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Private School (film)
''Private School'' (also titled ''Private School ... for Girls'') is a 1983 American teen sex comedy film, directed by Noel Black. Starring Phoebe Cates, Betsy Russell, and Matthew Modine, it follows a teenaged couple attempting to have sex for the first time, while their friends engage in sexually minded practical jokes. Plot Christine "Chris" Ramsey (Phoebe Cates) lies in bed narrating a trashy romance novel to Betsy (Kathleen Wilhoite), her roommate at the Cherryvale Academy for Girls in Northern California. Meanwhile, three students of the nearby Freemount Academy for Men, including Jim Green (Matthew Modine) and his overweight, slobbish friend Bubba Beauregard (Michael Zorek), sneak into Cherryvale to peek on the girls. Jordan Leigh-Jensen (Betsy Russell), showering at the time, sees that the boys are peering at her and enlists Chris and Betsy's help to drive them away; the three boys fall off the side of the building. In response to being disturbed, the roommates light a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Black
Noel Black (June 30, 1937 – July 5, 2014) was an American film and television director, screenwriter, and producer. Black was born in Chicago, Illinois. He won awards at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival for an 18-minute short subject filmed in 1965 called ''Skaterdater''. It had no dialogue, but used music and sound effects to advance the plot. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 1966. He directed the 1968 cult film '' Pretty Poison'', and subsequently concentrated on directing for television, occasionally directing films such as ''Private School''. Black died of bacterial pneumonia in Santa Barbara, California on July 5, 2014. He was 77. Early life and education Black was born in Chicago on June 30, 1937. He received bachelor's and master's degrees in film from the University of California, Los Angeles. Career Black was under the influence of the French New Wave. "I longed to be the American Godard and Truffaut", he said. "I had the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fran Ryan
Fran Mary Ryan (November 29, 1916 January 15, 2000) was an American character actress featured in television and films. She was born in Los Angeles, California. Career Ryan began performing at the age of six at Oakland's Henry Duffy Theatre. She attended Stanford University for three years, and during World War II was a member of the USO entertaining troops. She performed comedy, singing and acting on stage in California and Chicago, and launched her television career two decades later. Her television debut came in episode 43 of ''Batman'', in 1966, followed by a bit part in ''Beverly Hillbillies''. She also appeared in a 1972 episode of ''Columbo'', Dagger of the Mind, as "uncredited woman at the airport." Ryan's first supporting cast television role was as Aggie Thompson in the first several episodes of ''The Doris Day Show''. The same season, she was offered the replacement role on the series ''Green Acres'' as Doris Ziffel from 1969 to 1971. Ryan replaced Barbara Pepper, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
''Fast Times at Ridgemont High'' is a 1982 American coming-of-age comedy film directed by Amy Heckerling (in her feature directorial debut), from a screenplay by Cameron Crowe, based on his 1981 book ''Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A True Story''. Crowe went undercover at Clairemont High School in San Diego and wrote about his experiences. The film chronicles a school year in the lives of sophomores Stacy Hamilton (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and Mark Ratner (Brian Backer) and their older friends Linda Barrett (Phoebe Cates) and Mike Damone (Robert Romanus), both of whom believe themselves wiser in the ways of romance than their younger counterparts. The ensemble cast of characters form two subplots with Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn), a perpetually stoned surfer, facing off against history teacher Mr. Hand (Ray Walston), and Stacy's older brother, Brad (Judge Reinhold), a senior who works in entry-level jobs to pay for his car and ponders ending his two-year relationship with his girlfrien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pretty Poison (film)
