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Debra Feuer
Debra Lee Feuer is an American former actress. She starred in the films ''Moment by Moment'', '' The Hollywood Knights'', '' To Live and Die in L.A.'', '' MacGruder and Loud'', '' Il burbero'' and '' Homeboy'': the latter in which she starred with her then-husband Mickey Rourke. In November 1978, Feuer portrayed Daisy Mae in an NBC-TV special, ''Li'l Abner in Dogpatch Today''. She also played a minor role as Becky Mae in the TV series ''The Dukes of Hazzard'', in the Season 2, Episode 6, "The Ghost of General Lee". She also played Sonny Crockett's love interest in the first two episodes of Season 5 of ''Miami Vice''. Filmography * '' Beyond Reason'' directed by Telly Savalas (1977) * ''Starsky & Hutch'' directed by George McCowan (2 episodes) (1977) * ''Fantasy Island'' directed by Allen Baron and George McCowan (1 episode) (1978) * ''The Love Boat Musical Cabins'' directed by Allen Baron (1 episode) (1978) * ''Lacy and the Mississippi Queen'' directed by Robert Butler (1978) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moment By Moment
''Moment by Moment'' is a 1978 American romantic drama film written and directed by Jane Wagner, and starring Lily Tomlin and John Travolta. It was released by Universal Pictures on December 22, 1978. Shot in Malibu, California from April to July 1978, it marked the end of Travolta's three-film contract with producer Robert Stigwood following ''Saturday Night Fever'' (1977) and '' Grease'' (1978). Synopsis Trisha Rawlings is a wealthy middle-aged Beverly Hills socialite suffering from loneliness following a separation from her philandering husband Stu. At a pharmacy, she meets Vick "Strip" Harrison, a suave young drifter whom she had briefly met in the recent past when he worked as a car valet. He becomes infatuated with her, follows her to her Malibu beach house, hangs around despite her cold demeanor and offers her pills in an attempt to woo her. Trisha is initially annoyed by Strip's flirtation but eventually reciprocates his affections, although not to the same degree. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love Boat
''The Love Boat'' is an American romantic comedy-drama television series created by Wilford Lloyd Baumes that originally aired on ABC from September 24, 1977, to May 24, 1986. In addition, three TV movies aired before the regular series premiered and four specials and a TV movie aired after the series ended. The series was set on the cruise ship MS ''Pacific Princess'', and revolved around the ship's captain Merrill Stubing (played by Gavin MacLeod) and a handful of his crew, with passengers played by guest actors for each episode, having romantic, dramatic and humorous adventures. The series was part of ABC's popular Saturday-night lineup of the time, which also included '' Fantasy Island'' until 1984. The executive producer for the series was Aaron Spelling, who produced several television series for Four Star Television and ABC from the 1960s into the 1990s. The series was nominated four consecutive times for a Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castellano & Pipolo
Castellano & Pipolo is the stage name used by the pair of Italian screenwriters and film directors Franco Castellano (1925–1999) and Giuseppe Moccia (1933–2006). Together, they wrote the screenplays for about seventy films, and directed twenty films, mainly comedies. Their 1984 film '' Il ragazzo di campagna'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Biography In Rome on Jan. 21, 2025 in the park of the Municipio III in the green area located in Via Renato Fucini, in front of house number 260, Roma Capitale dedicated a plaque to the duo Castellano and Pipolo, with a ceremony to unveil the toponymic plaque. The request to dedicate a street originated from a motion presented in the Julius Caesar Chamber by Hon. Marco Di Stefano Group Leader of Noi Moderati in the Capitoline Assembly, and approved by an overwhelming majority. Selected filmography * '' My Wife's Enemy'' (1959) * '' Tipi da spiaggia'' (1959) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Burbero
