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Serial (1980 Film)
''Serial'' is a 1980 American comedy film produced by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay, by Rich Eustis and Michael Elias, is drawn from the novel '' The Serial'' by Cyra McFadden, published in 1977. Produced by Sidney Beckerman and directed by Bill Persky, the film stars Martin Mull, Tuesday Weld, Sally Kellerman, Christopher Lee Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor and singer. In a career spanning more than sixty years, Lee became known as an actor with a deep and commanding voice who often portrayed villains in horr ..., Bill Macy, Peter Bonerz and Tom Smothers. The original music score was composed by Lalo Schifrin. Plot In trendy Marin County, California, during the late 1970s, uptight Harvey Holroyd is quickly losing his patience. He is also enduring something of a mid-life crisis. On one hand, his wife Kate and her friends are thoroughly caught up in the sexual revolution and new age consciousness-raising a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Persky
Bill Persky (born September 9, 1931) is an American television director, screenwriter, and producer. Biography Persky was born to a Jewish family, the son of an estate auctioneer. His father would travel between various resort towns where the wealthy lived to conduct estate auctions. He has one older sister, Bunny Persky Grossinger, and attended Ramble Elementary School in Hot Springs, Arkansas. During the summers, he worked as a lifeguard in the Borscht Belt in the Catskill Mountains. He attended Syracuse University, where he studied advertising, and after school went to work for an advertising agency in New York City. He then took a job at WNEW where he met Sam Denoff where they wrote jokes for the DJs out of fun which soon morphed into part of their job tasks. The writing team moved to Los Angeles in the 1960s, taking a job to write for ''The Steve Allen Show''. Persky and Denoff wrote some of the most popular episodes of '' The Dick Van Dyke Show''. They later wrote and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marin County
Marin County ( ) is a county located in the northwestern part of the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 262,231. Its county seat and largest city is San Rafael. Marin County is across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, and is included in the San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Marin County's natural sites include the Muir Woods redwood forest, the Marin Headlands, Stinson Beach, the Point Reyes National Seashore, and Mount Tamalpais. Marin is one of the highest-income counties by per capita income and median household income. The county is governed by the Marin County Board of Supervisors. The Marin County Civic Center was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and draws thousands of visitors a year to guided tours of its arch and atrium design. In 1994, a new county jail facility was embedded into the hillside nearby. The United States' oldest cross country running even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party and became an important figure in the American conservative movement. Presidency of Ronald Reagan, His presidency is known as the Reagan era. Born in Illinois, Reagan graduated from Eureka College in 1932 and was hired the next year as a sports broadcaster in Iowa. In 1937, he moved to California where he became a well-known film actor. During his acting career, Reagan was president of the Screen Actors Guild twice from 1947 to 1952 and from 1959 to 1960. In the 1950s, he hosted ''General Electric Theater'' and worked as a motivational speaker for General Electric. During the 1964 United States presidential election, 1964 presidential election, Reagan's "A Time for Choosing" speech launched his rise as a leading conservative figure. After b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vito Russo
Vito Russo (; July 11, 1946 – November 7, 1990) was an American LGBT activist, film historian, and author. He is best remembered as the author of the book '' The Celluloid Closet'' (1981, revised edition 1987), described in ''The New York Times'' as "an essential reference book" on homosexuality in the US film industry. In 1985, he co-founded the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), a media watchdog organization that strives to end anti-LGBT rhetoric, and advocates for LGBT inclusion in popular media. Life and work Vito Russo was born in 1946 in Italian Harlem (East Harlem), Manhattan. Growing up, Russo was disturbed by the stereotypical portrayals of gay people in media. After witnessing the Stonewall riot in 1969 and hearing about another raid the following year, Russo became avidly involved in the emerging Gay Activists Alliance. Russo obtained his undergraduate degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University and earned his Master's in film at New York Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Sherwood
Robin Lyn Sherwood (born January 24, 1952) is an American actress, best known for her roles in '' Tourist Trap'' (1979), '' Blow Out'' (1981), and as the role of Carol Kersey in Charles Bronson's film '' Death Wish II'' (1982). Filmography References External links * * Living people 20th-century American actresses Actresses from Miami American female models American film actresses American stage actresses American television actresses 1952 births 21st-century American women {{US-film-actor-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clark Brandon
Clark Brandon (born December 13, 1958) is an American actor. His most notable roles were as Max Merlin's apprentice Zachary Rogers in the CBS series ''Mr. Merlin'', as Chris Richards on ABC's "Out of the Blue," and as Sean Fitzpatrick, the older brother, in the CBS series ''The Fitzpatricks''. He also starred with Jim Varney in the 1989 comedy film ''Fast Food (1989 film), Fast Food''. Brandon also directed three films: ''Dark Secrets'' (1992), ''Skeeter (film), Skeeter'' (1993) and ''The Last Road'' (1997). Until 2018, he was dean of students at Areté Preparatory Academy in Southern California. Filmography Actor Director References External links * 1958 births American male television actors Living people Film directors from New York City American male screenwriters 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-director-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stacey Nelkin
Stacey Nelkin is an American film and television actress. Career Acting Nelkin starred as Bonnie Sue Chisholm in four episodes of the CBS western miniseries ''The Chisholms'' (1979). When the miniseries resumed in 1980, she was up for the role in the miniseries but turned it down to take a role as Candy on '' Up the Academy''. Delta Burke starred in the role of Bonnie Sue instead of Stacey. She appeared in the horror film '' Halloween III: Season of the Witch'' (1982) as Ellie Grimbridge. Around the same time, Nelkin was scheduled to appear in the film ''Blade Runner''. She had been cast as Mary, a sixth Nexus-6 replicant that escapes from "off-world" and comes to Earth, but budget constraints resulted in her part being cut from the film early in the period of principal photography. Before being cast as Mary, she had done a screen test for the role of Pris but the role ultimately went to Daryl Hannah. Nelkin's screen test appears on Disc 4 of the collector's edition DVD set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Rhoades
Barbara Rhoades is an American actress, known primarily for her comedy and mystery roles, especially as lady bandit Penelope ("Bad Penny") Cushings in '' The Shakiest Gun in the West'' (1968) with Don Knotts. She had a recurring role on ''Soap'' as Maggie Chandler, Jodie Dallas's future wife. Early years Born and raised in Poughkeepsie, New York, Rhoades is the daughter of Sherry Rhoades. She attended Our Lady of Lourdes High School. She began taking dancing lessons when she was 7 years old. Career Rhoades began acting in the late 1960s, appearing in guest roles on several television series, including '' It Takes a Thief'', '' Ironside'', '' Mannix'', '' McMillan & Wife'', '' Columbo'', '' Kojak'', '' Starsky & Hutch'', '' Alias Smith and Jones'', '' Love, American Style'', '' The Odd Couple'', '' The Six Million Dollar Man'', '' Sanford and Son'', '' Bewitched'', '' Maude'', '' Trapper John, M.D.'','' The Partridge Family'', '' Murder, She Wrote'', '' Cagney & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nita Talbot
Nita Talbot (born Anita Sokol; August 8, 1930) is an American actress. She received an Emmy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for the 1967–68 season of ''Hogan's Heroes''. Film Born in New York City on August 8, 1930, of Hungarian-Jewish ancestry, Talbot began her acting career appearing as a model in the 1949 film ''It's a Great Feeling''. She was afforded a wealth of varied screen roles, from the love-starved switchboard operator in ''A Very Special Favor'' (1965) to the sharp-tongued Madame Esther in ''Buck and the Preacher'' (1972). She also appeared in such films as '' Bright Leaf'' (1950), '' This Could Be the Night'' (1957), ''I Married a Woman'' (1958), '' Who's Got the Action?'' (1962), ''Girl Happy'' (1965), '' The Day of the Locust'' (1975), '' Serial'' (1980), ''Night Shift'' (1982), ''Chained Heat'' (1983), ''Fraternity Vacation'' (1985), and ''Puppet Master II'' (1990). Television Appearing in many TV series, Talbot was seen as Mabel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Chew Jr
Sam Chew Jr. (born August 20, 1942, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a retired American actor and teacher, likely best known for his role in '' Serial'' (1980), and for playing both John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy on television. After more than two decades in film and television, Chew utilized his voice for narrating the Discovery Channel series, '' Shark Week''. He has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences actor's branch for over 30 years. He later became a teacher on the Philadelphia Main Line. In 1972 Chew and his family gave the family home Cliveden Cliveden (pronounced ) is an English country house and estate in the care of the National Trust in Buckinghamshire, on the border with Berkshire. The Italianate mansion, also known as Cliveden House, crowns an outlying ridge of the Chiltern Hi ... to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chew, Sam Male actors from Philade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cult
Cults are social groups which have unusual, and often extreme, religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs and rituals. Extreme devotion to a particular person, object, or goal is another characteristic often ascribed to cults. The term has different, and sometimes divergent or pejorative, definitions both in popular culture and academia and has been an ongoing source of contention among scholars across several fields of study. Beginning in the 1930s, new religious movements became an object of sociological study within the context of the study of religious behavior. Since the 1940s, the Christian countercult movement has opposed some sects and new religious movements, labeling them cults because of their unorthodox beliefs. Since the 1970s, the secular anti-cult movement has opposed certain groups, which they call cults, accusing them of practicing brainwashing. Groups labelled cults are found around the world and range in size from small localized groups to some in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychobabble
Psychobabble (a portmanteau of "psychology" or "psychoanalysis" and "babble") is a term for language that uses psychological jargon and buzzwords in a manner that may lack accuracy, genuine meaning, or relevance. Origin of the term Psychobabble was defined by the writer who coined the word, R.D. Rosen, as a set of repetitive verbal formalities that kills off the very spontaneity, candour, and understanding it pretends to promote. It’s an idiom that reduces psychological insight to a collection of standardized observations that provides a frozen lexicon to deal with an infinite variety of problems. The word itself came into popular use after his 1977 publication of ''Psychobabble: Fast Talk and Quick Cure in the Era of Feeling''. Rosen coined the word in 1975 in a book review for ''The Boston Phoenix'', then featured it in a cover story for the magazine '' New Times'' titled "Psychobabble: The New Language of Candor." His book ''Psychobabble'' explores the dramatic expansion of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
