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The New Adventures Of Heidi
''The New Adventures of Heidi'' is a 1978 American made-for-television musical comedy-drama film updating the Heidi character to the present time and shifting the action from Switzerland to New York City. The film was released theatrically in Spain and Australia. Charles B. Fitzsimons had the idea to turn the film into a musical with comedy writer Buz Kohan writing ten songs for the film, sung by the stars Katy Kurtzman, Burl Ives, John Gavin and Marlyn Mason who played ''Heidi'' on stage in 1954 at the Player's Ring Theatre in Hollywood. Plot When Heidi's grandfather finds he is losing his sight he does not wish to tell Heidi, but he makes her live with her relatives, Cousins Tobias and Martha to attend school in a large city. There Heidi meets the troubled Elizabeth Wyler who is fascinated by Heidi and her rural life. Through his secretary Mady, Heidi joins Elizabeth and her busy widowed father Dan Wyler for a Christmas in New York City. Cast *Katy Kurtzman as Heidi * Burl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidi
''Heidi'' (; ) is a work of children's fiction published in 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as ''Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning'' (german: Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre) and ''Heidi: How She Used What She Learned'' (german: Heidi kann brauchen, was es gelernt hat). It is a novel about the events in the life of a 5-year-old girl in her paternal grandfather's care in the Swiss Alps. It was written as a book "for children and those who love children" (as quoted from its subtitle). ''Heidi'' is one of the best-selling books ever written and is among the best-known works of Swiss literature. Plot Heidi is an orphaned girl initially raised by her maternal grandmother and aunt Dete in Maienfeld, in the Grisons, after the early deaths of her parents, Tobias and Adelheid (Dete's brother-in-law and sister). Shortly after the grandmother's death, Dete is offered a good job as a maid in the big city, and takes 5-year-old Heidi to her pat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical hour-long legal or medical drama, but exhibit far fewer jokes-per-minute as in a typical half-hour sitcom. In the United States Examples from United States television include: ''M*A*S*H (TV series), M*A*S*H'', ''Moonlighting (TV series), Moonlighting'', ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'', ''Northern Exposure'', ''Ally McBeal'', ''Sex and the City'', ''Desperate Housewives'' and ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs''. The term "dramedy" was coined to describe the late 1980s wave of shows, including ''The Wonder Years'', ''Hooperman'', ''Doogie Howser, M.D.'' and ''Frank's Place''. See also *List of comedy drama television series *Black comedy *Dramatic structure *Melodrama *Seriousness *Tragicomedy *Psychological ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westin Bonaventure Hotel
The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites is a , 33-story hotel in Los Angeles, California, constructed between 1974 and 1976. It was designed by architect John C. Portman Jr.. The top floor has a revolving restaurant and bar. It was originally owned by investors that included a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Corporation and John Portman & Associates. The building is managed by Interstate Hotels & Resorts (IHR), and is valued at 200 million USD. Postmodern design The hotel and its architect John Portman have been the subject of documentaries and academic analysis. In his book ''Postmodern Geographies: The Reassertion of Space in Critical Social Theory'' (1989), Edward Soja describes the hotel as a concentrated representation of the restructured spatiality of the late capitalist city: fragmented and fragmenting, homogeneous and homogenizing, divertingly packaged yet curiously incomprehensible, seemingly open in presenting itself to view but constantly pressing to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poppy
A poppy is a flowering plant in the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae. Poppies are herbaceous plants, often grown for their colourful flowers. One species of poppy, ''Papaver somniferum'', is the source of the narcotic drug opium which contains powerful medicinal alkaloids such as morphine and has been used since ancient times as an analgesic and narcotic medicine, medicinal and recreational drug. It also produces Poppy seed, edible seeds. Following the trench warfare in the poppy fields of Flanders, Belgium during World War I, poppies have become a symbol of Remembrance Day, remembrance of soldiers who have died during wartime, especially in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other Commonwealth realms. Description Poppies are herbaceous plant, herbaceous Annual plant, annual, Biennial plant, biennial or short-lived Perennial plant, perennial plants. Some species are monocarpic, dying after flowering. Poppies can be over a metre tall with flowers up to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartlett Robinson
Bartlett Whitney Robinson (December 9, 1912 – March 26, 1986) was an American actor who performed on radio, the stage, in films, and on television for five decades. In 1943 he was the first actor of several performers who provided the voice of the title character on the radio version of ''Perry Mason''. Later, as a character actor in films and on television, he was often cast in roles of authority figures, such as military officers, wealthy ranchers, corporate executives, doctors, and judges. Robinson appeared in 21 films from 1956 to 1973 and in over 110 television productions between 1949 and 1982. He was also credited as Bart Robinson. Early life, radio and stage Bartlett Robinson was born in Manhattan, New York, on December 9, 1912. He began his career in entertainment in 1933 when he and his friends formed a performance group called the "Sunday Players," who later drove across country together to Los Angeles, California, in hopes of finding steady work. There Robinson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Cahill (actor)
