Women In Chains
''Women in Chains'' is a 1972 American television film directed by Bernard L. Kowalski for ABC's ''Movie of the Week''. The leading players are Ida Lupino, Belinda Montgomery, Lois Nettleton and Jessica Walter. Plot Parole officer Sandra Parker (Lois Nettleton) becomes aware of the death of one of her cases, Ginger Stratton, at the hands of brutal prison guard Claire Tyson (Ida Lupino). All too aware of Tyson's impeccable record, Parker and her friend, Assistant District Attorney Helen Anderson (Penny Fuller), come to the conclusion that Tyson is basically untouchable. Parker hatches a scheme to expose Tyson by going undercover in prison herself. Helen attempts to persuade her that this is foolish but there is no stopping Sandra. She adopts the name Sally Porter, bleaches her hair and gives herself some needle marks as if she were a drug addict. Helen gives her boss Barney Fielder (John Larch) the appropriate papers for transporting "Sally Porter" to prison, where she finds her ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bernard L
Bernard (''Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "brave, hardy". Its native Old English reflex was ''Beornheard'', which was replaced by the French form ''Bernard'' that was brought to England after the Norman Conquest. The name ''Bernhard'' was notably popular among Old Frisian speakers. Its wider use was popularized due to Saint Bernhard of Clairvaux (canonized in 1174). Bernard is the second most common surname in France. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 42.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Bernard'' were residents of France (frequency 1:392), 12.5% of the United States (1:7,203), 7.0% of Haiti (1:382), 6.6% of Tanzania (1:1,961), 4.8% of Canada (1:1,896), 3.6% of Nigeria (1:12,221), 2.7% of Burundi (1:894), 1.9% of Belgium (1:1,500), 1.6% of Rwanda (1:1,745), 1.2% of Germany ( ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kathy Cannon
Katherine Cannon (born September 6, 1953 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American actress. Career Cannon's early roles included ''Hawaii Five-O'' (episode: "Time and Memories", 10/7/1970); '' Fools' Parade'' (1971); ''Private Duty Nurses'' (1971); ''Women in Chains'' (1972); ''Emergency!'' (1973); and '' Baa Baa Black Sheep''. She appeared in two ''Barnaby Jones'', episodes, titled "Dangerous Summer" (02/11/1975) and "Killer on Campus" (03/24/77), respectively. She appeared in a recurring role on ''CHiPs'' (1978, 1979, and 1981) as female trucker Robbie Davis. She first attracted notice in '' High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane'' (1980) playing Amy Kane. She later played schoolteacher Mae Woodward in the TV series, ''Father Murphy'', and appeared in the sci-fi thriller '' The Hidden'' in 1987. She is currently best known for playing Felice Martin, the cheating and domineering mother of Donna Martin (Tori Spelling), on the long-running teen series, ''Beverly Hills, 90210 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1972 Television Films
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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- ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brian's Song
''Brian's Song'' is a 1971 ABC Movie of the Week that recounts the life of Brian Piccolo (James Caan), a Chicago Bears football player stricken with terminal cancer after turning pro in 1965, told through his friendship with teammate Gale Sayers (Billy Dee Williams). Piccolo's and Sayers's sharply differing temperaments and racial backgrounds made them unlikely to become friends but they did, becoming the first interracial roommates in the history of the National Football League. The film chronicles the evolution of their friendship, ending with Piccolo's death in 1970. The production was such a success on ABC that it was later shown in theaters by Columbia Pictures Thomas, Bob ("TV 'Brian's Song' on movie screens", ''The Dallas Morning News'', April 29, 1972, page 2 with a major premiere in Chicago; however, it was soon withdrawn for lack of business. Critics have called the movie one of the finest television movies ever made.Harry Bowman. "Broadcast Beat V column 'Brian's Song' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Women's Prison (1955 Film)
''Women's Prison'' is a 1955 American film noir crime film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring Ida Lupino, Jan Sterling, Cleo Moore, Audrey Totter, Phyllis Thaxter and Howard Duff. The film is noted today for the appearance of Moore, and for Lupino's performance as the aggressively cruel warden. In the 1980s the film became rather popular, Sony Pictures subsequently released it in the boxed set ''Bad Girls of Film Noir: Volume II'' along with '' Night Editor'', ''One Girl's Confession'' and '' Over-Exposed''. Plot A ruthless superintendent of a prison, Amelia van Zandt, makes life hell for the female inmates. Her rules are rigid and she makes no exceptions. The newcomer Helene Jensen is not a hardened criminal by any means, but a woman convicted of vehicular homicide after she accidentally killed a child. Out of place here, Helene is so distraught that Van Zandt has her placed in solitary confinement. When Helene goes into hysterics, Van Zandt has her put in a straitjacket. He ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Psychotronic Video
''Psychotronic Video'' was a film magazine founded by publisher/editor Michael J. Weldon in 1980 in New York City, covering what he dubbed "psychotronic movies", which he defined as "the ones traditionally ignored or ridiculed by mainstream critics at the time of their release: horror, exploitation, action, science fiction, and movies that used to play in drive-ins or inner city grindhouses." It was published through 2006. Most of the magazine's hundreds of reviews were written by Weldon himself. Other contributors provided career histories/interviews with cult filmmakers and actors such as Radley Metzger, Larry Cohen, Jack Hill, William Rotsler, David Carradine, Sid Haig, Karen Black, and Timothy Carey. Regular features included "Record Reviews" by Art Black, "Spare Parts" (covering fanzines and comics) by Dale Ashmun, and "Never To Be Forgotten", an obituary column. The magazine spawned two books that, like Danny Peary's ''Cult Movies'' trilogy, helped establish a foundation for ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Leonard Maltin's TV Movies & Video Guide
''Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide'' was a book-format collection of movie capsule reviews that began in 1969, was updated biannually after 1978, and then annually after 1986. The final edition was published in September 2014. It was originally called ''TV Movies'', which became ''Leonard Maltin's TV Movies and Video Guide'', and then ''Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide'', before arriving at its final title. Film critic Leonard Maltin edited it and contributed a large portion of its reviews. Features The book used a star rating system. The lowest rating was "BOMB", followed by one and a half stars, rising in half-star increments to a maximum of four stars, and frequently giving out two-and-a-half star ( **1/2 ) reviews. The sole exception to this was '' Naked Gun : The Final Insult'', which was rated with two and one third stars out of four, referencing the film's title. Maltin did not cover direct-to-video films because of their great number (six released each week by 1994) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Noah Keen
Noah Keen (October 10, 1920 – March 24, 2019) was an American film and television actor. Early life Keen was born in Cincinnati, Ohio,and was raised there with his brother Buddy and also had a sister, Helen Keen. He fought in World War II as a bombardier in the Army Air Force and received a Purple Heart during this time. Career Keen made many guest appearances in television series such as ''The Twilight Zone'' in the episodes " The Arrival" and " The Trade-Ins". In 1962 he made two guest appearances on ''Perry Mason''; first as murder victim Harlow Phipps in "The Case of the Crippled Cougar", then as Dr. Stephen Grant in "The Case of the Lurid Letter". In 1962 Keen appeared as Samuel Cole on the TV western '' The Virginian'' in the episode titled "The Accomplice". Other series on which he made guest appearances include '' The Eleventh Hour'', ''Judd for the Defense'', '' Bonanza'', '' Mission: Impossible'', ''The Mod Squad'', ''The Waltons'' and ''The Rockford File ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Joyce Jameson
Joyce Jameson (born Joyce Beverly Kingsley; September 26, 1932 – January 16, 1987) was an American actress, known for many television roles, including recurring guest appearances as Skippy, one of the "fun girls" in the 1960s television series ''The Andy Griffith Show'' as well as "the Blonde" in the Academy Award-winning ''The Apartment'' (1960). Early life Jameson was born Joyce Beverly Kingsley on September 26, 1932, in Chicago. She graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Career Films Jameson began work in the early 1950s with numerous uncredited roles in films and television. She made her film debut in 1951 playing a chorus girl dancer in the motion picture ''Show Boat''. Other notable film credits of that early period included ''Problem Girls'' (1953), ''Tip on a Dead Jockey'' (1957) and ''The Apartment'' (1960). In 1962, she starred with Vincent Price and Peter Lorre in the Roger Corman horror film ''Tales of Terror'' as Annabel Herringbone. She played ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Judy Strangis
Judy Ann Strangis (born December 23, 1949) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in two ABC television series ''Room 222'' (1969–1974) and ''Electra Woman and Dyna Girl'' (1976–1977). __TOC__ Early years Strangis is a native of California. She attended University High School in West Los Angeles. Her brother Sam was a director, producer, and studio executive, and her cousin Greg wrote for television. Singer Helen Grayco is her aunt. Her sister, Linda (known professionally as Cindy Malone) was a singer and actress. Career Acting Strangis' first appearance was in the 1957 movie ''Dragoon Wells Massacre'', when she was seven years old. For the next 27 years, she was regularly cast in small and guest starring roles in television shows. In 1969, Judy was cast as high school student Helen Loomis in the popular ABC show ''Room 222''. She played this role for four years. In 1976, she was cast as the sidekick super heroine DynaGirl in the Saturday morning TV s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |