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From These Roots (documentary)
''From These Roots'' is an American soap opera that aired from June 30, 1958, to December 29, 1961. It was created and written by Frank Provo and John Pickard. The show was seen on NBC. Storyline Actress Ann Flood starred as Elizabeth "Liz" Fraser Allen, a successful writer who had returned to her New England hometown of Strathfield to run her family's newspaper, the ''Strathfield Record''. Her father, Ben Fraser, Sr. had suffered a heart attack, thus causing Liz, who had been living and working in Washington, D.C. to come home, leaving her D.C. fiance, Bruce Crawford. Another former beau, from her earlier days in Strathfield, Dr. Buck Weaver, eventually married his secretary, Maggie Barker. Her family included a brother Ben, Jr. who worked a family farm, was married to Italian Rose Corelli; had three children, including a son, named Dan, and didn't have much to do with the newspaper; and a sister Emily, who was married to Jim Benson and, after Jim's death, to Frank Teton. Jim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Pickard (writer)
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John Pickard may refer to: * John Pickard (archaeologist) (1858–1937), University of Missouri professor of archaeology and art history * John Pickard (politician) (1824–1883), Canadian businessman and politician * John Pickard (composer) (born 1963), British composer of classical music * John Pickard (British actor) (born 1977), British actor * John Pickard (American actor) (1913–1993), American actor * John Pickard (neurosurgeon) (born 1946), British neuroscientist * John Pickard (writer) (1910–1995), Australian writer, see From These Roots ''From These Roots'' is an American soap opera that aired from June 30, 1958, to December 29, 1961. It was created and written by Frank Provo and John Pickard. The show was seen on NBC. Storyline Actress Ann Flood starred as Elizabeth "Liz" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courage The Cowardly Dog
''Courage the Cowardly Dog'' is an American animated comedy horror television series created by John R. Dilworth for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television. It was produced by Dilworth's animation studio, Stretch Films, and originally aired from 1999 to 2002. The title character is a dog who lives with an elderly couple in a farmhouse in the middle of "Nowhere". In each episode, the trio is thrown into bizarre, frequently disturbing, and often paranormal or supernatural adventures. The series is known for its dark, surreal humor and atmosphere. Dilworth pitched the series to Hanna-Barbera's animated shorts showcase ''What a Cartoon!'' and a pilot titled "The Chicken from Outer Space" aired on Cartoon Network on February 18, 1996. The segment was nominated for an Academy Award, but lost to the Wallace and Gromit short film ''A Close Shave''. The short was greenlit to become a series, which premiered on November 12, 1999, and ended on November 22, 2002, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefano DiMera
Stefano DiMera is a fictional character from the NBC soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'', played by Joseph Mascolo. Created by Pat Falken Smith, Stefano was introduced on January 18, 1982 as the father of Tony DiMera ( Thaao Penghlis) looking to expand his criminal empire to Salem. Stefano's early storylines included his feud with Roman Brady ( Wayne Northrop), playing his children – Tony and Renée DuMonde ( Philece Sampler) against one another when he is presumed dead, orchestrating a series of murders with his son (then his nephew) and Tony's deranged look-a-like André, and replacing the presumed dead Roman with the brainwashed John Black ( Drake Hogestyn). Stefano returns in 1993 for a longer stint. He becomes obsessed with Roman's ex-wife and John's longtime love Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall), and accidentally causes her to be possessed by the devil. Meanwhile, Stefano tries to help his adopted daughter Kristen (Eileen Davidson) steal John from Marlena by fathering a ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Mascolo
Joseph Peter Mascolo (March 13, 1929 – December 8, 2016) was an American musician and dramatic actor. During his long career, he acted in numerous motion pictures and television series. He played villain Stefano DiMera on NBC's soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' from 1982 to 2016. He also starred as Massimo Marone on the CBS' soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' from 2001 to 2006. Early life Mascolo was born on March 13, 1929, and raised in West Hartford, Connecticut. His parents, Anna Mascolo (née DeTuccio; 1910–2010) and Peter Mascolo (1901–2008), were immigrants from Naples, Italy, and had their 80th wedding anniversary shortly before his father died. Mascolo had one sister, Marie LaVoie. He attended the United States Military Academy after graduating high school. Mascolo attended the University of Miami. To support himself financially, he studied acting under famed acting coach Stella Adler in New York City. He originally was trained in classical music and opera. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Waltons
''The Waltons'' is an American historical drama television series about a family in rural Virginia during the Great Depression and World War II. It was created by Earl Hamner Jr., based on his 1961 book '' Spencer's Mountain'' and the 1963 film of the same name. The series aired from 1972 to 1981. The television film ''The Homecoming: A Christmas Story'' was broadcast on December 19, 1971. Based on its success, the CBS television network ordered the first season of episodes (to be based on the same characters) and that became the television series ''The Waltons''. Beginning in September 1972, the series aired on CBS for nine seasons in total. After the series was canceled in 1981, three television film sequels aired in 1982 on NBC, with three more in the 1990s on CBS. ''The Waltons'' was produced by Lorimar Productions and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution in syndication. The show's end sequence featured the family saying goodnight to one anoth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Thomas (actor)
Richard Earl Thomas (born June 13, 1951) is an American actor. He is best known for his leading role as budding author John-Boy Walton in the CBS drama series ''The Waltons'' for which he won an Emmy Award. He also received another Emmy nomination and two Golden Globe Award nominations, for that role. Thomas later starred in the 1990 television mini-series adaptation of Stephen King's epic horror novel '' It'', and played Special Agent Frank Gaad on FX's spy thriller series ''The Americans''. More recently, he appeared in Netflix's '' Ozark'' and is touring with ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' as Atticus Finch. Early life and education Thomas was born on June 13, 1951 in Manhattan, New York, the son of Barbara Fallis and Richard S. Thomas. His parents were dancers with the New York City Ballet and owned the New York School of Ballet. Thomas has a nevus on his left cheek. He has stated that this led to his being turned down for a role in a television commercial in his youth. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Benjamin (1980 Film)
