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The Million Eyes Of Sumuru
''The Million Eyes of Sumuru'' is a 1967 British spy film produced by Harry Alan Towers, directed by Lindsay Shonteff and filmed at the Shaw Brothers studios in Hong Kong. It stars Frankie Avalon and George Nader, with Shirley Eaton as the title character Sumuru (). It was based on a series of novels by Sax Rohmer about a megalomaniacal femme fatale. The film was released in the U.S. by American International Pictures on 17 May 1967. In the U.K., it was released through Warner-Pathé on 3 December, titled simply ''Sumuru''. Terry Bourke was production manager. Plot Sumuru is a beautiful and evil woman who plans world domination by having her sexy all-female army eliminate male leaders and replace them with her female agents. The Chief of Security for President Boong of Sinonesia is killed. Two Americans in Hong Kong, Nick West and his friend Tommy Carter, are persuaded by the head of British intelligence, Colonel Baisbrook, to investigate. They discover the organisation headed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsay Shonteff
Lindsay Craig Shonteff (5 November 1935 – 11 March 2006) was a Canadian born film director, film producer and screenwriter who achieved fame for low-budget films produced in the United Kingdom. Biography Lindsay Shonteff was born in Toronto, Ontario and made his directing, producing, editing and screenwriting debut in 1959 with a Canadian made Western ''The Hired Gun''/''The Last Gunfighter'' that he edited in his own home. After the film's release, Shonteff went to England following his friend and fellow Canadian Sidney J. Furie. Shonteff's debut in Britain was '' Devil Doll'' (1964); Furie was originally scheduled to direct, but was offered a more prestigious film and recommended Shonteff. Richard Gordon said Furie advised Shonteff throughout the making of the film. Shonteff had to cut the horror tale of a ventriloquist's dummy for an X rating from the British Board of Film Censors. This film led to interest from Columbia Pictures for a contract but Shonteff argued over th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baseline (database)
Studio System by Gracenote, formerly known as Baseline StudioSystems, is an American e-commerce company. It was founded in 1982 and licenses its commercial entertainment database, known as Studio System. It is owned by Gracenote, a subsidiary of Nielsen Holdings. History James Monaco founded Baseline in 1982. Their primary product, an entertainment database, was launched in 1985. Monaco left Baseline in 1992, and Paul Kagan Associates purchased it the following year. Big Entertainment purchased the database in 1999 and subsequently renamed themselves to Hollywood.com. The same year, Creative Planet purchased The Studio System, a rival database founded in 1987, from Brookfield Communications. In 2004, Hollywood.com's parent company, Hollywood Media, purchased The Studio System and merged the two databases. Two years later, The New York Times Company purchased the now-renamed Baseline StudioSystems and integrated it into NYTimes.com, only to sell it back to Hollywood.com i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bikini Kill
Bikini Kill is an American punk rock band formed in Olympia, Washington, in October 1990. The group consisted of singer and songwriter Kathleen Hanna, guitarist Billy Karren, bassist Kathi Wilcox, and drummer Tobi Vail. The band pioneered the riot grrrl movement, with feminist lyrics and fiery performances. Their music is characteristically abrasive and hardcore-influenced. After two full-length albums, several EPs and two compilations, they disbanded in 1997. The band reunited for tours in 2019 and 2022, with Erica Dawn Lyle on guitar in place of Karren. Career Bikini Kill formed in Olympia, Washington, in October 1990, by Kathleen Hanna (vocals), Billy Karren (guitar), Kathi Wilcox (bass), and Tobi Vail (drums). Hanna, Vail, and Wilcox met while attending The Evergreen State College in Washington. Hanna also published a fanzine called ''Bikini Kill'' for their first tours in 1991. The band wrote songs together and encouraged a female-centric environment at their shows, urgi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lois Maffeo
