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Robert Hill (writer)
Robert Hill is an American screenwriter and playwright, notable for his collaborations with Albert Zugsmith. Select filmography *''Arctic Flight'' (1952) *'' Stolen Identity'' (1952) *'' Female on the Beach'' (1955) - plus author of original play ''The Besieged Heart'' *'' Raw Edge'' (1956) *''The Beast of Hollow Mountain'' (1956) *'' A Woman's Devotion'' (1956) *'' The Girl in the Kremlin'' (1957) *'' The Female Animal'' (1958) *'' She Gods of Shark Reef'' (1958) *'' Tarzan, the Ape Man'' (1959) *''The Private Lives of Adam and Eve'' (1960) *'' Sex Kittens Go to College'' (1960) *''Confessions of an Opium Eater ''Confessions of an Opium Eater'' also known as Souls for Sale and Evils of Chinatown is a 1962 American crime film produced and directed by Albert Zugsmith. It is loosely based on the 1821 autobiographical novel ''Confessions of an English Opiu ...'' (1962) *'' Dog Eat Dog'' (1964) *'' Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure'' (1965) External links * Possibly l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Zugsmith
Albert Zugsmith (April 24, 1910 – October 26, 1993) was an American film producer, film director and screenwriter who specialized in low-budget exploitation films through the 1950s and 1960s. With a background in music promotion ( Ted Weems, Paul Whiteman), public relations (one of his clients in Depression-era Chicago was Al Capone), journalism, and brokering communication properties (radio, newspaper, early television), Zugsmith became independently wealthy and began producing films at RKO during the Howard Hughes years. Zugsmith's most significant credits are a string of four genre masterpieces produced in the late 1950s, all for Universal Pictures: the science-fiction classic ''The Incredible Shrinking Man'', Orson Welles' ''Touch of Evil'', Douglas Sirk's '' Written on the Wind'', and the camp exploitation films (produced for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) '' High School Confidential'' and '' The Girl in the Kremlin''. An archive of some of his shooting scripts and screenplays a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarzan, The Ape Man (1959 Film)
''Tarzan, the Ape Man'' is a 1959 American action adventure film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Denny Miller as Tarzan, Joanna Barnes as Jane, Cesare Danova, and Robert Douglas. The film is loosely based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel ''Tarzan of the Apes'', and is a remake of the classic 1932 film of the same name. The film was directed by Joseph M. Newman, and the score was composed by jazz musician Shorty Rogers. MGM would release another remake of the film in 1981. MGM reused a fair amount of footage from their 1932 version rather than reshooting, including scenes of Tarzan swinging on vines and the elephants' destruction of a pygmy village. A scene of Tarzan fighting a crocodile was reused from '' Tarzan and His Mate'', the sequel to the 1932 film. Other footage was reused from ''King Solomon's Mines''. Tarzan's distinctive call was also taken from the original version. The "African" elephants in some scenes are clearly Indian ones with some sort of canvas "e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Possibly Living People
Possibility is the condition or fact of being possible. Latin origins of the word hint at ability. Possibility may refer to: * Probability, the measure of the likelihood that an event will occur * Epistemic possibility, a topic in philosophy and modal logic * Possibility theory, a mathematical theory for dealing with certain types of uncertainty and is an alternative to probability theory * Subjunctive possibility, (also called alethic possibility) is a form of modality studied in modal logic. ** Logical possibility, a proposition that will depend on the system of logic being considered, rather than on the violation of any single rule * Possible world, a complete and consistent way the world is or could have been Other * Possible (Italy), a political party in Italy * Possible Peru, a political party in Peru * Possible Peru Alliance, an electoral alliance in Peru Entertainment *'' Kim Possible'', a US children's TV series :* Kim Possible (character), the central charac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memoirs Of A Woman Of Pleasure
''Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure'' – popularly known as ''Fanny Hill'' – is an erotic novel by the English novelist John Cleland first published in London in 1748 and 1749. Written while the author was in debtors' prison in London,Wagner, "Introduction", in Cleland, ''Fanny Hill'', 1985, p. 7. it is considered "the first original English prose pornography, and the first pornography to use the form of the novel". It is one of the most prosecuted and banned books in history. The book exemplifies the use of euphemism. The text has no swearing or explicit scientific terms for body parts, but uses many literary devices to describe genitalia. For example, the vagina is sometimes referred to as "the nethermouth". A critical edition by Peter Sabor includes a bibliography and explanatory notes. The collection ''Launching "Fanny Hill"'' contains several essays on the historical, social and economic themes underlying the novel. Publishing history The novel was published in two ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dog Eat Dog (1964 Film)
''Dog Eat Dog'' (released as ''Einer frisst den anderen'' in Germany) is a 1964 German language, German crime drama film starring Jayne Mansfield, Cameron Mitchell (actor), Cameron Mitchell, Dodie Heath, Ivor Salter, Isa Miranda, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Werner Peters, and Pinkas Braun. Filming occurred in late 1963 in Yugoslavia. Mansfield was pregnant with Mariska Hargitay during filming. Plot Three robbers, Lylle Corbett, Dolph Kostis, and Darlene, steal one million dollars from a shipment on its way to the United States. But instead of sharing the loot with Lylle, Dolph decides to kill him without Darlene's (who likes them both) knowledge. When returning to Darlene (his wife) at the Hotel Americano's, Dolph informs her that Lylle is out of the picture and that she should forget about him. Before Dolph's return, Darelene was visited by hotel manager Livio Morelli, requesting her to turn down the volume on her radio. Spotting a one-thousand-dollar bill under the edge of the bed, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confessions Of An Opium Eater
''Confessions of an Opium Eater'' also known as Souls for Sale and Evils of Chinatown is a 1962 American crime film produced and directed by Albert Zugsmith. It is loosely based on the 1821 autobiographical novel ''Confessions of an English Opium-Eater'', written by Thomas De Quincey. After circulating for years as a bootleg, it was released on DVD as part of the Warner Archive Collection in 2012. This film stars Vincent Price as Gilbert de Quincey, a nineteenth-century adventurer who becomes involved in a tong war in San Francisco. Price also narrated the film, whose evocative cinematography resembles a nightmare. The film was something of a departure for Price; the prolific actor never performed another role that involved so much physical action. Plot In 1902, adventurer Gilbert De Quincey, a descendant of Thomas De Quincey, is hired by the editor of a Chinese newspaper to stop auctions of trafficked Chinese women to be the brides of Chinese men resident in the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sex Kittens Go To College
''Sex Kittens Go to College'' (a.k.a. ''The Beauty and the Robot'') is a 1960 American comedy film by Allied Artists Pictures, produced and directed by Albert Zugsmith and starring Mamie Van Doren, Tuesday Weld, and Mijanou Bardot. The film was also released in its European print with an additional nine-minute dream sequence showcasing the robot Thinko with four striptease dancers. Plot The Collins College's administrators are expecting new professor Dr. Mathilda West, who holds 13 academic degrees and speaks 18 languages. Dr. West, a buxom blonde, has an effect on everybody, from public relations director George Barton, who is the boyfriend of jealous college dean Myrtle Carter, to football star Woo Woo Grabowski, who becomes nervous around beautiful women, including student Jody, who loves him. A campus computer, affectionately known as Thinko, has a knack for knowing the future, including winning lottery numbers and race horses. A hoodlum, Legs Rafertino, comes looking fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Private Lives Of Adam And Eve
''The Private Lives of Adam and Eve'' is a 1960 Spectacolor comedy film starring Mickey Rooney (who also co-directed), and Mamie Van Doren. It is an American B-movie in which the plot revolves around a modern couple who dream that they are Adam and Eve. Others of their acquaintance assume the roles of various characters from the Book of Genesis during the fantasy sequences. Plot A bus heading toward Reno, Nevada, is being driven by Doc Bayles, whose passengers include a traveling salesman (Hal Sanders) and a runaway teen (Vangie Harper). Feuding couples begin boarding. A waitress, Evie Simms, wants to go to Reno to divorce her husband Ad, having caught him kissing Lil Lewis, a neighbor. Lil wants a divorce from her own husband, casino boss Nick Lewis, who tries to catch up to the bus in a broken-down car belonging to Pinkie Parker, a beatnik. A jealous Nick commandeers the bus when Doc briefly gets off and then inadvertently drives Ad off a cliff, nearly killing him. When a rag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She Gods Of Shark Reef
