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Rounder Records Artists
Rounder(s) or The Rounder(s) may refer to: Film and television *The Rounders (1914 film), ''The Rounders'' (1914 film), American two-reel silent comedy with Charlie Chaplin *''The Rounder'', 1930 American two-reel comedy in Jack Benny filmography *The Rounders (1965 film), ''The Rounders'' (1965 film), American Western comedy *The Rounders (TV series), ''The Rounders'' (TV series), 1966–67 American sitcom based on 1965 film *Rounders (film), ''Rounders'' (film), 1998 American drama about high-stakes poker Music *The Holy Modal Rounders, American folk music duo formed in 1963, a/k/a The Rounders *Rounder Records, American label founded in 1970 *The Rounders (band), American rock group formed in 2000 *The Rounder Girls, Austrian trio competing in Eurovision Song Contest 2000 Sports and games *Rounders, bat-and-ball game played in England since Tudor era *Rounder, see Glossary of poker terms#Rounder, glossary of poker terms *Rounder, see Glossary of bets offered by UK bookmake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rounders (1914 Film)
''The Rounders'' is a 1914 comedy short starring Charlie Chaplin and Roscoe Arbuckle. The film involves two drunks who get into trouble with their wives, and was written and directed by Chaplin. Plot A drunk reveller, Mr. Full, returns home to a scolding from his wife. Then his equally inebriated neighbor, Mr. Fuller, comes home and starts a fight with his wife. When Mrs. Full hears the physical altercation across the hall (Mr. Fuller starts strangling his wife after she hits him), she sends her husband to investigate. The two wives begin arguing, while Mr. Full and Mr. Fuller seize the opportunity to steal their wives’ money and flee together to a cafe, where they also cause trouble. When their spouses find them, they escape to a leaky rowboat on a pond. Safely out of reach of their wives and the victims of the commotion they caused, they fall asleep, oblivious to the rising water into which they eventually disappear. Cast * Charlie Chaplin as Mr. Full * Roscoe Arbuckle as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Benny Filmography
This is a list of films featuring comedian Jack Benny. Benny's career lasted from the early 20th century until his death in 1974. In Jack Benny's first film, he starred along with Conrad Nagel John Conrad Nagel (March 16, 1897 – February 24, 1970) was an American film, stage, television and radio actor. He was considered a famous matinée idol and leading man of the 1920s and 1930s. He was given an Honorary Academy Award in 1940, a ... as master of ceremonies in '' The Hollywood Revue of 1929'', which was a big role for Jack at the time. Benny would not start getting well known until his own radio program in 1934. ''The Hollywood Revue'' is also the oldest known form of Jack Benny in color, with the last sequence being filmed originally in color, which was common for a musical in 1929. References {{reflist Benny, Jack Benny, Jack Jack Benny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rounders (1965 Film)
''The Rounders'' is a 1965 American Western comedy film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda. It is based on the 1960 novel of the same name by Max Evans. Plot Ben Jones and Marion "Howdy" Lewis are two easygoing, modern-day cowboys who make a meager living breaking wild horses. Their frequent employer is Jim Ed Love, a shrewd businessman who always gets the better of them. After they bring him a string of tamed horses and spend the winter rounding up stray cows, he talks them into taking an undistinguished roan horse in lieu of some of their wages. To his great and frequent discomfort, Ben finds that the horse is unrideable. Rather than turning the horse into soap or dog food, he decides to take it to a rodeo and bet other cowhands that they cannot ride it, thereby doubling his and Howdy's earnings. Along the way, the duo stop to help two dimwitted strippers, Mary and Sister, with their car, which has broken down. Not knowing much about cars, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rounders (TV Series)
''The Rounders'' is an American Western-style sitcom about two cowboys on the fictitious J.L. Ranch in Texas. Cast * Ron Hayes as Ben Jones *Chill Wills Theodore Childress "Chill" Wills (July 18, 1902 – December 15, 1978) was an American actor and a singer in the Avalon Boys quartet. Early life Wills was born in Seagoville, Texas, on July 18, 1902. Career Wills was a performer from early c ... as Jim Ed Love * Patrick Wayne as Howdy Lewis Episodes References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rounders (Tv Series), The 1960s Western (genre) television series 1960s American sitcoms 1966 American television series debuts 1967 American television series endings Television shows set in Texas Live action television shows based on films American English-language television shows Television series by MGM Television American Broadcasting Company sitcoms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rounders (film)
''Rounders'' is a 1998 American drama film about the underground world of high-stakes poker, directed by John Dahl and starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton. The story follows two friends who need to win at high-stakes poker to quickly pay off a large debt. The term " rounder" refers to a person traveling around from city to city seeking high-stakes card games. ''Rounders'' opened to mixed reviews and was moderately successful at the box office. Following the poker boom in the early 2000s, the film became a cult hit. A novelization of the film was written by Kevin Canty and released by Hyperion Books. Plot New York City law student and gifted poker player Mike McDermott dreams of winning the World Series of Poker. At an underground Texas hold 'em game run by Russian mobster Teddy "KGB", an overconfident Mike loses his entire $30,000 bankroll in a single hand. Shaken, he promises his girlfriend and fellow student Jo he has quit poker, and concentrates on law schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Holy Modal Rounders