''Pretty Poison'' is a 1968 American black comedy film directed by Noel Black, starring Anthony Perkins and Tuesday Weld, about an ex-convict and high school cheerleader who commit a series of crimes. The film was based on the novel ''She Let Him Continue'' by Stephen Geller. It has become a cult film. Plot Dennis Pitt is a disturbed young man on parole from a mental institution who becomes attracted to teenager Sue Ann Stepenek. He tells her that he is a secret agent, and takes her along on a series of "missions". Things, however, turn out disastrously when Dennis takes Sue Ann along to sabotage a factory on imaginary orders from the CIA. When the couple encounters the factory's night watchman, Sue Ann knocks him unconscious and then drowns him. While Dennis is wracked with guilt over both what he has done and what he has allowed to happen, Sue Ann is excited by the "adventure" and entreats Dennis to run away with her to Mexico. First, however, they have to get rid of her disap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Enright
Daniel Enright (né Ehrenreich; August 30, 1917 – May 22, 1992) was an American television producer, primarily of game shows. Enright worked with Jack Barry from the 1940s until Barry's death in 1984. They were partners in creating programs for radio and television. Their company was called Barry & Enright Productions. Enright (original surname Ehrenreich), who grew up in British Palestine and New York City, met up with Barry as the latter was working in stand-up comedy. After a stint at WOR radio, the two developed several early TV shows, including the seminal "interactive" show ''Winky Dink and You'', as well as ''Juvenile Jury'' and ''Life Begins at Eighty'', and ''Wisdom of the Ages''. The duo produced network game shows in the 1950s, including '' Back That Fact'', ''You're On Your Own'', ''Tic-Tac-Dough'', '' Twenty-One'', ''Concentration'' and '' Dough Re Mi''. Quiz show scandal Capitalizing on the success of the 1950s big-money quiz ''The $64,000 Question'' on CBS, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Lessons (1981 Film)
''Private Lessons'' is a 1981 American sex comedy film starring Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman, Eric Brown, and Ed Begley Jr. The screenplay was written by Dan Greenburg, who wrote the original source novel, ''Philly''. Greenburg appears as the manager of a motel in the film. ''Private Lessons'' was one of Kristel's few major American film appearances; she was better known to European audiences for her ''Emmanuelle'' films which had only limited distribution in the United States. In early 2006, a 25th anniversary DVD release was issued in North America. Plot Philip "Philly" Fillmore ( Eric Brown) is an adventurous 15-year-old high school student and the son of a rich businessman in Albuquerque, who has left town on an extended trip during summer break, leaving the young man in the passing care of Nicole Mallow (Sylvia Kristel), a sexy French housekeeper and Lester Lewis (Howard Hesseman), the family's chauffeur. The following day, Nicole approaches Philly while he is rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynda Wiesmeier
Lynda Ann Wiesmeier (pronounced WEES-myer, May 30, 1963 – December 16, 2012) was an American model and actress. She made her film debut in ''American Pop''. Wiesmeier was selected as both cover model and Playmate of the Month for the July 1982 issue of ''Playboy'' magazine, and her centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley. Wiesmeier also appeared in several ''Playboy'' newsstand special editions and videos, and worked steadily for ''Playboy'' for more than five years after she graced the magazine's fold-out page, first as a nude glamour and pin-up model, and then as a promotional model and a feature reporter for the Playboy Channel. She died at age 49 in December 2012 due to a brain tumor. Appearances in ''Playboy'' videos *''Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates'' (2004) – archival footage *''Playboy: Video Centerfold Tawnni Cable'' (1991) *''Playboy: Playmates At Play'' (1990) *''Playboy: Wet & Wild'' (1989) *''Playboy: Playmate Playoffs'' (1986) *''Playboy: Video Playmat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Bay
Frances Evelyn Bay (née Goffman; January 23, 1919 – September 15, 2011) was a Canadian-American character actress. In a career that spanned 35 years, she acted in a variety of roles both in film and television. Bay was inducted in Canada's Walk of Fame in 2008. Early life Frances Evelyn Goffman was born January 23, 1919 in Mannville, Alberta, to Ukrainian Jewish immigrant parents, Ann (née Averbach) and Max Goffman, and was raised in Dauphin, Manitoba. Her younger brother was the noted sociologist Erving Goffman. Before World War II she acted professionally in Winnipeg and spent the war hosting the Canadian Broadcasting Company's radio show, ''Everybody's Program'', aimed at service members overseas. She married Charles Irwin Bay (December 15, 1918 – June 18, 2002) in 1946, and moved to Cape Town, South Africa, living in the Constantia and Camps Bay areas. She studied with Uta Hagen at this time.Michael Posner, "Seinfeld's marble rye lady honoured", ''Toronto Globe and Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Prince
