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The Runaway (Lassie)
This is a complete list of episodes of the ''Lassie'' television series. Created by Robert Maxwell, ''Lassie'' premiered on CBS on September 12, 1954, where it aired for seventeen seasons, before moving to first run syndication for its final two seasons. The final episode of the series aired on March 24, 1973. Maxwell also acted as the show's producer until 1957, when Jack Wrather purchased the production company and show. He would be the show's producer for the rest of its run. The series continued to air in rerun syndication (both on broadcast TV and cable), off and on, for another 50 years. In syndication, the episodes in which Lassie was paired with the Miller family were often aired under the name ''Jeff's Collie'', while the years with the Martin family were sometimes aired under the name ''Timmy & Lassie''. The 591-episode series is generally broken into five parts, based on the ownership of Lassie. The "Miller years" (''Jeff's Collie'') comprise the first three seasons o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lassie Best Of Set
Lassie is a fictional female Rough Collie dog and is featured in a short story by Eric Knight that was later expanded to a full-length novel called ''Lassie Come-Home''. Knight's portrayal of Lassie bears some features in common with another fictional female collie of the same name, featured in the British writer Elizabeth Gaskell's 1859 short story "The Half Brothers". In "The Half Brothers", Lassie is loved only by her young master and guides the adults back to where two boys are lost in a snowstorm. Published in 1940, Knight's novel was filmed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1943 as ''Lassie Come Home'', with a dog named Pal playing Lassie. Pal then appeared with the stage name "Lassie" in six other MGM feature films through 1951. Pal's owner and trainer, Rudd Weatherwax, then acquired the Lassie name and trademark from MGM and appeared with Pal (as "Lassie") at rodeos, fairs, and similar events across America in the early 1950s. In 1954, the long-running Emmy-winning television ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheldon Leonard
Sheldon Leonard Bershad (February 22, 1907 – January 11, 1997) was an American film and television actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. Early life Sheldon Leonard Bershad was born in Manhattan, New York City, the son of middle-class Jewish parents Anna Levit and Frank Bershad. He graduated from Syracuse University in 1929. Career As an actor, Leonard specialized in playing supporting characters, especially gangsters or "heavies". His trademark was his especially thick New York accent, usually delivered from the side of his mouth. (He would often pronounce ''th'' as ''t'' and would say ''er'' as ''oi'', thus he would pronounce ''earth'' as ''oit''.) His breakthrough role was in ''Another Thin Man'' (1939), in which he played a soft-spoken but dangerous murder suspect. From then on he was typecast as smooth gangsters or streetwise guys in such films as ''It's a Wonderful Life'' (1946; as bartender Nick), '' To Have and Have Not'' (1944), ''Guys and Dolls'' (1955) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumner Arthur Long
Sumner Arthur Long (31 March 1921 – 6 January 1993) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and author. He wrote the comedy play '' Never Too Late''. A film adaptation was released in 1965. Long began writing for television in 1951, and wrote many episodes of ''Lassie'', “Father Knows Best,” “The Danny Thomas Show,” “Dobie Gillis,” and “The Donna Reed Show.” References External links ObituaryBiographySumner Arthur Long papers, 1950-1989 held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, at 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, is located in Manhattan, New York City, at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on the Upper West Side, between the Metro ... 1921 births 1993 deaths American dramatists and playwrights People from Boston Death in California {{US-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thelma Robinson
Thelma Robinson (May 9, 1913 – May 2, 1965) was an American film and television writer active from the 1940s through the 1960s. Her credits include films like ''Up Goes Maisie'' and ''Undercover Maisie''. Biography Thelma Merle Snider was born in Keokuk, Iowa, to Willis Snider and Sylvia Wilcox. She was raised by her mother and her stepfather, Hamilton Robinson, whose last name she took on. She spent much of her childhood in Huntington Beach, California. Robinson began working on screenplays in Hollywood by the mid-1940s; her first credit was on 1946's ''Up Goes Maisie'', directed by Harry Beaumont. She also wrote the follow-up film, ''Undercover Maisie'', and later contributed to 1952's ''Because of You''. In the 1950s, after marrying writer-producer George Haight (with whom she had collaborated previously), she concentrated on television, writing episodes of shows like ''Lassie'', ''National Velvet'', and ''Fireside Theatre''. Robinson died in Los Angeles on May 2, 1965, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wells Root
Wells Crosby Root (March 21, 1900 – March 9, 1993) was an American screenwriter and lecturer. In the mid-1930s he was involved with the Screen Writers Guild and in the 1950s the University of Southern California asked him to teach Film and Television Writing Technique, where he worked during the next twenty years. Filmography Films Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Root, Wells 1900 births 1993 deaths American film directors American male screenwriters Screenwriters from New York (state) University of Southern California faculty Writers from Buffalo, New York 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Victor (screenwriter)
David Victor, born David Vikodetz, (August 22, 1910 – October 18, 1989) was an American producer and screenwriter. He won an Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for four more in the categories Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Single Program for his work on the television programs '' The Name of the Game'', ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'' and also the television film ''Vanished''. Victor died in October 1989 of a heart attack in Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ..., at the age of 79. References External links * 1910 births 1989 deaths People from Odesa Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States American film producers American television producers American male screenwriters American television writers American male tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Ford (film Director)
