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My Hero
My Hero may refer to: Film * ''My Hero'' (1912 film), a Western directed by D. W. Griffith * ''My Hero'' (1920 film), an animated Felix the Cat film * ''My Hero'' (1990 film), a Hong Kong action film starring Stephen Chow * ''My Hero'' (2024 film), an Indian Kannada-language drama film Television * ''My Hero'' (American TV series), a 1950s sitcom starring Robert Cummings * ''My Hero'' (British TV series), a 2000s sitcom starring Ardal O'Hanlon and James Dreyfus ** "My Hero" (''My Hero'' episode), the first episode of the first series * ''My Hero'' (Chinese TV series), a talent competition, won in 2007 by Jing Boran * "My Hero" (''The Jeffersons''), an episode * "My Hero" (''Modern Family''), an episode * "My Hero" (''Scrubs''), an episode * "My Hero?", an episode of ''I Dream of Jeannie'' Music * ''My Hero'', a 2015 album by Greta Bradman Songs * "My Hero" (song), by Foo Fighters, 1997 * "My Hero", by the Blue Notes * "My Hero", by Level 42 from '' True Colours'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Hero (1912 Film)
''My Hero'' is a 1912 American short silent Western film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Dorothy Gish. Cast * Dorothy Gish as The Young Woman * Walter P. Lewis as The Young Woman's Father (as Walter Lewis) * Robert Harron as The Young Man * Henry B. Walthall as Indian Charlie * Lionel Barrymore * Kate Bruce as The Young Woman's Mother (unconfirmed) * W. Christy Cabanne as Settler * Harry Carey as Indian * John T. Dillon as Man in Room * Frank Evans as Settler * Frank Lanning as Indian * J. Jiquel Lanoe as Settler * Adolph Lestina as Settler * Charles Hill Mailes as Indian * Alfred Paget as Indian * W. C. Robinson as Indian/Man in Room * Hector Sarno as Indian (as Hector V. Sarno) * Charles West as Settler (as Charles H. West) See also * Harry Carey filmography * D. W. Griffith filmography * Lionel Barrymore filmography Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; 1878–1954) was an American actor of stage, screen, and radio. He also directed several films, wrote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Hero?
''I Dream of Jeannie'' is an American fantasy sitcom starring Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old genie and Larry Hagman as an astronaut who becomes her master, with whom she falls in love and whom she eventually marries. Produced by Screen Gems, the series originally aired from September 1965 to May 1970 on NBC. The series ran for five seasons and produced 139 episodes. The first season consisted of 30 episodes filmed in black and white; all later seasons were filmed in color. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (1965–66) All first-season episodes were originally filmed in black and white, but were colorized Film colorization (American English; or colourisation [British English], or colourization [ Canadian English and Oxford English]) is any process that adds color to black-and-white, sepia, or other monochrome moving-picture ima ... subsequently for the Sony DVD releases and some syndication airings. Note: The signature head-nod-and-blink with arms cros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Holt
Thomas Charles Louis Holt (born 13 September 1961) is a British novelist. In addition to fiction published under his own name, he writes fantasy under the pseudonym K. J. Parker. Biography Holt was born in London, the son of novelist Hazel Holt, and was educated at Westminster School, Wadham College, Oxford, and The College of Law, London. His works include mythopoeic novels which parody or take as their theme various aspects of mythology, history or literature and develop them in new and often humorous ways. He has also written a number of historical novels writing as Thomas Holt. Steve Nallon collaborated with Holt to write ''I, Margaret'', a satirical autobiography of Margaret Thatcher published in 1989. K. J. Parker K. J. Parker is the pseudonym under which Holt has published fantasy fiction. Holt's assumed identity as K. J. Parker was kept secret for 17 years, until April 2015. While Parker's stories take place in secondary worlds with fictional geographies an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Hero (video Game)
''My Hero'', known as in Japan, is a side-scrolling beat 'em up game released by Sega for arcades in 1985 and for the Master System on January 1, 1986. It was designed by Kotaro Hayashida. The gameplay format is similar to Irem's '' Kung-Fu Master'', released in 1984. In contrast to earlier martial arts games, ''My Hero'' departs from a more traditional martial arts setting, instead taking place in a contemporary urban city environment with street gangs, like later beat 'em ups such as '' Renegade'' (1986) and ''Double Dragon'' (1987). Gameplay The arcade version consists of three different levels, each continuing in an endless loop until the player runs out of lives. It starts out with the player character (named Takeshi in Japan, and Steven according to the European arcade flyer) on a city street watching as a street thug runs off with his girlfriend (named Remy, also according to the arcade flyer, Mari in Japan). As he pursues him, he must fight off gangs of other various ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chocolate Soldier
''The Chocolate Soldier'' (German: ''Der tapfere Soldat'' he courageous soldieror ''Der Praliné-Soldat'') is an operetta composed in 1908 by Oscar Straus based on George Bernard Shaw's 1894 play, ''Arms and the Man''. The German language libretto is by Rudolf Bernauer and . It premiered on 14 November 1908 at the Theater an der Wien. English-language versions were successful on Broadway and in London, beginning in 1909. The first film adaptation was in 1915. The 1941 film of the same name enlists much of Straus's music but is otherwise unrelated, using a plot based on Ferenc Molnár's play '' The Guardsman''. Background When Shaw gave Leopold Jacobson the rights to adapt the play, he provided three conditions: none of Shaw's dialogue, nor any of the character's names, could be used; the libretto must be advertised as a parody; and Shaw would accept no monetary compensation. In spite of this, Shaw's original plot, and with it the central message of the play, remain more or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keep The Village Alive
''Keep the Village Alive'' is the ninth studio album by Welsh rock band Stereophonics. Released on 11 September 2015, it was produced by lead singer and guitarist Kelly Jones, along with Jim Lowe. It is intended to be the second of two album volumes, with its predecessor ''Graffiti on the Train'' being the first. It is the first album to feature Jamie Morrison, who joined during the production of ''Graffiti on the Train'' in 2012. ''Keep the Village Alive'' was met with a similar positive response as ''Graffiti on the Train'' and topped the UK Albums Chart, becoming the band's first to do so since ''Pull the Pin'' (2007). Background During the writing process for the band's previous album ''Graffiti on the Train'' (2013), Kelly Jones had written 40 song ideas, 30 of which were recorded and completed. With the intention of releasing an album trilogy, the band decided against this idea after Green Day released their ''¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré!'' series, instead planning to release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True Colours (Level 42 Album)
''True Colours'' is the fifth studio album by the English jazz-funk band Level 42, released on 5 October 1984 by Polydor Records. Beyond the band's native United Kingdom, the album was released in 10-plus other countries, including Japan, Germany and the United States of America. The album peaked at #14 in the UK Albums Chart. The first single released, "Hot Water", hit #18 on the UK Singles Chart, #7 in Belgium and #3 in the Netherlands, and has become a staple in Level 42's live sets to the present day. The second single "The Chant Has Begun", released in many countries, peaked at #41 in the UK Singles Chart. "Hot Water" was released in the US in 1986 (after being featured in a single version on the US version of band's follow-up studio album ''World Machine'') and entered the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, at #87. Track listing Side A # "The Chant Has Begun" (King, P. Gould) – 5:23 # "Kansas City Milkman" (Badarou, King, Lindup, P. Gould) – 5.31 # "Seven Days" (P. Goul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes were an American soul and R&B vocal group. One of the most popular Philadelphia soul groups of the 1970s, the group's repertoire included soul, R&B, doo-wop, and disco. Founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the middle of the 1950s as The Charlemagnes, the group is most noted for several hits on Gamble and Huff's Philadelphia International label between 1972 and 1976, although they performed and recorded until Melvin's death in 1997. Despite group founder and original lead singer Harold Melvin's top billing, the Blue Notes' most famous member was Teddy Pendergrass, their lead singer during the successful years at Philadelphia International. The remaining members of the Blue Notes have reunited for Soul Train Cruises in 2013, 2015, and 2017. History Early years The group formerly known as The Charlemagnes took on the name "The Blue Notes" in 1954, with a line-up consisting of lead singer Franklin Peaker, Bernard Wilson, Roosevelt Brodie, Jesse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Hero (song)