''She Gods of Shark Reef'' is a 1958 B-adventure film directed by Roger Corman that was partially filmed on location in Kaua'i back to back with '' Naked Paradise'' in 1956. The film was distributed in 1958 by American International Pictures as a double feature with '' Night of the Blood Beast''. Plot While stealing weapons as part of his gun running operation, young and reckless criminal Jim ( Don Durant) kills two men. Wanted by the authorities, he escapes on the boat of his brother, Chris (Bill Cord). As they sail to the Sulu Sea, where Jim has friends, they are caught in a terrible storm and are shipwrecked in shark-infested waters off a tropical island. They are rescued by pearl divers, who live on the island in a secretive, all-female village. Though the lonely and beautiful women of the island are friendly and flirtatious with the two brothers (the only survivors), the village elder Queen Pua (Jeanne Gearson) is cautious and hostile, wanting the two off the island as soon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arctic Flight
''Arctic Flight'' is a 1952 American drama film directed by Lew Landers and starring Wayne Morris (American actor), Wayne Morris, Alan Hale Jr. and Lola Albright. It was produced and distributed by Monogram Pictures. ''Arctic Flight'' depicts bush pilot flying in the Arctic on the edge of the International Date Line, involving Soviet intrigue. Plot In a Cessna 170, small plane, bush pilot Mike Wien (Wayne Morris) flies his friend Dave Karluck (Thomas Richards Sr.) over a reindeer herd Dave owns in Alaska. From the plane, Dave shoots a wolf that was preying on the deer. Returning to his base at Kotzebue, Alaska, Kotzebue, Mike expects his next customer to be a John Wetherby, who wants to hunt polar bears. Opening a door without knocking, he walks in on Martha Raymond (Lola Albright), in her underwear. She is expecting Mike to fly her to Little Diomede Island, where she is expected to start work as a schoolteacher and nurse in the local Inuit, Eskimo village. But only two miles fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Female Animal
''The Female Animal'' is a 1958 American CinemaScope drama film directed by Harry Keller and starring Hedy Lamarr, Jane Powell, Jan Sterling and George Nader. Although she lived until 2000, this was Lamarr's final film in a film career of nearly 30 years. Plot Movie star Vanessa Windsor is nearly struck by a camera on the set, saved at the last second by Chris Farley, a handsome extra. A cut on his arm is attended to and Vanessa invites him to dinner at her Malibu beach home, where she clearly has designs on him for a night of romance. Their evening is interrupted by a message that Vanessa's grown daughter, Penny, is sick. Vanessa rushes to her only to find her drunk. Penny then accuses her mother of adopting her simply for the publicity. Vanessa decides to offer Chris a job as caretaker for the beach house. He is considering an offer from a friend, Hank Lopez, to shoot a film in Mexico, but the job pays nothing, so Chris accepts Vanessa's offer instead. In time, they beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl In The Kremlin
''The Girl in the Kremlin'' is a 1957 American film noir mystery film directed by Russell Birdwell and starring Lex Barker, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Jeffrey Stone. Plot In Moscow, plastic surgeon Dr. Petrov transforms the face of dictator Joseph Stalin to make him unrecognizable. After announcing publicly that Stalin has died, his handlers secret him away to a hideout. Meanwhile, Lithuanian woman Lili Grisenko has been searching for her twin sister Greta ever since Russian troops invaded their home country and took Greta, against her will, to Moscow. To find Greta, Lili hires private investigator Steve Anderson, an American with anti-Comumist sentiments living in Berlin. Steve discovers that Greta is working in Moscow. Steve takes Lili to the home of one-armed spy Mischa Rimilkin, who reveals that Greta has been working for Petrov. The men also mention Dasha, a prisoner Stalin tortured. Now confined to a mental hospital, Dasha claims that Stalin has been surgically altered and is li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
