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The Dream Makers
''The Dream Makers'' is a 1975 American made-for-television drama film starring James Franciscus, Diane Baker, John Astin, Ron Thompson, Kenny Rogers and directed by Boris Sagal. It aired on January 7, 1975 on the NBC television network. Plot A university professor with big dreams launches a career in the music industry, eventually running his own record label. To ensure radio stations play run his recording artists' music he illegally pays off deejays and in doing so runs the risk of destroying everything he's built. Cast * James Franciscus as Sammy Stone * Diane Baker as Mary Stone * John Astin as Manny Wheeler * Kenny Rogers as Earl * Mickey Jones as Jesse * Jamie Donnelly as Sally * Devon Ericson as Carol * Steven Keats as Barry * Michael Lerner as Mike * Ron Thompson as Dave * John Lupton as Dean Halder * Lois Walden as Jo * Erica Yohn as Helen * Ron Rifkin as Herb Reception Steven Puchalski wrote on ''Shock Cinema'':A boring, middle-class family man gets addicted to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Sagal
Boris Sagal (October 18, 1923 – May 22, 1981) was an American television and film director. Early life and career Born in Yekaterinoslav, Ukrainian SSR (now known as Dnipro, Ukraine) to a Ukrainian-Jewish family, Sagal immigrated to the United States. Sagal's TV credits include directing episodes of ''The Twilight Zone'', '' T.H.E. Cat'', ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', ''Night Gallery'', '' Columbo: Candidate for Crime'', ''Peter Gunn'', and ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.''. He also directed the 1972 television adaptation of Percy MacKaye's play '' The Scarecrow'', for PBS. He was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards for his direction of the miniseries '' Rich Man, Poor Man'' and, posthumously, ''Masada''. Sagal directed the 1971 science fiction film ''The Omega Man'', starring Charlton Heston in the lead role, and ''The Dream Makers''. There is a directing fellowship in his name at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts. Shortly before his death, Sagal's miniseri ... [...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] |
The Rooftop Singers
The Rooftop Singers were an American country folk-singing trio in the early 1960s, best known for the hit "Walk Right In". The group was composed of Erik Darling and Bill Svanoe (vocals, guitar) with former jazz singer Lynne Taylor (vocals). Career Darling put the group together in June 1962, specifically to record an updated and uptempo version of a 1929 Gus Cannon folk blues song, "Walk Right In". The trio recorded the song for Vanguard Records, with updated lyrics and an arrangement featuring paired 12-string acoustic guitars. The record became the most successful single in Vanguard's history. In the U.S., the song was No. 1 for two weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in early 1963. Bronson, Fred (2003). ''The Billboard Book of #1 Hits'', 5th Edition (Billboard Publications) It spent five weeks atop the Easy Listening chart, which later became known as the Adult Contemporary chart.Hyatt, Wesley (1999). ''The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits'' (Billboard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, music that is played on traditional instruments, music about cultural or national identity, music that changes between generations (folk process), music associated with a people's folklore, or music performed by custom over a long period of time. It has been contrasted with commercial and classical styles. The term originated in the 19th century, but folk music extends beyond that. Starting in the mid-20th century, a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music. This process and period is called the (second) folk revival and reached a zenith in the 1960s. This form of music is sometimes called contemporary folk music or folk rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Case Of Rape
''A Case of Rape'' is a 1974 American made-for-television drama film starring Elizabeth Montgomery and Ronny Cox. It premiered on NBC on February 20, 1974. The film tells the story of a wife and mother who is raped twice by the same man and her ordeals dealing with the actual rape and her subsequent dealing with the police and the trial. Plot Ellen Harrod appears to have a happy marriage to David, although his frequent work-related absences are beginning to take a toll on her. While taking night school classes with her neighbor and best friend, Marge Bracken, she is introduced to Larry Retzliff. Ellen and Marge accept a ride home from Retzliff the same night while David is away. Once Ellen is in her apartment, Retzliff arrives claiming car trouble and asks to use the phone. When Ellen lets him in, he overpowers and rapes her. Unable to reach David by phone, and emotionally unable to report the crime, Ellen decides to put the attack behind her, and tries through three showers to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Failing Of Raymond
''The Failing of Raymond'' is a 1971 American made-for-television psychological thriller film starring Jane Wyman (in her television film debut), Dean Stockwell, Dana Andrews, Paul Henreid and Murray Hamilton. It aired as the ''ABC Movie of the Week'' on November 27, 1971. Plot Raymond is a disturbed young man who escapes from a psychiatric hospital with a plot to exact revenge on his former teacher, whom he believes unjustly failed him on a high school exam 10 years earlier. The failing grade kept him from graduating from high school, causing Raymond's life to begin a downward spiral for which he blames the teacher, Miss Mary Bloomquist. As Raymond stalks Mary on the eve of her retirement, the authorities are trying to find him, but they have no idea where he is going. In spite of the visions in his head and having been diagnosed as a “paranoiac”, Raymond does not seem especially threatening, presenting a calm (if somewhat distracted) demeanor marked by a notably polite ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Rifkin
Ron Rifkin (born Saul M. Rifkin; October 31, 1939) is an American actor best known for his roles as Arvin Sloane on the spy drama ''Alias'', Saul Holden on the drama '' Brothers & Sisters'', and District Attorney Ellis Loew in ''L.A. Confidential''. Personal life Saul M. Rifkin was born in New York City to Miriam and Herman Rifkin, who was born in Russia. He is the oldest of three children. He was raised as an Orthodox Jew and remains Jewish though he left Orthodoxy at the age of 32. His wife, Iva Rifkin, owns a fashion design business. Career In 2001, Rifkin's association with Touchstone Television began when he played intelligence agent Arvin Sloane in ''Alias'', opposite Jennifer Garner. From 2006 to 2011, he played second-in-command businessman Saul Holden on ''Brothers & Sisters'', opposite Sally Field. He also played Bonnie Franklin's second boyfriend Nick on '' One Day at a Time.'' He was a series regular during the sixth season. In the season 7 premiere, "Alex Moves In", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erica Yohn
Erica Yohn (October 1, 1928 – January 27, 2019) was an American stage and television actress. Yohn had many bit parts in film and television, such as '' Pee-wee's Big Adventure'', and television shows, such as '' Rhoda'', '' ER'', '' Murphy Brown'', ''Double Rush'', and ''Picket Fences''. She voiced Mama Mousekewitz in ''An American Tail'' and its first two sequels. From 1971 to 1972, she was a member of the Broadway cast of '' Lenny'', playing various roles, including Sadie Kitchenberg alias Sally Marr, the mother of Lenny Bruce, directed by Tom O'Horgan. She also appeared on Broadway in the original play ''That Summer - That Fall'' (1967), an English-language revival of Federico García Lorca's play ''Yerma'' (1966–67), the musical ''Cabaret'' (1966–69), and revivals of such classics as ''The Alchemist'' (1966) and '' The Country Wife'' (1965–66). Personal life and death Yohn was born Adella (later known as "Adele") Erica Fishman, the younger child of Jacob and Soni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lois Walden
Lois Walden (born February 8, 1946) is an American author, singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, performer & teaching artist for The Acting Company. She is the author of two novels: ''One More Stop'', a 2012 finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Debut Fiction and Waterstones New Voices finalist, and ''Afterworld'' published in 2013 in the UK and in May 2014 in the US by Arcadia Books. Walden is also a teaching artist for The Acting Company in New York, and devotes part of each year working in inner city schools, and other artistically deprived populations, educating teachers, students and audiences about process drama & creativity. In 1994, Walden co-created, directed, co-wrote, and hosted the inaugural season of SongmastersInsideOut, a thirteen-week series of live performances at the Algonquin Hotel's Oak Room celebrating the great masters of songwriting and the stars who made their music famous. As a singer, songwriter and record producer Walden has made th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lupton
John Rollin Lupton (August 23, 1928 – November 3, 1993) was an American film and television actor. Early years Lupton was the son of Adelma Lupton and Dorothy Marsh Lupton. He developed an interest in drama while he was a student at Shorewood High School in Shorewood, Wisconsin. He pursued acting via an apprenticeship with a stock theater company in New York, and after graduating he toured with the Strawbridge Children's Theater Company. Career After graduating from New York's American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Lupton acted with stock companies in Ocean City, New Jersey, and Saratoga Springs, New York. Lupton was tall, lanky and handsome very much like James Stewart or Henry Fonda but never achieved similar fame while accumulating over 260 credits in film productions and on television. He was signed as a contract player at MGM in Hollywood and made his first film appearance in '' On the Town'' in 1949. He co-starred in 1956 with Fess Parker in Disney's ''The Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Keats
Steven Keats (born Steven Paul Keitz; February 6, 1945 – May 8, 1994) was an American actor who appeared in such films as '' Death Wish'' (as Charles Bronson's character's son-in-law), '' Black Sunday'' and the Chuck Norris thriller ''Silent Rage''. Early life and education Keats was born in the Bronx to Francis (née Rebold) and Daniel David Keitz. His father was born in Copenhagen, Denmark to Polish Jewish parents from Warsaw. His mother was born in New York, also to a Polish Jewish family. As a small child his father was the proprietor of a camera store and the family lived on Bryant Avenue in the South Bronx. He grew up in Canarsie, Brooklyn, New York. At the time of his graduation from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1962 he was living in Bay View Houses, a public housing project.Ancestry.com. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016 atabase on-line Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. After serving a tour of duty in Vietnam with the United States Air Force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devon Ericson
Devon Ericson is an American actress and cover singer. Early years Ericson was born in Salt Lake City and was named for Devon, England. Her mother, Audrey Planty, won British ice-skating championships and toured with the Ice Follies in the United States. Her father was an American of Swedish descent. They separated when Ericson was 8 years old, and she moved with her mother to San Diego, where her mother operated an ice rink. As a youngster, Ericson participated in contests in speech and debate. She attended the school of performing arts at United States International University in San Diego and later studied at its satellite campus at Ashdown Park, England. Career Ericson first performed professionally in England, acting in ''As You Like It'' and dancing in a revue. She came to the United States to act in the play ''Pajama Tops'' in Philadelphia. After that, debuted on American television as John-Boy Walton's girlfriend on ''The Waltons.''. Also on TV, she portrayed Betsy O'N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
