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WUSA (film)
''WUSA'' is a 1970 American drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg and starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Perkins, Laurence Harvey, Cloris Leachman and Wayne Rogers. It was written by Robert Stone, based on his 1967 novel '' A Hall of Mirrors''. The story involves a radio station in New Orleans with the eponymous call sign that is apparently involved in a right-wing conspiracy. It culminates with a riot and stampede at a patriotic pep rally when an assassin on a catwalk opens fire. Plot Rheinhardt, a cynical drifter, gets a job as an announcer for WUSA, a conservative talk radio station in New Orleans. He is content to parrot WUSA's reactionary editorial stance on the air, even if he does not agree with it. Rheinhardt finds his cynical detachment challenged by a woman he meets in a bar, Geraldine, and by Rainey, a neighbor and troubled idealist who becomes aware of WUSA's sinister, hidden purpose. And when events start spinning out of control, even Rheinhardt finds h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Rosenberg
Stuart Rosenberg (August 11, 1927 – March 15, 2007) was an American film and television director whose motion pictures include '' Cool Hand Luke'' (1967), ''Voyage of the Damned'' (1976), ''The Amityville Horror'' (1979), and ''The Pope of Greenwich Village'' (1984).Noalnd, Claire (March 18, 2007)Stuart Rosenberg, 79; TV, film director.''Los Angeles Times'' He was noted for his work with actor Paul Newman. Early life Rosenberg studied Irish literature at New York University, and began working as an apprentice film editor while in graduate school. Career After advancing to film editor, he began directing with episodes of the television series ''Decoy'' (1957–1959), starring Beverly Garland as an undercover police woman. It was the first police series on American television built around a female protagonist. Over the next two years, Rosenberg directed 15 episodes of the police-detective series '' Naked City'' (1958–1963), which like ''Decoy'' was shot in New York City. Meanwh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama Film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis) characters. In this broader sense, drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifton James
George Clifton James (May 29, 1920 – April 15, 2017) was an American actor known for roles as a prison floorwalker in ''Cool Hand Luke'' (1967), Sheriff J.W. Pepper alongside Roger Moore in the James Bond films '' Live and Let Die'' (1973) and '' The Man with the Golden Gun'' (1974), the sheriff in '' Silver Streak'' (1976), a Texas tycoon in ''The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training'' (1977), and the owner of the scandalous 1919 Chicago White Sox baseball team in ''Eight Men Out'' (1988). Early life James was born in Spokane, Washington, the son of Grace (née Dean), a teacher, and Harry James, a journalist. He grew up in Oregon in the Gladstone area of Clackamas County. James was a decorated World War II United States Army veteran. He served as an infantry platoon sergeant with Co. "A" 163rd Infantry, 41st Division. He served forty-two months in the South Pacific from January 1942 until August 1945. His decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, and two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Baylor
Hal Harvey Fieberling (born Hal David Britton); December 10, 1918 – January 15, 1998 known professionally as Hal Baylor, was an American actor, probably best known for his role as Pvt. 'Sky' Choynski in the film '' Sands of Iwo Jima''. In 1956, he portrayed “Dolph Timble” in James Arness's TV Western Series '' Gunsmoke'' in the episode “Hack Prine” (S1E26). In addition to his acting career, he was also a boxer, with a record of 52-5 as an amateur and 16-8-3 as a professional. Baylor was born in San Antonio, Texas, and died in Los Angeles. Partial filmography * ''Joe Palooka in Winner Take All'' (1948) - Sammy Talbot * '' The Set-Up'' (1949) - Tiger Nelson (as Hal Fieberling) * '' The Crooked Way'' (1949) - Coke * '' Yes Sir, That's My Baby'' (1949) - Pudge Flugeldorfer * '' Sands of Iwo Jima'' (1949) - Pvt. 'Sky' Choynski (as Hal Fieberling) * ''Destination Big House'' (1950) - Bill Storm (uncredited) * ''Dial 1119'' (1950) - Lt. 'Whitey' Tallman * ''Joe Palooka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Edwards
Geoffrey Bruce Owen Edwards (February 13, 1931 – March 5, 2014) was an American television actor, game show host, and radio personality. Starting in the early 2000s, he was also a writer and broadcaster on the subject of travel. Background Prior to his media career, Edwards was an accomplished musician, playing drums in a number of jazz bands. Edwards began his career while attending Duke University, working for a radio station in Albany, New York. In 1959, Edwards got his first job at KFMB-AM in San Diego, hosting an evening show and co-hosting the ''Don Ross/Geoff Edwards Show''. As a news reporter for KHJ-AM radio, Edwards was present in the basement of Dallas police headquarters when Jack Ruby shot suspected John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963. Edwards was one of the witnesses interviewed by NBC television correspondent Tom Pettit on the scene. In its 11th annual radio selections for the Best of 1967 column, ''The Los Angeles Times'' select ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skip Young (actor)