''Il burbero'' (''The Gruff'') is a 1986 Italian comedy film directed by Castellano & Pipolo. Plot Mary Cimino, a waitress from New York, receives a call from her Italian husband Giulio, who tells her that he has acquired unexpected wealth and requests her immediate presence in Florence, Italy. She rushes to leave by plane from America, but at the airport she is told that no direct flight to Florence is available, only to Pisa. While looking for a way to get a seat, she encounters the Italian lawyer Tito Torrisi, who has reserved himself an empty seat for privacy. With much persuasion, she manages to coax him into granting her the empty seat, and during her journey she becomes both attracted to his ruggedly handsome looks and angered by his surly personality. Upon their arrival in Italy, Mary's and Tito's suitcases get mixed up, and when Mary reaches her hotel, she is ambushed and left tied up by an unknown assailant, who ransacks the suitcase in search for something. Tito arriv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Friedkin
William David Friedkin (; August 29, 1935 – August 7, 2023) was an American film, television and opera director, producer, and screenwriter who was closely identified with the "New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in documentaries in the early 1960s, he is best known for his crime thriller film ''The French Connection (film), The French Connection'' (1971), which won five Academy Awards, including Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture and Academy Award for Best Director, Best Director, and the horror film ''The Exorcist'' (1973), which earned him another Academy Award nomination for Best Director. Friedkin's other films in the 1970s and 1980s include the drama ''The Boys in the Band (1970 film), The Boys in the Band'' (1970), considered a milestone of queer cinema; the originally deprecated, now lauded thriller ''Sorcerer (film), Sorcerer'' (1977); the crime comedy drama ''The Brink's Job'' (1978); the controversial thriller ''Cruising (film), Crui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry London
Jerry London (born January 21, 1937) is an American television director and producer. Life and career London has directed more than forty television movies, including the Emmy Award nominated '' Chiefs''. London won best director for James Clavell's ''Shōgun'', a nine-hour miniseries for NBC, and has also directed ten other miniseries, including the acclaimed '' The Scarlet and the Black'' with Gregory Peck, '' Chiefs'' with Charlton Heston, and ''Ellis Island'' with Richard Burton. He has taught film production at UCLA and Los Angeles Film School. London is the father of Todd London and Lisa London. The former is a TV producer of HBO's ''Rome'' and '' The Pacific'', and a senior vice president and post-production executive of Walt Disney Pictures. Filmography *'' Killdozer!'' (1974) *'' Ma and Pa'' (1974) *'' Goodnight Jackie'' (1974) *'' Just by Accident (Rockford Files)'' (1975) *'' The World of Darkness'' (1977) *'' Cover Girls'' (1977) *''Wheels'' (1978) *'' Escapade'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Katzin
Lee H. Katzin (April 12, 1935 – October 30, 2002) was an American film director. Early life and education He was born in Detroit, Michigan and became a TV director in the late 1960s for TV shows that included ''Bonanza'', '' Mission: Impossible'' and '' Police Story''. He also directed the 1971 feature film ''Le Mans.'' Career Starting in 1969, he did an array of theatrical films starting with '' Heaven with a Gun'' and other films like '' The Break'' and the cult classic ''What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?'' In 1972, he directed the film '' The Salzburg Connection'', which starred Barry Newman and Anna Karina. In 1975, he directed the launch episode " Breakaway", and other early episodes, of the Gerry Anderson live-action series '' Space: 1999.'' He also directed the pilots for the television series ''Man from Atlantis'' and '' Spenser: For Hire''. He was primarily known as a prolific episodic television director, and he worked on series such as ''MacGyver Angus "M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Taylor (American Actor And Director)
Donald Ritchie Taylor (December 13, 1920 – December 29, 1998) was an American actor and film director. He co-starred in 1940s and 1950s classics, including the 1948 film noir ''The Naked City'', ''Battleground (film), Battleground'', ''Father of the Bride (1950 film), Father of the Bride'', ''Father's Little Dividend'' and ''Stalag 17''. He later turned to directing films such as ''Escape from the Planet of the Apes'' (1971), ''Tom Sawyer (1973 film), Tom Sawyer'' (1973), ''Echoes of a Summer'' (1976), and ''Damien - Omen II'' (1978). Biography Early life and work The son of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Taylor, Donald Ritchie Taylor was born in Freeport, Pennsylvania on December 13, 1920. (Another source says that he was born "in Pittsburgh and raised in Freeport, Pa.") He studied speech and drama at Penn State University and hitchhiked to Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood in 1942. He was signed as a contract player at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and appeared in small roles. Drafted into the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floyd Mutrux
