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The Five Forty-Eight
''The Five Forty Eight'' is a 1979 American television adaptation of John Cheever's short story of the same name, directed by James Ivory. Cast * Laurence Luckinbill as Blake * Mary Beth Hurt as Miss Dent * Laurinda Barrett as Louise Blake * Dale Hodges as Receptionist * Kathy Keeney as Anne Blake * Philip Scher as Charlie Blake * Jon De Vries as Henry Watkins * Nicholas Luckinbill as Tad Watkins * Ann McDonough as June Thorpe * Robert Hitt as Price * Tiger Haynes George "Tiger" Haynes (December 13, 1914 - February 14, 1994), sometimes billed as Colonel Tiger Haynes, was an American actor of musical theatre, television and film and jazz musician. He was born in Frederiksted, United States Virgin Islands, F ... as Guard * Susan Hovey as Girl in elevator * John Ramsey as Bartender * John Harkins as Trace Bearden * Adam Petroski as Conductor External links Official Site from Merchant Ivory* 1979 television films 1979 films American television films Films direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jac Venza
Jac Venza (born 1926/1927) is an American public television producer who is directly responsible for most of the theatre and music programs that have been seen on PBS since its creation in 1970. From the early 1960s until his retirement in 2005, Venza brought such programs as ''NET Playhouse'', ''Live from Lincoln Center'', ''American Playhouse'', ''American Masters'', and ''Great Performances'' to millions of viewers. He won a Personal Peabody Award in 1998. May 1999. He began his career on in the 1950s, where he began to notice the scarcity of programming devoted to the |
Philip Scher
Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularized the name include kings of Macedonia and one of the apostles of early Christianity. ''Philip'' has many alternative spellings. One derivation often used as a surname is Phillips. It was also found during ancient Greek times with two Ps as Philippides and Philippos. It has many diminutive (or even hypocoristic) forms including Phil, Philly, Lip, Pip, Pep or Peps. There are also feminine forms such as Philippine and Philippa. Antiquity Kings of Macedon * Philip I of Macedon * Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great * Philip III of Macedon, half-brother of Alexander the Great * Philip IV of Macedon * Philip V of Macedon New Testament * Philip the Apostle * Philip the Evangelist Others * Philippus of Croton (c. 6th centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |