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Joseph Bernard (actor)
Joseph Bernard (December 12, 1923 – April 3, 2006) was an American actor and acting teacher who appeared in 25 Broadway plays and several movies and TV appearances in the 1950s through 1970s. Bernard was born in Brooklyn, New York, and studied at New York's New School for Social Research with acting teacher Stella Adler. One of his New School classmates was Marlon Brando. Bernard was drafted into the U.S. Army and served in the D-Day invasion of France. After the war, he appeared in the play ''Winter Soldiers'' and then ''Skipper Next to God'', directed by Lee Strasberg and starring John Garfield, with whom he became friends. Garfield was Bernard's best man at his marriage to his wife, Bina, whom he wed in 1952. Bina died in 2001. Bernard appeared in '' Murder, Inc.'', the Stanley Kramer film ''Judgment at Nuremberg'' (1961), in which he played an assistant to the American prosecutor, played by Richard Widmark, and a number of other films that included '' Ice Station Zebra' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, behind New York County (Manhattan). Brooklyn is also New York City's most populous borough,2010 Gazetteer for New York State United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 18, 2016. with 2,736,074 residents in 2020. Named after the Dutch village of Breukelen, Brooklyn is located on the western portion of Long Island and shares a border with the borough of Queens. It has several bridge and tunnel connections to the borough of |
The Flying Nun
''The Flying Nun'' is an American sitcom about a community of nuns which included one who could fly when the wind caught her cornette. It was produced by Screen Gems for ABC based on the 1965 book '' The Fifteenth Pelican,'' written by Tere Rios. Sally Field starred as the title character, Sister Bertrille. The series originally ran on ABC from September 7, 1967, to April 3, 1970, producing 82 episodes, including a one-hour pilot episode. Overview Developed by Bernard Slade, the series centered on the adventures of a community of nuns in the Convent San Tanco in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The series focuses on Sister Bertrille, a young, idealistic novice nun who discovers she can fly, whose order teaches largely underprivileged and orphaned children and assists the poor of a diverse Hispanic community (a rare setting for American network TV in the era). In the hour-long series pilot, Chicago native Elsie Ethrington arrives in San Juan from New York City after her arrest f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heat (1986 Film)
''Heat'' is a 1986 American neo-noir dramatic action thriller film about an ex-mercenary working as a bodyguard in Las Vegas. The film was written by William Goldman, based on his 1985 novel of the same name. ''Heat'' was directed by Dick Richards and Jerry Jameson. The film stars Burt Reynolds, Karen Young, Peter MacNicol, Howard Hesseman, Neill Barry and Joseph Mascolo. Plot D.D. is in a Las Vegas bar with her milquetoast date, Osgood. When a tough-looking drunk flirts with her, then turns mean, Osgood beats him and makes him apologize. It turns out that the drunk is Nick Escalante, who had been hired to make Osgood look good. Nick is a former soldier of fortune, lethal with his hands and an expert with sharp objects. He advertises as a " chaperone", but is actually a bodyguard for hire. Nick's goal is to make enough money to move to Venice, Italy. He is approached by another meek young man. Cyrus Kinnick is wealthy and claims to want someone by his side while he gambles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fever Pitch (1985 Film)
''Fever Pitch'' is a 1985 American drama film written and directed by Richard Brooks and starring Ryan O'Neal, Giancarlo Giannini, Chad Everett, John Saxon, and Catherine Hicks. The film marked Brooks's final film before his death in 1992. The original score was composed by Thomas Dolby. ''Fever Pitch'' failed at the box office, grossing just over $600,000 on a budget of $7 million. It was nominated for four Razzie Awards, including Worst Picture, as well as contributing to O'Neal's later Razzie nomination for Worst Actor of the Decade. The film is listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John J. B. Wilson's book ''The Official Razzie Movie Guide'' as one of the "100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made". Plot Sports writer Steve Taggart (O'Neal) volunteers to do a series of articles for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner about a compulsive sports and casino gambler he calls "Mr. Green" who is, in fact, himself. His sports editor, John Saxon, enthusiastically assigns Taggart the spor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Loved Women (1983 Film)
''The Man Who Loved Women'' is a 1983 American comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and starring Burt Reynolds, Julie Andrews and Kim Basinger. It is a remake of the 1977 François Truffaut's film '' L'Homme qui aimait les femmes''. It chronicles the affairs of an artist, as told from the perspective of his analyst and eventual lover. She chronicles his obsessive love of women, which leads to his eventual death. Plot synopsis David Fowler (Reynolds) is a successful sculptor whose fast and loose lovelife slams him head-on into a mid-life crisis when his insatiable hunger for women begins to render him socially, artistically, and sexually impotent. His quest to end his losing streak leads him to the couch of attractive psychiatrist Marianna (Andrews), to whom David must explain everything—beginning with his first sexual encounter—in an attempt to regain control of his life. David relates his exploits, including an affair with Louise, a beautiful woman married to a Texas milli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Laughing Policeman (film)
''The Laughing Policeman'' (released in the UK as ''An Investigation of Murder'') is a 1973 American neo-noir thriller film loosely based on the 1968 novel of the same name by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. The setting of the story is transplanted from Stockholm to San Francisco. It was directed by Stuart Rosenberg and features Walter Matthau as Detective Jake Martin. Plot A busload of passengers, including off-duty police detective Dave Evans, are gunned down and killed. Evans, on his own time, has been following a man named Gus Niles in search of information linking businessman Henry Camarero to the murder of his wife, Teresa, two years earlier. Evans was the partner of Detective Sergeant Jake Martin, a veteran but cynical member of the Homicide Detail working the bus massacre investigation. Jake originally investigated the Teresa Camarero case and has been obsessed with his failure to "make" Camarero for the murder. Jake returns to it after many dead-end leads (including a di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Baby (film)
