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Naomi Stevens
Naomi Ruth Stevens (November 29, 1925 – January 13, 2018) was an American character actress of film and television from the 1950s through the 1980s. She appeared in almost 100 roles over the years, usually depicting mothers, landladies, gossips, or neighbors. Stevens began entertaining in vaudeville at age 2. She had expanded into radio, film, and theater by age 5. She appeared on a radio program on KNX in Los Angeles and was featured in Paramount Pictorials. Stevens attended the Grace Waugh Bowman School of Theatricals. Her most frequent characterizations were Italian, Jewish, Latin, or East European, and usually with a comic touch. She appeared in many television series and in such feature films as '' Valley of the Dolls''; '' Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell''; and ''The Apartment'' (as Mrs. Dreyfuss, the supportive "Jewish mother" type to Shirley MacLaine's character, Fran Kubelik). She portrayed Sgt. Bella Archer in the ABC crime drama ''Vegas'' (1978). She made guest appearan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Montefuscos
''The Montefuscos'' is an American sitcom that was cancelled after three episodes were broadcast in 1975. It aired on NBC, which chose to run a total of eight episodes (a ninth was pre-empted by Game 5 of the 1975 World Series) from September 4 to October 23, 1975 despite its earlier cancellation notice. Created by executive producers Bill Persky and Sam Denoff, the comedy centered on three generations of an Italian-American family that lived in New Canaan, Connecticut and their weekly gatherings for Sunday dinner. It led off a Thursday prime time schedule that also featured new programs '' Fay'', ''Ellery Queen'' and ''Medical Story''. Cast * Joseph Sirola as Tony "Papa" Montefusco, patriarch of the family. * Naomi Stevens as Rose "Mama" Montefusco, Tony's wife. * Ron Carey as Frank Montefusco, the oldest son and a dentist. * Phoebe Dorin as Theresa Montefusco, Frank's wife. * John Aprea as Joseph "Joey" Montefusco, the middle son and a Catholic priest. * Sal Viscuso as Nunzio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Twilight Zone (1959 TV Series)
''The Twilight Zone'' (marketed as ''Twilight Zone'' for its final two seasons) is an American fantasy science fiction horror anthology series, anthology television series created and presented by Rod Serling, which ran for five seasons on CBS from October 2, 1959, to June 19, 1964. Each episode presents a standalone story in which characters find themselves dealing with often disturbing or unusual events, an experience described as entering "the Twilight Zone", often with a Plot twist, surprise ending and a moral. Although often considered predominantly Science fiction on television, science-fiction, the show's paranormal and Franz Kafka#"Kafkaesque", Kafkaesque events leaned the show much closer to fantasy and Horror fiction, horror (there are about twice as many fantasy episodes as science fiction). The phrase "twilight zone" has entered the vernacular, used to describe surreal experiences. The series featured both established stars and younger actors who would become much bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankie And Johnny (1966 Film)
''Frankie and Johnny'' is a 1966 American Western musical film starring Elvis Presley as a riverboat gambler. The role of "Frankie" was played by Donna Douglas from ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' TV series. The film reached No. 40 on the ''Variety'' weekly national box office list for 1966. The budget of the film was estimated at $4.5 million. The director was Frederick De Cordova, who in 1970 went on to become the director and producer of ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''. Plot Johnny and girlfriend Frankie are performers on a Mississippi River riverboat, which also has a casino. Johnny is a compulsive gambler who is down on his luck and in debt. Johnny and his friend Cully, a musician and composer, visit a gypsy camp to get his fortune told. A lady reads tea leaves and tells Johnny that he will soon meet a red-haired woman who will bring him luck. Back on the boat, Johnny and Cully promptly encounter Nellie Bly, their boss Clint Braden's on-again, off-again girlf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Art Of Love (1965 Film)
''The Art of Love'' is a 1965 technicolor comedy film directed by Norman Jewison and starring James Garner, Dick Van Dyke, Elke Sommer, and Angie Dickinson. The film involves an American artist in Paris (Van Dyke) who fakes his own death in order to increase the worth of his paintings (new paintings keep "posthumously" hitting the market). His conniving pal (Garner) sells the paintings and withholds the proceeds while the artist toils in a shabby garret. The picture was written by Carl Reiner (from a story by Richard Alan Simmons and William Sackheim). The supporting cast features Carl Reiner and Ethel Merman. Jewison noted in his autobiography that the film's flaw was that the script assumes that an artist's death guarantees a huge increase in the sales value of his paintings. That hurt audiences' responses to the movie enormously. All of the paintings that were used in the movie were the work of international artist Don Cincone. Plot An aspiring artist, Paul Sloane, strug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joy In The Morning (film)
''Joy in the Morning'' is a 1965 American romance film starring Richard Chamberlain and Yvette Mimieux and directed by Alex Segal. Adapted from the 1963 novel of the same name by Betty Smith, the film tells the story of a young newlywed couple, Carl and Annie Brown, who marry against their parents' wishes while Carl is still in law school and struggle to maintain their relationship. Plot In the late 1920s, 18-year-old Annie McGairy travels from Brooklyn to a college town in the Midwest to marry her boyfriend Carl Brown, a law student, at the local courthouse. The newlyweds must overcome many obstacles, including disapproval from their parents (who knew each other before emigrating to the U.S. from Ireland), financial problems, and Annie's sexual insecurities. Due to the marriage, Carl's law school cuts off his loans, and his father cuts off support from home, forcing Carl to work multiple jobs on top of studying. Annie causes gossip in the town by befriending a lonely, gay floris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
''Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre'' is an American anthology series, sponsored by Chrysler, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967. The show was hosted by Bob Hope, but it had a variety of formats, including musical, dramatic, and comedy. Overview The program included such events as an adaptation of ''One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich'', starring Jason Robards (from the 1962 novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn); '' The Seven Little Foys'', starring Mickey Rooney, Eddie Foy Jr. and the Osmond Brothers; ''Think Pretty'', a musical starring Fred Astaire and Barrie Chase; and Groucho Marx in "Time for Elizabeth", a televised adaptation of a play that Marx and Norman Krasna wrote in 1948. Generally, each episode ran for an hour, although for some 'special presentations', NBC expanded the broadcast time to 90 minutes. Hope was paid US$25,000 ($ in dollars ) per week for those episodes he merely introduced, and US$500,000 ($ in dollars ) for those in which he starred. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honeymoon Hotel (1964 Film)
''Honeymoon Hotel'' is a 1964 American romantic comedy film, directed by Henry Levin for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly shortened to MGM or MGM Studios) is an American Film production, film and television production and film distribution, distribution company headquartered .... It stars Robert Goulet, Nancy Kwan, Robert Morse, and Jill St. John. The movie, which contains four songs, is a sex farce about two male friends who find themselves at a hotel that is supposed to be for honeymooners only. Unusual for its time, the film centers on an interracial romance (involving characters played by Robert Goulet and Nancy Kwan) but the racial difference is never mentioned or even alluded to. Plot When the wedding of a bridegroom falls apart, he and his best man, a bachelor, use the already booked and paid-for suite in a Caribbean resort dedicated to honeymooning couples. Cast * Robert Goulet as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Episodes
There are ten lists of episodes of the 1955–1962 television series ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' is an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, airing on CBS and NBC, alternately, between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. Between 1962 ...'' and the 1962–1965 ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour'', split by season: * ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' season 1, 1955–56 * ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' season 2, 1956–57 * ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' season 3, 1957–58 * ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' season 4, 1958–59 * ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' season 5, 1959–60 * ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' season 6, 1960–61 * ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' season 7, 1961–62 * ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour'' season 8, 1962–63 * ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour'' season 9, 1963–64 * ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour'' season 10, 1964–65 {{DEFAULTSORT:Alfred Hitchcock Presen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' is an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, airing on CBS and NBC, alternately, between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. Between 1962 and 1965, it was renamed ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour''. Hitchcock himself directed only 17 episodes during its run. By the time the show premiered on October 2, 1955, Hitchcock had been directing films for over three decades. In the 21st century, ''Time'' magazine named ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' as one of "The 100 Best TV Shows of All Time". The Writers Guild of America ranked it #79 on their list of the 101 Best-Written TV Series, tying it with ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'', '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and '' Upstairs, Downstairs''. In 2021, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked it 18th on its list of 30 Best Horror TV Shows of All Time. History ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' is well known for its title sequence. The camera fades in on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Farmer's Daughter (TV Series)
''The Farmer's Daughter'' is an American sitcom, loosely based on the 1947 film, that was produced by Screen Gems Television and aired on ABC from September 20, 1963, to April 22, 1966. It was sponsored by Lark Cigarettes and Clairol, for whom the two leading stars often appeared at the show's end, promoting the products; the commercials were also filmed. ''The Farmer's Daughter'' also enjoyed a brief run in syndication when it aired on CBN Cable in the 1980s. Overview The series stars Inger Stevens as Katy Holstrum, a young Swedish woman who becomes the housekeeper for widowed congressman Glen Morley. He has two sons, Steve (age 14) and Danny (8) at the time of the premiere. The congressman's mother is Agatha Morley. The first and second seasons of the series were filmed in black-and-white, and two episodes of the third season were also filmed in black-and-white; the remaining 28 episodes of the third season were filmed in color. The last episode of the second season f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McHale's Navy
''McHale's Navy'' is an American sitcom starring Ernest Borgnine that aired 138 half-hour episodes over four seasons, from October 11, 1962, to April 12, 1966, on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network. The series was filmed in black and white and originated from a one-hour drama titled "Seven Against the Sea", broadcast on April 3, 1962, as part of the ''Alcoa Premiere'' anthology series. The ABC series spawned three feature films: ''McHale's Navy (1964 film), McHale's Navy'' (1964); a sequel, ''McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force'' (1965); and a 1997 McHale's Navy (1997 film), sequel-remake of the original series. "Seven Against the Sea" (1962) Academy Award–winning dramatic actor Ernest Borgnine first appeared as Quinton McHale in an hour-long One shot (film), one-shot PT boat drama called "Seven Against the Sea", which aired as an episode of ''Alcoa Premiere'' in 1962, an ABC dramatic anthology also known as ''Fred Astaire's Premiere Theatre'' and hosted by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Convicts 4
''Convicts 4'', also known as ''Reprieve'', is a 1962 American neo noir crime film starring Ben Gazzara and directed by Millard Kaufman. The film is a fictionalized version of the life of death row convict John Resko, who wrote his autobiography: ''Reprieve''. The film was initially released as ''Reprieve'' to "poor box office," and was released again as ''Convicts 4'', also without commercial success. Plot It is Christmas, 1931, and John Resko wants to give his baby daughter a new teddy bear. He goes, without money, into a shop and tries to get the shopkeeper to give it to him saying he will pay him later. The prosperous shopkeeper, who cleans his eyeglasses with a dollar bill, refuses. Resko grabs a gun he saw in the till and points it at the man. The shopkeeper lunges at Resko and is shot. Resko is condemned to the electric chair at the age of eighteen. Pardoned by the governor at the last minute, Resko is sentenced to, (???—sentenced to what? In the film Resko is senten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
