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The Seesaw Girl And Me
''The Seesaw Girl and Me'' (New Path Press, 2004) is a memoir by actor Dick York. There is a foreword written by his wife Joan "Joey" York, the “seesaw girl” of the title. York died in 1992, but before his death, at the age of 63, he had suffered from emphysema and a debilitating spinal condition, and he would tape-record his late-night recollections of his life. The memoir focuses on his childhood, courtship, and marriage, with little information about his acting co-stars. Content York recalls his early life in Indiana, growing up during the Depression of the 1930s, and fishing with his Grandma Snyder. He became a juvenile radio actor, and when he was fifteen he met his future wife when she was twelve-years-old. In 1943 York took over the lead role on the radio series ''That Brewster Boy''. After that he moved to New York, obtained Broadway roles, and began appearing on television. York married, and became the father of five children. He and Joan "Joey" York remained a " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seesaw Girl And Me (book Cover)
''The Seesaw Girl and Me'' (New Path Press, 2004) is a memoir by actor Dick York. There is a foreword written by his wife Joan "Joey" York, the “seesaw girl” of the title. York died in 1992, but before his death, at the age of 63, he had suffered from emphysema and a debilitating spinal condition, and he would tape-record his late-night recollections of his life. The memoir focuses on his childhood, courtship, and marriage, with little information about his acting co-stars. Content York recalls his early life in Indiana, growing up during the Depression of the 1930s, and fishing with his Grandma Snyder. He became a juvenile radio actor, and when he was fifteen he met his future wife when she was twelve-years-old. In 1943 York took over the lead role on the radio series ''That Brewster Boy''. After that he moved to New York, obtained Broadway roles, and began appearing on television. York married, and became the father of five children. He and Joan "Joey" York remained a " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick York
Richard Allen York (September 4, 1928 – February 20, 1992) was an American radio, stage, film, and television actor. He was the first actor to play Darrin Stephens on the ABC fantasy sitcom ''Bewitched''. He played teacher Bertram Cates in the film '' Inherit the Wind'' (1960). York's career was hampered by a serious back injury he sustained while working on the film ''They Came to Cordura'' in 1959; although his role in ''Bewitched'' was a success, he left the series in 1969 after a further decline in his physical health, and rarely acted thereafter. Early life York was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana to Bernard York, a salesman, and Betty, a seamstress. He grew up in Chicago, where a Catholic nun first recognized his vocal promise. He began his career at the age of 15 as the star of the CBS radio program ''That Brewster Boy''. He also appeared in hundreds of other radio shows and instructional films before heading to New York City, where he acted on Broadway in ''Tea and Sympat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Brewster Boy
''That Brewster Boy'' is an American old-time radio Sitcom, situation comedy. It was broadcast on NBC from September 8, 1941, to March 2, 1942, and on CBS from March 4, 1942, to March 2, 1945. It was also carried on 13 stations in Canada. Overview ''That Brewster Boy'' focused on Jim and Jane Brewster (a prominent couple in a small town), their mischievous son, Joey, and their teenage daughter, Nancy. Joey often found himself in trouble that had been instigated by his friend Chuck. Other characters who were often heard were Phil Hayworth (Nancy's boyfriend), Herbert Clark (who was also fond of Nancy) and Miss Edmond (Joey's English teacher). Quaker Oats Company, Quaker Oats sponsored the program on both networks. A review of the premiere episode in the trade publication ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' praised the actors and the overall program, saying, "Script is excellently written and capably interpreted and abounds in clever comedy." Personnel Marvin Miller (actor), Marv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
They Came To Cordura
''They Came to Cordura'' is a 1959 American Western film co-written and directed by Robert Rossen and starring Gary Cooper, Rita Hayworth, Van Heflin and Tab Hunter. It was based on a 1958 novel by Glendon Swarthout. Plot In 1916, as U.S. soldiers chase after Pancho Villa, Army Major Thomas Thorn (Gary Cooper) is assigned to be a battlefield observer and reward heroism. He has been suggested for this duty by a Colonel Rogers ( Robert Keith), who is 63 years old and impatiently yearning to be promoted to general before mandatory retirement a few months hence. Rogers leads his regiment in an old-fashioned but poorly planned Cavalry charge on Ojos Azules, a villa owned by Adelaide Geary (Rita Hayworth) where Villa's men withdrew after a victory over Mexican government troops, enjoying her hospitality. Thorn, excused from the fighting, observes through his binoculars various acts of heroism by Lt. Fowler (Tab Hunter), Sgt. Chawk (Van Heflin), Cpl. Trubee (Richard Conte) and Pvt. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bewitched
''Bewitched'' is an American fantasy sitcom television series that originally aired for eight seasons on ABC from September 17, 1964, to March 25, 1972. It is about a witch who marries an ordinary mortal man and vows to lead the life of a typical suburban housewife. The show was popular, finishing as the second-rated show in America during its debut season, staying in the top ten for its first three seasons, and ranking in eleventh place for both seasons four and five. The show continues to be seen throughout the world in syndication and on recorded media. ''Bewitched'' was created by Sol Saks under executive producer Harry Ackerman and starred: Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens; Dick York (1964–1969) as Darrin Stephens, her husband (Dick Sargent replaced an ailing York for the final three seasons, 1969–1972); Agnes Moorehead as Endora, Samantha's mother; David White as Larry Tate, Darrin's boss; Irene Vernon (1964–1966) and later Kasey Rogers (1966–1972) as Lou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autobiographies
An autobiography, sometimes informally called an autobio, is a self-written account of one's own life. It is a form of biography. Definition The word "autobiography" was first used deprecatingly by William Taylor in 1797 in the English periodical ''The Monthly Review'', when he suggested the word as a hybrid, but condemned it as "pedantic". However, its next recorded use was in its present sense, by Robert Southey in 1809. Despite only being named early in the nineteenth century, first-person autobiographical writing originates in antiquity. Roy Pascal differentiates autobiography from the periodic self-reflective mode of journal or diary writing by noting that " utobiographyis a review of a life from a particular moment in time, while the diary, however reflective it may be, moves through a series of moments in time". Autobiography thus takes stock of the autobiographer's life from the moment of composition. While biographers generally rely on a wide variety of documents and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
