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The Continental (New York City Venue)
The Continental may refer to: * ''The Continental'' (1952 TV series), a 1952–53 television series on CBS * ''The Continental'' (miniseries), an upcoming television series on Peacock * "The Continental" (''Saturday Night Live''), a recurring sketch on the NBC program * "The Continental" (song), a popular song and winner of the first Academy Award for Best Song in 1934 * ''The Continental'', a 1987 film directed by John Godber and Martin Shardlow * ''The Continental'' (U.S. Supreme Court case), a U.S. Supreme Court case of 1872; see volume # 81, case # 345 * "The Continental", a song by Prince from the '' Love Symbol Album'' * The Continental, a fictional hotel in the '' John Wick'' franchise * Hook Continental, a passenger train running between London's Liverpool Street Station and Harwich Parkestone Quay See also * Continental (other) * Hotel Continental (other) The Hôtel Continental is the former name of a hotel in Paris, France, now known as The We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Continental (1952 TV Series)
''The Continental'' is an American television series that aired on CBS in 1952. It starred Renzo Cesana in the title role. The 15-minute program was shown on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11:15pm, at the end of the night's prime time schedule. Synopsis The series used a subjective camera, as Cesana spoke directly to women in the viewing audience in a suave manner, with each episode a different romantic rendezvous, accompanied by lounge music played by Eddie Baxter on an electronic organ. Occasionally, Cesana would recite the lyrics to a song. In an era when advertisers and advertising agencies played major roles in program creation and sponsorship, the show began as a syndicated 15-minute radio show created, written and produced by agency owner Cesana on Los Angeles station KHJ in February 1951. It directly followed ''The Lonesome Gal'', a nationally syndicated radio show in which host Jean King played records and spoke in a soothing monologue to male listeners. ''The Continent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Continental (miniseries)
''The Continental'' is an upcoming miniseries developed by Greg Coolidge, Kirk Ward and Shawn Simmons that serves as a prequel spinoff in the ''John Wick'' franchise. Coolidge and Ward will write and serve as showrunners for the series, which will premiere on Peacock. The first and third episodes will be directed by Albert Hughes, and Mel Gibson is set to star in the show. Premise ''The Continental'' tells the background story of how Winston Scott came to his position as proprietor of The Continental hotel in the 1970s and establishes it as a safe haven for assassins where no business may take place. It explores real-world events, including the Great Garbage Strike and the American Mafia's rise to economic power. Cast * Colin Woodell as Winston Scott * Mel Gibson as Cormac * Hubert Point-Du Jour as Miles * Jessica Allain as Lou * Mishel Prada as KD * Nhung Kate as Yen * Ben Robson as Frankie * Peter Greene as Uncle Charlie * Ayomide Adegun as Charon * Jeremy Bobb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Continental (Saturday Night Live)
"The Continental" is a recurring sketch on ''Saturday Night Live'' (SNL) featuring Christopher Walken. The first sketch aired on the eleventh episode of the fifteenth season, January 20, 1990. History It is a parody of Renzo Cesana, who starred in a 1952–1953 CBS series, '' The Continental''. The series used a subjective camera, and Cesana spoke directly to women in the viewing audience. Cesana's show was subjected to many parodies, including ''Mad'' magazine's "The Countynental" (which was also the name used in a parody by Ernie Kovacs), Red Skelton's "The Transcontinental", and Floyd Vivino's "Ricardo Romantico." The premise of the ''SNL'' sketch is that Walken is a "suave ladies' man" who in reality can't say or do anything to keep women from giving him the cold shoulder, typically due to a number of perverse actions that often border on sexual predation. For instance, he invites a woman to wash up in his bathroom. Once she is inside, it becomes obvious that the bathroo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Continental (song)
"The Continental" is a dance to a song written by Con Conrad with lyrics by Herb Magidson, and was introduced by Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire in the 1934 film ''The Gay Divorcee''. "The Continental" was the first song to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song. It was performed by Lillian Miles. Other recordings *Major record hits at the time of introduction included Lud Gluskin, Jolly Coburn, and Leo Reisman. *In 1952 Harry James released a recording on the album ''Hollywood's Best'' ( Columbia B-319 and CL-6224) with Rosemary Clooney on vocals. *A later version by Maureen McGovern reached number 16 on the UK Singles Chart in 1976. *Steve Howe recorded it as a duet with on ''The Steve Howe Album ''The Steve Howe Album'' is Yes guitarist Steve Howe's second solo album. It was released in 1979. The album features Yes band members Alan White, Bill Bruford and Patrick Moraz. Also featured is Jethro Tull's former drummer Clive Bunker on pe ...'' in 1979. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Godber
John Harry Godber (born 18 May 1956) is known mainly for observational comedies. The ''Plays and Players Yearbook'' of 1993 rated him the third most performed playwright in the UK after William Shakespeare and Alan Ayckbourn. He has been creative director of the Theatre Royal Wakefield since 2011. Biography Godber, born in Upton, West Riding of Yorkshire, trained as a teacher of drama at Bretton Hall College, which is affiliated to the University of Leeds, and became artistic director of Hull Truck Theatre Company in 1984. Before venturing into plays, he was head of drama at Minsthorpe High School, the school he had attended as a student, and then wrote for the TV series ''Brookside'' and ''Grange Hill''. While he was at Minsthorpe he taught future actors Adrian Hood (''Preston Front'', '' Up 'n' Under'' film) and Chris Walker (''Doctors'', '' Coronation Street''). A 1993 survey for ''Plays and Players'' magazine cited Godber as the third most performed playwright in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Continental (U
The Continental may refer to: * ''The Continental'' (1952 TV series), a 1952–53 television series on CBS * ''The Continental'' (miniseries), an upcoming television series on Peacock * "The Continental" (''Saturday Night Live''), a recurring sketch on the NBC program * "The Continental" (song), a popular song and winner of the first Academy Award for Best Song in 1934 * ''The Continental'', a 1987 film directed by John Godber and Martin Shardlow * ''The Continental'' (U.S. Supreme Court case), a U.S. Supreme Court case of 1872; see volume # 81, case # 345 * "The Continental", a song by Prince from the '' Love Symbol Album'' * The Continental, a fictional hotel in the ''John Wick'' franchise * Hook Continental, a passenger train running between London's Liverpool Street Station and Harwich Parkestone Quay See also * Continental (other) * Hotel Continental (other) The Hôtel Continental is the former name of a hotel in Paris, France, now known as The Westin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of United States Supreme Court Cases, Volume 81
This is a list of cases reported in volume 81 (14 Wall.) of ''United States Reports'', decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1872, along with a case from 1870 and a case from 1871. Nominative reports In 1874, the U.S. government created the ''United States Reports'', and retroactively numbered older privately published case reports as part of the new series. As a result, cases appearing in volumes 1–90 of ''U.S. Reports'' have dual citation forms; one for the volume number of ''U.S. Reports'', and one for the volume number of the reports named for the relevant reporter of decisions (these are called " nominative reports"). John William Wallace Starting with the 66th volume of ''U.S. Reports'', the Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States was John William Wallace. Wallace was Reporter of Decisions from 1863 to 1874, covering volumes 68 through 90 of ''United States Reports'' which correspond to volumes 1 through 23 of his ''Wallace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Symbol Album
''Love Symbol'' is the fourteenth studio album by American recording artist Prince, and the second of two that featured his backing band the New Power Generation. It was released on October 13, 1992, by Paisley Park Records and Warner Bros. Records. It was originally conceived as a "fantasy rock soap opera" with various spoken segues throughout (with its storyline becoming the basis for Prince's direct-to-video film '' 3 Chains o' Gold''), and contains elements of R&B, funk, pop, rock, and soul. The official title of the album is an unpronounceable symbol depicted on its cover art, which Prince copyrighted under the title "Love Symbol #2", and adopted as his stage name from 1993 to 2000 to protest his treatment by Warner Bros. Records (which had refused to steadily release his back catalog of unreleased music, and trademarked his given name for promotional purposes). The release has been referred to under titles such as ''Love Symbol'', ''Symbol Album'', or ''Symbol''. Its fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wick
''John Wick'' is an American action thriller media franchise created by Derek Kolstad and centering around John Wick, a former hitman who is forced back into the criminal underworld he had abandoned. The franchise began with the release of ''John Wick'' in 2014, followed by two sequels, '' John Wick: Chapter 2'' in 2017 and '' John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum'' in 2019. The three films were considered critical and commercial successes, with a collective gross of more than $587 million worldwide. A fourth installment, '' John Wick: Chapter 4'', is in post-production and has a release date of March 24, 2023. Two spin-offs are in development for a 2023 release: the limited series '' The Continental'', and film ''Ballerina'', while a fifth main installment, originally intended to be shot back-to-back with the fourth film, is also in development. Background John Wick ( Keanu Reeves) was born Jardani Jovonovich in Belarus.''John Wick: Chapter 3: Parabellum'' He was an orphan, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hook Continental
''The Hook Continental'' was a passenger train running between London's Liverpool Street Station and Harwich Parkeston Quay where it connected with the night ferry sailing to the Hook of Holland in the Netherlands. It was introduced as a named express by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1927, and was part of the marketing strategy pushing the concept of almost seamless travel from London overnight to numerous European destinations utilising the company's own ships and the rail connections from the Hook of Holland. Early ferry services The promotion of Harwich as a good railhead for ferry services across the North Sea dates back to the Eastern Counties Railway and from 1869 the Great Eastern Railway (GER) advertised using its services from Liverpool Street to Harwich in conjunction with a ferry service as ''"The shortest, cheapest, and most direct route"'' to a selection of northern European countries, and offered through tickets. A new station adjacent to a deep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Continental (other)
Continental may refer to: Places * Continent, the major landmasses of Earth * Continental, Arizona, a small community in Pima County, Arizona, US * Continental, Ohio, a small town in Putnam County, US Arts and entertainment * ''Continental'' (album), an album by Saint Etienne * Continental (card game), a rummy-style card game * ''Continental'' (film), a 2013 film * Continental Singers, a Christian music organization Companies * Continental AG, a German automotive parts and technologies manufacturer * Continental Airlines, a former American airline * Continental Electronics, an American radio transmitter manufacturer * Continental Films, a German-controlled French film company during the Nazi occupation of France * Continental Illinois, a defunct large bank * Continental Mortgage and Loan Company (later known as Continental, Inc.), the former name of HomeStreet Bank * Continental Motors, Inc., a Chinese manufacturer of aircraft engines * Continental Records, a former American re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