Barry Cahill (May 28, 1921 – April 9, 2012) was a Canadian-born American film, theater and television actor, whose professional career spanned more than fifty years. His film credits included ''Grand Theft Auto'', and ''Sweet Bird of Youth''. His television roles included ''The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters'', ''The Young and the Restless'', ''Dynasty'', and '' Santa Barbara''. Early life Cahill was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on May 28, 1921, to Stephen and Theresa Cahill. Career He portrayed Sam Powers on ''The Young and the Restless'' soap opera during the mid-1970s. On television he appeared regularly during the 1960s through early 1980s, on such network shows as ''Rescue 8'' (in 3 episodes), ''Perry Mason'' (2), ''Have Gun – Will Travel'' (6), '' Bonanza'' (2), ''Ben Casey'' (2), '' 12 O'Clock High'' (4), '' The Virginian'' (5), '' Mission: Impossible'' (3), '' Gunsmoke'' (4), ''The Rookies'' (2), '' Ironside'' (9), '' Kolchak: The Night Stalker'' (2), ''The S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molly Dodd
Molly Dodd (November 11, 1921 — March 26, 1981) was an American actress. Biography Born as Mary Elise Dodd in Los Angeles, California to Rev. Neal Dodd (September 6, 1879 — May 26, 1966) and Lila Elsie Dodd (née Weaver; September 12, 1889 — March 28, 1949), her father was a priest of the Anglo-Catholic Episcopal Church. Dodd began her career on the Los Angeles stage in 1939, debuting in a revival of the play ''The Cradle Song'' with the Westwood Theatre Guild. Her performance in ''The Penguin'' (1940), at the Call Board Theatre in Hollywood, was reviewed as demonstrating unusual eccentric comedy gifts. That same year, she appeared in ''And Eternal Darkness'' at the Call Board and the review read, "Molly Dodd as the love interest was appealing." In February 1947, Dodd received a citation from the USO for her performance in Noël Coward's ''Private Lives'' at United States Army camps. She acted in numerous stage productions through the years, including summer stock in La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amzie Strickland
Amzie Ellen Strickland (January 10, 1919 – July 5, 2006) was an American character actress who began in radio, made some 650 television appearances, had roles in two dozen films, appeared in numerous television movies, and also worked in TV commercials. Radio Strickland began as a radio actress during the old-time radio era, and her various radio roles included those shown in the table below. Television Strickland appeared (sometimes on a recurring basis) on such programs as ''Adam-12'', '' Dragnet'', with Jack Webb, ''Gunsmoke'', ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''I Love Lucy'', ''Make Room for Daddy,'' ''The Twilight Zone'', ''My Three Sons'', '' Leave It To Beaver'', ''Gunsmoke'', ''Gomer Pyle USMC'', '' Mission: Impossible'', ''Alias Smith & Jones'', ''Happy Days'', ''Carter Country'', ''Bonanza'', ''The Golden Girls'', '' The Facts of Life'', ''The Jeffersons'', ''Three's Company'', '' ER'', ''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'', '' 7th Heaven'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Brooke
Walter Brooke (born Gustav William Tweer Jr., October 23, 1914 – August 20, 1986) was an American actor. Career Brooke's film career stretched from ''You're in the Army Now'' (1941 to '' Jagged Edge'' (1985). One of his best-remembered roles was that of Mr. McGuire, a friend of Benjamin Braddock's parents in ''The Graduate'' (1967), who confides one sacred word to young Benjamin: "Plastics." Brooke portrayed District Attorney Frank Scanlon in the television series ''The Green Hornet''. He also played Clarence Johnson in ''The Waltons'', Walter Montgomery in '' Paradise Bay'', Billy Herbert in ''One Man's Family'', and Judge Howe in '' The Lawyers''. Brooke appeared in three episodes of ''The Incredible Hulk'' as Mark Roberts, an editor for the fictional ''National Register''. (The Character of Mark Roberts first appeared in the Season 2 episode "Stop the Presses" and was played by actor Richard O' Brien.) He played several naval officers in ''McHale's Navy'' and an unnamed dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Aidman
Charles Leonard Aidman (January 21, 1925 – November 7, 1993) was an American actor of stage, film, and television. Early life Aidman was born in Frankfort, Indiana, the son of George E. and Etta (Kwitny) Aidman. Aidman graduated from Frankfort High School and attended DePauw University prior to serving in the United States Navy during World War II. After the war he returned to his home state and graduated from Indiana University. Career Aidman guest-starred on NBC's '' The Virginian'' in the episode "The Devil's Children" and twice on the NBC western series '' The Californians''. He also appeared twice on ''Richard Diamond, Private Detective''. He portrayed a bounty hunter on the ABC's western series ''Black Saddle''. He was cast in CBS's fantasy drama, '' Twilight Zone'', in the episodes "And When the Sky Was Opened" and " Little Girl Lost." He also guest-starred on five other western series: the ABC/Warner Brothers series '' Colt .45''; ABC's '' The Rebel'', NBC's ''Riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Henteloff
Alex Henteloff (born May 23, 1942) is an American actor. Born in Los Angeles, California, Henteloff has appeared mostly on television in guest-starring roles. He portrayed the attorney Arnold Drake Ripner in a recurring role (in a total of 7 episodes) on the television series ''Barney Miller''. He appeared as Doug Porterfield in 14 episodes of '' The Betty White Show'' (1977-78). His many TV appearances include ''I Spy'', '' Mannix'', '' Streets of San Francisco'' (3 episodes), ''Baretta'', ''Family Ties'', ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', '' McCloud'', ''Cannon'', '' Ironside'', ''M*A*S*H'', ''Pistols 'n' Petticoats'', '' Charlie's Angels'', ''Dynasty'' (2 episodes)'','' '' Murder, She Wrote'', ''Soap'', ''Quincy, M.E.'', ''Night Court'' (4 episodes), '' ALF'', '' Melrose Place'', ''Simon & Simon'' (4 episodes), ''Hill Street Blues'', '' St. Elsewhere'', '' Columbo'' and ''The Young Rebels'' (in which he co-starred in its 15-episode run, in 1970). Henteloff appeared in the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