''The Baby'' is a 1973 American psychological thriller film directed by Ted Post and written by Abe Polsky. The film stars Anjanette Comer, Ruth Roman, Marianna Hill, Suzanne Zenor, and David Manzy. It tells the story of a social worker who investigates an eccentric family which includes "Baby", a 21-year-old man who acts like an infant. The film is considered a cult classic. Plot Ann Gentry is a social worker wracked with guilt about a severe car accident with serious repercussions for her husband. She is assigned to a new case: the eccentric and mysterious Wadsworth family. She quickly reveals that she has a special interest in the family's youngest member, a seemingly mentally impaired adult man in his 20s who does not have a name and is called only "Baby." Mrs. Wadsworth has been extremely overprotective of him ever since his father left, shortly after his birth; she will not let another caregiver interfere. The family's life revolves around Baby's care and they are depend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stand Up And Be Counted
''Stand Up and Be Counted'' is a 1972 American comedy film directed by Jackie Cooper and starring Jacqueline Bisset and Stella Stevens. It features the recording of "I Am Woman" (1971) by Helen Reddy. Plot Cast * Jacqueline Bisset - Sheila Hammond * Stella Stevens - Yvonne Kellerman * Steve Lawrence - Gary McBride * Gary Lockwood - Eliot Travis * Lee Purcell - Karen Hammond * Loretta Swit - Hilary McBride * Héctor Elizondo - Lou Kellerman * Anne Francine - Mabel Hammond * Madlyn Rhue - Gloria Seagar * Alex Wilson - Jerry Kamanski * Michael Ansara - Playboy Speaker * Joyce Brothers - Herself * Jessica Rains - Sadie * Meredith Baxter - Tracy See also * List of American films of 1972 This is a list of American films released in 1972. ''Cabaret'' won 8 Academy Awards including Best Director and Best Actress. ''The Godfather'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture. __TOC__ A–C D–G H–M N–S T–Z See also * 1 ... External links * *https://www.rottentomat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brute Corps
''Brute Corps'' is a 1971 American exploitation film. It was the directorial debut of Jerry Jameson. Plot Kevin, a draft dodging pacifist and Terry, a beautiful hitchhiker, travel to Mexico and encounter a gang of mercenaries awaiting their next mission. Wicks, a psychotic mercenary, takes a liking to the woman and sets the couple on a brutal course of torture and pain. Cast * Paul Carr - Ross * Joseph Kaufmann - Kevin *Alex Rocco - Wicks * Jennifer Billingsley - Terry *Michael Pataki - MacFarlane * Charles Macaulay - The Colonel *Roy Jenson - Quinn * Felton Perry - Hill *Joseph Bernard Joseph Bernard (1866, Vienne, Isère – 1931) was a modern classical French sculptor, featured on the frontispiece of Elie Faure Elie and Earlsferry is a coastal town and former royal burgh in Fife, and parish, Scotland, situated within t ... - Sheriff Alvarez * Parker West as Ballard References External links * 1971 films 1970s exploitation films American action thriller film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Steagle
''The Steagle'' is a 1971 American comedy film based on the novel of the same name by Irvin Faust. The film was directed by Paul Sylbert and starred Richard Benjamin. The film concerns the personality change which overcomes the protagonist during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, and the film's title implicitly references the transient nature of the Steagles NFL team, existing for only one brief season during a national crisis. Paul Sylbert wrote a 1974 book, ''Final Cut'', about his mostly unhappy experiences making the film. Plot During the Cuban Missile Crisis, a professor decides to live out all of his dreams, travelling across the country and taking on a different persona in each city. Cast See also * List of American films of 1971 A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Just Stand There
''Don't Just Stand There'' is the second album by the Canadian band Haywire. It was released 1987 via Attic Records. "Dance Desire", a hit in Canada, was released as a single. The album sold more than 100,000 copies by the end of 1987. Production The band desired to make a harder album than their pop rock debut. They wrote 35 songs for ''Don't Just Stand There'', although Attic asked them to work on more songs with cowriters. Ten of the album's 11 songs are from the original pool of 35. Critical reception The ''Toronto Star'' called "'One Heart Affair' and 'Separate Dreams' are tightly crafted and rhythmically involving pieces of Top 40 rock." Track listing CD bonus track 2003 CD bonus track Personnel * Paul MacAusland - vocals * David Rashed - keyboards and backing vocals * Marvin Birt - guitars and backing vocals * Ronnie Switzer - bass * Sean Kilbride - drums and percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emanuel Weiss
Emanuel "Mendy" Weiss (June 11, 1906 – March 4, 1944) was an American organized crime figure. He was an associate of the notorious Louis Buchalter and part of Buchalter's criminal organization known as Murder, Inc. during the 1930s and up to the time of his arrest for murder in 1941, for which he was convicted and, in 1944, executed. The Federal Bureau of Narcotics claimed that Weiss and his partner in crime Philip "Little Farvel" Cohen were heavily involved in narcotics trafficking. Although he was indicted on multiple drug charges, Weiss was never sentenced for any of these crimes. Career Starting as an enforcer for the labor rackets run by Louis "Lepke" Buchalter in 1923, Weiss rose to become one of Buchalter's most trusted associates. Weiss was active in Buchalter's lucrative garment industry rackets and once Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro became fugitives from justice in 1937 Weiss took over the post as the acting general manager and was left in charge of payrolls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