''Private Benjamin'' is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Howard Zieff, written by Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer, and Harvey Miller, and starring Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, and Armand Assante. The film was one of the biggest box office hits of 1980, and also spawned a short-lived television series starring Lorna Patterson as Judy Benjamin, with Brennan reprising her role as Captain Lewis. ''Private Benjamin'' ranked No. 82 on the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Laughs list, and No. 59 on Bravo's list of "100 Funniest Movies". Plot Judy Benjamin, a 28-year-old Jewish woman from a sheltered wealthy upbringing whose lifelong dream is to "marry a professional man," is devastated after Yale Goodman, her new husband, dies on their wedding night during sex. Emotionally adrift, Judy tells her story on a radio call-in show and meets another caller, Army recruiter SFC James Ballard, who leads her to believe military life will provide the "family" she seeks. He also pitch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soap (TV Series)
''Soap'' is an American sitcom television series that originally ran on ABC from September 13, 1977, until April 20, 1981. The show was created as a nighttime parody of daytime soap operas, presented as a weekly half-hour prime time comedy. Similar to a soap opera, the show's story was presented in a serial format, and featured melodramatic plotlines including alien abduction, demonic possession, extramarital affairs, murder, kidnapping, unknown diseases, amnesia, cults, organized crime warfare, a communist revolution and teacher-student relationships. In 2007 it was listed as one of ''Time'' magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All-''TIME''", and in 2010, the Tates and the Campbells ranked at number 17 in ''TV Guide''s list of "TV's Top Families". The show was created, written, and executive produced by Susan Harris, and also executive produced by Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas. Each returning season was preceded by a 90-minute retrospective of the previous season. Two of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Mandan
Robert Mandan (February 2, 1932 – April 29, 2018) was an American actor, best known for his roles as Sam Reynolds on ''Search for Tomorrow'' (1965–1970), Chester Tate, the womanizing businessman husband of Jessica Tate (Katherine Helmond) on the satirical sitcom ''Soap'' (1977–1981) and James Bradford on the short lived ''Three's Company'' spin off ''Three's A Crowd'' (1984–1985) that lasted for one season. Career Mandan first acted in such television serials as NBC's '' From These Roots'' (1958–1961) and businessman Sam Reynolds on ''Search for Tomorrow'' (1965–1970). He also appeared on Broadway in the 1970 musical ''Applause''. His sitcom appearances prior to ''Soap'' include an auctioneer in the 1972 premiere episode of ''Sanford and Son'', attorney Mr. Morrison in a 1973 episode of ''All in the Family'', and Maude's gay friend Barry on a 1974 episode of '' Maude''. He also appeared in the ''Barnaby Jones'' episodes titled "Counterfall" and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Edge Of Night
''The Edge of Night'' is an American television mystery crime drama series and soap opera, created by Irving Vendig and produced by Procter & Gamble Productions. It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran as a live broadcast on that network for most of its run until November 28, 1975. The series then moved to ABC, where it aired from December 1, 1975, until December 28, 1984. 7,420 episodes were produced, of which some 1,800 are available for syndication. Writer Sir P.G. Wodehouse, actresses Bette Davis and Tallulah Bankhead, as well as Eleanor Roosevelt, were all reportedly devoted fans. Concept ''The Edge of Night'', whose working title was ''The Edge of Darkness'', premiered on April 2, 1956, as one of the first two half-hour serials on television, the other being '' As the World Turns''. Prior to the debuts of both shows, 15-minute-long shows had been the standard. Both shows aired on CBS, sponsored by Procter & Gamble. The show was originally conceived as the da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guiding Light
''Guiding Light'' (known as ''The Guiding Light'' before 1975) is an American radio and television soap opera. It is listed in ''Guinness World Records'' as the third longest-running drama in television in American history. ''Guiding Light'' aired on CBS for 57 years between June 30, 1952, and September 18, 2009, overlapping a 19-year broadcast on radio between January 25, 1937, and June 29, 1956. With 72 years of radio and television runs, ''Guiding Light'' is the longest running soap opera, ahead of ''General Hospital'', and is the fifth-longest running program in all of broadcast history; only the American country music radio program ''Grand Ole Opry'' (first broadcast in 1925), the BBC religious program ''The Daily Service'' (1928), the CBS religious program '' Music and the Spoken Word'' (1929), and the Norwegian children's radio program ''Lørdagsbarnetimen'' (1924–2010) have been on the air longer. When the show debuted on radio in 1937, it centered on Reverend John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ropers
''The Ropers'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on ABC from March 13, 1979, to May 22, 1980. It is a spin-off of ''Three's Company'' and loosely based on the British sitcom ''George and Mildred'', which was itself a spin-off of ''Man About the House'', on which ''Three's Company'' was based. It was taped at CBS Television City in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles, where its parent series, ''Three's Company'', was taping at the time, from February to April 1979 (Season 1) and from July 1979 to February 1980 (Season 2). Plot The series focused on middle-aged couple Stanley (Norman Fell) and Helen Roper (Audra Lindley), who were landlords to Jack, Janet and Chrissy on ''Three's Company''. In this spin-off, the Ropers have sold their apartment building in the ''Three's Company'' episode "An Anniversary Surprise" (season 3, episode 20) to live in the upmarket community of Cheviot Hills, where the social-climbing Helen struggled to fit in with her neighbors. Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
