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Michelle Phillips
Holly Michelle Phillips ( Gilliam; born June 4, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Described by ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine as the "purest soprano in pop music", she rose to fame in the mid-1960s with the folk rock vocal group the Mamas & the Papas. After their disbandment, she started a successful acting career in film and television in the 1970s. A native of Long Beach, California, she spent her early life in Los Angeles and Mexico City, raised by her widowed father. While working as a model in San Francisco, she met and married John Phillips (musician), John Phillips in 1962 and went on to co-found the Mamas & the Papas in 1965. The band rose to fame with their popular singles "California Dreamin'" and "Creeque Alley", both of which she co-wrote. They released five studio albums before their dissolution in 1970. While married to John Phillips, she gave birth to their daughter, singer Chynna Phillips. Michelle Phillips is the last surviving original mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a coastal city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is the list of United States cities by population, 44th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 451,307 as of 2022. A charter city, Long Beach is the List of cities and towns in California, 7th-most populous city in California, the List of cities in Los Angeles County, California, 2nd-most populous city in Los Angeles County, and the largest city in California that is not a county seat. Incorporated in 1897, Long Beach lies in Southern California, in the southern part of Los Angeles County. Long Beach is approximately south of downtown Los Angeles, and is part of the Gateway Cities region. The Port of Long Beach is the second busiest container port in the United States and is among the world's largest shipping ports. The city is over Long Beach Oil Field, an oilfield with minor wells both directly beneath the city as well as offshore. The city is known for its wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Movie
''The Last Movie'' is a 1971 metafictional drama film directed by Dennis Hopper, who also stars as a horse wrangler named after the state of Kansas. It is written by Stewart Stern, based on a story by Hopper and Stern, and stars an extensive supporting cast including Stella Garcia, Don Gordon, Peter Fonda, Julie Adams, Sylvia Miles, Samuel Fuller, Dean Stockwell, Russ Tamblyn, Tomas Milian, Toni Basil, Severn Darden, Henry Jaglom, Rod Cameron, Kris Kristofferson and Michelle Phillips. The plot follows a disenfranchised stuntman (Hopper), who begins a filmmaking-centric cargo cult among Peruvian natives after going into self-imposed exile. Greenlit after the success of Hopper's previous film ''Easy Rider'', Universal Pictures gave the director/star complete creative control over the project, which was budgeted at $1 million and was shot in Peru. Hopper only loosely followed the script by Stern, filming hours upon hours of footage built around friends whom he invited to the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man With Bogart's Face
''The Man with Bogart's Face'' (also called ''Sam Marlowe, Private Eye'') is a 1980 American comedy film, released by 20th Century Fox and based on a novel of the same title. Andrew J. Fenady, author of the novel, produced the film and wrote the screenplay. Plot summary A man calling himself Sam Marlowe ( Robert Sacchi) has his face altered to resemble that of his idol, Humphrey Bogart, and then opens a detective agency. At first, he and his secretary Duchess ( Misty Rowe) have meager business, but things pick up after a shooting puts Sam's picture in the paper. Some ruthless people, who are coincidentally also similar to characters in Bogart films (and played by Victor Buono, Herbert Lom, and Michelle Phillips), are after a priceless set of blue sapphires called the Eyes of Alexander (from a statue of Alexander the Great), and Marlowe and Duchess are caught in the middle of it all. Cast * Robert Sacchi as Sam Marlowe * Franco Nero as Hakim * Michelle Phillips as Gena * Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victim Of Romance
''Victim of Romance'' is singer and songwriter Michelle Phillips's first and only solo album, and was released in February 1977 (see 1977 in music). Despite good reviews, the record was unsuccessful and Phillips (previously with The Mamas & the Papas) then favored her acting career. The front cover photography was by Terry O'Neill. Critical reception ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' called the album "an unexpected triumph," writing that Moon Martin's contributions were "excellent." '' No Depression'' wrote that Phillips's "reported lack of confidence in her solo voice proved unfounded as she showed off a command of a spotlight that was previously diffused by her talented groupmates." ''Billboard'' called ''Victim of Romance'' a "thoroughly delightful collection of Spectoresque rockers and ballads, dreamy blues, and melodic upbeat pop flavored tunes." Track listing # "Aching Kind" ( John "Moon" Martin) 3:20 # "Let the Music Begin" ( Alan Gordon) 3:56 # "Victim of Romance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloodline (1979 Film)
''Bloodline'' (also known as ''Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline'') is a 1979 thriller film directed by Terence Young and starring Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason, Claudia Mori, Irene Papas, Michelle Phillips, Maurice Ronet, and Romy Schneider. Adapted by Laird Koenig from the 1977 novel of the same name by Sidney Sheldon, it follows an international pharmaceutical heiress who is targeted for death by unknown members of her extended family, while a serial killer simultaneously crisscrosses Europe, murdering women in snuff films. It was the only R-rated film ever made by Hepburn. Plot Sam Roffe, President of Roffe & Sons Pharmaceuticals, dies in what appears to be a mountain climbing accident, leaving his daughter Elizabeth a billion-dollar empire. Roffe's board members see an opportunity to settle old scores, jockey for higher position, and reap lucrative profits. However, an investigation into Sam's death discloses that it was a murder and that a power struggle is go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natacha Rambova