Lois Maffeo (professionally known for much of her career as Lois) is an American musician and writer who lives in Olympia, Washington. She has been closely involved with and influenced many independent musicians, especially in the 1990s-era Olympia, Seattle and Washington, D.C. music scenes. Early life Maffeo was raised in Phoenix, Arizona and graduated in 1981 from Xavier College Preparatory, an all-female private Catholic high school. She moved to Olympia, Washington to attend The Evergreen State College. Discography As Lois Maffeo ;albums *''The Union Themes'' (with Brendan Canty of Fugazi), 2000, Kill Rock Stars (Japanese release contains five bonus tracks) ;compilations and other collaborations/appearances * ntitled a cappella track ''Dangerous Business International cassette'', 1985, K Records *"My Head Hurts" (with The Go Team), ''Archer Come Sparrow cassette'', 1988/1989, K Records *"Cup to the Wall" (with Satisfact), ''Life Abroad 7" single'', 1996, K Records *"Thick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riot Grrrl
Riot grrrl is an underground feminist punk movement that began during the early 1990s within the United States in Olympia, Washington and the greater Pacific Northwest and has expanded to at least 26 other countries. Riot grrrl is a subcultural movement that combines feminism, punk music, and politics. It is often associated with third-wave feminism, which is sometimes seen as having grown out of the riot grrrl movement and has recently been seen in fourth-wave feminist punk music that rose in the 2010s. The genre has also been described as coming out of indie rock, with the punk scene serving as an inspiration for a movement in which women could express anger, rage, and frustration, emotions considered socially acceptable for male songwriters but less common for women. Riot grrrl songs often addressed issues such as rape, domestic abuse, sexuality, racism, patriarchy, classism, anarchism, and female empowerment. Primary bands most associated with the movement by media inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl From Rio (1969 Film)
''The Girl from Rio'' (german: Die sieben Männer der Sumuru, translation=The Seven Men of Sumuru) is a 1969 spy-fi film directed by Jess Franco and starring Shirley Eaton, Richard Wyler, George Sanders and Maria Rohm. Written and produced by Harry Alan Towers, the film follows a tribe of Amazonian women, as, led by their queen, they attack wealthy men as part of a long-term plan to take over the world. A co-production between West Germany, Spain and the United States, the film is a sequel to ''The Million Eyes of Sumuru'' (1967), and is based on Sax Rohmer's Sumuru character. Nevertheless, Sumuru's character is referred to as either "Sumitra" or "Sununda". Plot Secret agent Jeff Sutton arrives in Rio with $10 million and finds himself embroiled in a war between Sir Masius, a British mobster, and the megalomaniacal Sumuru. From her secret city, "Femina", Sumuru assembles an army of women with which she will conquer the world. Masius, hoping to find Femina and steal Sumuru's ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Franco
Jess is a unisex given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Jessica, Jesse, Jessie, etc., and a surname. It may refer to: Given name * Jess Atkinson (born 1961), American football player * Jess Cain (1926–2008), American radio host * Jess Cates (born 1976), American songwriter * Jess Collins (1923–2004), American visual artist * Jess Conrad (born 1936), British actor * Jess H. Dickinson (born 1947), American judge * Jess E. DuBois (born 1934), American painter * Jess Folley (born 2003), English singer * Jess Glynne (born 1989), English singer and songwriter * Jess Hahn (1921–1998), American actor * Jess Harnell (born 1963), American voice actor * Jess Hartley (born 1967), American writer * Jess Herbst (born 1958), American politician * Jess Hill (1907–1993), American athlete and coach *Jess Hill, Australian investigative reporter and author * Jess Stonestreet Jackson, Jr. (1930–2011), American wine entrepreneur * Jess Klein (born 1974), American singer/songwriter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essie Lin Chia
Essie Lin Chia (; born May 9, 1947) is a Chinese actress. Filmography * ''Squadron 77'' (1965) * ''My Dream Boat'' (1967) * ''The Million Eyes of Sumuru'' (1967) * '' The Dragon Creek'' (1967) * '' Three Swinging Girls'' (1968) * ''Spring Blossoms'' (1968) * ''Unfinished Melody'' (1969) * ''Tropical Interlude'' (1969) * ''The Singing Thief'' (1969) * ''Return of the One-Armed Swordsman'' (1969) * ''A Taste of Cold Steel'' (1970) * '' Swordswomen Three'' (1970) * '' Love Without End'' (1970) * '' Love Styles XYZ'' (1971) * '' Long Road To Freedom'' (1971) * ''The Jade Faced Assassin'' (1971) * '' Hotel Esquire'' (1971) * '' Black and White Swordsman'' (1971) * '' Doomsday Machine'' (1972) * ''Black Samurai ''Black Samurai'' is a 1977 American blaxploitation martial arts spy action adventure film directed by Al Adamson and starring Jim Kelly. Produced by BJLJ International, with Executive Producer Laurence Joachim and screenplay credited to B. Rea ...'' (1977) * '' Pale Passion' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krista Nell
Krista Nell (1946–1975) was an Austrian film actress. Born Doris Kristanel, Krista Nell debuted in French cinema, then moved to Rome where became a minor starlet in Italian genre films, especially Spaghetti Westerns and commedie sexy all'italiana."Decameroticus", ''Nocturno Dossier'' n.56, March 2007, p.10 Nell went on to star in such films as '' Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman'', and Spaghetti Westerns such as '' Paid in Blood'', '' Blindman'', '' Kill Django... Kill First'' and '' Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End''. Nell's final film was '' The Bloodsucker Leads the Dance'' in which she was supposed to be the main actress, but, because of her physical conditions, she turned in a secondary role. Nell died of leukemia at age 28 on 19 June 1975. She was the companion of actor Ettore Manni. Partial filmography * '' Pierrot le Fou'' (1965) - Madame Staquet (uncredited) * '' Your Money or Your Life'' (1966) - Geneviève * ''The Beckett Affair'' (1966) - Paulette * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Bourke
Terry Christopher Bourke (19 April 1940 – 29 June 2002) was an Australian journalist, screenwriter, producer and director. He worked as a show business journalist and production assistant in Hong Kong for a number of years before returning to Australia in 1971.John Larkin, "Blood and Guts to Ride the (Flinders) Ranges", ''The Age'', 30 July 1971 accessed 23 October 2012 He made several movies and also worked in television.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p269 Phil Avalon called him "one of Australia's first maverick filmmakers". Early filmogr ...
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Warner-Pathé
Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC), originally British International Pictures (BIP), was a British film production, distribution and exhibition company active from 1927 until 1970 when it was absorbed into EMI. ABPC also owned approximately 500 cinemas in Britain by 1943, and in the 1950s and 60s owned a station on the ITV television network. The studio was partly owned by Warner Bros. from about 1940 until 1969; the American company also owned a stake in ABPC's distribution arm, Warner-Pathé, from 1958. It formed one half of a vertically integrated film industry duopoly in Britain with the Rank Organisation. History From 1927 to 1945 The company was founded during 1927 by Scottish solicitor John Maxwell after he had purchased British National Pictures Studios and its Elstree Studios complex and merged it with his ABC Cinemas circuit, renaming the company British International Pictures. The Wardour Film Company, with Maxwell as chairman, was the distributor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American International Pictures
American International Pictures (AIP) is an American motion picture production label of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In its original operating period, AIP was an independent film production and distribution company known for producing and releasing films from 1955 until 1980, a year after its acquisition by Filmways in 1979. It was formed on April 2, 1954 as American Releasing Corporation (ARC) by former Realart Pictures Inc. sales manager James H. Nicholson and entertainment lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff and their first release was the 1953 UK documentary film ''Operation Malaya''. It was dedicated to releasing low-budget films packaged as double features, primarily of interest to the teenagers of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. The company eventually became a part of Orion Pictures, which in turn, became a division of MGM. On October 7, 2020, four decades after the original closure, MGM revived AIP as a label for acquired films for digital and theatrical releases, with MGM overseeing ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
