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The Dark Secret Of Harvest Home
''The Dark Secret of Harvest Home'' is a 1978 American television horror- thriller miniseries, produced by Universal Television and directed by Leo Penn, that aired January 23–24, 1978 on NBC. The screenplay was based on the 1973 novel '' Harvest Home'' by Tom Tryon and is largely faithful to the original material. Cast * Bette Davis as Widow Fortune * David Ackroyd as Nick Constantine * Joanna Miles as Beth Constantine * Rosanna Arquette as Kate Constantine * René Auberjonois as Jack Stump * John Calvin as Justin Hooke * Norman Lloyd as Amys Penrose * Stephen Joyce as Robert Dodd * Linda Marsh as Maggie Dodd * Michael Durrell as Ty Barth * Steve Gustafson as Jimmy Minerva * Michael O'Keefe as Worthy Pettinger * Grayce Grant as Mrs. Pettinger (Worthy's mother) * Martin Shakar as David Adwell * Laurie Prange as Sophie Hooke * Lina Raymond as Tamar Penrose * Tracey Gold as Missy Penrose * Bill Balhatchet and Kathleen Howland as Fred and Asia Minerva Release The miniserie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystery (genre)
Mystery is a fiction genre where the nature of an event, usually a murder or other crime, remains mysterious until the end of the story. Often within a closed circle of suspects, each suspect is usually provided with a credible motive and a reasonable opportunity for committing the crime. The central character is often a detective (such as Sherlock Holmes), who eventually solves the mystery by logical deduction from facts presented to the reader. Some mystery books are non-fiction. Mystery fiction can be detective stories in which the emphasis is on the puzzle or suspense element and its logical solution such as a whodunit. Mystery fiction can be contrasted with hardboiled detective stories, which focus on action and gritty realism. Mystery fiction can involve a supernatural mystery in which the solution does not have to be logical and even in which there is no crime involved. This usage was common in the pulp magazines of the 1930s and 1940s, whose titles such as ''Dime Mystery' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thriller Film
Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. Tension is created by delaying what the audience sees as inevitable, and is built through situations that are menacing or where escape seems impossible. The cover-up of important information from the viewer, and fight and chase scenes are common methods. Life is typically threatened in a thriller film, such as when the protagonist does not realize that they are entering a dangerous situation. Thriller films' characters conflict with each other or with an outside force, which can sometimes be abstract. The protagonist is usually set against a problem, such as an escape, a mission, or a mystery. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identifies thriller films as one of eleven super-genres in his screenwriters' taxonomy, claiming that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sci-Fi Channel
Syfy (formerly Sci-Fi Channel, later shortened to Sci Fi; stylized as SYFY) is an American basic cable channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBCUniversal through NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. Launched on September 24, 1992, the channel broadcasts programming relating to the science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres. As of January 2016, Syfy is available to 92.4 million households in America. History In 1989, in Boca Raton, Florida, communications attorneys and cable TV entrepreneurs Mitchell Rubenstein and his wife and business partner Laurie Silvers devised the concept for the Sci-Fi Channel, and signed up 8 of the top 10 cable TV operators as well as licensing exclusive rights to the British TV series ''Doctor Who'' (which shifted over from PBS to Sci-Fi Channel), ''Dark Shadows'', and the cult series ''The Prisoner''. In 1992, the channel was sold by Rubenstein and Silvers to USA Networks, then a joint venture between Paramou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turner Network Television
TNT (originally an abbreviation for Turner Network Television) is an American basic cable television channel A television channel is a terrestrial frequency or virtual number over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the terrestrial or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with ... owned by the List of assets owned by Warner Bros. Discovery#Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks, Warner Bros. Discovery Networks unit of Warner Bros. Discovery that launched on October 3, 1988. TNT's original purpose was to air classic films and television series to which Turner Broadcasting maintained spillover rights through its sister station TBS (American TV channel), TBS. Since June 2001, the network has shifted its focus to Drama (film and television), dramatic television series and feature films, along with some sporting events (including ''National Basketball Association, NBA'', ''National Hockey League, NHL'', the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Card Sharks
''Card Sharks'' is an American television game show. It was created by Chester Feldman for Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions. The game features two contestants who attempt to predict the outcome of survey questions to gain control of a row of oversized playing cards, then determine whether the next card drawn is higher or lower. The title ''Card Sharks'' is a play on the term "card sharp", a person skilled at card games. The concept has been made into a series four separate times since its debut in 1978, and also appeared as part of CBS's '' Gameshow Marathon''. The show originally ran on NBC from 1978 to 1981 with Jim Perry hosting. The show returned and ran from 1986 to 1989 on CBS with Bob Eubanks as host, accompanied by a syndication production with Bill Rafferty. Gene Wood was the announcer in both the 1970s and 1980s. Another syndicated production aired in 2001 with Pat Bullard as host and Gary Kroeger as announcer. A revival hosted by Joel McHale aired on ABC from Jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracey Gold
Tracey Gold (born May 16, 1969) is an American actress and former child star known for playing Carol Seaver on the 1980s sitcom ''Growing Pains''. Acting career Tracey Gold became an actress at the age of four, first appearing in a Pepsi print ad. She appeared in two canceled series, ''Shirley'' with Shirley Jones in 1979, and '' Goodnight Beantown'', starring Bill Bixby in 1983. Gold was originally cast as the youngest daughter in the original pilot series of the sitcom ''Gimme A Break!'' starring Nell Carter, but was replaced by actress Lara Jill Miller when the show went to series. She played one of Albert Finney and Diane Keaton's four daughters in the feature film ''Shoot the Moon'' (1982). Gold also guest starred on her sister Missy Gold's series ''Benson (TV series), Benson'' in 1985, playing the cousin of Missy's character, Katie Gatling. In 1985, Gold auditioned for the role of Carol Seaver on ''Growing Pains'', but was not initially cast. The actress chosen for the pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Shakar
Martin Shakar (born January 1, 1940) is an American theatre, film and television actor. He was born in Detroit, Michigan to an Armenian/Assyrian family from Adıyaman, Turkey and lives in Brooklyn, New York. A life member of The Actors Studio, Shakar has played in a number of Broadway Martin Shakar Theatre Credits, Retrieved 2011-04-08 and off-Broadway productions. He has appeared four times each in the television shows '' The Equalizer (1985 TV series), The Equalizer'' and '''', but each instance was a different character. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael O'Keefe
Michael O'Keefe (born Raymond Peter O'Keefe, Jr.; April 24, 1955) is an American actor, known for his roles as Danny Noonan in ''Caddyshack'', Ben Meechum in ''The Great Santini,'' for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and Darryl Palmer in the Neil Simon movie ''The Slugger's Wife''. He also appeared as Fred on the television sitcom ''Roseanne'' from 1993 to 1995. Early life, family and education Raymond Peter O'Keefe Jr. was born in Mount Vernon, New York, the oldest of seven children in an Irish American family. He is the son of Stephanie (née Fitzpatrick) and Raymond Peter O'Keefe, who was a law professor at Fordham University and who also taught at St. Thomas University (Florida), St. Thomas University. O'Keefe was raised in Larchmont, New York. He graduated from Mamaroneck High School. He attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and New York University. He holds an Master of Fine Arts, MFA in creative writing from Benning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Durrell
Michael Durrell (born Sylvester Salvatore Ciraulo; October 6, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor. He began his career in the role of attorney Peter Wexler on the CBS soap opera ''The Guiding Light''. In 1969, he appeared on Broadway in ''Cock-A-Doodle-Dandy'' at the Lyceum Theatre. Other television roles were as police Lieutenant Moraga in the short-lived CBS crime drama '' Shannon'' (1981–1982), starring Kevin Dobson in the title role, and then as Nicholas Stone from 1984-1985 on CBS's '' Alice''. Another well-known role was in 1983 in the NBC science fiction miniseries called '' V'' and the 1984 sequel '' V: The Final Battle'' as Robert Maxwell and reprised his role in the first two episodes of '' V: The Series''. He played D.A. Lloyd Burgess on the hit TV series '' Matlock'' from 1986 to 1990, and as Dr. John Martin, the father of Donna Martin on the hit Fox TV series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', in which he had a recurring role. He guest starred in the '' Star T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Marsh
Linda Marsh (born Linda Cracovaner; February 8, 1939) is an American actress of film, stage, and television. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Elia Kazan's 1963 film ''America, America''. Early years Marsh was born in New York City to Arthur Cracovaner, a physician, and Liska March, a former Ziegfeld girl, Ziegfeld dancer. She chose Marsh as her stage last name because the actors' union already had a Linda March as a member. Marsh attended a private school in New York and Bennington College. She left Bennington after two years to pursue a career in acting. Career Marsh became one of the actresses who were regularly romanced by the stars of TV series, including ''The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'' (S3E21, "The It's All Greek to Me Affair", 1967 Feb 03); ''I Spy (1965 TV series), I Spy''; ''The Wild Wild West'' (S1E14, "The Night of the Howling Light", 1965 Dec 17); ''Mannix'' (S1E4, "The Many Deaths of Saint Christopher", 1967 October 7; ''It Takes a Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Lloyd
Norman Nathan Lloyd (' Perlmutter; November 8, 1914 – May 11, 2021) was an American actor, producer, director, and centenarian with a career in entertainment spanning nearly a century. He worked in every major facet of the industry, including theatre, radio, television, and film, with a career that started in 1923. Lloyd's final film, '' Trainwreck'', was released in 2015, after he turned 100. In the 1930s, he apprenticed with Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theatre and worked with such influential groups as the Federal Theatre Project's Living Newspaper unit, the Mercury Theatre, and the Group Theatre. Lloyd's long professional association with Alfred Hitchcock began with his performance portraying a Nazi agent in the film ''Saboteur'' (1942). He also appeared in '' Spellbound'' (1945), and was a producer of Hitchcock's anthology television series '' Alfred Hitchcock Presents''. Lloyd directed and produced episodic television throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. As a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Calvin (actor)
John Calvin (born November 29, 1947) is an American film and television actor. He played Howie Dickerson in the short-lived television sitcom ''The Paul Lynde Show''. He also played Justin Hooke in the miniseries ''The Dark Secret of Harvest Home'' and Reverend Willie Boom in the adventure drama ''Tales of the Gold Monkey. Calvin guest-starred in numerous television programs including ''Taxi'', ''Night Court'', ''Quantum Leap'', ''The A-Team'', ''Murder, She Wrote'', '' In the Heat of the Night'' and ''Hart to Hart ''Hart to Hart'' is an American mystery television series that premiered on August 25, 1979, on ABC. The show stars Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers as Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, respectively, a wealthy couple who lead a glamorous jetset lifes ...''. Filmography Film Television References External links * * *Rotten Tomatoes profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Calvin, John 1947 births People from Staten Island Male actors from New York City American ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