The Holy Modal Rounders was an American folk music group, originally the duo of Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber, who formed in 1963 on the Lower East Side of New York City. Although they achieved only limited commercial and critical success in the 1960s and 1970s, they quickly earned a dedicated cult following and have been retrospectively praised for their groundbreaking reworking of early 20th century folk music as well as their pioneering innovation in several genres, including freak folk and psychedelic folk. With a career spanning 40 years, the Holy Modal Rounders proved to be influential both in the New York scene where they began and to subsequent generations of underground musicians. As the Holy Modal Rounders, Stampfel and Weber began playing in and around the Greenwich Village scene, at the heart of the ongoing American folk music revival. Their sense of humor, irreverent attitude, and novel update of old-time music brought support from fellow musicians but was cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rounder Records
Rounder Records is an independent record label founded in 1970 in Somerville, Massachusetts, by Marian Leighton Levy, Ken Irwin, and Bill Nowlin. Focused on American roots music, Rounder's catalogue of more than 3000 titles includes records by Alison Krauss and Union Station, George Thorogood, Tony Rice, and Béla Fleck, in addition to re-releases of seminal albums by artists such as the Carter Family, Jelly Roll Morton, Lead Belly, and Woody Guthrie. "Championing and preserving the music of artists whose music falls outside of the mainstream," Rounder releases have won 54 Grammy Awards representing diverse genres, from bluegrass, folk, reggae, and gospel to pop, rock, Americana, polka and world music. Acquired by Concord in 2010, Rounder is based in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2016, The Rounder Founders (Levy, Irwin and Nowlin) were inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame. History Beginnings Rounder was founded by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin, and Marian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rounders (band)
The Rounders was an American roots rock/blues rock band, based in Oklahoma City, that formed during the summer of 2000. The original line-up consisted of Brian Whitten (vocals, kazoo), Dave Spindle (guitar), Ryan Taylor (guitar), Adam Enevoldsen (bass), and Stuart Williamson (drums). Their first album, ''Little Bitty Can of Worms'', independently released in 2003, was recorded at Bell Labs Recording Studio in Norman, Oklahoma. The album is an eclectic mix of original jug band music, hokum, alt.country, Chicago style and Mississippi Delta blues. Shortly after the release of ''Little Bitty Can of Worms'', bassist/songwriter Adam Enevoldsen left the band to pursue other musical endeavors. The group subsequently became a four-piece with Dave Spindle taking over the bass duties. 2004 saw the independent release of their second album, ''Now-a-Day Songs''. The title of the album came from a book of poetry, ''Now-A-Day Poems'', by early 20th-century poet Philander Chase Johnson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rounder Girls
Austria was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song "All to You", written by Dave Moskin, and performed by the group the Rounder Girls. The Austrian participating broadcaster (ORF), internally selected its entry for the contest. The broadcaster announced that it had internally selected the Rounder Girls as its representative, while "All to You" was presented to the public on 29 February 2000 during the ORF programme ''Metropol''. Austria competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 13 May 2000. Performing as the closing entry during the show in position 24, Austria placed fourteenth out of the 24 participating countries, scoring 34 points. Background Prior to the 2000 contest, (ORF) has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Austria thirty-seven times since its first entry in . It has won the contest on one occasion: with the song "" performed by Udo Jürgens. Its least successful result has been last place, achieved on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rounders
Rounders is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams. Rounders is a striking and fielding team game that involves hitting a small, hard, leather-cased ball with a wooden, plastic, or metal bat that has a cylindrical end. The players score by running around the four bases on the field.National Rounders Association – History of the Game in an Archive.org snapshot from 2007 Played in England since Tudor period, Tudor times, it is referenced in 1744 in the children's book ''A Little Pretty Pocket-Book'' where it was called baseball, Base-Ball. The name baseball was superseded by the name rounders in England, while other modifications of the game played elsewhere retained the name baseball. The game is pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glossary Of Poker Terms
The following is a glossary of poker terms used in the card game of poker. It supplements the glossary of card game terms. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon poker slang terms. This is not intended to be a formal dictionary; precise usage details and multiple closely related senses are omitted here in favor of concise treatment of the basics. A ; ace in the hole : One of the hole cards is an ace ; ace-to-five, ace-to-six : Methods of evaluating low hands. See lowball. ; act : To make a play (check, bet, call, raise, or fold) at the required time, compare to '' in turn''. ; acting out of turn : A player in poker that either announces their actions or physically plays before their turn (checks, folds etc.). Sometimes players act out of turn intentionally to get a read out of other players. When done intentionally, this is often referred to as "angle shooting." See angle shooting. ; action : A player's turn to act; a willingness to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