"My Hero" is a song by American rock group Foo Fighters. It was released in January 1998 as the third single from their second album, '' The Colour and the Shape'' (1997). The song reached number 6 on the US ''Billboard'' Alternative Songs chart. Background Although the song was first released on ''The Colour and the Shape'' album in 1997, it had been played live as early as 1995. On July 17th, 1995 Grohl demoed the hit song for the first time by himself on an 8-track reel-to-reel in the basement of his Seattle home. The demo features only Grohl playing drums, bass, guitars, and singing — although the lyrics are not complete the vocal melody is the same as the final studio recording. In the Foo Fighters 2011 documentary, '' Foo Fighters: Back and Forth'', bassist Nate Mendel states he knew the band had a future when he heard Grohl’s demo, “because the song was great”. According to Dave Grohl, the song is dedicated to ordinary, everyday heroes, as he himself never had m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greta Bradman
Greta Bradman (born 1979 or 1982) is an Australian operatic soprano. Career Richard Bonynge selected Bradman to sing the title role in a concert performance of Handel's '' Rodelinda'' in 2014. Bradman was the subject of two episodes of the ABC TV program ''Australian Story'' in 2015. Later that year, she joined David Hobson, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, and Lisa McCune for a concert tour of the five Australian mainland state capitals. Bradman's name was added as a critics' choice to the Walk of Fame at the Adelaide Festival Centre. After guest presenting in 2016, in 2017 Bradman joined ABC Classic FM as a presenter. 2017 saw Bradman's only performance in a fully staged opera as Mimì in Gale Edwards' production of ''La bohème'' for Opera Australia in the Sydney Opera House. Bradman – with vocalist Luke Harrison, guitarist Karin Schaupp and the Queensland Ballet – performed " Eliza Aria" from Elena Kats-Chernin's ''Wild Swans'' in the 2018 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Hero (Scrubs)
The first season of the American comedy television series ''Scrubs'' premiered on NBC on October 2, 2001 and concluded on May 21, 2002 and consists of 24 episodes. ''Scrubs'' was created by Bill Lawrence who wrote the pilot as well as 3 other episodes in the season. Adam Bernstein directed the pilot as well as 4 other episodes. Neil Flynn was only a guest star in the first season, although he appeared in every episode of the season. Bill Lawrence said if the show had been cancelled at the end of the first season, he would have made the Janitor a figment of J.D.'s imagination. The first season follows J.D. (Zach Braff) and his best friend Turk (Donald Faison) in their first year out of medical school as interns at Sacred Heart Hospital. J.D. quickly meets his reluctant mentor, Dr. Perry Cox (John C. McGinley); a young woman (and fellow intern) named Elliot (Sarah Chalke), on whom he has a crush; the hospital's janitor (Neil Flynn), who goes out of his way to make J.D.'s life miser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix The Cat Filmography
This is a complete list of animated films released theatrically starring Felix the Cat. Short films Silent films Paramount Pictures (1919–1921) The first 25 Felix cartoons were distributed to theaters by Paramount Pictures. The character was named "Master Tom" until ''The Adventures of Felix''. Margaret J. Winkler (1922–1925) 64 cartoons General Electric (ca. 1925 commercial for Mazda Lamps) Educational Pictures (1925–1928) 78 cartoons. Sound films Copley Pictures (1929–1930) Copley Pictures was the first distributor to issue Felix cartoons with sound. There were 12 originally with sound, and 16 reissues, for a total of 28 cartoons. =Sound reissues= A number of silent Felix cartoons were also re-issued by Copley at this time, with their intertitles removed and sound added. Newer simple titles were also inserted in most reissues, which removed signs of Educational Pictures copyrights. Jacques Kopfstein was hired by Pat Sullivan to add sound to the film. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