Jonathan Alexander Prince (born August 16, 1958) is an American actor, director, screenwriter and movie producer. Career Prince embarked on an acting career following graduation from Harvard University. His played Leo in the 1981 CBS series ''Mr. Merlin'', Roy in the 1983 sex comedy ''Private School (film), Private School'' and Zach Armstrong in the 1986 syndicated sitcom ''Throb''. He also hosted ''The Quiz Kids Challenge'' in 1990. Prince said he decided to expand into other aspects of show business while working on ''Mr. Merlin''. Prince's next break came when George Burns asked him to co-write and produce Burns' feature film ''18 Again!''. That led to a job as consultant on the ''Whatever Became of...?'' television specials, where Prince met Dick Clark. The meeting with Dick Clark led to the creation of ''American Dreams'', set in the period 1963–1967 and tracking the lives of one Catholic family. Clark's ''American Bandstand'' is a key part of the story, as each episode i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Aletter
Frank George Aletter (January 14, 1926 – May 13, 2009) was an American theatre, film, and television actor. Early years Born in College Point, Queens, New York, Aletter studied acting at the Dramatic Workshop in Manhattan. He served in the United States Army in Germany from January 1946 to 1948. Career Aletter's Broadway debut came in 1950 as a replacement for Eli Wallach in '' Mister Roberts''. During the 1950s, he appeared on Broadway in '' Bells Are Ringing'', ''Time Limit'', and ''Wish You Were Here''. He soon moved on to a prolific television career, appearing as a guest on numerous shows between 1956 and 1988. Aletter starred in three programs in the 1960s, beginning with ''Bringing Up Buddy'', a sitcom during the 1960–1961 season, featuring Aletter with Enid Markey and Doro Merande, who portrayed his overprotective spinster aunts to Aletter's character, Buddy Flower, a bachelor stockbroker. He appeared in the eighth episode of Lucille Ball's ''The Lucy Show'' in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross-dressing
Cross-dressing is the act of wearing clothes usually worn by a different gender. From as early as pre-modern history, cross-dressing has been practiced in order to disguise, comfort, entertain, and self-express oneself. Cross-dressing has played an important part in society due to the nature of sociology. Sociology dictates that social norms are an inherent part of society and, thus, there are expected norms for each gender relating to style, color, type of clothing and more. Thus, cross-dressing allows individuals to express themselves by acting beyond guidelines, views, or even laws defining what type of clothing is expected and appropriate for each gender. The term "cross-dressing" refers to an action or a behavior, without attributing or implying any specific causes or motives for that behavior. Cross-dressing is not synonymous with being transgender. Terminology The phenomenon of cross-dressing is seen throughout recorded history, being referred to as far back as the Hebr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Payne (actress, Born 1946)
Julie Kathleen Payne is an American television, film and stage actress who, in a career lasting over four decades, has specialized primarily in comedy roles as well as voice acting. She was a cast member in three short-lived network sitcoms during 1983–1986, and appeared in about twenty feature films and over a hundred episodes of TV series as well as providing voices for scores of TV animated shows. Early years and start of career A native of Oregon, Julie Payne was born in the small city of Sweet Home, near the lake and river areas adjoining the Cascade Range. Growing up in the state's second-largest city, Eugene, she attended South Eugene High School where she performed in a number of school productions, including ''The Music Man'', ''The Madwoman of Chaillot'', '' The Lark'' and ''Once Upon a Mattress''. Graduating in 1964, she moved to California, where she attended Santa Clara University, majoring in drama, and San Francisco State University, majoring in French. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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