Natacha Rambova (born Winifred Kimball Shaughnessy; January 19, 1897 – June 5, 1966) was an American film costume designer, set designer, and occasional actress who was active in Hollywood in the 1920s. In her later life, she abandoned design to pursue other interests, specifically Egyptology, a subject on which she became a published scholar in the 1950s. Rambova was born into a prominent family in Salt Lake City who were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was raised in San Francisco and educated in England before beginning her career as a dancer, performing under Russian ballet choreographer Theodore Kosloff in New York City. She relocated to Los Angeles at age 19, where she became an established costume designer for Hollywood film productions. It was there she became acquainted with actor Rudolph Valentino, with whom she had a two-year marriage from 1923 to 1925. Rambova's association with Valentino afforded her a widespread celebrity typically ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentino (1977 Film)
''Valentino'' is a 1977 American biographical film co-written and directed by Ken Russell and starring Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips, and Carol Kane. It is loosely based on the life of silent film actor Rudolph Valentino, as recounted in the book ''Valentino, an Intimate Exposé of the Sheik'', written by Chaw Mank and Brad Steiger. The genesis of ''Valentino'' began with producers Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, who began developing the project in 1975. Russell was selected to direct, and he co-wrote the film with Mardik Martin. Told through flashback following Valentino's 1926 death, the screenplay focuses heavily on Valentino's relationships with several women, chiefly his second wife Natacha Rambova, as well as addressing the published rumors of his alleged homosexuality. Filming of ''Valentino'' was originally planned to occur in Los Angeles, but Russell chose to film in Spain and England's Elstree Studios instead due to budgetary issues. Principal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Russell
Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell (3 July 1927 – 27 November 2011) was a British film director, known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his flamboyant and controversial style. His films were mainly liberal adaptations of existing texts, or biographies, notably of composers of the Romantic music, Romantic era. Russell began directing for the BBC, where he made creative adaptations of composers' lives which were unusual for the time. He also directed many feature films independently and for Film studio, studios. Russell is best known for his Academy Award-winning romantic drama film ''Women in Love (film), Women in Love'' (1969); the historical drama horror film ''The Devils (film), The Devils'' (1971); the musical fantasy film ''Tommy (1975 film), Tommy'' (1975), featuring the Who; and the science fiction horror film ''Altered States'' (1980). Russell also directed several films based on the lives of classical music composers, such as Elgar (film), Elgar, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Sheen
Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. His work spans over six decades of television and film, and his accolades include three Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Sheen rose to prominence in his breakthrough roles in Terrence Malick's crime drama '' Badlands'' (1973) and Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam War drama '' Apocalypse Now'' (1979). Sheen is also known for such notable films as '' The Subject Was Roses'' (1968), '' Catch-22'' (1970), '' The California Kid'' (1974), '' Gandhi'' (1982), '' Wall Street'' (1987), '' Gettysburg'' (1993), '' The American President'' (1995), '' Catch Me If You Can'' (2002), '' The Departed'', '' Bobby'' (both 2006), and '' Judas and the Black Messiah'' (2021). He also portrayed Uncle Ben in '' The Amazing Spider-Man'' (2012). He is also known for portraying Robert F. Kennedy in '' The Missiles of October'' (1974), Eddie Slovik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The California Kid
''The California Kid'' is a 1974 American made-for-television action thriller film directed by Richard T. Heffron and starring Martin Sheen. Plot In 1958, two Navy sailors on leave (one portrayed by Sheen's younger brother, Joe Estevez) are speeding in a 1951 Ford Custom to get back to base on time. When driving through Clarksberg, a town infamous for speed traps, they are pursued at high speed by Sheriff Roy Childress (Vic Morrow), who pushes their car over the edge of a sharp mountain curve with his 1957 Plymouth Belvedere police car, killing them. Soon after, a stranger named Michael McCord (Martin Sheen) drives into town in a hot rodded black 1934 Ford three-window coupe, known as " The California Kid". McCord is pulled over by the sheriff for speeding and establishes himself with the sheriff as a hot rodder and reckless driver, boasting that his car can hit in 10 seconds. McCord pleads guilty in front of Judge J.A. Hooker (Frederic Downs) and pays the ticket. McCord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Death Squad (film)
''The Death Squad'' is a 1974 American made-for-television crime drama film directed by Harry Falk and starring Robert Forster, Michelle Phillips, Claude Akins, Mark Goddard and Melvyn Douglas. Plot A cop goes after a group of police who have turned vigilante. Cast * Robert Forster as Eric Benoit * Michelle Phillips as Joyce Kreski * Claude Akins as Connie Brennan * Mark Goddard as Allen Duke * Melvyn Douglas as Captain Earl Kreski * Dennis Patrick as The Commissioner * George Murdock as Vern Acker * Stephen Young as Lieutenant Andrece * Kenneth Tobey as Hartman (credited as Ken Tobey) * Bert Remsen as The Chief * Jesse Vint as Harmon * Janis Hansen as Dispatcher * Nate Esformes as Pela * Regis Cordic as Judge * Sidney Clute as Driver * Jean Byron as Commissioner's (credited as Jeane Bryon) * Julie Cobb as Sharon * Claire Brennen as Max, The Waitress * Nick Dennis as Greek * Mel Scott as Officer * Ian Scott as Gunman * Trish Mahoney as Woman * Bubby Garion as Staley * S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Globe Award For New Star Of The Year – Actress
The Golden Globe for New Star of the Year – Actress was an award given by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at their annual Golden Globe Awards. History The award was first introduced at the 5th Golden Globe Awards in 1948 where it was given to actress Lois Maxwell for her performance in the 1947 film ''That Hagen Girl''. It was awarded as the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Actress until 1975. There were no awards in 1949, and between 1954 and 1965 there were multiple winners. From 1976 to 1979, the award was called Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture – Actress. From 1980 to 1983, the award was called New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture – Actress. The final recipient of the award was actress Sandahl Bergman for her performance in the 1982 film ''Conan the Barbarian (1982 film), Conan the Barbarian''. The category was discontinued following the 41st Golden Globe Awards, 1983 ceremony. List of recipients See also * Golden Globe Award for N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
