episode in the fourth season of the children's television show ''Barney & Friends'' * ''Play Ball'' (film), a 1937 short film Literature and publishing * ''Play Ball'' (manga), Akio Chiba's 1970s manga, later adapted to anime form * '' Play Ball: Stories of the Ball Field'', King Kelly's 1888 autobiography Theatre * ''Play Ball'', an alternative name for play ''Chicago'' Music * "Play Ball" (song), a 2014 song by AC/DC * "Play Ball" (プレイ・ボール), a 2002 song by Hikaru Utada from the album '' Deep River'' See also * Ball Play (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonso Rodríguez (director)
Alfonso Rodríguez (born 5 January 1957, in Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican director, producer, writer, actor and aspiring presidential candidate for the 2020 elections in the Dominican Republic. Biography Graduated from the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) and in 1979 he studied TV and films production in the University of California, Irvine. His first works where as a Head Colorist in Color System Tech where he colored classic B/W movies such as Miracle on 34th Street, The Maltese Falcon, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents, among others. He returned to Dominican Republic and started to work as a director of production in several prestigious TV stations where he started to make TV movies, sitcoms and soap operas. In 1988 Rodríguez makes his first feature film "Trafico de Niños", and then the hit soap opera Cadena Braga. Along with his popular sitcoms (Ciudad Nueva, Electrolocos y Pobre Presidente), he makes "Grandes Series Dominicanas", 10 Mini Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Play Ball (serial)
''Play Ball'' is a 1925 American drama film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Walter Miller and Allene Ray. The film is now considered to be lost. Another 1925 film, a comedy short starring Chester Conklin and Milburn Morante, also used the title ''Play Ball''. Cast * Walter Miller as Jack Rollins * Allene Ray as Doris Sutton * Harry Semels as Count Segundo * J. Barney Sherry as Thomas W. Sutton * Mary Milnor as Maybelle Pratt * Wally Oettel as Rutger Farnsworth * Franklyn Hanna as Senator Hornell * John McGraw as self * New York Giants baseball team Chapter titles #"To the Rescue" #"The Flaming Float" #"Betrayed" #"The Decoy Wire" #"Face to Face" #"The Showdown" #"A Mission of Hate" #"Double Peril" #"Into Segundo’s Hands" #"A Home Plate Wedding" See also * List of film serials * List of film serials by studio * List of lost films For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Play Ball!
'' Barney & Friends'' is an American children's television series that originally ran on PBS Kids PBS Kids is the brand for most of the children's programming aired by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. Some public television children's programs are not produced by PBS member stations or transmitted by PBS. Instead, ... from April 6, 1992 to November 2, 2010. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (1992) Season 2 (1993) Season 3 (1995) Season 4 (1997) Season 5 (1998) Season 6 (1999–2000) Season 7 (2002) Season 8 (2003–2004) Season 9 (2004–2005) Season 10 (2006) Season 11 (2007) Season 12 (2008) This is the first season since season 9 to have the full 30-minute runtime. Season 13 (2009) Season 14 (2010) Season 14 consists of repackaged Season 10 and 11 episodes, but is still noted as a separate season. Notes References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barney and Friends, List of episodes and videos Episodes and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Play Ball (film)
''Play Ball'' is a 1937 animated short film by Terrytoons. It is the penultimate film featuring Kiko the Kangaroo. In reissue prints, the film goes by its alternate title ''Kiko at the Bat!'' Plot Kiko is a baseball player who leads a team of joeys at the baseball diamond. Their opponents are a team consists of various other animals. The other team is first to bat. Their first batter, an ostrich, is out immediately after failing to hit the ball three times in a row. Their second batter who is a spider monkey, however, manages to score a home run on first hit. Their third batter, a pig, also scores a point on first attempt. Their fourth batter, an elephant, hits the ball so hard and sends it a great distance but Kiko's team manages to catch it, thus preventing a third score. Finally Kiko's team gets to bat. One of the joeys is first in being the batter, and misses on first attempt. But that joey manages to hit the ball on second attempt despite a sneaky trick from the spider monke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Play Ball (manga)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akio Chiba. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1973 to 1978, with its chapters collected in twenty-two ''tankōbon'' volumes. The manga was adapted into an anime television series produced by Magic Bus and Eiken, which aired on the anime satellite television network Animax from July to September 2005 and a second season from January to March 2006. The series was released concurrently with Chiba's other major work, ''Captain'', the other series for which he won the 22nd Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 1977. Plot After fracturing a finger in a junior high school game, Takao Taniguchi is unable to play baseball. After entering Sumitani High School, he is constantly watching the baseball club even though he is unable to play. He catches the eye of the captain of the soccer club, and while he still has lingering hopes of joining the baseball club, he decides to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stories Of The Ball Field
Story or stories may refer to: Common uses * Story, a narrative (an account of imaginary or real people and events) ** Short story, a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting * Story (American English), or storey (British English), a floor or level of a building * News story, an event or topic reported by a news organization Social media * Stories (social media), a collection of messages, images or videos, often ephemeral ** Facebook Stories, short user-generated photo or video collections that can be uploaded to the user's Facebook ** Instagram Stories, a feature in Instagram that let the user post vertical images that will disappear in 24 hours ** Snapchat Stories, a feature in Snapchat which allows users to compile snaps into chronological storylines, accessible to all of their friends Film, television and radio * Story Television, an American digital broadcast television network * Story TV, a South Korean television drama production company * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago (play)
''Chicago'' is a 1926 play written by Maurine Dallas Watkins that is best known as the inspiration for the 1975 Broadway musical of the same name. The play, while fiction, is a satire based on two unrelated 1924 court cases involving two women, Beulah Annan (the inspiration for ''Roxie Hart'') and Belva Gaertner (the inspiration for '' Velma'') who were both suspected and later acquitted of murder, whom Watkins had covered for the ''Chicago Tribune'' as a reporter. Watkins wrote the script (originally titled ''Brave Little Woman'') as a class assignment while attending the Yale Drama School. The play debuted on Broadway at the Sam Harris Theatre in late December 1926, directed by George Abbott, where it ran for 172 performances. To avoid confusion with the musical play and rights held by that show's producers and creators, the play is now titled ''Play Ball'' when it is performed. The original play entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2022, along with all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Play Ball (song)
"Play Ball" is a single by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, and the first single from their 2014 album '' Rock or Bust''. It was first used on 27 September 2014 in a trailer for Major League Baseball on TBS post-season coverage, and the single was released on 7 October. AC/DC's drummer, Phil Rudd, was absent from the video shoot for the single, and was replaced by the Welshman Bob Richards, who had previously played with Man, Adrian Smith, Asia and Shogun. The Minnesota Twins play the song at home in Target Field directly after the game's line-up is announced. It plays for about two minutes before the game starts. The Danish basketball team, Svendborg Rabbits, play the song in connection with the game starts at home in The Rabbits House. Also the Austrian football club Grazer AK plays the song before home games. The song was shortlisted for Song of the Year at the APRA Music Awards of 2015 The Australasian Performing Right Association Awards of 2015 (generally known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deep River (Hikaru Utada Album)
''Deep River'' is the third studio album (fourth overall) released by American singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada, released on June 19, 2002. It sold just over 2.35 million copies in its first week of release, charting at number one on the weekly, monthly and yearly Oricon charts. ''Deep River'' is ranked as Japan's fifth-highest album in debut sales, and eighth in the all-time album sales in Japan. The final track, "Hikari", would be her first single to reach number one on the Oricon Weekly Singles chart three times, and the Japanese version of the theme song for Square Enix's RPG video game, ''Kingdom Hearts''. The English version, "Simple and Clean", (released on her "Colors" single), also accompanied promotion of ''Kingdom Hearts'' in overseas versions. The album was cited by many fans and critics as Utada's most acclaimed work, as well as achieving the Triple Crown at the 17th Golden Disc Awards in Japan. According to the IFPI, the album is listed at number 18 on the ''Top 50 Glo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |