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The Evil (1978 Film)
''The Evil'' (also known as ''Cry Demon'' and ''House of Evil'') is a 1978 American supernatural horror film directed by Gus Trikonis and starring Richard Crenna, Joanna Pettet, Andrew Prine and Victor Buono. Its plot follows a husband-and-wife team of doctors who attempt to open a rehabilitation center in a mansion built over a gateway to hell. Plot Psychiatrist C.J. Arnold buys an abandoned mansion, once owned by a Civil War general named Emilio Vargas, which was built over hot sulfur pits. There, he plans to set up a drug rehab center. C.J. recruits a group of volunteers to help clean up and renovate the large house. Almost immediately, C.J.'s wife, Dr. Caroline Arnold, senses a presence that starts to manifest as a ghostly apparition. Soon thereafter, more strange and eerie things start to happen which start to agitate the volunteers, along with the resident dog. Later on, C.J. discovers a trap door in the basement, which he opens up and unknowingly unleashes a menacing s ...
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Gus Trikonis
Gus Trikonis (born Kostas Tritchonis; November 21, 1937) is an American actor, dancer, and director. Career Trikonis began his career as an actor and dancer, notably appearing in the hugely successful 1961 film ''West Side Story (1961 film), West Side Story'' as Indio, one of the "Sharks", as well as dancing with Debbie Reynolds and Grover Dale to the frantic "He's My Friend" in 1964's ''The Unsinkable Molly Brown (film), The Unsinkable Molly Brown''. Although originally unbilled, on December 3, 1968, Trikonis got his second biggest exposure in front of any audience (the first being in the aforementioned ''West Side Story'', seen at US theatres by about 61 million moviegoers) as one of two main (out of five) male dancers who do Elvis Presley's choreography as he sings a Gospel medley as part of a widely watched NBC-TV Special entitled "Elvis". As a director, Trikonis handled several projects from the late 1960s to the early 1980s, mostly low-budget "exploitation films". He made ...
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Circular Saw
A circular saw is a power-saw using a toothed or abrasive disc or blade to cut different materials using a rotary motion spinning around an arbor. A hole saw and ring saw also use a rotary motion but are different from a circular saw. ''Circular saws'' may also be loosely used for the blade itself. Circular saws were invented in the late 18th century and were in common use in sawmills in the United States by the middle of the 19th century. A circular saw is a tool for cutting many materials such as wood, masonry, plastic, or metal and may be hand-held or mounted to a machine. In woodworking the term "circular saw" refers specifically to the hand-held type and the table saw and chop saw are other common forms of circular saws. "Skilsaw" and "Skil saw" have become generic trademarks for conventional hand-held circular saws. Circular saw blades are specially designed for each particular material they are intended to cut and in cutting wood are specifically designed for making ...
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Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the United States. The publication has won more than 40 Pulitzer Prizes. It is owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by the Times Mirror Company. The newspaper’s coverage emphasizes California and especially Southern California stories. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to labor unions, the latter of which led to the bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. In recent decades the paper's readership has declined, and it has been beset by a series of ownership changes, staff reductions, and other controversies. In January 2018, the paper's staff voted to unionize and final ...
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Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ...
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The San Francisco Examiner
The ''San Francisco Examiner'' is a newspaper distributed in and around San Francisco, California, and published since 1863. Once self-dubbed the "Monarch of the Dailies" by then-owner William Randolph Hearst, and flagship of the Hearst Corporation chain, the ''Examiner'' converted to free distribution early in the 21st century and is owned by Clint Reilly Communications, which bought the newspaper at the end of 2020 along with the ''SF Weekly''. History Founding The ''Examiner'' was founded in 1863 as the ''Democratic Press'', a pro- Confederacy, pro-slavery, pro-Democratic Party paper opposed to Abraham Lincoln, but after his assassination in 1865, the paper's offices were destroyed by a mob, and starting on June 12, 1865, it was called ''The Daily Examiner''. Hearst acquisition In 1880, mining engineer and entrepreneur George Hearst bought the ''Examiner''. Seven years later, after being elected to the U.S. Senate, he gave it to his son, William Randolph Hearst, who was ...
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San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of California cities by population, fourth most populous in California and List of United States cities by population, 17th most populous in the United States, with 815,201 residents as of 2021. It covers a land area of , at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City, and the County statistics of the United States, fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. Among the 91 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income (at $160,749) and sixth by aggregate income as of 2021. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include ''SF'', ''San Fran'', ''The '', ''Frisco'', and '' ...
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Ed Bakey
William Edward Baekey (November 13, 1925 – May 4, 1988) was an American film and television actor. Life and career Bakey was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, and moved to Baltimore at an early age. He attended Baltimore City College, graduating in 1943, and began his acting career in 1945 at the Hilltop Theatre. He later moved to New York to perform at the Provincetown Playhouse. He then worked as an announcer for the television station WBAL-TV and as a director for a radio station. In 1957 he appeared on the CBS television station WJZ-TV as the clown "Pop-Pop" in ''The Jack Wells Show''. He also played the folk singer Eddie Greensleeve in Mike Wallace's program. In 1966, he played George Beenstock in the Broadway play ''Walking Happy''. Bakey returned to television work in 1967, appearing in the western television series ''Death Valley Days''. He guest-starred in television programs including ''Gunsmoke'', '' Mission: Impossible'', ''The F.B.I.'', ''The Big Valley'', ' ...
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Milton Selzer
Milton Selzer (October 25, 1918 – October 21, 2006) was an American stage, film, and television actor. Early life Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, Selzer and his family moved to Portsmouth, New Hampshire where he was raised. After graduating from Portsmouth High School, he attended the University of New Hampshire before serving in World War II. After the war, Selzer moved to New York to train at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and The New School. Career Selzer's acting career began with small parts on Broadway. After moving to Hollywood in 1960, he began a prolific career as a character actor making many guest appearances in film and television. Stage Selzer's Broadway credits include ''Tiger at the Gates'' (1955), ''Once Upon a Tailor'' (1954), ''Arms and the Man'' (1950), and ''Julius Caesar'' (1950). Television Selzer's many television roles included appearances on ''The Twilight Zone'', where he portrayed an alien in "Hocus-Pocus and Frisby", and as the miserly son-i ...
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Robert Viharo
Robert Viharo (born August 14, 1942) is an American actor. He made an early appearance in 1966 as Harry in ''Dark Shadows''. He is known for his role in '' Valley of the Dolls'' (1967) in the part of a Broadway director. He had the starring role as Zachary Kane in the action film ''Bare Knuckles'' (1977). He also played the part of Col. Ernesto Dorio in the film ''Romero'' (1989). Television From 1966 to 1991, he appeared in numerous television shows. In ''Dark Shadows'' in 1966, he played the part of Harry. In the same year, he was in '' The Fugitive''. In the '' Gunsmoke'' episode "The Sodbusters" (1972), he played the part of the gunslinger Dick Shaw. In ''The High Chaparral'' episode "Alliance" (1969), he played the part of Johhny Ringo. The 1980s saw him in such shows as ''Hardcastle and McCormick'' in the "Black Widow" episode, ''TJ Hooker'' playing the part of John Simone in the "Funny Money" episode, ''Hill Street Blues'' in the "Last Chance Salon" episode, and starring ...
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Mary Louise Weller
Mary Louise Weller (born September 1, 1946) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Mandy Pepperidge in the popular 1978 film ''Animal House''. She has also guest-starred in such television series as ''Starsky & Hutch'', ''Fantasy Island'', ''B.J. and the Bear'', '' Supertrain'', and ''CHiPs'', as well as appearing in Larry Cohen's film, '' Q''. Life and career Mary Louise Weller was born in New York City and was raised in Los Angeles's Westwood area. The famed entertainer Danny Kaye was her godfather. The onetime top New York model made her film debut with an uncredited role in the 1973 Al Pacino cop drama ''Serpico''. In 1978 Weller starred as a beautiful marine biologist in the made-for-TV film ''Hunters of the Reef'' (1978), and then as professor Andrew Prine's college student lover in the haunted house horror film '' The Evil'' (1978). She achieved perhaps her greatest enduring cult movie renown with her performance as prissy and uptight sororit ...
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Lynne Moody
Emmalyn Paulette Moody (born February 17, 1950), known professionally as Lynne Moody, is an American film and television actress. Beginning her career in the early 1970s, Moody is best known her roles as Tracy Curtis–Taylor in the ABC television sitcom ''That's My Mama'' (1974–1975), Irene Harvey in ''Roots'' (1977), '' Roots: The Next Generations'' (1979), and Patricia Williams in ''Knots Landing'' (1988–1990). Biography Early life and education Born in Detroit, Michigan, Moody was raised in Evanston, Illinois, a north suburb of Chicago, Illinois. Moody's mother was a social worker, her father worked as a doctor for a Chicago-area hospital. For high school, Moody attended Evanston Township High School, graduating in 1963. Moody worked as a stewardess prior to relocating to Los Angeles for her acting career. Career In 1970, Moody moved to Los Angeles where she was initially hired to work as a playboy bunny at a Playboy Club. While working at the Playboy Club, Moody studied ...
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