Ronald Bix Plumstead (March 14, 1930 – March 17, 1993) was an American film and television character actor. He was best known for playing "Wally Plumstead" in the American sitcom television series ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'' from 1957 to 1966. Skip Young appeared as George Allison in Father Knows Best episode "Bud Lives it Up" in 1960. Life and career Young was born in San Francisco, California. He began his career at the age of four, in which he appeared in the 1934 short film ''No More West'', having to appear with Bert Lahr. Young later made his debut on television in 1952, after spending eight years acting on radio. In 1957, he won the role of Wally Plumstead, Rick's fraternity brother and best friend, on ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'', and remained on the show through its final season in 1966. Ozzie Nelson hired Plumstead for the role of Wally after seeing him perform in "McDonald's Farm" at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Vista, California. Ozzie and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Quarry
Robert Walter Quarry (November 3, 1925 – February 20, 2009) was an American actor, known for several prominent horror film roles. Life and career Quarry was born in Santa Rosa, California, the son of Mable (née Shoemaker) and Paul Quarry, a doctor. His grandmother was an actress. He left school at the age of 14 to pursue a career in radio. During World War II in November 1943, Quarry joined the United States Army, where he formed a theatrical troupe. After the war he acted again, first for RKO and then for MGM. His films include ''Count Yorga, Vampire'' (1970), its sequel ''The Return of Count Yorga'' (1971), and '' Dr. Phibes Rises Again'' (1972), in which he played alchemist Dr. Biederbeck pitted against Vincent Price's Phibes in a race to find the mythical elixir of eternal life. Price reportedly did not care for his co-star — once, when Quarry was singing in his dressing room during the making of ''Dr Phibes Rises Again'', he said to Price, "You didn't know I coul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leigh French
Leigh French (born July 14, 1945) is an American actress. Early life French was born in Ashland, Kentucky. Career In her early career as a regular on ''The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour'' of the late-1960s, French portrayed a hippie named Goldie O'Keefe. The character was originally introduced, in an ostensible studio-audience interview segment, as Goldie Keif; both "Goldie" and "Keif" were slang terms for marijuana at the time. Reportedly, the slight name change to O'Keefe when she became a semi-regular was at the television network's insistence. Her segment of the show was called "Share a Little Tea with Goldie." At the time, "sharing tea" was a popular euphemism for getting high on marijuana. Following suit, her segment consisted largely of "helpful" household advice loaded with sex and drug-related double entendres. French played a similar character, a San Francisco hippie type named Cobalt-Blue, in a 1968 episode ("Tag, You're It") of the ''I Spy'' series. She and Rob Rei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Supremacy
White supremacy or white supremacism is the belief that white people are superior to those of other races and thus should dominate them. The belief favors the maintenance and defense of any power and privilege held by white people. White supremacy has roots in the now-discredited doctrine of scientific racism and was a key justification for European colonialism. As a political ideology, it imposes and maintains cultural, social, political, historical, and/or institutional domination by white people and non-white supporters. In the past, this ideology had been put into effect through socioeconomic and legal structures such as the Atlantic slave trade, Jim Crow laws in the United States, the White Australia policies from the 1890s to the mid-1970s, and apartheid in South Africa. This ideology is also today present among neo-Confederates. White supremacy underlies a spectrum of contemporary movements including white nationalism, white separatism, neo-Nazism, and the Christ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reactionary
In political science, a reactionary or a reactionist is a person who holds political views that favor a return to the ''status quo ante'', the previous political state of society, which that person believes possessed positive characteristics absent from contemporary society. As a descriptor term, ''reactionary'' derives from the ideological context of the left–right political spectrum. As an adjective, the word ''reactionary'' describes points of view and policies meant to restore a past ''status quo ante''.''The New Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thought'' Third Edition, (1999) p. 729. In ideology, reactionism is a tradition in right-wing politics; the reactionary stance opposes policies for the social transformation of society, whereas conservatives seek to preserve the socio-economic structure and order that exists in the present. In popular usage, ''reactionary'' refers to a strong traditionalist conservative political perspective of a person opposed to social, political, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drifter (person)
A drifter is a vagrant who moves from place to place without a fixed home or employment. Drifter(s) or The Drifter(s) may also refer to: Films and television Films * ''The Drifter'' (1917 film), an American film directed by Fred Kelsey * ''The Drifters'' (film), a 1919 American film starring J. Warren Kerrigan * ''Drifters'' (1929 film), a British documentary by John Grierson * ''The Drifter'' (1929 film), an American film starring Tom Mix * ''The Drifter'' (1932 film), an American film directed by William A. O'Connor * ''The Drifter'' (1944 film), an American Western Billy the Kid film directed by Sam Newfield * ''The Drifter'' (1988 film), an American film starring Kim Delaney and Timothy Bottoms * ''Drifters'' (2003 film), a Chinese film directed by Wang Xiaoshuai * ''The Drifter'' (2010 film), a German film directed by Tatjana Turanskyj * ''Drifters'' (2011 film), an Italian drama starring Asia Argento * ''Drifters'' (2015 film), a Swedish film * ''Drifter'' (film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
