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Angelique Pettyjohn
Angelique Pettyjohn (born Dorothy Lee Perrins; March 11, 1943 – February 14, 1992) was an American actress and burlesque queen. She appeared as the drill thrall Shahna in the '' Star Trek: The Original Series'' episode "The Gamesters of Triskelion". Acting career Pettyjohn was born in Los Angeles, California, and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her first credited film appearances were in 1967 under the name Angelique. They include ''The Touch of Her Flesh'' and ''The Love Rebellion''. Her big break came that same year in the Elvis Presley film '' Clambake''. Pettyjohn was one of the go-go dancers in the opening scene of the comedy film ''The Odd Couple'' (1968), starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, and she also tested for the role of Nova in ''Planet of the Apes'' the same year (Linda Harrison accepted the role). In 1968, Pettyjohn appeared in the ''Star Trek'' episode "The Gamesters of Triskelion" as Shahna, the thrall trainer of Captain James T. Kirk. She also appeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, colloquially referred to as Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. The Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area is the largest within the greater Mojave Desert, and second-largest in the Southwestern United States. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city had 641,903 residents in 2020, with a metropolitan population of 2,227,053, making it the 24th-most populous city in the United States. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city, known primarily for its gambling, shopping, fine dining, entertainment, and nightlife. Most of these venues are located in downtown Las Vegas or on the Las Vegas Strip, which is outside city limits in the unincorporated towns of Paradise and Winchester. The Las Vegas Valley serves as the leading financial, commercial, and cultural center in Nevada. Las Vegas was settled in 1905 and officially incorporated in 1911. At the close of the 20th centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batman (TV Series)
''Batman'' is an American Live action, live-action television series based on the DC Comics Batman, character of the same name. It stars Adam West as Bruce Wayne/Batman and Burt Ward as Dick Grayson/Robin (character), Robin—two crime-fighting heroes who defend Gotham City from a List of Batman television series cast members#Criminals, variety of archvillains. It is known for its Camp (style), camp style and Batman Theme, upbeat theme music, as well as its intentionally humorous, simplistic morality aimed at its preteen audience. The List of Batman (TV series) episodes, 120 episodes aired on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC network for three seasons from January 12, 1966, to March 14, 1968, twice weekly during the first two seasons, and weekly for the third. In 2016, television critics Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz ranked ''Batman'' as the 82nd greatest American television series of all time. A companion Batman (1966 film), feature film was released in 1966 between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good-bye, Cruel World
''Good-bye, Cruel World'' is a 1983 United States, American comedy feature film directed by David Irving (director), David Irving and starring Dick Shawn and Cynthia Sikes. It was co-written by Shawn and Nicholas Niciphor. It features ''The Daily Show'' correspondent Larry Wilmore as a sergeant. Plot The film parodies the various gimmicks that were used to get audiences into theatres by claiming to be based on audience choice, although all of the selections are pre-selected, and the actual audience response is not measured within the theatre or by choices of the home viewer. The film was sold with images of a man flushing himself down the toilet. The story involves newscaster Rodney Pointsetter (Shawn) who is so depressed between his job and his family that he tries to make a film about his life, which he intends to culminate with his own suicide. It is often interrupted with irrelevant comic sketches that an emcee (Allan Stephan) claims that the audience prefers to see. One ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The G
G is the seventh letter of the Latin alphabet. G may also refer to: Places * Gabon, international license plate code G * Glasgow, UK postal code G * Eastern Quebec, Canadian postal prefix G * Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia, also known as "the 'G" Arts, entertainment and media Fictional characters * G, a fictional character in the game ''Club Penguin'' * G, a fictional character in Sega's ''The House of the Dead'' series * G, a fictional character in '' Kuu Kuu Harajuku'' * G (''Street Fighter''), a fictional character in the ''Street Fighter'' series * Mr G, or Mr Gregson, a fictional character in the Australian TV comedy ''Summer Heights High'' Films * ''G'' (2002 film), by Christopher Scott Cherot * ''G'' (2004 film), a documentary about methamphetamine use among the Navajo * ''The G'' (film), 2023 film written, directed, and produced by Karl R. Hearne Music Notation * G (musical note) * G major chord, Chord names and symbols (popular music) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liza Minnelli
Liza May Minnelli ( ; born March 12, 1946) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. Known for her commanding stage presence and powerful alto singing voice, Minnelli has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, an Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Tony Awards. She is one of the few performers awarded a non-competitive EGOT having received two honorary Grammy Awards. Minnelli is a Knight of the French Legion of Honour. Her persona and her style have immortalized her as a gay icon. Minnelli's parents were actress and singer Judy Garland and director Vincente Minnelli. After moving to New York City in 1961, she began her career as a musical theatre actress, nightclub performer, and traditional pop artist. She made her professional stage debut in the Off-Broadway revival of '' Best Foot Forward'' (1963).Scott Schechter (2004): ''The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook'', pp. 12–13. She became known for collaboration with John Kander and Fred Eb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
''Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon'' is a 1970 American comedy-drama film directed and produced by Otto Preminger. The film is based on the 1968 novel of the same name by Marjorie Kellogg. Plot Junie Moon is a girl whose face was scarred in a vicious battery acid attack by her boyfriend Jesse. In an institution, she meets Arthur, who lives with epilepsy, and Warren, a gay paraplegic who uses a wheelchair. The trio are disabled but not down, and they decide to live together in an older, rented house, determined to help one another and to prove themselves. Cast * Liza Minnelli as Junie Moon * Ken Howard as Arthur * Robert Moore as Warren * James Coco as Mario * Kay Thompson as Gregory * Fred Williamson as Beach Boy * Ben Piazza as Jesse * Leonard Frey as Guiles * Anne Revere as Miss Farber * Julie Bovasso as Ramona * Clarice Taylor as Minnie * Angelique Pettyjohn as Melissa * Wayne Tippit as Dr. Miller * Nancy Marchand as Nurse Oxford * Ric O'Barry as Joebee (credited a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Derek
John Derek (born Derek Delevan Harris; August 12, 1926 – May 22, 1998) was an American actor, filmmaker and photographer."John Derek." ''''. Retrieved: August 12, 2011. He appeared in such films as '' Knock on Any Door'', '''' (both 1949), '' Rogues of Sherwood Forest'' (1950), and '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Childish Things (film)
''Childish Things'' is a 1969 film directed by John Derek and David Nelson starring Derek's then-wife Linda Evans. It was also known as ''Confessions of Tom Harris'' and ''Tale of the Cock''. at New York Times Plot An alcoholic former serviceman falls in with gangsters, then has a spiritual awakening.Cast * Don Murray: Tom Harris *: Pat Jennings *: Jennings * < ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaven With A Gun
''Heaven with a Gun'' is a 1969 American Western film starring Glenn Ford and directed by Lee H. Katzin. Plot Jim Killian arrives at the town of Vinegaroon, which is divided between cattlemen and sheepherders, and purchases a vacant barn. Cattle rancher Asa Beck, his son Coke, and his cowhands constantly harass the sheepherders, sometimes with lethal results, and the sheepherders are on the verge of retaliating in kind. Both parties quickly learn that Killian is a capable gunfighter and offer to hire him, but Killian invites them all to the town for a meeting. There, Killian reveals he has become a preacher and converted his barn into a church. He vows to the townspeople that he will protect everyone who lives in the vicinity, and warns that no one else is permitted to kill except him; when two of Beck's cowhands draw their guns to attack Killian, Killian shoots them both to prove his point. The following Sunday, everyone in Vinegaroon and its surroundings attends Killian's chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Ford
Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006), known as Glenn Ford, was a Canadian-born American actor. He was most prominent during Classical Hollywood cinema, Hollywood's Golden Age as one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, and had a career that lasted more than 50 years. Ford often portrayed ordinary men in unusual circumstances. Although he starred in many genres of film, some of his most significant roles were in the film noir, films noir ''Gilda (film), Gilda'' (1946) and ''The Big Heat'' (1953), and the high-school drama ''Blackboard Jungle'' (1955). For comedies and Westerns, though, he received acting laurels, including three Golden Globe Award nominations for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, winning for ''Pocketful of Miracles'' (1961). He also played a supporting role as Superman's mild-mannered alter ego Clark Kent's adoptive farmer fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hell's Belles (film)
''Hell's Belles'' is a 1969 action film about two bikers who feud over a new motorcycle. The film was directed by Maury Dexter. It stars Jeremy Slate, Adam Roarke, and Jocelyn Lane and is a biker film, a subgenre of exploitation films. The film was shot around Tucson, Arizona. The film was later released on DVD by MGM Home Entertainment as a double feature with '' The Wild Angels''. In the film, a biker attempts to retrieve his stolen motorbike A motorcycle (motorbike, bike; uni (if one-wheeled); trike (if three-wheeled); quad (if four-wheeled)) is a lightweight private 1-to-2 passenger personal motor vehicle steered by a handlebar from a saddle-style seat. Motorcycle designs var ... from a motorcycle gang. He is instead offered a biker girl in exchange for his bike. Plot After winning a top motorbike in a race, biker Dan ( Jeremy Slate) has it stolen by Tony (Michael Walker), a jealous competitor. Dan sets off to retrieve it and finds the bike is now in the hand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mad Doctor Of Blood Island
''The Mad Doctor of Blood Island'' is a 1969 Filipino horror film, co-directed by Eddie Romero and Gerardo de Leon, and starring John Ashley, Angelique Pettyjohn, Eddie Garcia, and Ronald Remy. It was the third in a series of four Filipino horror films produced by Romero and Kane W. Lynn known as the "Blood Island" series, which also included '' Terror Is a Man'', '' Brides of Blood'', and '' Beast of Blood''. Beverly Miller was associate producer on this film, and later went on to co-produce several other Filipino horror films. This film dared to go a step further than '' Brides of Blood'' in the nudity and gore department. The plot involves a man traveling to an island where a mad scientist named Dr. Lorca is creating human / plant mutants with chlorophyll blood out of the local natives. The film was later syndicated to television as ''Tomb of the Living Dead''. It was also briefly known in certain states as ''The Mad Doctor of Crimson Island''. Plot A woman running naked t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