Philip John Ford (né Feeney; October 16, 1900 – January 12, 1976) was an American film director and actor.Obituary, Variety Magazine, January 28, 1976. He directed more than 40 films between 1945 and 1964. He also appeared 16 in films between 1916 and 1926. He was the son of actor/director Francis Ford (actor), Francis Ford and the nephew of director John Ford."Searching For John Ford: A Life", Joseph McBride, page 727. He was born with the family name Feeney in Portland, Maine, and only later took on the family name of "Ford" after his father and uncle had. He died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * ''The Mystery Ship'' (1917) * ''The Silent Mystery'' (1918) * ''The Mystery of 13'' (1919) * ''The Great Reward'' (1921) * ''According to Hoyle (film), According to Hoyle'' (1922) * ''Thundering Hoofs (1922 film), Thundering Hoofs'' (1922) * ''Perils of the Wild'' (1925) * ''Officer 444'' (1926) * ''The Blue Eagle'' (1926) * ''Crime of the Century (1946 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Geraghty
Maurice Geraghty (September 29, 1908 – June 30, 1987) was an American screenwriter, film director and producer. Early life Geraghty was the son of Tom Geraghty. His brother Gerald was also a screenwriter; and his sister was silent film actress and painter Carmelita Geraghty. After writing a variety of serials and films for Republic Pictures, several of Geraghty's screenplays were used by major studios. He began a career as a producer for RKO Pictures producing several of the Falcon film series. Geraghty returned to screenwriting and made his directing debut with ''The Sword of Monte Cristo'' (1951). He entered television as both teleplaywright and director. Selected filmography * ''The Adventures of Rex and Rinty'' (1935) * ''The Phantom Empire'' (1935) * '' The Fighting Marines'' (1935) * ''Undersea Kingdom'' (1936) * ''The Vigilantes Are Coming'' (1936) * ''Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island'' (1936) * ''Hit the Saddle'' (1937) * '' The Mysterious Rider'' (1938) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inez Asher
Inez Asher (née Inez Harriett Silverberg; January 1, 1911 – May 8, 2006) was a novelist and television writer. Early years Inez Asher was the only child of Minor Silverberg, a Des Moines, Iowa real estate agent, and Edna Harris Silverberg. When Inez was six years old, General Frederick Funston was holding her in his arms as he collapsed and died from a heart attack in the lobby of The St. Anthony Hotel in San Antonio, Texas. Inez was a member of the class of 1928, Theodore Roosevelt High School, attended Miss Orton's Classical School for Girls and UCLA; she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in her junior year. Radio and television writer Asher co-wrote the episode "Robert E. Lee" for the ''Famous Children of History'' radio program. With Emilie Roberts, Asher composed a short lecture, "Irene Talking." Asher wrote "The Last Orchid", the first episode of the Philco Players television program (1948). Asher wrote for the 1954 televised series of ''Lassie''. and wrote the ''Wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Selander
Lesley Selander (May 26, 1900 – December 5, 1979) was an American film director of Western (genre), Westerns and adventure film, adventure movies. His career as director, spanning 127 feature films and dozens of TV episodes, lasted from 1936 to 1968. Before that, Selander was assistant director on films such as ''The Cat and the Fiddle (film), The Cat and the Fiddle'' (1934), ''A Night at the Opera (film), A Night at the Opera'' (1935), and Fritz Lang's ''Fury (1936 film), Fury'' (1936). To this day Selander remains one of the most prolific directors of feature Westerns in cinema history, having taken the helm for 107 Westerns between his first directorial feature in 1936 and 1967. Lesley Selander at IMDb. In 1956 he was nominated for the Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, for his w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollingsworth Morse
John Hollingsworth Morse (December 16, 1910 – January 23, 1988) was an American film and television director. He directed episodes of a wide variety of U.S. television series from the 1950s through the 1980s under the names Hollingsworth Morse and John H. Morse, including ''McHale's Navy'', '' The Ghost & Mrs. Muir'', ''Adam-12'', ''The Dukes of Hazzard'', ''H.R. Pufnstuf'', ''Mystery Island'' and ''Rocky Jones, Space Ranger''. Hollingsworth also directed a lesser number of feature films throughout his career, including ''Daughters of Satan'' and the 1972 adaptation of the children's novel ''Justin Morgan Had a Horse''. Early career Morse began his career in the casting department of Paramount Pictures, and eventually began to work closely with director George Stevens. During World War II, Stevens was Morse's commanding officer in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. In that capacity, Morse traveled with Stevens's unit through Europe and helped capture footage of the Battle of Norma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Amateau
Rodney Amateau (December 20, 1923 – June 29, 2003) was an American film and television screenwriter, director, and producer. Career Among the programs that he directed were ''The Dennis Day Show'', ''The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show'', ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis'', ''Mister Ed'', ''Gilligan's Island'', ''The Bob Cummings Show'' and ''The New Phil Silvers Show''. He produced ''My Mother the Car'' and '' Supertrain'', and wrote the story for the 1988 film ''Sunset''. Amateau also directed a few episodes of ''The Dukes of Hazzard'', and appeared in a handful of episodes as an actor as well. In 1987, he directed, produced and co-wrote ''The Garbage Pail Kids Movie'', which is considered to be one of the worst films ever made. Personal life From 1945 to 1949, he was married to actress Coleen Gray, who sued him for child support in 1955. From 1959 to 1962, he was married to Sandra Burns, daughter of George Burns and Gracie Allen. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
