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Chasing Rainbows (TV Series)
''Chasing Rainbows'' is a Canada, Canadian television drama miniseries, which aired on CBC Television in 1988."Chasing Rainbows". ''Cinema Canada'', April 1988. It was the first television series in the world filmed with then-new Sony HDVS technology. Set in Montreal in the period after World War I, the series starred Paul Gross and Michael Riley as Jake Kincaid and Christopher Blaine, two veterans readapting to peacetime civilian life at the dawn of the Jazz Age. Kincaid initially takes a job as a manager of a brothel which he transforms into a thriving jazz nightclub, while Blaine struggles with a life of smalltime criminality and alcoholism. Their friendship is tested when Paula Ashley (Julie Stewart), an aspiring playwright and Blaine's girlfriend, begins an affair with Kincaid. Supporting cast members included Booth Savage, Richard Yearwood, Patricia Hamilton, Thomas Peacocke, Jill Frappier, Lesleh Donaldson, Eric Keenleyside, Peter Boretski, Sophie Léger and Robert Bockstael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama
Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the Epic poetry, epic and the Lyric poetry, lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's ''Poetics (Aristotle), Poetics'' ()—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Ancient Greek, Greek word meaning "deed" or "Action (philosophy), act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional Genre, generic division between Comedy (drama), comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''Play (theatre), play'' or ''game'' (translating the Old English, Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Booth Savage
Booth Savage (born May 21, 1948) is a Canadian film, stage, and television veteran actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Team Canada head coach Harry Sinden in the 2006 CBC miniseries, '' Canada Russia '72''. Career Savage graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from York University in 1992. Savage is also a playwright and avid stage actor. His self-written plays ''Savage Heat'', ''DADS'', ''Reversing Falls'', ''Pillow Talk'', ''Pajama Games'' and ''This Bloody Business'' have been performed on stages across Canada. Moreover, he is an original actor member of Toronto's Theatre Passe Muraille and Toronto Free Theatre. He has performed in over 100 plays in every province and territory in Canada, with the exception of Yukon. Savage is currently part of the Canadore College Theatre program faculty. Awards In 1987, he won a Gemini Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role as Felix Batterinski in Allan King's ''The Last Season''. Booth also taught Dramatic Arts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Globe And Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Newspapers in Canada, Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in Western Canada, western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of more than 6 million in 2024, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it falls slightly behind the ''Toronto Star'' in overall weekly circulation because the ''Star'' publishes a Sunday edition, whereas the ''Globe'' does not. ''The Globe and Mail'' is regarded by some as Canada's "newspaper of record". ''The Globe and Mail''s predecessors, ''The Globe (Toronto newspaper), The Globe'' and ''The Daily Mail and Empire'' were both established in the 19th century. The former was established in 1844, while the latter was established in 1895 through a merger of ''The Toronto Mail'' and ''The Empire (Toronto), The Empire''. In 1936, ''The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' merged to form ''The Globe and Mail''. The newspaper was acquired by FP Publications in 1965, who later sold the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemini Award
The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's English-language television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States and the BAFTA Television Awards in the United Kingdom. First held in 1986 to replace the ACTRA Award, the ceremony celebrated Canadian television productions with awards in 87 categories, along with other special awards such as lifetime achievement awards. The Academy had previously presented the one-off Bijou Awards in 1981, inclusive of some television productions. The awards' name was an allusion to Castor and Pollux, a mythological pair of twins; this was in reference to Canada's linguistic duality of English and French, with the Academy's separate awards presentation for French-language television production named the Gémeaux Awards. The statuette, designed by Toronto artist Scott Thornley, evoked twins through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gazette (Montreal)
''The Gazette'', also known as the ''Montreal Gazette'', is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper which is owned by Postmedia Network. It is published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the only English-language daily newspaper currently published in Montreal. Three other daily English-language newspapers shuttered at various times during the second half of the 20th century. It is one of the French-speaking province's last two English-language dailies; the other is the '' Sherbrooke Record'', which serves the anglophone community in Sherbrooke and the Eastern Townships southeast of Montreal. Founded in 1778 by Fleury Mesplet, ''The Gazette'' is Quebec's oldest daily newspaper and the oldest continuously published newspaper in Canada. The oldest newspaper overall is the English-language ''Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph'', which was established in 1764 and is published weekly. History Fleury Mesplet founded a French-language weekly newspaper called ''La Gazette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Language
French ( or ) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, it descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from Northern Old Gallo-Romance, a descendant of the Latin spoken in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French (Francien language, Francien) largely supplanted. It was also substratum (linguistics), influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul and by the Germanic languages, Germanic Frankish language of the post-Roman Franks, Frankish invaders. As a result of French and Belgian colonialism from the 16th century onward, it was introduced to new territories in the Americas, Africa, and Asia, and numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole, were established. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bockstael (actor)
Robert Bockstael (born May 2, 1960) is a Canadian actor, director and writer."North of 60 tracks down Bockstael; Actor-director to play constable". ''Ottawa Citizen'', October 5, 1994. Early life Bockstael was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba to Carmel and Joseph Bockstael. He is the nephew of former federal Member of Parliament Robert Bockstael. Career He is best known for his lead role as Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer Brian Fletcher in the Canadian television drama series '' North of 60'', for which he was a two-time Gemini Award nominee for Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role at the 11th Gemini Awards in 1997 and the 12th Gemini Awards in 1998. His other leads and series regular roles have included Jim Flett in ''Wind at My Back'',"Role of a lifetime". ''Ottawa Citizen'', January 2, 2014. Jeremy Woodsworm in ''Snakes and Ladders'', Roy McMurtry in '' Trudeau'', Joey Stiglic in '' Our Hero'' and Mr. Dupree in ''The Famous Jett Jackson'', as well as voice role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Boretski
Peter Boretski was the stage name of Peter Perehinczuk (May 25, 1929 – September 5, 2001), a Canadian actor.Herbert Whittaker, "Spear-Carrier Takes Lead Role". ''The Globe and Mail'', October 30, 1962. He was best known for his recurring supporting role as Jack Soble in the 1970s sitcom ''King of Kensington''. Life and career A native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, he began his acting career with the Manitoba Theatre Centre and the Stratford Festival, and had a small role in a 1956 Broadway production of '' Tamburlaine the Great'', before spending some time as part of the company of the Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham, England. In the United Kingdom, he began using his mother's maiden name, Boretski, professionally. While working with the Alexandra, he also had occasional television acting roles in BBC drama anthology series. He returned to Canada in the early 1960s with his wife, British actress Jennifer Phipps, and had his first significant stage role in Canada acting opposite Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Keenleyside
Eric Keenleyside (born October 11, 1957) is a Canadian actor. Early life Eric Keenleyside was born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, grew up in London, Ontario, and spent time in Brisbane, Australia. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (acting) from the University of Windsor (Ontario, Canada) in 1980 and apprenticed at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. He has lived and worked in Toronto, Los Angeles, and Vancouver. Career In the early and mid 1990s, Keenleyside appeared in series such as ''Street Justice'', '' Hawkeye'', '' Madison'', '' Highlander: The Series'' and ''Titanic''. In 1999, he appeared in Guy Ferland's comedy film '' Delivered''. He appeared in an episode of ''The King of Queens'' in 2000. In 2006, Keenleyside appeared in the TV film ''Murder on Pleasant Drive''. In 2007, Keenleyside played Robert Doherty in the short-lived ABC series '' Traveler'' and in 2010 played Bob Overton in the series ''Hellcats''. In 2013, he starred in the direct-to-video action film '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesleh Donaldson
Lesleh Donaldson (born April 7, 1964) is a Canadian actress who has worked in stage and film. After making her film debut in the drama ''Running'' (1979), she would appear in several horror films in the early 1980s, which earned her the title of "scream queen" among genre fans. These films include: ''Funeral Home'' (1980), '' Happy Birthday to Me'' (1981), ''Curtains'' (1983), and ''Deadly Eyes'' (1982). She also had a featured guest appearance on the '' Friday the 13th: The Series'' (1987). Early life Donaldson was born in Toronto, Ontario. As a child, she studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Canada and appeared in early television commercials for Ford automobiles, as well as print ads for Sears. Donaldson's father was a professional operatic tenor. Career In the late 1970s, she appeared in several made-for-television movies including ''On My Own'' about a teenager suffering from epilepsy. Her first theatrical film appearance was in ''Running'' (1979) starring Michae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Frappier
Jill Frappier is a British-Canadian voice actress. Frappier was born in Lord Louis Mountbatten's stately home, Broadlands, in Romsey, England. She moved to Canada in 1967 to work as a British hostess at the British pavilion during the 1967 International and Universal Exposition, where she met her first husband, Roger Frappier, who was pursuing a career in directing. She is known for voicing Luna in the DiC/Cloverway/Optimum Productions dubs of ''Sailor Moon'', the title character in ''Keroppi and Friends'', Mrs. Prysselius in '' Pippi Longstocking'', Aunty in '' Pecola'', Miss Finch in '' Birdz'', Doucette in '' Anatole,'' and Fifi in ''Hello Kitty and Friends''. She has appeared on camera in television and movies such as '' Wind at My Back'', '' Friday the 13th: The Series'', ''The Dating Guy'', '' Night Heat'', '' TekWar'', '' Spearfield's Daughter'', ''The Twilight Zone'', '' The Hitchhiker'', '' Beyond Reality,'' and '' The Jon Dore Show''. Frappier is also known fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
