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DeForest Covan
DeForest Covan (September 9, 1917 - September 8, 2007) was an American actor, dancer, and former black vaudeville performer. Starting with his first film appearance in ''The Singing Kid'' (1936), his acting career continued into the 1990s. In 1972, he appeared in an episode of ''Sanford and Son'' as Woodrow Anderson, in that character's first appearance in the series (this was Covan's only appearance in the series, as he was replaced by Raymond Allen for all subsequent Woodrow appearances). From 1974 to 1975, he held a recurring role on the first season of ''That's My Mama'' as a barbershop patron. In 1978, he appeared in two episodes of the television sitcom ''Good Times'', as Reverend Beasley in the episode "Something Old, Something New", and as Shorty in the episode "Write On, Thelma". His other television appearances included ''Martin'' (1993) and ''NYPD Blue'' (1993). Partial filmography *''The Singing Kid'' (1936) - Dancer (uncredited) *''Nancy Steele Is Missing!'' (1937) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of United States cities by population, third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. As the county seat, seat of Cook County, Illinois, Cook County, the List of the most populous counties in the United States, second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area, often colloquially called "Chicagoland" and home to 9.6 million residents. Located on the shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837 near a Chicago Portage, portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River, Mississippi River watershed. It grew rapidly in the mid-19th century. In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire destroyed several square miles and left more than 100,000 homeless, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pride Of The Blue Grass (1939 Film)
''Pride of the Blue Grass'' is a 1939 American drama film directed by William C. McGann and written by Vincent Sherman. The film stars Edith Fellows, James McCallion, Granville Bates, Aldrich Bowker, Arthur Loft and William Hopper. The film was based on an actual 15-year-old blind horse, Elmer Gantry, who was co-billed as a star and played himself. Gantry was bought and trained as a show horse by wrangler Eleanor Getzendaner but became blind at the age of 13 following two years of experiencing periodic ophthalmia, after which she patiently trained him to jump. The film was released by Warner Bros. on October 7, 1939. Plot When his father, a disreputable trainer of thoroughbred horses, is killed in a barn fire, young Danny Lowman is able to save the colt Gantry the Great. He gives the new colt to his friend Midge Griner, whose father Colonel Griner owns a stable. Years pass as Danny moves west and grows up. Frustrated in an attempt to become a jockey, Danny is accused of illegal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beneath The Valley Of The Ultra-Vixens
''Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens'' is a 1979 satirical sexploitation film directed by American film-maker Russ Meyer and written by Roger Ebert and Meyer. It stars Kitten Natividad and Ann Marie with a cameo by Uschi Digard. Plot Among the people of Small Town, U.S.A. are: evangelical radio preacher Eufaula Roop (Ann Marie) who mounts Martin Bormann inside a coffin; a salesman and a large-breasted housewife (Candy Samples); and Junkyard Sal (June Mack) who has sex with her working-class employees. Finally there is Lamar, who anally rapes his large-breasted wife Lavonia ( Kitten Natividad) after she tries having vaginal sex. Afterwards, she kicks him in the groin. While Lamar heads off to his junkyard work, Lavonia spots a young man skinny dipping in a lake. She sneaks off and undresses, then jumps the boy from behind and proceeds rape him. The young man soon escapes, but she dives down, catches him underwater by fellating him and then overpowers him. After he succumb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Incredible Melting Man
''The Incredible Melting Man'' is a 1977 American Science fiction film, science fiction body horror film directed and written by William Sachs. The plot concerns an astronaut whose body begins to melt after he is exposed to radiation during a space flight to Saturn, driving him to commit murders and human cannibalism, consume human flesh to survive. During post-production, the producers reshot scenes without Sachs' participation. The film starred Alex Rebar as the main character, alongside Burr DeBenning as a scientist trying to help him and Myron Healey as a United States Air Force general seeking to capture him. While writing and shooting, Sachs was influenced by ''Night of the Living Dead.'' With the changes by the producers, the final film has been described as a remake of ''First Man into Space'' (1959), which in turn was directly influenced by ''The Quatermass Xperiment'',Hamilton, 2013, pp. 39--41. even though Sachs had never seen either of those films.William Sachs: Audio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York, New York (1977 Film)
''New York, New York'' is a 1977 American romantic comedy musical film directed by Martin Scorsese from a screenplay by Earl Mac Rauch and Mardik Martin, based on a story by Rauch. John Kander and Fred Ebb wrote several songs for the film, including "New York, New York", which became a worldwide hit and standard. A tribute to Scorsese's home town of New York City, the film stars Liza Minnelli and Robert De Niro as a pair of musicians and lovers. Plot On V-J Day in 1945, a celebration in a New York City nightclub is underway, with music provided by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. While there, selfish and smooth-talking saxophone player Jimmy Doyle meets small-time USO singer Francine Evans, who, although lonely, wants nothing to do with Jimmy, who pesters her for her phone number. The next morning, they end up sharing a cab, and, against her will, Francine accompanies Jimmy to an audition, at which he argues with the club owner. Francine, in an attempt to get the audition back o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocky
''Rocky'' is a 1976 American independent film, independent sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the Rocky (film series), ''Rocky'' franchise and also stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burgess Meredith. In the film, Rocky Balboa (Stallone), a poor small-time club fighter and loanshark debt collector from Philadelphia, gets an unlikely shot at the world heavyweight championship held by Apollo Creed (Weathers). ''Rocky'' entered development in March 1975, after Stallone wrote the screenplay in three days. It entered a complicated production process after Stallone refused to allow the film to be made without him in the lead role; United Artists eventually agreed to cast Stallone after he rejected a six figure deal for the film rights. Principal photography began in January 1976, with filming primarily held in Philadelphia; several locations featured in the film, such as the Rock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Day Of The Locust (film)