Floyd Mutrux (born June 25, 1941) is an American stage and film director, writer, producer, and screenwriter. Career He began his work in Hollywood as an uncredited writer for ''Two-Lane Blacktop'' (1971). His career continued with '' The Christian Licorice Store'' (1971; writer/producer), '' Dusty and Sweets McGee'' (1971; writer, producer and director) and '' Freebie and the Bean'' (1974; story and executive producer). He wrote and directed '' Aloha, Bobby and Rose'' (1975) and '' The Hollywood Knights'' (1980). Mutrux also directed '' American Hot Wax'' (1978). His later work includes '' Dick Tracy'' (1990; executive producer), '' American Me'' (1992; writer/executive producer), '' Blood In Blood Out'' (1993; screenplay), '' There Goes My Baby'' (1994; writer/director) and ''Mulholland Falls'' (1996; story). Mutrux co-wrote the musical theater productions ''Million Dollar Quartet'' (2010), '' Baby It's You!'' (2009).Jones, Kenneth"Producers of ''Baby It's You!'' Eyeing Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Chaffey
Donald Chaffey (5 August 1917 – 13 November 1990) was a British film director, writer, Film producer, producer, and art director. Chaffey's film career began as an art director in 1947, and his directorial debut was in 1953. He remained active in the industry until his death in 1990 from heart failure. His film ''Charley One-Eye'' (1973) was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival. He is chiefly remembered for his fantasy films, which include ''Jason and the Argonauts (1963 film), Jason and the Argonauts'' (1963), ''The Three Lives of Thomasina'' (1963), ''One Million Years B.C.'' (1966), ''The Viking Queen'' (1967), ''Creatures the World Forgot'' (1971), ''Pete's Dragon (1977 film), Pete's Dragon'' (1977), and ''C.H.O.M.P.S.'' (1979), his final feature film. Concurrent with his theatrically released films, Chaffey directed episodes of numerous British television series, including multiple installments of ''Danger Man'', ''The Prisoner'', and ''The Avengers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vega$
''Vegas'' (stylized as ''Vega$'') is an American crime drama television series starring Robert Urich that aired on ABC from September 20, 1978, to June 3, 1981, with the pilot episode airing April 25, 1978. ''Vegas'' was produced by Aaron Spelling and was created by Michael Mann. The series (with the exception of special episodes filmed in Hawaii and San Francisco) was filmed in its entirety on location in Las Vegas, Nevada. Urich stars as private detective Dan Tanna, who drives to his detective assignments around the streets of Las Vegas in a flashy red 1957 Ford Thunderbird convertible. (The 1957 red T-Bird replaced a 1967 yellow Chevrolet Corvette that was Tanna's car in the pilot episode, a car which ended up being destroyed by fire.) Working for a wide variety of Las Vegas clients, the detective work included locating missing persons, helping solve various Las Vegas hotel and casino crimes, solving casino chip and money scams, and working to make Las Vegas a safer place fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Starrett
Claude Ennis "Jack" Starrett Jr. (November 2, 1936 – March 27, 1989) was an American actor and film director.Staff report (March 29, 1989). Jack Starrett, 52; Adventure Film Actor, Director. ''Los Angeles Times'' Starrett is perhaps best known for his role as ''Gabby Johnson'', a parody of George "Gabby" Hayes, in the 1974 film ''Blazing Saddles'' and is also known for his role as the brutal policeman Art Galt in the 1982 action film ''First Blood''. He also played the cruel foreman Swick in '' The River'' (1984). Starrett acted in the biker films '' The Born Losers'', '' Hells Angels on Wheels'' (both from 1967), ''Angels from Hell'' (1968) and '' Hell's Bloody Devils'' (1970), and directed two more: ''Run, Angel, Run'' in 1969 and '' Nam's Angels'' (1970) as well as the horror film '' Race with the Devil'' (1975) - that was filmed in his home state of Texas - in which he also played a gas station attendant. Life and career Starrett was raised in Refugio, Texas and worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
