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Wake Me When The War Is Over
''Wake Me When the War Is Over'' is a 1969 American made-for-television comedy film directed by Gene Nelson and starring Ken Berry and Eva Gabor. It first aired as the ''ABC Movie of the Week'' on October 14, 1969.KEN BERRY: THE NEW KING OF THE RUBE TUBE Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times 30 Mar 1969: s2. Plot The film tells the story of the amazingly naive and inept Lieutenant Roger Carrington (Berry) of the United States Army Air Forces beginning in January 1944 during World War II. After accidentally falling out of a C-47 when attempting to drop airborne leaflet propaganda, he lands in German territory. Escaping pursuing German soldiers, he is hidden by a local baroness named Marlene (Gabor). Luckily, Marlene is against the Nazis, and sympathizes with Carrington, taking him under her wing to recover, and eventually falling in love with him. Unfortunately, when World War II ends, Marlene realizes that Carrington will leave when he finds this out. Not wanting him to go yet, she de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Nelson
Gene Nelson (born Leander Eugene Berg; March 24, 1920 – September 16, 1996) was an American actor, dancer, screenwriter, and director. Biography Born Leander Eugene Berg in Astoria, Oregon, he and his family moved to Seattle when he was one year old. He was inspired to become a dancer during his childhood by watching Fred Astaire in films. After serving in the Army during World War II, during which he also performed in the musical ''This Is the Army'', Nelson landed his first Broadway role in ''Lend an Ear''. His performance earned a Theatre World Award. He also appeared onstage in '' Good News''. Nelson's longtime professional dance partner during the 1950s was actress JoAnn Dean Killingsworth. Nelson co-starred with Doris Day in '' Lullaby of Broadway'' in 1951. He played Will Parker in the film ''Oklahoma!'' In 1959, he appeared in ''Northwest Passage'' as a young man trying to prove his innocence in a murder case. Nelson appeared on the March 17, 1960 episode o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airborne Leaflet Propaganda
Airborne leaflet propaganda is a form of psychological warfare in which leaflets ( flyers) are scattered in the air. Military forces have used aircraft to drop leaflets to attempt to alter the behavior of combatants and non-combatants in enemy-controlled territory, sometimes in conjunction with air strikes. Humanitarian air missions, in cooperation with leaflet propaganda, can turn the populace against their leadership while preparing them for the arrival of enemy combatants. Functions of leaflet propaganda There are six different functions of airborne leaflet propaganda that have been used over the past century: ; Threaten destruction : Warn enemy combatants and non-combatants that their area will be targeted. This has the dual purpose of reducing collateral damage and encouraging enemy combatants and non-combatants (who may be engaged in wartime production) to abandon their duties, reducing the target's military effectiveness. ; Prompt the enemy to surrender : Explain to pros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Comedy Films
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to London's Gatwick Airport, killing 50 of the 62 people on board and two of the home's occupants. * January 14 – An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS ''Enterprise'' near Hawaii kills 27 and injures 314. * January 19 – End of the siege of the University of Tokyo, marking the beginning of the end for the 1968–69 Japanese university protests. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is sworn in as the 37th President of the United States. * January 22 – An assassination attempt is carried out on Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev by deserter Viktor Ilyin. One person is killed, several are injured. Brezhnev escaped unharmed. * January 27 ** Fourteen men, 9 of them Jews, are executed in Baghdad for spying for Israel. ** Rever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Films
The year 1969 in film involved some significant events, with '' Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' dominating the U.S. box office and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time and ''Midnight Cowboy'', a film rated X, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1969 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 14 - Louis F. Polk Jr. becomes president and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer * February 23 - Madhubala dies due to a congenital heart disease, at age 36. * June 22 - American singer and actress Judy Garland dies at age 47 of an accidental barbiturate overdose in London. * July 8 - Kinney National Services Inc. acquire substantially all of the assets of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. * July 13 - Al Pacino's film debut (''Me, Natalie''). * Summer - Last year for prize giving at the Venice Film Festival until it is revived in 1980. From 1969 to 1979, the festival is non-competitive. * A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Television Films
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to London's Gatwick Airport, killing 50 of the 62 people on board and two of the home's occupants. * January 14 – An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS ''Enterprise'' near Hawaii kills 27 and injures 314. * January 19 – End of the siege of the University of Tokyo, marking the beginning of the end for the 1968–69 Japanese university protests. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is First inauguration of Richard Nixon, sworn in as the 37th President of the United States. * January 22 – Attempted assassination of Leonid Brezhnev, An assassination attempt is carried out on Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev by deserter Viktor Ilyin. One person is killed, several are injured. Leonid Brezhnev, Brezhnev es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Situation Hopeless
Situation and its derivations may refer to: Situation Common uses *A concept similar to scenario, relating to a position (location) or a set of circumstances. *A job People * ''The Situation'' (TV personality), nickname of American reality TV personality Michael Sorrentino Arts, entertainment, and media Music * ''Situation'' (album), a 2007 album by Canadian musician Buck 65 * ''Situation'' (song), a 1982 song by British new wave band Yazoo * "Situation", a song by Godsmack from their ''eponymous'' album Television *Situation comedy, abbreviated sitcom, a type of television show Other uses * ''Situation'' (Sartre), a concept by Jean-Paul Sartre * Rhetorical situation, the context of a rhetorical event * Situation awareness, the perception of environmental elements and events * Situation report, abbreviated sitrep Situated * Situated, located * Situated cognition, a theory that posits that knowing is inseparable from doing Situationism * Situationism (psychology), which holds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Hewitt
Alan Hewitt (January 21, 1915 – November 7, 1986) was an American film, television, and stage actor. His most prominent TV roles were Detective Brennan in ''My Favorite Martian'' and the district attorney in ''How to Murder Your Wife''. Early years Hewitt was born and educated in New York City and entered Dartmouth College when he was 15, graduating in 1934. His acting debut was in a school production at age 10. Stage Hewitt first appeared on the New York stage in ''The Taming of the Shrew'' in 1935, starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. He later toured with them in that play. in 1936–37, he appeared again with Lunt and Fontanne in productions of ''Amphitryon 38'' and ''The Sea Gull''. His obituary in ''The New York Times'' noted that he "scored his biggest successes on Broadway in William Saroyan's ''Love's Old Sweet Song'' and John Steinbeck's ''The Moon Is Down.''" During World War II Hewitt served in the US Army's Armed Forces Radio Service from 1943 to 1946. Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parley Baer
Parley Edward Baer (August 5, 1914 – November 22, 2002) was an American actor in radio and later in television and film. Despite dozens of appearances in television series and theatrical films, he remains best known as the original "Chester" in the radio version of ''Gunsmoke'', and as the Mayor of Mayberry (Roy Stoner) in ''The Andy Griffith Show''. Early life, family and education Parley Edward Baer was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He studied drama at the University of Utah. Career Baer had a circus background, but he began his radio career at Utah station KSL. Circus Early in his career, Baer was a circus ringmaster and publicist. He left those roles for military service in World War II. In the 1950s, he had a job training wild animals at Jungleland USA in Thousand Oaks, California. Still later, he served as a docent at the Los Angeles Zoo. Military Baer was commissioned as an officer in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, attaining the rank of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Backus
James Gilmore Backus (February 25, 1913 – July 3, 1989) was an American actor. Among his most famous roles were Thurston Howell III on the 1960s sitcom '' Gilligan's Island,'' the father of James Dean's character in ''Rebel Without a Cause,'' the voice of the nearsighted cartoon character '' Mr. Magoo'', the rich Hubert Updike III on the radio version of '' The Alan Young Show'', and Joan Davis' character's husband (a domestic court judge) on TV's ''I Married Joan''. He also starred in his own show of one season, ''The Jim Backus Show'', also known as ''Hot Off the Wire''. An avid golfer, Backus made the 36-hole cut at the 1964 Bing Crosby Pro-Am tournament. He was inducted to the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Early life Backus was born February 25, 1913, in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in Bratenahl, Ohio, an East Side suburb of Cleveland located on the Lake Erie shore, surrounded by the city on three sides. He was the son of Russell Gould Backus and Daisy Taylor (née ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Conried
Hans Georg Conried Jr. (April 15, 1917 – January 5, 1982) was an American actor and comedian. He was known for providing the voices of George Darling and Captain Hook in Walt Disney's ''Peter Pan'' (1953), Snidely Whiplash in Jay Ward's ''Dudley Do-Right'' cartoons, Professor Waldo P. Wigglesworth in Ward's ''Hoppity Hooper'' cartoons, was host of Ward's "Fractured Flickers" and Professor Kropotkin on the radio and film versions of ''My Friend Irma''. He also appeared as Uncle Tonoose on Danny Thomas' sitcom ''Make Room for Daddy'', and twice on ''I Love Lucy''. Early life Conried was born on April 15, 1917, in Baltimore, Maryland to parents Edith Beryl (née Gildersleeve) and Hans Georg Conried. His Connecticut-born mother was a descendant of Pilgrims, and his father was a Jewish immigrant from Vienna, Austria. He was raised in Baltimore and in New York City. He studied acting at Columbia University and went on to play major classical roles onstage. Conried worked in radio be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danielle De Metz
Danielle De Metz (born 27 July 1938) is a French actress who appeared in movies and television during the 1960s and early 1970s. Career Movie columnist Louella Parsons reported that film director Jean Negulesco met De Metz when he was in Paris, France, and told her to contact him if she came to Hollywood, California. When she came and called him, he had no role available, so he put her in school at 20th Century Fox. De Metz guest starred in such shows as ''Dr. Kildare'', ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', '' The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.'', ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis'', ''The Tab Hunter Show'', ''My Three Sons'', ''I Dream of Jeannie'', ''77 Sunset Strip'', ''Combat!'', '' Lock-Up'', ''Perry Mason'', '' Thriller'', ''I Spy'', ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'', ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' and '' Have Gun - Will Travel''. Her film work includes ''Return of the Fly'' (1959), '' Valley of the Dragons'' (1961), '' The Magic Sword'' (1962), ''Gidget Goes to Rome'' (1963), '' The Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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