''The Day of the Locust'' is a 1975 American satirical historical drama film directed by John Schlesinger. It stars Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, William Atherton, Burgess Meredith, Richard Dysart, John Hillerman, and Geraldine Page. Set in Hollywood, California, just before World War II, the film conveys the alienation and desperation of a disparate group of people whose dreams of success do not come true. The screenplay by Waldo Salt is based on the 1939 novel of the same title by Nathanael West. ''The Day of the Locust'' garnered scholarly attention for its nightmarish depiction and acerbic commentary of the Hollywood film industry, and critical attention for its visually implicit horror elements. Plot Aspiring artist and recent Yale graduate Tod Hackett arrives in 1930s Hollywood to work as an art department production illustrator at a major film studio. He rents an apartment in the San Bernardino Arms, a rundown bungalow court occupied by various people, many on the fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Samson
''Black Samson'' is a 1974 American blaxploitation film, starring Rockne Tarkington, Carol Speed, William Smith and Connie Strickland. The film was written by Daniel B. Cady (who also produced) and Warren Hamilton Jr., directed by Charles Bail and released by Warner Bros. It was the directorial debut for Bail, more commonly billed as Chuck Bail, a renowned stunt co-ordinator best known for playing himself in Richard Rush's ''The Stunt Man''. Plot Armed with a quarterstaff and his pet African lion named Hoodoo, noble nightclub owner Samson (Rockne Tarkington) does his best to keep his neighborhood clean of crime and drugs. When vicious mobster Giovanni "Johnny" Nappa (William Smith) tries to muscle in on Samson's territory, Samson takes a stand against Nappa and his flunkies. Cast * Rockne Tarkington as Samson * William Smith as Giovanni "Johnny" Nappa * Connie Strickland as Tina * Carol Speed as Leslie * Michael Payne as Arthur * Joe Tornatore as Harry * Titos Vandis as Giuseppe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pork Chop Hill (film)
:: ''For the Korean War battles, see Battle of Pork Chop Hill.'' ''Pork Chop Hill'' is a 1959 American Korean War film starring Gregory Peck, Woody Strode, Rip Torn, and George Peppard. The film, which was the final war film directed by Lewis Milestone, is based upon the 1956 book by U.S. military historian Brigadier General S. L. A. Marshall. It depicts the first fierce Battle of Pork Chop Hill between the U.S. Army's 7th Infantry Division and Chinese and North Korean forces in April 1953. The film features numerous actors who would go on to become movie and television stars in the 1960s and the 1970s such as Woody Strode, Harry Guardino, Robert Blake, George Peppard, Norman Fell, Abel Fernandez, Gavin MacLeod, Harry Dean Stanton, and Clarence Williams III. It is also the screen debut of Martin Landau and George Shibata, who was a West Point classmate of Lieutenant Joe Clemons, who also acted as technical adviser on the film. Plot In April 1953, during the Korean War, K C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panther Girl Of The Kongo
''Panther Girl of the Kongo'' is a 1955 Republic movie serial that contains a great deal of stock footage from the 1941 Republic serial ''Jungle Girl''. This was the penultimate of Republic's 66 serial films. Plot Mad scientist Dr. Morgan wants sole access to secret diamond mines in the local area of Africa. He breeds giant crayfish ("Claw Monsters") to scare away any other inhabitants. Jean Evans, the Panther Girl and friend Larry Sanders encounter the plot while on a photo safari in the region. Cast * Phyllis Coates as Jean Evans, the Panther Girl * Myron Healey as Larry Sanders, a big game hunter * Arthur Space as Dr. Morgan, a mad scientist * John Daheim as Cass, one of Dr. Morgan's henchmen * Mike Ragan as Rand, one of Dr Morgan's henchmen * Morris Buchanan as Tembo * Roy Glenn as Chief Danka * James Logan as Constable Harris Stunts * Tom Steele as Larry Sanders (doubling Myron Healey) * Helen Thurston as Jean Evans/Panther Girl (doubling Phyllis Coates) * David Sharp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Jones (film)
''Carmen Jones'' is a 1954 American musical film featuring an African American cast starring Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, and Pearl Bailey and produced and directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Harry Kleiner is based on the lyrics and Musical theatre#Book musicals, book by Oscar Hammerstein II, from the 1943 stage musical Carmen Jones, of the same name, set to the music of Georges Bizet's 1875 opera ''Carmen.'' The opera was an adaptation of the 1845 Prosper Mérimée novella ''Carmen (novella), Carmen'' by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. ''Carmen Jones'' was a CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color motion picture that had begun shooting within the first 12 months of Twentieth Century Fox's venture in 1953 to the widescreen format as its main production mode. ''Carmen Jones'' was released in October 1954, exactly one year and one month after Fox's first CinemaScope venture, the Bible, Biblical epic film, epic ''The Robe (film), The Robe'', had opened in theatres. In 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jungle Drums Of Africa
''Jungle Drums of Africa'' is a 1953 12-episode American Movie serial, serial film shot in black-and-white. It was an original commissioned screenplay by Ronald Davidson produced by Franklin Adreon and directed by Fred C. Brannon for Republic Pictures. The story is set in Kenya, and involves the efforts of an American uranium processing company's representative and a woman medical missionary, to thwart the efforts of agents of a "foreign power", abetted by a disaffected native witchdoctor, to gain control of a large uranium deposit on lands owned by the latter's tribe. This serial features black American actors in major roles, including that of a college-educated chieftain. Plot The daughter of a medical missionary in Africa carries on her father's work after he dies. She later befriends two adventurers prospecting for uranium. But it isn't long before she finds herself in danger from crooks trying to get the uranium for themselves and a local witch doctor, who sees her as a th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
